Clothespin Manufacturers for McCain
The Corner - “Why Republicans Lose” by Mark Steyn
John McCain has decided in effect to run for president as an Independent. And, given the assumptions about the diminished appeal of the Republican brand, that might not be a bad idea - at least in terms of his own personal ambition. Maybe I don’t get out and about enough but I meet only three kinds of Republicans:
1) A small number who are disgusted with the GOP and say this Bob Barr/Ron Paul/Whoever chap is going to get their vote.
2) A small number who are disgusted with the GOP and plan on sitting on their hands this November.
3) A much bigger number who are disgusted with the GOP but say it’s a waste of time flirting with Barr or flouncing off in a huff because it’s going to be Obama or McCain in the Oval Office so we have to vote for McCain faute de mieux.
So I meet Republicans for Barr, Republicans for Staying Home, and Republicans for Voting McCain With An Industrial-Strength Clothespin. But I can’t remember the last time I had a conversation with anyone who likes the Republican Party. And one can’t but feel this bodes ill for November. A McCain victory with Democrat gains in Congress would be an invitation to a one-term “maverick” president to go on an almighty bipartisan binge.
This is next to a large skyscraper ad in the margin of McCain in a youthful swagger repeatedly saluting.
John Kerry, eat your heart out.
May 16th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Add to that the fact that 50% of the American people vote purely on a sense of fair play: “It’s been 8 years, give the other guy a turn,” and you have yourselves a bona fide election blowout on your hands.
May 16th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
It is a dark, dark time. I need beer.