Speed Gibson

A respected colleague of DFL persuasion asked me today, innocently and seriously, if I thought the McCain nomination was a done deal. The prospect has reached the worrisome stage.

The best analysis / rebuttal of McCain's "straight talk" I've seen to date comes from Ann Coulter at Townhall.com:

Of course, I might lie constantly too, if I were seeking the Republican presidential nomination after enthusiastically promoting amnesty for illegal aliens, Social Security credit for illegal aliens, criminal trials for terrorists, stem-cell research on human embryos, crackpot global warming legislation and free speech-crushing campaign-finance laws.

I might lie too, if I had opposed the Bush tax cuts, a marriage amendment to the Constitution, waterboarding terrorists and drilling in Alaska.

And I might lie if I had called the ads of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth "dishonest and dishonorable."

That's just for openers! The February Caucus should prove interesting once we get past hearing about Ron Paul.