The myth of the maverick

As much as a person may appreciate the idea of the rugged frontiersman, or maverick that they see in Senator McCain, my question is why? Why do we as a nation think we feel safer in the hands of a rancher or war veteran than we do in the hands of a community activist? My opinion may mean nothing, but just because a man can herd cattle, doesn't mean he can run a county...I believe this point has been more than proven in the last eight years. Similarly, just because a man fought in a war, doesn't automatically make him a shoe in for the presidency. I hate to be the one to burst the idealistic bubble of society, but the Old West is dead. We don't need a president to run the county in the prototype of centuries past, we need a president who is rooted in the now and willing to move toward the future. Spurs, saddles and stirrups aren't going to fix the economy or our problems on foriegn soil.