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In Rolling Stone magazine a few weeks ago, Matt Taibbi wrote a good explanation of John McCain and his natural disinclination toward the conservative ‘Christianity’ that has buoyed his party to ascendancy in recent decades, specifically how (poorly) he fits into the cooperation/tug-of-war between the two elements of the party, the religious right and the neo-conservatives (both of which perverts their original principles). I said during the primaries that each of the major candidates represented one of the different core strands of the Republican party (Romney the economic-business platform; McCain the security hawkishness; Huckabee the religious wing(nuts); Giuliani the East Coast elites; Thompsen the Hollywood hero worship) but none of them combined all the elements. McCain’s won out (despite his ineptitude at actually representing the other groups well), though as much because of mutual detestation among the others as because of love for him. And now he’s again gaining support more because others dislike Obama than because anyone likes McCain. Taibbi particularly shows how poor McCain is at lying and pretending to cover up his disgust with other strains. As the GOP Convention unfolds, it will be interesting to see how this all plays out…