I hesitate to do so, but in good conscious I have to admit that I’m finding it difficult to find something positive to say about John McCain. Of course, The Saint did endorse both McCain and Obama as the the nominees of their respective parties early in the spring, but really, it’s hard not to notice what I see as the McCain campaign’s inferior grasp of the modern (and especially online) media, as well as its unbelievable audacity in announcing this week’s Kerryesque flip-flop.

As Sam Stein for the Huffington Post rightly notes:

“It is hardly a secret that when it comes to offshore drilling, Sen. John McCain was against the idea before he was for it. On Monday, the Arizona Republican told a crowd in Texas that he was abandoning his long-time support for a federal moratorium on drilling along the nation’s coastlines in favor of allowing state’s to decide for themselves.”

In other words, McCain is doing exactly the same the thing as his own party persecuted Kerry for in 2004.

When I was a student attending the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., I was more than once greeted on the front steps of my dorm by a member of the College Republicans, dressed as a gigantic flip-flop (of the footwear variety). He would scream obscenities in my face and remind me in no uncertain terms of Sen. John Kerry’s ambiguous stance on the Iraq war.

Before I’m attacked again, let me just say: I’m smart enough to know that Kerry’s stance on the war in Iraq was precarious. I’m also smart enough to know that someone dressed in a gigantic foam sandal is not someone to take seriously. But more importantly, I know for a fact that Democrats are not the only ones “guilty” of sudden changes in position. And John McCain, for all his “experience”, is certainly one of them.