So Long, Maverick

So long to John McCain, among the worst of what Washington has had to offer. He leaves a legacy of devout American imperialism, a failed presidential bid, and little else. McCain's career should have ended after the Keating Five affair, when he was formally reprimanded by the Senate ethics committee, and yet "he persisted". Self-styled as the Maverick...you have to be kidding me. Do you remember the last time he appeared on television for any reason but to toe the line of the Washington establishment? He was a stooge, a bagman, an apparatchik. "Maverick" is applicable only when uttered with extreme sarcasm.

You couldn't call McCain a political hack. No, he was quite willing to work with administrations of either party in the pursuit of war. Was there ever a proposal for military action he opposed? No, and it was quite predictable that McCain would show up on the television as giddy as a child on Christmas Eve, going so far as to sing songs about the next American bombing campaign, on camera. He just couldn't help himself.

Let's not forget that it was McCain who "delivered" the phony PeePee Dossier. Supposedly McCain received the dossier from its author, British intelligence veteran Christopher Steele, and delivered it to FBI top brass, even though Steele had been under the employ of the FBI for months! The media, of course, never forced him to explain whether he was a willing or unwilling party to intelligence laundering which had as its end goal the nullification of an American election. Since McCain didn't raise hell over discovering that he had handed the FBI their own document, we must assume he was in on the ruse.

It's not as if McCain cares much about democracy anyway. In his final re-election he campaigned as a "leader in the fight against Obamacare", and then proceeded to vote against its repeal. At this distance its hard to tell which of the 2008 presidential candidates was the biggest campaign liar. (I didn't vote for either one, which really is helpful when trying to sleep at night.) After some truly senile behavior in Congress, and even a fatal cancer diagnosis, McCain chose not to graciously retire, because he wanted his replacement to be picked by officials, not the people of Arizona. Even in death, he serves the oligarchy.

McCain was a lying political stooge who led America from one military boondoggle to another. I wouldn't wish a brain cancer diagnosis on anyone, but we are truly fortunate that the senile war monger has been removed from office. Songbird will sing no more. Good riddance to him.