John McCain
McCain and Nuclear Disarmament
This week John McCain gave a speech on nuclear disarmament.
"Russia and the United States are no longer mortal enemies," McCain said in a speech that was interrupted at least four times by hecklers opposed to the Iraq war. "As our two countries possess the overwhelming majority of the world's nuclear weapons, we have a special responsibility to reduce their number. I believe we should reduce our nuclear forces to the lowest level we judge necessary, and we should be prepared to enter into a new arms control agreement with Russia reflecting the nuclear reductions I will seek."
This is one of the biggest issues that nobody talks about. Humanity collectively holds a gun to its own head year after year and yet we do nothing. We just get used to it, even though the longer we go on like this, the more countries acquire nuclear weapons... the more dangerous it gets. And our luck will run out eventually.
Election Predictions
Where does it go from here? Good places, I think.
Depends on Clinton. I think she wins PA but not by much and bows out. The best case scenario is she leaves gracefully and gets behind Obama {kind of like Romney did McCain, but more strongly}. Bill comes out and campaigns for Obama and the whole Democratic Party reunites. This would be plenty enough resources to pull off one of the biggest landslides in history, and the first strong mandate for liberal ideas in decades.
Bush Endorses McCain
In yesterday's primary election contests, John McCain clinched the Republican nomination. Barring a math-defying comeback by Hillary Clinton, it looks like Obama vs McCain is the matchup for November. But unfortunately for him, President Bush threw a noose around his neck today.
With his low poll ratings and an unpopular war on his shoulders, Bush could hurt McCain with some groups, while helping with others.
"If my showing up and endorsing him helps him — or if I'm against him and it helps him — either way, I want him to win," the president said. "This is an age-old question that every president has had to answer, and there is an appropriate amount of campaigning for me to do. But they're not going to be voting for me."
Amen to that, Chimpilisimo! Too bad you've tied your successor's hands. Whatever legacy history ultimately imposes on this man cannot possibly do justice to the horrors he's created.