A Libertarian Critique of John McCain

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/08/John... Magazine Editor-In-Chief Matt Welch offers a libertarian's critique of Arizona Senator and Republican Presidential candidate John McCain.-----John McCain is one of the most familiar figures in American politics, a figure with great appeal to many. However, his concrete governing philosophy and actual track record have been left unexamined. Matt Welch's new book McCain: The Myth of a Maverick gives a flesh-and-bones political portrait of a man onto whom people project their own ideological fantasies. It is the first realistic assessment of what a John McCain presidency might look like.Welch lays out the root cause of the senator's worldview: his personal transformation from underachieving youth to war hawk, in which he used the "higher power" of American nationalism to save his life and soul - Cato InstituteMatt Welch is editor in chief of Reason magazine.From 2002 to 2006, Welch worked at Reason as an associate editor and media columnist. From 2002 to 2004, he also wrote a regular "Letter from California" column for Canada's National Post newspaper and contributed to the Online Journalism Review; WorkingForChange.com (for whom he covered Ralph Nader's 2000 presidential campaign); and the now-defunct Los Angeles tech/biz magazine Zone News.Welch's work has appeared in The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, Los Angeles Daily News, Orange County Register, LA Weekly, ESPN.com, Salon.com, Wired, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Daily Star of Beirut, and dozens of other publications.Before 1998, Welch lived for eight years in Central Europe, where he co-founded the region's first post-communist English-language newspaper, Prognosis, worked as UPI's Slovakia correspondent and managed the Budapest Business Journal.

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flamablesteve (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Not exactly.He was reprimanded for his actions in the scandal, but they decided he just "didnt understand the situation", so they didnt do any consequential punishment.Regardless, he was proven to have been involved with keating.
gameshowguy2000 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
And David Ruprecht (who himself is a Libertarian) has said that Libertarians support lower taxes and smaller government (and they're walking the walk, unlike the Republicans, who are only talking the talk; they claim they support lower taxes and smaller government, but fail to deliver).
RedLava78 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'd rather have George Bush 3 than karl Marx 2 as well but I'd also be a lot happier putting up with Karl Marx 2 for just 4 years so people really understand just how bad it is and then make a radical shift in ideology in 2012 and go with somone who actually believes in small government. I'm voting Bob Barr and yes I know he won't win but the long term effects outweigh what will happen if there is NO party running on a small government platform for a lot longer than 4 years.
RedLava78 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I agree with you but wouldn't call it the "radical right". I'd go with "the new big government right" or "neocon" for short. I'm hoping Barr gets a nice piece of the vote and they blame him for the republicans losing badly. Maybe just maybe (though I doubt it) the neocons will realize that they're not going to win if they want to be a pro-big government party.
jshancock (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
actually McCain was proven innocent in the Keating Five Scandal. The Democrates who ran the investigation say he had nothing to do with the scandal. But go ahead and keep grasping at straws.
johnnybandmember (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
McCain's other bailout scam came to be known as the Keating Five Scandal.McCain should have gone to prison for a long time for his part in it.Charles Keating paid about $1.3 million to various U.S. Senators including Senator John McCain to help him resist regulators intent on protecting the people whose money Keating was embezzling.The regulators backed off to disastrous consequences.McCain was fortunate to have enough clout to stay out of prison.
Elasaltaculos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
aint that the truth. Semper Fi
Leatherbubba (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I pretty much have to vote for John McCain. I'd rather have George Bush 3 than Karl Marx 2.
gameshowguy2000 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'd rather have a Barr-Paul ticket..sure, they may have been Republicans (Paul still is Republican), but they're concerned about the direction of their party. The social issues have driven the party further and further to the radical right.
gameshowguy2000 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I checked Barr's site, he's leaving the Marriage and Abortion issues up to the state. He himself was a former Republican that was author of the DOMA, and now he's realized his party has gone in the wrong direction.

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