Fri 3 Oct 2008
John McCain: Make-Believe Maverick
Friday, Oct 3rd, 2008 at 8:13 amCategories: Politics; Anger; McCain, John
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“A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty.”
Rolling Stone recently published a relentlessly critical biography of John McCain:
When McCain was not shown the pampering to which he was accustomed, he grew petulant — even abusive. He repeatedly blew up in the face of his commanding officer. It was the kind of insubordination that would have gotten any other midshipman kicked out of Annapolis. But his classmates soon realized that McCain was untouchable. Midway though his final year, McCain faced expulsion, about to “bilge out” because of excessive demerits. After his mother intervened, however, the academy’s commandant stepped in. Calling McCain “spoiled” to his face, he nonetheless issued a reprieve, scaling back the demerits. McCain dodged expulsion a second time by convincing another midshipman to take the fall after McCain was caught with contraband.
McCain’s self-described “four-year course of insubordination” ended with him graduating fifth from the bottom — 894th out of a class of 899. It was a record of mediocrity he would continue as a pilot.
- Tim Dickinson @ Rolling Stone: Oct 16, 2008: Link.
Whate’ers begun in anger ends in shame.