Politik mit harten Bandagen — ein schöner McCain-Zerriss

In amerikanischen Zeitungen darf man als Op-Ed (Wikipedia erklärt was es genau ist) mutig seine persönliche Meinung schreiben. Und diese Freiheit kann man nutzen, um z.B. den Kandidaten McCain so richtig gründlich zu zerreissen. Wenn man das gelesen hat bleibt das Gefühl zurück, diesen Mann zu wählen sei eine noch größere Katastrophe für Amerika, als Bush gewesen ist. Wow. Ist vielleicht als politische Meinungsbildung nicht zu ernst zu nehmen, aber literarisch auf jeden Fall interessant. Hier ein Ausschnitt:

“In a time of war,” Mr. McCain said last week, “the commander in chief doesn’t get a learning curve.” Fair enough, but he imparted this wisdom in a speech that was almost a year behind Mr. Obama in recognizing Afghanistan as the central front in the war against Al Qaeda. Given that it took the deadliest Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul since 9/11 to get Mr. McCain’s attention, you have to wonder if even General Custer’s learning curve was faster than his.

Mr. McCain still doesn’t understand that we can’t send troops to Afghanistan unless they’re shifted from Iraq. But simple math, to put it charitably, has never been his forte. When it comes to the central front of American anxiety — the economy — his learning curve has flat-lined.

In 2000, he told an interviewer that he would make up for his lack of attention to “those issues.” As he entered the 2008 campaign, Mr. McCain was still saying the same, vowing to read “Greenspan’s book” as a tutorial. Last weekend, the resolutely analog candidate told The New York Times he is at last starting to learn how “to get online myself.” Perhaps he’ll retire his abacus by Election Day.

Op-Ed Columnist — It’s the Economic Stupidity, Stupid — Op-Ed — NYTimes.com

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Datum: Freitag, 25. Juli 2008 22:28
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