I know I said this was all anyone needed to know about John McAmnesty, but I was wrong about that. Seriously wrong:

Dr. Juan Hernandez, McCain Hispanic outreach director: “We must not only have a free flow of goods and services, but also start working for a free flow of people.”

…In an interview on ABC News’s Nightline, Hernandez stated bluntly that he was betting that the Mexican American population in the United States –all generations – “will think Mexico first…I want ‘em all to think Mexico first.”

Incredibly, there’s more:

TANCREDO: Tucker, his (Hernandez’ – M) response. Let me tell you his response.

CARLSON: Yes.

TANCREDO: At the end he goes, “Congressman,” in an incredibly condescending way. He goes, “Congressman, it‘s not two countries; it‘s just a region.”

CARLSON: That is not my view, to put it mildly.

TANCREDO: Not mine either.

Nor mine. But, stupefyingly, there’s yet more:

Still, there is a choice to be made, and it is an easy one. Senator John McCain of Arizona is the only Republican who promises to end the George Bush style of governing from and on behalf of a small, angry fringe. With a record of working across the aisle to develop sound bipartisan legislation, he would offer a choice to a broader range of Americans than the rest of the Republican field.

We have shuddered at Mr. McCain’s occasional, tactical pander to the right because he has demonstrated that he has the character to stand on principle. He was an early advocate for battling global warming and risked his presidential bid to uphold fundamental American values in the immigration debate. A genuine war hero among Republicans who proclaim their zeal to be commander in chief, Mr. McCain argues passionately that a country’s treatment of prisoners in the worst of times says a great deal about its character.

Oh, he does indeed have the character to stand on principle all right. That was never the problem. The problem is with the principles themselves: they’re Left/liberal/Dem ones. The Captain hilariously calls the NYT’s endorsement “a vicious broadside against the McCain campaign, one that will only estrange him further from the voters he needs the most,” and adds:

He stands on principle, except for those few times he panders. They like his bipartisanship except when he isn’t. They think he did a great job in calculating the cost of a losing war strategy, for a war they insist the US can’t win. Talk about damning with faint praise! The only passion they have for McCain comes from his enthusiasm for global-warming policy.

Yeah, that’ll win over reluctant Republicans.

I will agree with the NYT’s underlying best-of-a-bad-lot sentiment, though: the crop of ‘08 RINO sacrificial lambs is a very bad lot indeed. And much as I hate to have to say it, that ain’t the only thing they got right in this one:

Mitt Romney’s shape-shifting rivals that of Mr. Giuliani. It is hard to find an issue on which he has not repositioned himself to the right since he was governor of Massachusetts. It is impossible to figure out where he stands or where he would lead the country.

Well, his record as gov of Taxachussetts doesn’t exactly say much good about ol’ Flip “make all the promises you have to” Romney, at least as far as we conservatarian types are concerned.

Shit. Sandwich.

Update! Flabbergastingly — you guessed it — more:

George Soros has been using millions of his billions to fund some of the most dishonest anti-war agitprop of the past few years. He funds MoveOn, the group that smeared Gen. David Petraeus. He funds the anti-war marchers. He funds the shills over at Media Matters. Soros has made it his life’s work to destroy the Bush administration in the middle of a war. He’s a truly despicable character. And McCain and at least two of McCain’s allies, including Juan Hernandez, are financially connected to him.

Our political system, she is rotten. To the very core. Michelle has chapter and verse.