Democracy Waning asks, "Is McCain the Manchurian Candidate?"

John McCain is the presumptive republican choice for President. But is he the kind of man that America needs or trust?

John McCain was born in Panama. He still holds dual citizenship. The constitution says that to be president you must be a natural-born American.

This rule, I believe, was established by the founding fathers to make sure that only Americans could aspire to the top office of the land. They knew that allegiances to another country could cloud the judgments of a foreign born man.

McCain's first president was Harmodio Arias. (President of Panama 1936) Does that scare you? It does me.

John McCain was also captured in Vietnam. Now he served his adopted country (USA) well. And spent 5 years in captivity...much like the character in the Manchurian Candidate movie.

In the movie an American soldier was taken prisoner, tortured and brainwashed. After the war, he was released back into America as a hero and a sleeper. He moved up the ladder as a politician until he rose to the role of president. Sound familiar?

Now you may think, "Well, John McCain's no Manchurian Candidate. He is a level headed man who has our best interest at heart." But what do the people who work with him closest say?

McCain's temper is legendary. From Pete Domenci, the republican senator from New Mexico, to Rush Limbaugh, to Sean Hannity, all have felt the lash of his temper tantrums.

McCain has never gotten over losing in 2000. He still wants to punish his party and America for not choosing him. Even McCain makes remarks over his lack of control when he gets mad. Do you want the Button in the hands of a cranky old man who would push it just because he spilled his coffee on his lap?

Has John McCain ever had to seek help in controlling his temper? Is he on a Ridlin-type drug to keep his flare-ups in control? Does he take his pills? Or does his wife cindy?

"Cindy's biggest claim to fame is in 1989 she developed an addiction to perocet and vicodin, two powerful morphine based pain killers. In 1993 she was caught stealing percocet from supply of the American Voluntary Medical Team, a charity she founded to provide health care and medications to war victims in underdeveloped nations. The DEA was investigated her and with the intervention of her well connected parents and McCain himself, Cindy got off the hook with the usual 90 day trip to the posh rehab. The American Voluntary Medical Team folded shortly after it ceased to be a supply point for Cindy's opiate habit." -(Over the line Smokey. feb.20/08 Why America isn't proud of Cindy Mccain)

Drugs meant for under-privileged families ended up in her mouth, clouding her brain.

No wonder she's never been anything but proud of America. She can't even remember all the things that America did.

Can we rely on her to give John McCain his pills to keep his temper in control? I don't think so.

Democracy Waning ,Peace Out!