'It's Bizarro'

The tone of John McCain's recent floor speech on the debt ceiling debate was apparently meant to communicate an underlying theme: McCain is a realist amidst a sea of inexperienced ideologues and zealous demagogues.

While much commotion has been ensuing owing to McCain's mention of "Tea Party hobbits," (and whatever that is supposed to mean exactly) this obscures the more crucial point.

For one, the allusions to Tolkien's lore stem from this article, published by the Wall Street Journal, which McCain was merely quoting. Second and more important, is what the subject of McCain's speech was actually about: political gamesmanship.

While McCain was ostensibly making the case that principle should not be sacrificed in the face of political power plays, his suggestion is to...sacrifice principle in the face of poltical power play? What? It would appear that way according to this clip.

As McCain sees it, sticking to principle and advocating for a Balanced Budget Amendment, or even simply refusing to support Boehner's 'compromise' on the debt-deal, is not only "bizarro," but "worse than foolish, it is deceiving," to the American people.

Two Sides of the Same...Card?

This is a little late for the election, but that works out well since YAL doesn't support or oppose candidates.  Click on the image for the source, but beware that some of the other works by the same artist are of a more scandalous nature.

Team Despot!

It seems the dynamic duo of Mccain and Lieberman have joined forces once again to produce one of the most horrifying pieces of legislation to date.

It's called the "Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010."  A post on xpostfactoid notes on the atrocities of this legislation and provides a link to the bill. If passed, this would grant the federal government the legal authority to commit any individual it considered an “enemy combatant” to indefinite detention and suspend Miranda rights.

This bill is a response to the infamous “underwear bomber” incident that happened over the holidays. From 100 years in Iraq if necessary to legal abolition of Habeas Corpus; it seems powermongering is for Senator Mccain what Redbull is for college students cramming for finals.