McCain Hates Our Freedoms

In response to yesterday's historic ruling about habeus corpus and the freedom to challenge your arrest in federal court, McCain finally came out swinging -- on the side of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and the rotting corpse of the unitary executive.

"The Supreme Court yesterday rendered a decision which I think is one of the worst decisions in the history of this country," McCain said.

Remember, this is from a guy who says he wants to close Guantanamo and stop our government from torturing prisoners. When it comes to putting his money where his mouth is, he always winds up siding with Bush. Unbelievable.

The stakes in this next election couldn't be any higher. Glenn Greenwald:

Three of the five Justices in the majority -- John Paul Stevens (age 88), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (age 75) and David Souter (age 68) -- are widely expected by court observers to retire or otherwise leave the Court in the first term of the next President. By contrast, the four judges who dissented -- Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts and Sam Alito -- are expected to stay right where they are for many years to come.

John McCain has identified Roberts and Alito as ideal justices of the type he would nominate, while Barack Obama has identified Stephen Breyer, David Souter and Ginsberg (all in the majority today). It's not hyperbole to say that, from Supreme Court appointments alone, our core constitutional protections could easily depend upon the outcome of the 2008 election.

John McCain voted for the bill that stripped habeus corpus rights from the prisoners at Guantanamo. He has voted against a bill to outlaw waterboarding. He talks a big game about being against torture and in favor of human rights, but when push comes to shove he folds like a limp dick.

The reality is clear. John McCain thinks that the U.S. government should be allowed to strip prisoners of their rights. He thinks torture is perfectly legal. He thinks the U.S. should attack, invade and occupy any country that looks at us the wrong way. But he also feels that his own moral character is so impeccable, so wonderful, that if elected he might restrict his own awesome powers and toss crumbs to the enemies at his mercy.

I've been following McCain's career for over ten years and I still don't know what the hell is going on in his head. He's a bad mixture of crazy and stupid, and electing him would be one of the biggest blunders this country could make.