You, Sir, Are No John McCain

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What would Indian Country do without Jerry Reynolds? The esteemed ICT reporter has been providing us with so many laughs over the years, we'd probably die without his unique blend of anonymous quotes, confused metaphors and 350-word sentences.

So we were very happy to read today's faux hit piece on John McCain, the Not So Great White Father (tm) who is trying very hard to be the No So Great White President (tm). Written in the true Reynolds spirit, the article got an anonymous quote for the ages, unattributed to a vague "Indian political veteran":

'I don't know this John McCain anymore. ... I don't know if this John McCain knows John McCain anymore.''

Anyone want to venture the identity of this alleged source? We'd like to say it was Ernie Stevens Jr of NIGA but that might be giving him too much credit! Stevens does hold a bit of a grudge against McCain but, then again, so does anyone else who has had the misfortune to testify before McCain since 2001 and not completely agree with what he tells you to believe.

So, basically, the source could be any of the following persons: Sharon Blackwell, Liz Homer, Montie Deer, Kevin Washburn, Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Phil Hogen, Elouise Cobell, Ron Suppah, Mark van Norman, George Skibine, Mike Jandreau, Harold Frazier or any random Navajo! It also could be any Indian over the age of 40. Oh well.

But at least one person was courageous enough to speak up! Elmer Savila, who also got a shout out in today's Tim Giago piece, is telling people not to vote for the former chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee:

''John McCain at one time claimed that he was a friend of Indians. ... He hasn't done anything substantial except hold an occasional hearing and talk like a friend. I'm telling everybody out there that he's not the guy. He's not the man for Indian country.''

But wait, there's more...

"The hell of it is, neither is the other one," Savila said, referring to Barack Obama.

You better stay at home this November, Indian Country!

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