Glass half empty or half full? The debate on McCain

Very interesting debate among right-of-center folks about John McCain. Bill Kristol, calmly, and Rachel Lucas, intemperately, make the case for half a loaf being better than none. (Kristol also properly warns the Right against bitterness. He points out that "One reason conservatives have been able to navigate the rapids of modern America is that they’ve often gone out of their way to make their case with good cheer." He cites Buckley and Reagan; he should also have noted Milton Friedman.)

But Bill Quick's "Why I Won't Be Voting for John McCain" is also well-argued.

Glenn Reynolds observes, "This is politics, the art of the possible, not the ideal."

Comments

[Max]

"The art of the possible, not the ideal."

Yet I feel the argument is that it is possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

[Jake]

McCain reminds me of Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon. Both said they were Republicans but both believed in activist Big Government.

McCain also reminds me of Clinton in that he will do anything to please the MSM and he has a terrible temper.

The only thing good about McCain is that he is not as bad as the Democrats.