February 01, 2008

MDS: McCain Derangement Syndrome

I thought BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) was bad on the left, but it appears that MDS is just as bad on the right. I wholeheartedly support Mitt Romney as the most conservative feasible candidate, but lets do a reality check here.

For all of you who claim that there is no difference between John McCain & Hillary Clinton, or worse, people like Anne Coulter who claim that John McCain is more liberal than Hillary Clinton, here are a few facts to think about.

American Conservative Union score:

McCain: 65% in 2006; 82% lifetime
Clinton: 8% in 2006; 9% lifetime
Obama: 8% in 2006; 8% lifetime

No difference? Right.

How about using a left wing ranking system. Here's Progressive Punch's rankings:

McCain: 6.5% in 2007; 13.7% lifetime; 84th most "progressive" Senator
Clinton: 89.7% in 2007; 91.1% lifetime; 29th most "progressive" Senator
Obama: 80.8% in 2007; 88.3% lifetime; 43rd most "progressive" Senator

No difference? Some of you are suffering from McCain Derangement Syndrome.

What drives MDS? Some people are just so partisan and ideologically driven, that you think of John McCain as a traitor. You're blinded by your outrage that he's betrayed conservatism, or that he has the audacity to say nice things about Democrats. You just can't see the truth because you can't see past McCain's "betrayal".

McCain is certainly not my choice, Mitt Romney is, but is he just as liberal as Obama or Clinton? That's just stupid.

I just heard Coulter go off on the Sean Hannity show with MDS. Maybe she should open the right-wing equivalent of the Democratic Underground?

Now, go pitch in for Romney.