John McCain, Pobresito

Today, John McCain responded to the statement from Wesley Clark that getting shot down in Vietnam did not qualify him to be President of the United States of America.

I won't even get into the thought that Clark shouldn't throw stones in glass houses. What I will get into is how McCain sounded in response to Clark.

McCain sounded OLD. He sounded WEAK. He sounded UNINSPIRING. He sounded like a poor soul who got mugged by a young whipper-snapper.

He sounded like someone you'd feel sorry for. I'm sure people sympathize with what he's gone through in life.

It's my experience that people don't vote for candidates based on sympathy. I submit Bob Dole as Exhibit A -- fought in WWII, lost the use of one of his arms, had served in the Senate many years and had one last shot at the Presidency ... certainly a sympathetic figure, and well-liked to boot. Well, that sympathy was not enough to get him the votes he needed to win the 1996 Presidential election versus Bill Clinton.

To me, this current election parallels 1996. Obama is an Enneagram-type 7, like Bill Clinton ... and McCain appears WAY past his prime, just like Dole.

If McCain doesn't get a spine soon, he's DONE! Being a sympathetic figure doesn't get you elected.

Was Reagan a sympathetic figure? Heck, no! How about Bush -- does he appear sympathetic? Certainly not!

McCain needs to get tough, fast -- the way he was tough on Romney during the Primaries.