I have to admit, I've been watching "West Wing" again on DVD and the parallels between President-elect Santos and President-elect Obama are pretty uncanny. The campaigns, the campaign slogan, the Republican challengers - all the same. Of course, in West Wing the president is intelligent, effective and president, but that's for another discussion. Anyway, in last night's episode, the President-elect asked his Republic opponent to serve as his VP, and then as his Secretary of State. Fortunately, those two jobs are already taken, but I wouldn't put it past Obama to come up with some grand plan involving John McCain. Now, if he gets the good McCain, the guy who was pro-choice, was relatively pro-gay, and was good on a number of issues of concern to Democrats, then McCain's help could be welcome.
Anyway, former Republican Senator Rick Santorum is very upset that there is a possibility of McCain helping Obama. Check out the issues that Santorum - basically speaking for conservative Republicans who run the GOP - lists as really bad things that Obama and McCain might try to do:
Remember, it was this onetime prisoner of war who led the charge to open diplomatic relations with Vietnam. If that past is prologue, and McCain's legislative record is any guide, he will not just join with Obama but lead the charge in Congress on global warming, immigration "reform," the closing of Guantanamo, federal funding for embryonic-stem-cell research, and importation of prescription drugs.1. Global Warming.
2. Immigration.
3. Closing Gitmo.
4. Stem cell research.
5. Permitting the importation of cheap, safe prescription drugs from Canada.
No, we wouldn't want any of that to happen because then more people might live free. And the Republicans wonder why they lost.
