CAUTION: Rated R for Graphic Sexism and Republican Stupidity

There may be a million reasons John McCain shouldn't be president. I'm going to list 5 and challenge you to fill in at least 95 more.

1. McCain is a misogynist. From his opposition to abortion rights to his wink at a sexist slur gainst Hillary Clinton, from his vulgar criticism of his wife to his unfunny joke at the expense of Attorney General Janet Reno and a young Chelsea Clinton, McCain his demonstrated his consistent misogyny repeatedly over time. When Hillary Clinton's campaign looked unbeatable in November, McCain was asked at a townhall meeting, "How do we beat the bitch?" He smiled and called it "an excellent question." Three anonymous reporters confirmed in Cliff Schecter's recent book, The Real McCain, that when his wife, Cindy, once mussed his hair and observed "You're getting a little thin up there," McCain retorted, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." And during the Clinton presidency, McCain told this joke at a fundraiser: "Do you know why Chelsea Clinton is so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father."

2. McCain has no plan to end the war in Iraq. He advocates extending America's troop presence there indefinitely while offering absolutely no plan whatsoever for an end game that would see the exodus of U.S. troops. The "troop surge" he supports had a finite purpose: to allow "breathing room" for the advancement of Iraq's civilian government. It was not presented, viewed or executed as an exit strategy because, in fact, it is not.

3. McCain has a hair-trigger temper. He is so volatile that he earned the name McNasty in high school and has flown into a rage numerous times against Senators, Congressman and dignitaries even within his own party. The list is too long to post in this blog, but numerous cases are summarized here. Always an asset in foreign diplomacy when trying to stay out of additional wars.

4. McCain would injure the economy further. On several occasions, McCain has publicly stated his weak understanding of economics and his need to learn more about what fosters and sustains prosperity. His advocacy of a gas-tax holiday would have robbed 300,000 American highway workers of their jobs and provided a bonus for oil companies by allowing them to offset the savings by raising prices at the pump. He told the workers of Michigan that their jobs were probably gone "for good," before recently changing his mind. He has only begrudgingly, and after much polling, offered any help to homeowners in the mortgage crisis, and even then it was miserly. He said as recently as April of this year, "I think if you look at the overall record and millions of jobs have been created, et cetera, et cetera, you could make an argument that there's been great progress economically over that period of time" and that "the fundamentals of America's economy are strong."

5. McCain is a captive of lobbyist influence. From the Keating Five scandal to more recent headlines about the firing of several prominent staffers to even more recent headlines about the influence of his campaign co-chair, Phil Gramm, a lobbyist for sub-prime mortgage lender UBS, McCain can't shake those lobbyists off his coattails. He still has not.