Why not McCain

There's a lot to like about John McCain. He's a straight shooter. He does what he thinks is right. He means what he says. Just for that reason, I think he could be a good president. He also supports the fight against global warming and that will be critical.

But it occured to me there is a critical reason why we need a Democrat in the White House.

I think that when historians look back on this decade they will see a terrible irony. This has been a decade of light and darkness. It has been a decade of light because of new technology, computers, video games, Web sites, making everything easier. It seems as if there is nothing we can't find out, nothing we can't do.

But our government has driven us into the dark ages. They have thrown a blanket of darkness over all that they do not want us to know. They do it in the name of national security, but who knows what they have covered up. They hold people prisoners without charge. They ignore FOIA requests. They conduct government business in secret.

I don't think we'll really know what has been going on until we get a complete regime change. Any Republican president, even McCain, is going to do what he can to save his buddies from exposure.

Either Obama or Clinton. Let's get one of them in the White House.