Now that Wisconsin is up next we are getting candidates attention.  I was invited to a McCain rally this evening but don't think I could keep a stone face for that long.

Given the stakes, I may be convinced to vote for him by November, if its close, but not without feeling it would be to countenance and reward constitutional betrayal. 

Its simply a matter of trust.  If he breeched his oath of office in the Senate why should we expect anything different as President?  Campaign promises are a dime a dozen but an oath, to me at least, is a lot more grave.  That oath, to uphold and defend the constitution, is pretty straightforward after all, yet somehow it was beyond the comprehension of McCain and Feingold who, it seems, couldn't manage to grasp the meaning of abridge.   

This doesn't help his case ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain says he's proud of his work with liberal Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold on campaign finance reform.

The senators from Arizona and Wisconsin remain good friends, but McCain says his friendship with Feingold should not call into question his conservative credentials.

So, if I got this right; he is proud of his partnership in limiting free speech, but that shouldn't compromise his conservative credentials. The Straight Talk Express just drove over a cliff.   

If you are looking for evience that McCain's reach-out to conservatives is nothing more than politically expedient unadulterated lip-service either of the above comments should do the trick. 

Since the article didn't even acknowledge an astronomically huge contradiction somebody will have to help me out with this.  I've got a pretty supple imagination but try as I may I just can't reconcile those two notions. Its enough to make your head hurt.

Nothing in this election for me if all I get to choose from is a choice of either chocolate or vanilla socialism or an authoritarian asshole.  For now I'll just sit back and watch the moderates figure it out, my principles just aren't that pliable.