Queen of the Repugnicans

If John McCain (I’m referring to the one who, in a quasi-fictional past, was known for distancing himself from the idiocies of the Republican party)—if that John McCain had watched Mean Girls, he would have realized he didn’t want to be the GOP nominee in the first place.

Cady Heron thought that the prestige and power that came with supplanting Regina would help her master the wilds of the American high school. All too late, after she had shed her soul and lost her friends, did she realize becoming Queen of the Plastics involves a war of attrition that leaves no one’s credibility intact.

Soon (one hopes) Gramps McCain will realize that the reason George W. Bush edged him out of the primary election in 2000 was because W had no qualms hawking his principles in exchange for accepting the party’s crown (or ten-gallon hat, as it turned out). The maverick whom Sarah Palin and her ilk are pretty sure they remember from that election should figure out if being President is worth what it will take to tear down Barack Obama.