Hey everybody. John McCain is on 60 Minutes tonight. So far, he's said things like (1)"I disagree with what the majority of the American people want," and (2)"You see, Scott, there's a thing called a 'social contract.' Adam Smith used to talk about it."(1) This is the last thing you want to hear a DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED OFFICIAL say. He's saying "If you are part of the majority that gets me elected, I'll do something you don't want," or "A vote for me is a 'Fuck you!' to you."
(2) You see, John, there's a guy called John Locke. Despite being our favorite Lost character (although Tone is pretty fond of Sawyer), he's the one who came up with the idea of a social contract. The same John Locke who believed that a government's authority rested in the public's collective consent to be governed (see (1)).
Smith did refer to the existence of a social contract, but his definition involved each individual acting in his own self-interest, which, as we found out in (1), is not voting for McCain.
P.S. I don't think this is meant to be a political blog. I am not motivated by my personal politics in making this post, only my desperate, honest desire for accurate language and clear meaning from my public officials. Barack Obama was also on the show, and he was fine.
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