By Selwyn Duke

When we use the term "Freudian Slip," it’s usually in reference to some ironic but meaningless slip of the tongue.  We might poke some good-hearted fun at the possessor of the slipped tongue, but we know we’re making sport of him and don’t really attach much importance to his mistake.  Yet, if ever there was a meaningful Freudian Slip, one that is both profoundly funny and bespeaks of a hidden Truth in a person’s heart, it was John McCain calling himself a "proud liberal."

The timing couldn’t have been more uncanny, either.  McCain was speaking to a conservative audience, trying to convince them of his pristine conservative nature, and he arrived at the point at which he wanted to issue a great, passionate pronouncement that he is, in fact, a proud conservative, but . . . .   

He slipped up and said he was a "proud liberal ."

He caught himself and made fun of it, but it was a priceless moment.  Ah, the Truth will out.

John, John, John, that was God guiding your lips, I suspect.  You just had to finish the statement and say "I’m a proud liberal conservative" and you would have had it just about right.

Lest I be misunderstood, I will be voting for the old soldier come November.  What choice do I have?  The American public, in its infinite wisdom, has seen fit to give us another lesser-of-two-evils contest, and I was never one to jump from the frying pan into the fire.  I’ll just have to hold my nose, grit my teeth, pull the lever, vote for the old pilot and make sure I have an air sickness bag close at hand.

Oh, I’ll also mention that it may not be incorrect to call McCain a conservative.  If you want to know why I say this, read my recent piece, "Conservatism is Dead; Long Live Conservatism?" which can be found here.  And the John McCain Freudian Slip video is found here.

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