We contrarians think McCain is charismatic. That said we don’t entirely agree with him, of course.

liberals have a hard time, these days, identifying totalitarianism when is comes in from the left. they took forever to acknowledge that stalin was a baaaad thing. some are remaining willfully obtuse about stalin and communism to this very day. this is partly why they are still stuck in between gears over islamofascism.

These Liberal-leftists are obsessed to establish rules for the others, but not for themselves. They consider themselves free from any rule, even from their own when they deal with “unbelievers”. Liberal-leftist, like Muslim, “owes everything to the ummah (sect, nation, group), very little to others. He has no obligations, moral or spiritual, toward non-Muslims (read non-Liberals) as part of the human race … For example, sincerity is a universal human value, and we should exercise it in our relations with one another irrespective of creed and nationality. But in Islam (read Leftism), it is limited to Muslims (read Liberal-leftists)” (Ram Swarup “Understanding Islam through Hadis”: read “Understanding Liberal-leftism through Liberal media”).
So all non-Liberal-leftists are excluded from any human and moral consideration. Any action, even the most abominable and repugnant, will be devout and praiseworthy, if it is done in the name of an idea that is fixed as mandatory. This identity of “ethical” principles explains Liberal-leftists fervent support of Islamofascists and all kind of criminals that present themselves as fighters against “American Imperialism”.
I am not a member of this “liberal” sect, and therefore I keep to another rule, that is of the ancient Hindus: “One should behave towards another just as that other behaveth towards him. Even this is consistent with social polity. One may behave deceitfully towards him that behaveth deceitfully, but honestly towards him that is honest in his behaviour.” (Mahabharata V, 37)
So he who does “double count” of the ethical principles (for himself and for the others) excludes himself from any moral consideration. His “rules” turn against him as in Disney’s story of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Mickey Mouse puts on the magic cap believing to command the elements and sinks in the water of his grandiose dreams. I find only difficulty in imaging vulgar Obama with Mickey’s beautiful round ears.

I read McCain’s stumbles on this issue as being a serious gaffe. Not, as usually supposed, an error of saying something untrue…

…instead, I suspect that McCain’s understanding is accurate, but that it substantially came from classified sources.

That explains why McCain continues to rub salt in his wound. He is being attacked for uttering falsehoods, but actually was talking about things that were true…