Down this road madness lies

Or maybe just Jacques Derrida.

Jonathan Martin over at Politico dug into the clip files and found some seeming contradictions in things John McCain has said about Mitt Romney (and yes, we know, that fight is over). In a piece that compares presidential primaries with pro wrestling -- sort of -- Martin reports that on Jan. 28, on the eve of the Florida primary, McCain said: "The truth is, Mitt Romney was a liberal governor of Massachusetts." On Thursday, traveling with Romney, McCain said of the former Massachusetts governor: "He came to a very liberal state and campaigned as a conservative and governed as a conservative."

Martin asks: "So, which is it? If it's the latter, should we just discount whatever is said in a primary as not meaning anything?"

Why limit it to the primaries? It's not like candidates, once in the Oval Office, follow the road map they ostensibly lay out before the fall election, either.

And remember folks, it's a fine line between skeptical and cynical.

-- Scott Martelle

Comments

[dave]

some things might seem impossible to detect with senses dulled by collective hypnotizing propaganda and stigmatized taboo (to a point where billions of people seem voluntarily disabled to even count past three, when it comes to america's presidential candidates, and to their own liberty); but once it all falls into place, it is just as impossible not to see with clear and open eyes, the proclaimed 'dark' but really brilliant candidate for PRESIDENT, RON PAUL, who can be seen to be a guardian of the constitution, the one to truly understand it; a protagonist for liberty, to promote prosperity and peace. his actively consistent, principled pursuit of truth is devoid of sarcasm and/or cynicism, expressions of corruption and destructive force: he says what he means, and means what he says.