In a private meeting just off the Senate floor, McCain (R-Ariz.) got into a shouting match Thursday with Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) over details of a compromise on immigration legislation. Cornyn accused McCain of being too busy with his campaign to take part in the negotiations, prompting McCain to utter "F… you."
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McCain has shouted at people for any number of reasons, including errors of judgment, disagreements on public policy and even how to set up a podium.
"In McCain's world, there aren't legitimate differences of opinions," said David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union, which differs with McCain on some issues. "There is his way and there is evil. That is how he approaches issues. That is one of the reasons for conservative nervousness about him."
Wait a dadgum second! Since exactly when did conservatives start worrying that a candidate's approach to issues was too simplistic, or too binary, or too manichean, or too undiversified, or too "black and white"...? Precisely when did those qualities become liabilities to conservatives?
Did I miss a sea change or something?
After six years of Duhbya the Decider, after six years of dictatorial bullsh*t and neverending false choices, some ACU guy is claiming that conservatives are suddenly "nervous" because McCain allegedly believes that "there is his way and there is evil"? Is this guy serious?! After six years of Bush, he has the stones to say there aren't legitimate differences of opinion in "McCain's world"?
That's hilarious.
Are we to believe that conservatives suddenly want a candidate who "does" nuance, and who sees shades of grey, and understands how complex the world can be? Is that it? If so, I'd like to ask one thing:
When the hell did this start?! A week or so after conservatives re-elected one of the most rigid and incurious Presidents in American history?
