Annnnnnnnnnnnd that wraps it up for any Presidential ambitions McCain might have had.
Wow, how stupid do you have to be to completely chuck out everything that made you appealing to the populace, and hook your wagon up to BUSH as a plan for success?
Has nothing to do with McCain coming down with t3h Stup1Dz. It has everything to do with McCain realizing that, at this point in time, the Republican National Committee political machine throws its considerable campaigning weight behind the loyal and not the capable. McCain has finally learned the horrible truth about his own party.
When he was campaigning as a responsible, capable Republican he got shit on from his own party. Either he thinks that he can act like they do, get in and then do what he knows is right, or he's finally bought into the RNC policy that loyalty is more important than ability.
The DNC had this problem, not so long ago (say, back in the 80's or so). In that they had become so polarized, the only people who could win nominations were party hack loyalists who were essentially unelectable. And now the RNC has entered this phase. Couldn't happen to a nicer group of people.
The bitter irony is that McCain's populist message from 2000 probably would have played better than ever now, but instead of going down with his ideals, he drank the Kool-Aid full speed ahead.
Considering the pounding they took in 2006, and the pounding that is shaping up to wait for them in 2008, I'm surprised the GOP isn't chucking out every last vestage of the Bush Dynasty, and starting fresh for 2008.
The other night, Mirthness suggested that McCain is simply honoring his pledge to commit suicide if the Dems took back Congress in 2006, albeit in the form of political suicide. And heck, I'll take that.
Yeah, you would think that the GOPers would try to distance themselves from Bush, but to paraphrase what Peej said, they value loyalty above all else (except Jesus. . . and maybe Nascar). I can't understand it -- I've always been a fan of things like "empirical data" and "independent thought" and "reality" -- but I guess that's why I've never been a Republican.
At this rate, 2008 should be a very easy win for the Dems. Barring a terrorist attack on American soil or Clinton, Obama and Edwards getting caught in a Big Bopper/Buddy Holly/Ritchie Valens plane crash, this one's in the bag. And January 20, 2009 can't come soon enough.
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Wow, how stupid do you have to be to completely chuck out everything that made you appealing to the populace, and hook your wagon up to BUSH as a plan for success?
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When he was campaigning as a responsible, capable Republican he got shit on from his own party. Either he thinks that he can act like they do, get in and then do what he knows is right, or he's finally bought into the RNC policy that loyalty is more important than ability.
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The bitter irony is that McCain's populist message from 2000 probably would have played better than ever now, but instead of going down with his ideals, he drank the Kool-Aid full speed ahead.
Considering the pounding they took in 2006, and the pounding that is shaping up to wait for them in 2008, I'm surprised the GOP isn't chucking out every last vestage of the Bush Dynasty, and starting fresh for 2008.
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Yeah, you would think that the GOPers would try to distance themselves from Bush, but to paraphrase what Peej said, they value loyalty above all else (except Jesus. . . and maybe Nascar). I can't understand it -- I've always been a fan of things like "empirical data" and "independent thought" and "reality" -- but I guess that's why I've never been a Republican.
At this rate, 2008 should be a very easy win for the Dems. Barring a terrorist attack on American soil or Clinton, Obama and Edwards getting caught in a Big Bopper/Buddy Holly/Ritchie Valens plane crash, this one's in the bag. And January 20, 2009 can't come soon enough.
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