On John McCain’s ideology vs. the ideology of the guy who preceded him in the Senate:
DP: McCain followed Barry Goldwater in Senate, yet his voting record reveals little Western-style libertarianism. What is McCain’s guiding political philosophy or ideology? Does he have one?
Welch: Actually, Goldwater was never really warm toward his replacement, which is something McCain, to this day in my judgment, has never properly understood. McCain’s guiding philosophy is National Greatness Conservatism - he wants to restore your faith, and my faith, in America as the singularly blessed shining city on the hill, a confident and self-aware superpower whose destiny is to keep the world safe for democracy. Anything that jeopardizes that faith, or otherwise sows public cynicism, is a legitimate target of McCain’s - and the federal government’s - considerable wrath.
Yet another reason I cannot vote for John McCain
