Comments on: Irrational Exuberance? http://larison.org/2008/01/11/irrational-exuberance/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:26:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Daniel Larison http://larison.org/2008/01/11/irrational-exuberance/#comment-8501 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:31:04 +0000 http://larison.org/2008/01/11/irrational-exuberance/#comment-8501 Fair enough. I also believe he is slightly mad, and I wouldn't want him anywhere near that kind of power. Fair enough. I also believe he is slightly mad, and I wouldn’t want him anywhere near that kind of power.

]]> by: Howard J. Harrison http://larison.org/2008/01/11/irrational-exuberance/#comment-8497 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:11:50 +0000 http://larison.org/2008/01/11/irrational-exuberance/#comment-8497 I'll not try to add to your political analysis, which as usual makes good sense to me. Speaking only for my own household, my wife and I read Mr. McCain as genuinely heroic but slightly mad, lunatic, less than fully in touch with reality. In an age in which the president of the United States bears authority to launch nuclear missiles, this is a problem for us. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Mr. McCain's positions on the issues. We would not be "upset" by a McCain nomination. Authentic conservatives don't normally get "upset" about things like that, so it might have been a poor choice of word on the pollster's part. We would however cheerfully vote Hillary Clinton to keep Mr. McCain's finger off the nuclear trigger. For us, it's really about as simple as that. <em>Howard</em> I’ll not try to add to your political analysis, which as usual makes good sense to me. Speaking only for my own household, my wife and I read Mr. McCain as genuinely heroic but slightly mad, lunatic, less than fully in touch with reality. In an age in which the president of the United States bears authority to launch nuclear missiles, this is a problem for us. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Mr. McCain’s positions on the issues.

We would not be “upset” by a McCain nomination. Authentic conservatives don’t normally get “upset” about things like that, so it might have been a poor choice of word on the pollster’s part. We would however cheerfully vote Hillary Clinton to keep Mr. McCain’s finger off the nuclear trigger. For us, it’s really about as simple as that.

Howard

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