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McSame Asshole

If this election has given you a massive déjà vu hangover, there is a good reason:

In its broad strokes, McCain's life story is oddly similar to that of the current occupant of the White House. John Sidney McCain III and George Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into mediocrity. Both developed an uncanny social intelligence that allowed them to skate by with a minimum of mental exertion. Both struggled with booze and loutish behavior. At each step, with the aid of their fathers' powerful friends, both failed upward. And both shed their skins as Episcopalian members of the Washington elite to build political careers as self-styled, ranch-inhabiting Westerners who pray to Jesus in their wives' evangelical churches.

In one vital respect, however, the comparison is deeply unfair to the current president: George W. Bush was a much better pilot.

McCain is every bit as big a narcissistic asshole as Bush. He is every bit as big a fraudulent "everyman." He is every bit as stupid and proud of it.

Hard to believe that the Republicans managed to nominate someone who would be a worse President than the douchebag in office.

Well, not so hard to believe, is it?

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