John McCain

Bill Whittle has an excellent essay on John McCain and his speech on Thursday. It is truly must reading.

And a final thing: I had heard before that John McCain had been beaten in prison, and I admired him for it. But when he said he had been broken . . . I gasped. When this sometimes cocky, arrogant old man told me he had once been a cocky, arrogant young man until he was “blessed by hardship,” until he had been broken and remade — and in that remaking discovered a love of country so fierce and pure that even as a patriot myself I will never approach it — well, in that moment John McCain won my heart, to add to the respect and admiration he had already had.

I too gasped when McCain said he had been broken. I too teared up at his description of being made anew by the love of his comrades and the love of his country. And Bill Whittle and I am not alone. I spent Friday afternoon at the Victory Cigar Bar doing emails (free wi-fi) and making calls. I couldn't help but notice that every one of the patrons there was talking about John McCain. Talking about the man and his story. How does Barack Obama's story stack up? You would have to be the biggest Obama apologist in the world to think Obama is more inspiring than John McCain at this point.

They say that "pride goeth before a fall." John McCain was a prideful fighter pilot who fell into captivity. It was in captivity that he was broken and came out a new man. A stronger man with his beliefs set and his priorities in order. Barack Obama is so prideful that he can't bear the slightest criticism or admit when he's been wrong. Barack's fall is coming this November and he's going to fall hard.