tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post1461021420517678208..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: The Resistance to Trump inside the Trump Administration: Bad Character Does MatterLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-64673256374365108012018-10-16T21:40:05.830+01:002018-10-16T21:40:05.830+01:00I agree Trump is amoral. A theme on my blog, in f...I agree Trump is amoral. A theme on my blog, in fact.<br /><br />I have to disagree with you on the subject of John McCain's honor and, by extension, his political moral fiber. He was principled, yes. An honor-culture warrior to the bitter end. Let's call that the refusal to invite Sarah Palin to his funeral. <br /><br />Honorable, though? Well, that depends on the principles.<br /><br />At <i>The Other Club</i>, I've written a fair bit on Senator McCain. The man who wanted the "tea party Hobbits" to "return to Middle Earth having defeated Mordor," and whose name is part of the most offensive anti-civil rights bill in modern American history - McCain-Feingold.<br /><br />His his overriding need to appear honorable tarnished his principles: An anger problem he had all his life, and the impetus for his greatest mistake mentioned above. <br /><br />He didn't like what Dubya did to him in an advertising blitz in the South Carolina primary and wanted it never to happen again, even if it meant gutting the First Amendment. His fit of pique got the better of his respect for the Constitution. Pique got the better of him again when he voted to preserve Obamacare after campaign promises to vote for repeal.<br /><br />His proclivity to interfere in professional sports is a minor offense, but indicative of his authoritarian misunderstanding of the role of the general government.<br /><br />He also was responsible for: McCain-Kennedy (amnesty for illegal aliens), McCain-Kennedy-Edwards (trial lawyers' bill of rights), McCain-Lieberman (global warming legislation), Gang of 14 (McCain-Byrd, obstructing change to the filibuster rule for judicial nominations), saying he voted against the Bush tax cuts because they “favored the rich,” and bashing pharmaceutical companies as if he were John Edwards.<br /><br />And, Keating 5.<br /><br />John McCain was an honorable soldier. As a politician he was merely a contrarian with anger issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com