[wastedyears]

Seeing ‘albatross’ and ‘neck’, I have to post this song.

Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7acZy0To3eg

Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=SYmSduYoL7A

Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Sorry, I had to.

[levotb]

You are quite wrong to call McCain “a Republican”—he is most certainly NOT! He’s voted with the Libs on many issues, the most important to conservatives being Amnesty. In fact, he’s authored Amnesty bills. While the MNM who loves him calls him “a maverick”, we know it’s just a buzzword for “pro-war liberal”.

That Obama is a Socialist and, along with his wife, totally unacceptable. But so is McCain and his AZ mafia don’s daughter-wife. There are even Vietnam vets who believe that McCain was no hero. But what IS important is what he is TODAY.

To many conservatives, McCain is as unacceptable no matter “who” he picks as his VP. Fortunately, a real conservative just trounced Alan Keyes for the nomination of The Constitution Party—Rev. Chuck Baldwin. He’s tougher on illegal aliens than Tancredo and Hunter put together and he’s even tougher on Red China and the U.N. than Hunter. While he has no chance of winning, he CA be a beacon for those disaffected conservatives looking for a political home.

[Nipfan]

I agree with pretty much this whole article and truly hope that he’s right about the general public not letting either side tell them how to live their lives.

Everything depends on whether the majority of people can see through the smooth, honeyed delivery to the reality of Obama’s intentions, as quite clearly enunciated by his wife.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Obama has a ton of money (about $274 million) through a very successful small donor campaign [...] For John McCain, his negatives are considerable. He is short of cash and would have to rely on public financing to even bring him to the $84 million mark

Hmmmmmmm. Let's see, now:

Party "A" - is running candidate "in touch" with the needs and desires of his party's voting base, and publicly advocates the implementation of same.

Party "B" - is running candidate openly contemptuous of his party's voting base, with a lengthy history of actively working against their needs and desires.

Party "A" war chest: $274 million. Party "B" war chest: less than $84 million.

Hmmmmmmmmm.

Wonder if there's any sort of connection...?

[Reaganite1984]

John McCain represents a repudiation of the idea of telling everyone how to live.

[elmer fudd]

Obama has raised a ton of money. He’s also spent most of it too. He doesn’t have $274M on hand. Most estimates I have seen put it closer to $40M while McCain has about $15M.