Thursday, January 31, 2008
Antidote to McCain-bashing AI and NROtards
Here NRO geriatric keeps digging for Romney. I had forgotten McCain's tearing Rumsfeld a new rump so found the article above. Look at the date.
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And your point is, JJ? Yep, I'd read that piece, and it's not too good, but the guy makes a few considerate points. Care to argue them on the merits? For starters, put this in your pipe and smoke it:
But wouldn’t the prospect of a Clinton or Obama presidency drive enough of the grassroots to the polls for McCain? It wasn’t enough to motivate the base to vote in November 2006 to stop Nancy Pelosi from becoming speaker or the Democrats from taking Congress. My sense is it won’t be enough to carry McCain to victory, either. And McCain has done more to build animus among the people whose votes he will need than Denny Hastert or Bill Frist. And there won’t be enough Democrats voting for McCain to offset the electorate McCain has alienated (and is likely to continue to alienate, as best as I can tell).
JJ, I understand your argument (which is close to VDH's, eg). I don't say it's necessarily wrong (we're talking politics here, not rocket science, and there are tons of imponderables to consider). But I don't buy it. If nothing else, it reminds me just too much of the Dole debacle of 1996. Also, I was a bit warming up to McCain a week or two ago, but he really put me off with his performance in Florida, and immediately after. Simply not classy.
By the way, what do you make of this? Playing footsie with Daschle, Ted & Edwards in 2001? Hmmm....
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