Published this morning in the Washington Times is an article, "McCain lambastes Bush years", in which John McCain opened up like never before on the failings of his party and George W. Bush.
It completely and utterly indicts the republican power structure in Washington in a way that I never thought I'd see the circa 2008 John McCain do.
That said, there are fallacies, half truths, and misrepresentations throughout the article that must be corrected. I had originally begun writing this as a comment within the article itself but realized that it was getting far too long. So here is a diary for you. :)
Please bear with the length as I have decided to take the Washington Times article apart, piece by lovely piece. I created a table of contents so you can navigate to the main sections more easily, just below the fold:
