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The Lamb Named McCain.
By Chuck | March 11, 2008
It is no secret that I think McCain is a royal fuckstick that will happily suck any dick he can to get the presidency but now that he has the nomination and the backing of Bush some things are starting to look strange to me. To be honest, when this whole mad dash for the White House began I would have never picked McCain to be the nominee. The only ones I thought were less likely were Paul (A racist) and Keys (A guy who, after losing to Obama in the U.S. Senate election in Illinois, said that Senators should be appointed by state legislatures and no longer elected by the people).
So how did McCain get here? The people. They want him.
Here is the thing. He will lose. His party knows it and they are more then happy to let him take the hit. Why? The don’t like him much. His nomination is turning the party away from the religious right. If he gets killed in the general it will actually give more power to the religious right within the Republican party when the smoke clears. I can see the seeds backlash already forming within his party.
You know what? Fine by me.
Let them become more crazy. Let them move further from center. Further from power.
Here is the question:
Will this cause a split in the Republican party? Will the religious right split off and finally form their own party, removing their parasitic infection that has been sucking the life from the Republicans? Or will the Jesus-free conservatives have to find a new home?
What about a running mate for McCain? I know the religious right is pushing for one of their own, maybe even Huckabee, but there is a problem with that. McCain will lose all of his independent votes with Huckabee. Will adding the votes from the religious right give him a net gain after losing the independents? If not then there is no reason to pair with a religious running mate. Who could possibly give him a gain in votes and make him competitive against the Democrats?
The Republicans are currently looking at being the generic white guy in a historic election. Who could help them?
Condoleezza Rice.
I hate to break it down to race or gender but that is how a lot of people see it. I guess we will see how it goes.
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March 11th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
I could see Independents still voting for McCain even if he goes with Huckabee. I think that a lot of swing voters might still take that combo over Clinton as the Democratic presidential nominee. But hey, I don’t know! I’m votin’ for Nader.
(NY is a blue state all the way, so I don’t count my doing so as taking a vote away from the Democratic party.)
March 11th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Damnit Esther, Don’t encourage him!
March 11th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Wait, can Esther vote? Isn’t she a fucking Canadian?
March 14th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Seconded …
Do NOT encourage Nader. Imagine what would happen if more people thought like that and voted for Nadar because “NY is a blue state”. The dem vote would be halved and the repugnicans would win.
Don’t think that’s possible? Look at the last seven years and last four elections ( congressional and presidential ).
Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large numbers.
Never underestimate the power of evil in manipulating that power of stupidity.