McCain the McMaverick, a 'Hood Ornament'

I've been calling him the Gasbag, but Thomas Frank has come up with another description for him -- the best I've read anywhere: John McCain is "a hood ornament on a hit-and-run machine."

Frank writes in his weekly Wall Street Journal column:

The man no longer stands for anything. He has transformed himself from a maverick into a cipher, a hood ornament on a hit-and-run machine. He has no more political content now than the constantly changing cast of cynical right-wingers aboard his campaign plane.

Did the Hood Ornament ever stand for anything? I don't think so, unless it was the BananaRepublic. Was he ever a maverick? McMaverick is more like it. But never mind. The headline on Frank's column — "The Audacity of Nope" — deserves a tip of the hat, too.

Comments

[BobsNotWorking]

It isn't that the Republicans (including McCain) have never believed in anything. It's just that recently everything they have ever believed has been proven wrong. Completely free unregulated commodities markets, de-regulation of banking and public utilities is a good thing, the Iraq war is going well, the war in Afghanistan is going well, etc., etc., etc. It is understandable that they feel confused and disoriented. Anyone would. It is no wonder the McCain seems hopelessly confused. In order to extol anything reasonable he would have to begin to express agreement with most of the Democratic party's platform.

[wheresthebeef]

"The Audacity of Nope." I love it! Nothing better describes the contrast between Senator McCain's campaign and that of Senator Obama. Where can I buy the T-shirt?