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When               Colin               Powell               endorsed               Sen.

Barack               Obama               for               President               on               Sunday's               Meet               the               Press               he               also               rejected               the               the               extreme               right               wing               of               the               Republican               party,               Sen.

John               McCain's               erratic               behavior               and               his               selection               of               the               unprepared               Sarah               Palin               as               a               running               mate.

George               Will               was               right               in               characterizing               Palin               as               the               female               Sancho               Panza               to               McCain's               Don               Quixote.
               For               those               who               may               have               forgotten,               Miguel               de               Cervantes               Saavedra               presents               Quixote               as               the               antithesis               to               orthodoxy,               truth,               veracity               and               nationalism               and               Panza               as               the               ever               faithful               and               simple               conspirator               in               his               fantasies               who               unintentionally               deceives               him.
               Whereas               Don               Quixote               was               an               influential               work               of               literature,               McCain               is               instructional               in               both               reactionary               politics               and               dysfunctional               development               McCain's               dysfunctional               development               begins               with               his               father               and               grandfather.

He               admits               in               his               family               memoir,               that               his               grandfather               was               a               hard               drinker,               who               smoked,               swore               and               gambled               at               every               opportunity               and               his               father               was               an               out-and-out               alcoholic.
               According               to               William               R.

Lovallo,               Director               of               the               Behavioral               Sciences               Laboratories               at               the               Veterans               Affairs               Medical               Center,               Oklahoma               City               "               Everyone               with               a               family               history               of               alcoholism               is               at               risk               for               developing               alcohol               abuse               disorders,               but               males               who               also               have               behavioral               disinhibition               are               at               the               greatest               risk."               Lovallo               points               out               that:               "The               development               of               alcoholism               among               individuals               with               a               family               history               of               alcoholism               is               about               four               to               eight               times               more               common               than               it               is               among               individuals               with               no               such               family               history."
               Further,               Peter               R.

Finn,               Professor               of               psychology               at               Indiana               University,               Bloomington,               reports               that:               "Prior               research               has               shown               that               male               gender               and               behavioral               disinhibition               are               strong               predictors               of               alcohol               problems."               "Behavioral               disinhibition               is               characterized               by               an               apparent               insensitivity               to               punishment,               an               increased               sensitivity               to               immediate               rewards,               a               tendency               to               prefer               immediate               smaller               rewards               as               opposed               to               larger               long-term               rewards,               and               a               failure               to               consider               and               inhibit               behavior               when               aversive               consequences               are               likely.
               Lovallo               also               reports               that               individuals               coming               from               a               family               with               alcoholism,               tend               to               like               risk               taking,               and               break               rules               as               part               of               behavioral               disinhibition.

McCain's               maverick               reputation               masks               this               disinhibition.

Indeed,               McCain               himself               points               out,               in               his               memoir,               that               he               has               spent               much               of               his               life               choosing               to               act               carelessly               often               with               "no               better               reason               than               to               indulge               a               conceit."
               Finn               also               reports               that               "individuals               with               a               family               history               and               with               behavioral               disinhibition               appear               to               have               working-memory               deficits               and               male               individuals               are               attracted               to               the               rewarding               aspects               of               a               risk-taking               challenge."
               McCain's               careless               behavior               is               obvious               in               his               flying               activities.

Reports               show               that               In               1960,               he               crashed               his               AD-6               Skyraider               into               Corpus               Christi               Bay,               shearing               the               skin               off               his               planes               wings.

The               crash               was               one               of               three               early               in               his               aviation               career               in               which               his               flying               skills               and               judgment               were               faulted               or               questioned               by               Navy               officials.
               In               his               most               serious               lapse               while               flying,               McCain               was               "clowning"               around               in               a               Skyraider               over               southern               Spain               in               December               1961               and               flew               into               electrical               wires,               causing               a               blackout,               according               to               McCain's               own               account               as               well               as               those               of               naval               officers               and               enlistees               aboard               the               carrier               Intrepid.

In               another               incident,               in               1965,               McCain               crashed               a               T-2               trainer               jet               in               Virginia.

After               McCain               was               sent               to               Vietnam,               his               plane               was               destroyed               in               an               explosion               on               the               deck               of               an               aircraft               carrier               in               1967.

Three               months               later,               he               was               shot               down               during               a               bombing               mission               over               Hanoi               and               taken               prisoner.
               In               addition               McCain               spent               his               teens               and               20's               constantly               flirting               with               disciplinary               disaster               by               breaking               every               drinking               and               curfew               rule               on               the               books,               concentrating               more               on               a               Brazilian               heiresses               and               Florida               strippers               than               on               his               military               discipline               skills.
               McCain,               as               did               his               father,               showed               a               poor               working               memory               as               reflected               by               their               classroom               performance               at               the               Annapolis               Naval               Academy.

The               future               senator               graduated               894th               out               of               a               class               of               899,               but               that               was               only               marginally               worse               than               his               father,               who               was               423rd               out               of               441.
               His               reckless               behavior               continued               well               after               his               military               experience.

