Bush Who?

John McCain is a smart man, and this article proves it. Sure, he may have over-the-top feelings on the war, may be too old to round up the demographic votes he needs, and too deadset on his ideas to give the people what they want, but he does know how to do one thing: avoid EVER talking about President Bush.

Now as a Republican, it's probably pretty hard to stand in front of lecture halls and polical meetings and not feel like the world is on your shoulders and your party is to blame for what's happened in the last decade. Why? Because you probably are. But while some show their party devotion by siding with their Presidential leader and keeping in line with his decisions, McCain is doing whatever he can to dissociate himself from the lowest approval rating since Richard Nixon.

Now keep in mind, McCain isn't DISAGREEING with the President, he is just DISTANCING himself from the President. There's a big difference. McCain believes in the Republican strategies and subscribes to the "No Surrender" and "Stay the Course" mottos of the party, he just doesn't believe that Bush's name needs to be attached to all of these Republican ideals. And it's working out pretty good for him.

Instead of saying that he sides with George Bush, McCain is now saying in speeches that he sides with General Petreaus. Same ideals, different name. It makes sense to put the military in a larger light though, considering the nation's biggest questions in 2008 will probably have something to do with the war(s) and international relations.

And who would be the perfect man to guide the nation in wartimes such as this? Why a military man of course! Mr. McCain seems to be doing all he can to set himself up as the perfect successor to the right-wing, gung-ho, no-surrender presidency. If the public catches on, his little plan just might work.