The latent Christian in me is starting to pity John McCain.

[elehhhhna]

How pathetic is it that he's sunk so low?

Dementia--a progressive and heartbreaking condition--is clearly on display, with all its classic symptoms. His poor family must be frightened.

He's not only unfit to serve, he's unfit to campaign.

[babylonsister]

1. I guess I'm lacking latent Christianity, because I cannot go that

far. I think he knows exactly what he's doing; he's just a creep out to drag down the better candidate in any way possible, and screw the country if he does damage along the way.

[yardwork]

2. I'll feel sorry for him later after Obama is safely in the White House.

Until then I view McCain as a dangerous snake who might steal the White House.

[supernova]

3. Watching a once proud person sink

into dysfunction is never easy.

[undeterred]

4. He's not thinking clearly

He's not as dumb as Bush, he's just nowhere near fit to compete with Obama. But I blame the Republican party for putting him up for office and as usual, being unwilling to admit they have made a mistake.

[ChazII]

16. Well said.

Has there ever been a time when the Republican party admitted a mistake?

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. It might not be a mistake...

rebubbalickins know their collective asses are grass this cycle. Why sully one of their up-and-comers with the impending Agony of Defeat? Besides, it could be a consolation prize for when they just sat and watched the campaign of the dumbest m*****f***** on earth trash him and his family up and down South Carolina in 2000.

(edited for clarity -- I hope)

[willing dwarf]

5. Compassion is good

And from my perspective, so long as one doesn't use pity simply to feel superior, it's good too. Feeling for the pathetic frail humanity of McCain is very good because he is pathetic, and because you're in touch with your humanity. If you loose your connection to your humanity, you may as well be a neo-con. (Just one person't opinion of course...)

[Warpy]

6. Usually I struggle with compassion for heartless conservatives

but watching McGoo flail around has fully activated my Buddhist compassion. He's a sick man who should never have been put into this position, whether or not the party thought it was simply his turn in the Bob Dole model.

They needed to get him to retire from the Senate and live out his years as an elder statesman, not force him to stand naked in front of the country, his loss of mental acuity painfully obvious to even the most ardent of his own party.

I have no use for him as a politician. However, the man deserves better than to be offered up as a sacrificial lamb to an election his party intends to lose in order to escape the fallout from their 8 year looting spree.

[KittyWampus]

7. Perhaps McCain is deranged from resentment and anger at upstart Obama.

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[NNN0LHI]

9. He has belonged to the party of airport toilet cruisers and diaper fetish freaks for how long now?

Didn't that tell you anything about the man?

Don

[rock]

10. There's a slogan mccain can use

Dementia, a step up from bush*

[wtmusic]

11. Would you still pity him if he's elected?

I'll be too busy pitying all the people he's bringing suffering to.

[elehhhhna]

13. that's my point -- he is entirely unqualified at this point to campaign, let alone govern.

[baby_mouse]

12. Yes, it's very sad. I don't think he's like Bush.

He's not very bright, but he isn't a hideous little twerp like George. He isn't stuffed to the eyelids with weird power issues.

[KharmaTrain]

14. He Sold Out Every Step Of The Way

One thing Gramps and boooshie hold in common is their ability to "succede" despite failure. While Gramps finished at the bottom of his class, thanks to dad and being a legacy, he got to fly jet planes. After his release as a POW, he milked the pity to start his political career and shag a beauty queen with a boatload of ego and money. Then he found a media that he could smooze and they in turn bailed him out for years...overlooking his scandals and corruption while building him up as some icon above the fray. The man has always rode on the illusion, never on the substance.

That said, I do feel compassion for the desperation that has turned his "campaign" into a circus...he's a pathetic candidate who shows us every day how unfit he is to lead. I can't feel any pity for this dude. He's gotten a nice ride and what's the downside of his losing? He'll go back to the Senate and his old lobbying ways...as well as one of his many mansions. There's little to pity in that. In fact, I hope I can help him into that glorious retirement sooner rather than later.

Cheers...

[rAVES]

15. No pity here.. the mans out to continue the world destroying campaign of Bush..

if it takes a breakdown to stop him, so be it.

[MasonJar]

18. He had sensible advisors and he got rid of them for Rove's boy;

he is despicable and so is his campaign.

[ljm2002]

19. Dangerous to feel that way...

...in sports or in politics.

"When your opponent is sinking, throw him an anchor" is the practical advice in these situations.

The Republics have pretty much the entire media on their side, and they are painting Obama as an uppity N***** / er, someone with a Messiah complex, yeah, that's the ticket.

Don't think it is not having its effect.

He chose to run, he's out there for all to see -- and the fact is, as has been amply demonstrated with the current White House occupant, the Republics do not require someone competent. They just need someone on their side so the dark forces can continue to pull strings without impediment.

No pity from this voter, none at all. Suck on it, McCain. Everyone can see what a lamebrain you have become. Too bad, you used to seem like someone with some integrity, who had earned respect. But those days are long, long gone. All that is left is a corrupt, demented shell, laid bare.

[JerseygirlCT]

20. Well, I'm waiting until after election day.

Then I'm sure I'll be able to muster great amounts of empathy for him.

Right now, it's tough.