Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.—Sophocles
John McCain lost this election and a big reason he lost is due to his sense of Honor. He has exemplified the warrior code of "bushido" by refusing to bring the Reverend Wright controversy into the mix. He refused to take political contributions unless they were verified as coming from American citizens unlike the Obama campaign which raised untold millions from contributions with individuals with fictitious names by removing all of the security features on the Obama website.
Many have complained that he is not a true Conservative but I argue today that he displayed the conservative principle of honor right to the end. Honor is a quality that is quickly disappearing from the make up of this nation and true Conservatives believe you are nothing without honor.
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"Duty," "Honor," "Country" - those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you want to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. Unhappily, I possess neither that eloquence of diction, that poetry of imagination, nor that brilliance of metaphor to tell you all that they mean.
From General Douglas MacArthur's Farewell Speech given to the Corps of Cadets at West Point May 12, 1962.
If you have not watched this speech in its entirety I urge you to find it and watch it. This is what it means to serve your country and be a Patriot.
MacArthur represents what made this nation successful in the past and this is what the majority of Americans have entrusted to the hands of an inexperienced first term radically liberal Senator from Illinois. He started his career surrounded by some of the most dishonorable charaters in American society. Let us all hope that he can rise above his past associations and honor the trust that has been placed in him.
Sorry, my friend we disagree. Not that Johnny Mac is not honorable but his conduct as a candidate was beyond terrible. We should have nominated, in retrospect, Romney, who can speak eloquently and run a business (campaign). "O" just beat us, out organized us, out raised us. The country accepted him despite the Rev. W. and all the other associations.
Mark - I agree than Johnny Mac is an honorable man. That said, I think his decision regarding Wright was one of enlightened self interest. It would not have helped him. Exit polls show the public was unhappy with the personal attacks (Ayers, etc). He knew the 527s would pound the Wright thing and they did - with no significant result.
Jim - I agree that McCain ran a poor campaign. With the benefit of hindsight, it looks like Romney would have been a better pick at the top of the ticket or as Veep.
I disagree with both of you. Romney would have been destroyed by the class warfare. I think choosing him as VP would have helped McCain with the economic argument but in the end the far left and the media would have savaged him as being formerly one of the greedy Wall Street participants.
This election was the Perfect Storm for Obama. Bad Economic news trumped all character and national security issues. The Dems were very successful with the help of their useful idiots in the MSM of selling class warfare and making everything be about President Bush.
No Republican candidate alive could have swum against that Tsunami of opinion.
Mark -
Believe it or not, I agree with most of your last post. I thought Romney was a no-brainer with hindsight, however, you are right. He would have been subject to fat cat attacks that may have been effective. He still would have been better than Sarah thanks to offering economic expertise. All that said, Obama would likely have won in any event due to the tsunami you spoke of.
I just think Johnny Mac was a terrible candidate.
One small, but large point. His crazy suggestion to buy mortgages. Why? and for how many and for how much?
We were never really enthused about JM.
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