A few days ago I saw a sight that made me pause. A conservative friend had his McCain/Palin sticker on the back of his car and I noticed it had been edited to remove McCain’s name. It made me think because it was indicative of why Barack Obama sits in the White House. The Republican candidate this last go around was one that the GOP base would not support. McCain was not our man, he was the establishment’s man because he was the media darling. Of course, the media loved him—he was silly enough to believe their whispers of love in his ear, and not wise enough to know they would turn on him the moment the Democrat candidate was chosen. Let me give you a clue—if the media like him then he’s either not a Republican or one they know can not win.

This bumper sticker also indicates what would have saved us from this pickle we find ourselves in. No, I am not saying that Palin would have been elected. She’s too new to national politics to be ready for that—yet. The salvation for the Republican ticket would have been the removal of John McCain.

The other day I received an email from the McCain campaign requesting financial support for McCain’s run for re-election to the Senate. The signature line claimed to be directly from John, so, even though I know he did not send it out and will never receive a response I responded anyways. My advise for Mr. McCain boils down to thank you for your heroic service to your country in Vietnam, but as for your Congressional record, no thanks. You have spent the last few decades being the maverick of the party, going your own way and standing opposed to things important to us and then on election day you expect us to be loyal little automatons and vote for you. Please, for the good of the nation and the good of the party, retire.