How Bad Did John Sidney McCain Step In It?

Answer: Ask Nasty, Brutish and Short... NBS has posts here, here, here and here that clearly represents the case against John Sidney McCain and raises the possiblity that Mike DeWine is still an idiot all at the same time.

That DeWine bit might need a little clarification, so I give you Mr. NBS:

DeWine says to the Enquirer:

"I can't believe in the end that voters are going to make a decision in November based on what John [Sidney] McCain said about Bill Cunningham in February," DeWine said.

How quaint. He thinks the latest uproar with the base is about McCain repudiating Willie. It's not. It's not that at all. It's that this is YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE of McCain throwing a conservative under the bus. And when you throw enough people under the bus, you will wake up one day and find that there is no one left to speak for you. Will that be in November? We'll see.

Why am I spending time on this? The folks that Mark and I spent time with last night asked about this and I think our discussion wound up deadlocked...mainly because I forgot about NBS's coverage. But I should have remembered the fact that this situation outraged WMD contributer Sean so much, he jumped right in and wrote about it here. I think Sean has written maybe three pieces for us all year...but THIS is one of them.

Why does this matter? NBS is right...this isn't about Willie. It is about US. John Sidney McCain does not give a D@#n about conservatives in general and conservatives from southwestern Ohio in particular. His actions not only with Willie demonstrate that, but his interactions with 55KRC reflect that as well. (side note on that: I'm sure that WLW's "Bob" McConnell was thrilled to be at the center of that story...)

At any rate, John Sidney McCain made an unforced error...it will be intersting to see just how much it costs him.

UPDATE: "But, Matt, this is THE most important election of our lifetime!" Uh-huh...maybe John Sidney McCain ought to think about that for a minute too and stop ticking people off...

UPDATE 2: It is NOT my duty to vote for John Sidney McCain. It IS John Sidney McCain's duty to ASK ME for my vote...