The Linear Canvas

I voted for John McCain in the 2000 Ohio Republican primary. I believed he had the answer. But the question might have really been, "Am I tired of all of the 24 hour Clinton bashing?". Even though I defected temporarily to the Republicans, I knew there was trouble coming if George Bush was nominated. I never gave it any thought that I was doing what so many Republicans did in 2008 during Rush Limbaugh’s "Operation Chaos". But I did believe in McCain, but I also feared W.

Had I done any research on John McCain, one thing I wouldn’t have been able to understand was McCain’s involvement with the 1990-ish Savings and Loan crisis’ infamous "Keating Five". I certainly could not have reconciled his involvement with the four Democratic senators, including John Glenn from Ohio, for their hand in covering up wrongdoing by these fat-cat criminals. If you dig a little deeper in the Savings and Loan crisis, you find Neil Bush, George’s older brother. It doesn’t surprise me that a Bush could be involved in such a disaster. But that’s not the John McCain I thought I was voting for.

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