McCain, the media-darling “maverick,” reiterates the White House’s talking points

McCain, the media-darling “maverick,” reiterates the White House’s talking points, while Hagel, the

true maverick, speaks truth to power.

McCain on the prospect of a run for the White House: “It’s an option.” Ignore the denials: he’s

running.

[D]emocracy need not be a good regime — as we are proving every day. Freedom and democracy are not

synonymous. Indeed, one of the grave errors of American foreign policy is the assumption that merely

installing the forms of a regime like ours — without its foundation — will automatically lead to

freedom, stability, and prosperity.

From Kevin Carson’s neocon lexicon/guide to inner peace:

Moral Relativism. Aka historicism. The denial of any unified, objective standard of value. The

diametric opposite of Moral Equivalence (q.v.).

Moral Equivalence. Judgment of the United States government by the same unified, objective standard of

value as the governments of other countries. The diametric opposite of Moral Relativism (q.v.).