I came across a little comparison.

[deminks]

McShame has been spouting that "I'll chase him (OBL) to the gates of hell, my friends" nonsense again, but it just sounded so familiar to me.

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/08/through-the-gates-of-hell.php

Then I remembered old Captain Ahab

(snip)

“Aye, Starbuck; aye, my hearties all round; it was Moby Dick that dismasted me; Moby Dick that brought me to this dead stump I stand on now. Aye, aye,” he shouted with a terrific, loud, animal sob, like that of a heart-stricken moose; “Aye, aye! it was that accursed white whale that razeed me; made a poor pegging lubber of me for ever and a day!” Then tossing both arms, with measureless imprecations he shouted out: “Aye, aye! and I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the horn, and round the norway maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up. And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out. What say ye, men, will ye splice hands on it, now? I think ye do look brave.”

http://brimstone.com/~jasona/hobbies/ranting/quotes.html

Well, for those of you who had to suffer through Moby Dick, it all worked out so well for ole Ahab, didn't it? McAhab. What say you, maties? Arghhhhhh.

[That Is Quite Enough]

1. The song "I Am Ahab" by the band Mastodon always reminds me of McCain.

Glad to know I'm not alone, though personally I consider his obsessive quest for the White House more Ahabesque than chasing bin Laden.

[2KS2KHonda]

2. That song A-hab the A-rab never actually reminded me of anything.

:D :rofl: :D

[scarletwoman]

3. I never "suffered" through Moby Dick. I loved it so much that I read it all the way through 4 times

before I turned 18.

Yeah, Ahab was nuts, but he was DEEP. McCain, on the other hand, is just a stupid putz talking out of his ass.

sw