John McCain proves it's not just silly liberals

The stereotype among conservatives is that liberals habitually compound stupidity with self-righteousness, but John McCain should be a constant reminder to Republicans that the affliction that causes one to think that disagreement is the result of others' moral errors rather than of one's own intellectual errors, can be found among all political and religious affiliations. Hardly a week goes by without McCain proving once again that he considers that when he disagrees with other Republicans, that shows that he is morally superior to them, when most of the time it's actually just that they are mentally superior to him. Not that that's particularly difficult, of course. (If you're a Democrat, this is a good place to insert a crack about how not only is it not difficult to be mentally superior to John McCain, but it is even less difficult to be morally superior to most Republicans.)

And in case you think Republicans are intrinsically smarter than Democrats, just remember that McCain is a favorite to win the Republican nomination for President.

Narcissism, folly and their inevitable offspring moronic self-righteousness are as dangerous a combination as are shrewdness, ambition and unscrupulousness. If McCain isn't the very incarnation of the former combination, then some public relations expert needs to tell him to stop acting like it.

Meanwhile, if you're a Democrat then I think you have to pulling for McCain with all the gusto you can muster. I think you would have a much better chance of beating McCain in a general election than you would have running against either Romney or Guliani. Not that I'm an expert, of course, but if I were the Democrats I'd be talking up McCain for all I was worth right up until he wins the nomination, and then just turn on him and blow him out of the water.