Tim Dickinson of Rolling Stone magazine wrote an incredibly in-depth profile of John McCain:

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain

Dickinson quotes people close to McCain, and many times McCain himself, and the story they tell is VERY different from the myth the McCain campaign is trying to sell to American voters. The remarkable thing is that very little of this article is news. Most of this stuff has been a matter of public record for years. Heck, the Republicans have been using it against him for decades (and McCain in turn tries to use these attacks from within his own party as proof of his "maverick" status) but Dickinson's cover story really puts McCain's life into perspective with the plain facts.

Throughout his entire life McCain has put his own selfish (and often childish) interests first over country (the exact opposite of his "Country First" campaign slogan) and he has only proven himself to be a "maverick" of the worst kind by disregarding the very things he pretends to defend: military authority and family values. John McCain is a lying hypocrite.

But it is not just a matter of whether or not McCain and his precious puppet Palin are qualified to lead this nation (and they are clearly UNQUALIFIED as Dickinson clearly illustrates in his article about McCain and in different piece about Palin). No, McCain and Palin should be DISQUALIFIED for their despicable campaign of lies that even Karl Rove admits goes "Beyond the 100% Truth Test"

I will reluctantly concede that Barack Obama is hardly a perfect candidate. He too has a checked past, but unlike McCain, Obama has learned from his mistakes and that makes Obama a respectable candidate. Barack owns his past while John McCain has tried desperately to rewrite his past by completely disowning the man he used to be. Thankfully, Tim Dickinson's Rolling Stone article reminds us of the man McCain has always been.

As so many pundits have noted, the John McCain of 2000 would NOT vote for the John McCain of 2008 and neither should America. I proud support Barack Obama. Heck I even donated more money to his campaign than I can afford because we as a nation cannot afford to have John McCain in the White House.