Shortly               after               being               elected               to               Congress,               he               got               caught               up               in               the               "Keating               Five"               scandal,               in               which               he               was               disciplined               for               pressuring               regulators               to               go               easy               on               the               savings               and               loan               magnate               (and               generous               campaign               donor)               Charles               Keating.
               According               to               Mapes,               et               al,               children               from               families               with               at               least               one               alcoholic               parent               develop               relatively               inflexible               roles               in               order               to               cope               with               societal               demands               and               expectations               while               also               managing               the               additional               stress               brought               into               the               family               system               by               alcoholism.
               McCain's               perceived               maverick               charm               is               actually               an               inflexible               and               rigid               personality.

His               inflexibility               and               rigidity               shows               up               when               he               talks               about               patriotism.

In               "Worth               the               Fighting               For,               "               he               says               that               patriotism               should               transcend               all               sectarian,               regional,               and               commercial               conflicts               to               fortify               the               publics               allegiance               to               the               national               community.

Patriotism               is               laudable               but               it               comes               in               many               different               forms.

Individuals               who               disagree               on               war               or               immigration               or               other               policies               are               just               as               patriotic               as               those               who               support               those               activities               assuming,               of               course,               that               those               disagreements               are               not               expressed               in               violent               behavior.

However,               if               you               watch               McCain               closely               you               will               see               that               even               when               he               changes               his               mind               he               most               always               expresses               the               new               view               in               rigid               patriotic               terms               while               casting               disingenuous               attacks               on               others               with               dissimilar               views.
               McCain"s               appeals               to               patriotism               is               nothing               more               than               an               attempt               to               increase               his               own               self-esteem,               and               satisfy               a               psychological               need               for               social               recognition,               public               honor,               affection,               prestige,               and               even               wealth.

These               needs               were               set               early               in               his               childhood               primary               as               the               result               of               an               absent               father,               who               when               he               was               present               was               an               alcoholic.

His               distorted               view               of               patriotism               was               hardened               by               the               shame               he               suffered               after               breaking               down               and               revealing               Naval               secrets               to               his               captors,               and               publicly               "confessing               to               war               crimes,"               while               a               captive               in               Viet               Nam.
               Patriotic               rigidity               is               an               extreme               form               of               altruism.

McCain               wrote               in               Worth               the               Fighting               For               that:               "National               pride               should               be               as               indispensable               to               the               happiness               of               Americans               as               is               our               self-respect."               By               being               altruistic,               is               his               way               of               overcoming               his               self-imposed               shame.

A               clear               example               of               his               altruistic               behavior               is               reflected               in               his               desire               to               stay               in               the               Viet               Nam               prison               rather               than               accept               a               release.

This               act               was               less               a               commitment               to               his               fellow               prisoners               and               more               an               emotional               need               to               suffer               punishment               in               return               for               a               future               of               hero               worship.
               As               an               altruist,               McCain               continually               injects               himself               with               a               dose               of               patriotic               self               esteem               as               seen               in               his               speeches.

Unfortunately,               he               is               willing               to               suffer               war,               just               as               he               did               imprisonment,               for               a               future               of               even               higher               boosts               of               self-esteem               and               hero               worship.

This               is               consistent               with               the               findings               of               Antonio               Damasio,               who               says:"war               is               the               greatest               form               of               altruism,               where               a               person               is               willing               to               suffer               immediate               discomfort               and               pain               for               future               rewards,               positive               social               payoffs               and               the               ability               to               shame               and               disgrace               others               who               did               not               serve.
               While               there               is               no               such               thing               as               altruist               truth               it               doesn't               stop               McCain               and               his               supports               from               constantly               rallying               around               his               view               of               patriotism               and               nationalism.

However,               his               view               of               facts,               his               internal               beliefs,               his               feelings               and               intentions               are               rooted               in               a               warrior               alcoholic               subculture               which               has               created,               in               him,               an               insatiable               desire               for               recognition               And               when               the               rewards               are               not               forthcoming,               he               will               create               a               crisis               in               an               attempt               to               again               feel               the               delight               of               recognition.
               Unfortunately,               such               behavior               is               inherently               biased               but               it               does               shape               how               he               makes               decisions.

Therefore,               when               the               world               varies               from               his               warrior               beliefs,               both               his               emotions               and               brain               engage               to               push               him               to               try               and               bring               the               world               back               into               his               perspective               of               order;               even               if               it               means               making               erratic               decisions               or               going               to               war.

