Wow, who'd have thought it? The National Journal has ranked sitting Senators by their ideologies, and John McCain is one of the two most conservative of them all. He's as conservative as Jim DeMint (gasp!).
At first, we cats found this difficult to believe — but then we reminded ourselves how much the defeated Republican Presidential candidate has gone off the deep end since 2008. (On the other hand, one could argue that anyone who'd make the idiotic statement "We are all Georgians now" had already gone off the deep end.)
But hold everything, John. Before you receive this dubious honor and make an Oscar-worthy acceptance speech, we have a couple of pointers that you, as a former "maverick" and darling of the left-wing press, should consider.
In the annals of conservatism, if Barry Goldwater's picture is found under "principled," your mug appears under "craven."
And Jim DeMint should be ashamed that he's allowed his right-wing bona fides to sink so low as to tie with yours.
But here's the worst news of all, John. Your fungibility has bought you no points with the Republican Party's nutty base. Here are just a few choice reactions from our friends over at Free Republic:
"Oh boy... Are the liberals trying prop him up, perhaps for another try at the Presidency?"
"Here they go. Trying to pick our candidate for us again."
"McCain is a liberal open borders POS."
"John McCain being the most COMMUNIST Senator? I can believe that. The most Conservative? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL."
"If George Soros orders McCain to be conservative Juan will wag his tail like a good little puppy dog and be conservative."
"I view this as a condemnation of all the other Republicans in the Senate. If we can't elect Republicans that are more conservative than Juan McAmnesty we may need to find a new party."
"[N]othing has changed. He views statesmanship as compromise, especially involving fundamental principles. A discipline learned well at the Hanoi Hilton."
That last comment? We cats say, ouch!
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