A Libertarian Critique of John McCain

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Reason Magazine Editor-In-Chief Matt Welch offers a libertarian's critique of Arizona Senator and Republican Presidential candidate John McCain.

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John McCain is one of the most familiar figures in American politics, a figure with great appeal to many. However, his concrete governing philosophy and actual track record have been left unexamined. Matt Welch's new book McCain: The Myth of a Maverick gives a flesh-and-bones political portrait of a man onto whom people project their own ideological fantasies. It is the first realistic assessment of what a John McCain presidency might look like.

Welch lays out the root cause of the senator's worldview: his personal transformation from underachieving youth to war hawk, in which he used the "higher power" of American nationalism to save his life and soul - Cato Institute

Matt Welch is editor in chief of Reason magazine.

From 2002 to 2006, Welch worked at Reason as an associate editor and media columnist. From 2002 to 2004, he also wrote a regular "Letter from California" column for Canada's National Post newspaper and contributed to the Online Journalism Review; WorkingForChange.com (for whom he covered Ralph Nader's 2000 presidential campaign); and the now-defunct Los Angeles tech/biz magazine Zone News.

Welch's work has appeared in The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, Los Angeles Daily News, Orange County Register, LA Weekly, ESPN.com, Salon.com, Wired, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Daily Star of Beirut, and dozens of other publications.

Before 1998, Welch lived for eight years in Central Europe, where he co-founded the region's first post-communist English-language newspaper, Prognosis, worked as UPI's Slovakia correspondent and managed the Budapest Business Journal.

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elfred1980 (August 18, 2008 at 11:48 am)
How so? I wanted it to happen, i voted for him, but it seems like giving him the delegates would be stealing an election.
harry4611 (August 1, 2008 at 3:06 pm)
Sick Commie cocksucker.
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jbd75274 (August 17, 2008 at 2:10 am)
Don't feed the troll.
spawk1993 (July 30, 2008 at 6:13 pm)
yea personal responsibility, thats crazy.
DCUPtoejuice (July 25, 2008 at 3:42 pm)
rigght. actually, i can't back that up. I tried to find it, perhaps I confused his marriage position with the abortion issue. Nevertheless, it is clear he is pro-life and would support removal of Roe v. Wade and allowing states to make their own law. This doesn't mean he wouldn't advocate all states putting anti-abortion laws on the books.
wadebishop (August 5, 2008 at 11:54 am)
Bob Barr supports states rights over the national federal rights. McCain believes in and ultra control of the President. He if he was President would raise taxes. If you don't believe in this look up 'The Real McCain'. A great video by bravenewfilms. A true republican will never support McCain
DCUPtoejuice (August 5, 2008 at 12:57 pm)
McBama can suck my balls.
wadebishop (August 5, 2008 at 4:03 pm)
To DCU: lol. I hate McCain but I wouldn't want that old man near my balls. The old pervert may like them way too much!