Damasio               points               out               that               "When               either               brain               or               culture               is               defective,               decisions               and               actions               are               unlikely               to               be               adaptive".
               McCain's               treatment               of               individuals               who               disagree               with               him               is               often               inflexible               and               even               hostile               as               represented               in               his               treatment               of               the               families               of               MIA's               and               POWs               as               explored               in:               McCain               The               Manchurian               Candidate;               Exploiting               Military               Service               for               Political               Gain,.
               Damasio's               point               that               "war               is               the               greatest               form               of               altruism",               helps               explain               why               McCain               stubbornly               and               distinctly               continues               to               support               the               war               in               Iraq,               his               support               of               the               Iraq               Contra               affair,               his               warmongering               talk               about               Iran,his               hard-line               position               on               North               Korea,               and               his               criticism               of               the               Pentagon               for               failing               to               intervene               in               Darfur               and               Rwanda               and               his               support               for               air               strikes               in               Pakistan               among               other               things.
               During               the               Bush-Cheney               administration               the               doctrine               of               separation               of               powers               was               crushed               in               spite               of               the               warnings               from               Baron               Action               (1834-1902)               that:               "power               corrupts;               and               absolute               power               corrupts               absolutely.

Putting               such               power               in               the               hands               of               an               individual               with               extreme               altruistic               views               of               patriotism               can               only               lead               to               a               continuation               of               one               international               conflict               after               another.

And               the               thought               of               a               female               Sancho               Panza               inheriting               those               wartime               powers               is               too               scary               to               contemplate.
               The               opening               sentence               of               Don               Quixote               says               "de               cuyo               nombre               no               quiero               acordarme."               Translated               it               means:               "whose               name               I               do               not               want               to               remember."               It's               time               to               send               McCain               and               Palin               back               to               La               Mancha               and               forgive               them               their               trespasses.
               Sources:
               Action,               John               Emerich               Edward               Dalberg               first               Baron               Acton               Power               corrupts;               absolute               power               corrupts               absolutely               at:               http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/288200.html
               Damasio,               Antonio               R.,               "Descartes'               Error:               Emotion,               Reason,               and               the               Human               Brain",               at:               http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/014303622X/interworpartners
               Factchecking               debate               no.

2               at:               http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factchecking_debate_no_2.html
               Kessler,               Glenn,               "McCain               Breaks               with               Bush               Over               North               Korea,"               at:               http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/26/mccain_breaks_with_bush_over_n.html
               McCain,               John               and               Salter,               Mark,               "Faith               of               My               Fathers:               A               Family               Memoir,"               at:               http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061734950/interworpartners
               McCain,               John               and               Salter,               Mark,               "Worth-Fighting-Education-American-Maverick,"               at:               http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/081296974x/interworpartners
               McCain,               John,               "Strategy               for               Victory               in               Iraq",               at:
               http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/FDEB03A7-30B0-4ECE-8E34-4C7EA83F11D8.htm
               McGreer,               Michael               M.,               "McCain;               The               Manchurian               Candidate;               Exploiting               Military               Service               for               Political               Gain,"               at:               http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1028224/mccain_the_manchurian_candidate_.html?cat=75
               McGreer,               Michael               M.,               The               Zero               Sum               Economy,"               at:               http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1049740/the_zerosum_economy.html?cat=75
               Schor,               Elana,               "Democrats               threaten               to               hit               McCain               on               Iran-Contra               link;               John               McCain               tied               to               group               that               helped               fund               right-wing               guerrillas               during               the               1980s,"               http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/07/uselections2008.johnmccain2
               SMH.com,               "McCain               defends               Pakistan               airstrike",               http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/mccain-defends-pakistan-airstrike/2006/01/16/1137259968096.html
               SourceWatch,"Troop               surge               in               Iraq:               Sen.

John               McCain               and               the               surge,"               at:http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Troop_surge_in_Iraq:_Sen._John_McCain_and_the_surge
               T.,               Bud,               "Risk               Factors:               Family               History               of               Alcoholism,               Disinhibition               Risks               Indicate               Probability,               Not               Certainty,"               at:               http://alcoholism.about.com/od/genetics/a/blacer060508.htm
               YouTube,               "Bomb,bomb,bomb,               bomb,               bomb",               Iran               at:               http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg
               Vernonie,               Linda,               Fruehstorfer,               David               B.,               "Gender,               Birth               Order               and               Family               Role               Identification               among               Adult               Children               of               Alcoholics,"               http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-723362_ITM
               Vartabedian,               Ralph,               Serrano,               Richard               "Mishaps               mark               John               McCain's               record               as               naval               aviator,"               at:               http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-aviator6-2008oct06,0,7633315.story
               Welch,               Matt,               "Be               Afraid               of               President               McCain;               The               frightening               mind               of               an               authoritarian               maverick,"               at:               http://www.reason.com/news/show/118937.html
               Will,               George,               "Is               This               It",               at:               http://townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeWill/2008/10/09/is_this_it
               Wikipedia,               "Don               Quixote",               at:               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote
               Wikipedia,               "George               Will,"               at:               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Will
               Wikipedia,               "Miguel               de               Cervantes",               at:               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes
               Wikipedi,               "Phineas               Gage",               at:               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
               Wikipedia,               "Quixotism",               at:               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quixotism
               Wikipedia,               "Sancho               Panza"at:               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_Panza
               Wikipedia,               "Separation               of               powers               under               the               United               States               Constitution,",               at:
               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_under_the_United_States_Constitution






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