McCain vs. Teddy Roosevelt

Current Book: On Liberty by John Stuart Mill.

Timothy Noah has written a brief but excellent article explaining how John McCain’s hero, Teddy Roosevelt, was a fierce proponent of the same income tax philosophy that McCain decries as “Socialism” when it happens to come from the mouth of Barack Obama. McCain has obviously succumbed to believing his own propaganda. This is not surprising from a man who is driven by a desperate need to surpass the glory of his father and grandfather as opposed to any patriotic notions of “putting country first”.