McCain- Worse than Bush?

While it might be hard to fathom that a president could be worse than Bush, McCain certainly has the track record to edge out ol' Dubya on this dubious honor.

As recently as Saturday night-- where his obviously rehearsed Q&A with a famous megachruch pastor received mass applause-- McCain has been gaffing his way into the books of political infamy. Take this one: "If you were to put a number on being rich, say, $5 million?"

The audience laughed, as did McCain. But it was clear that he wasn't joking. He distinctly and uncomfortably laughed only after the audience had begun to do so.

So, he's out of touch on economics (something most of us already knew a la Phil Gramm).

How about military service? Well, he voted against Jim Webb's bipartisan plan to bolster money for the GI Bill (a fund that educates returning troops and veterans). More recently, he endorsed the veto of a bill that would have limited the CIA's ability to torture (the veto that Bush eventually penned, of course). And, perhaps most telling, he was in the bottom 2% of his graduating class at the Naval Academy.

Well, surely his record as a "maverick" is good enough... Think again. Flip flops on gay marriage, the Confederate flag, the Iraq War and offshore oil drilling, to name a few. Check it out here.

In sum, it's pretty clear that McCain is peddling the same Bush formula-- on the economy, the war(s), social justice issues, and even benefits for soldiers.

John McCain. A real American loser.