heh, it's like a horse race, I won by a nose. I shall now go and disqualify myself (too much use of the whip). Credit goes to ron, after all he did post part 1(McCain).

Saw it on CNN. McCain is indeed funny and likeable in his turn at this event.

And I think (as I've commented elsewhere on this site) that McCain is likeable when he's relaxed, which is why he was a darling of the media until the current campaign.

But he has seriously compromised whatever integrity he has left, has demonstrated his incompetence (or enslavement to the GOP) by picking Palin as VP, and seems to have few ideas in a critical era in which we badly need a new approach.

So, I think he's a likeable guy. I also think Huckabee is a likeable guy, although I feel he'd be an even worse disaster as President. Hell, I even feel Sarah Palin is quite likeable (downright charismatic), but I also think she is one of the scariest demagogues who's ever come so close to White House.

Sorry, but amiability is just a small quotient in who I would vote into the White House. I don't want someone I'd enjoy having a beer with. I want someone who is smart, informed, and capable of making calm, rational decisions during a crisis.

I've seen what the guy I'd like to have a beer with has done over the last eight years, and I don't want to see it again.