Posted on 10/05/2008 10:47:26 AM PDT by RogerFGay
It’s not the economy. Sure – if the economy was better, it would be good for Republicans. Everybody knows that, which is why the McCain campaign could never bet too many chips on the economy as part of a winning formula. Sure, the Democrats – including Barack Obama and Joe Biden – did cause the financial industry meltdown but what does it matter? There is a Republican in the White House and it’s easier to imagine that presidents rule with magic wands than to learn the basics of the American democratic system, let alone learn the modern history of financial industry regulation. It may be just luck of the draw but if the McCain campaign banks on pulling far enough ahead on the economy to win he will lose.
As for the war, McCain may be right about everything – and certainly does have a commanding advantage in knowledge, experience, and wisdom. The country and the world would be far safer with John McCain as president. But remember when his advisor Charles R. Black Jr. spoke too candidly, saying that a fresh terrorist attack would be a big advantage to the McCain campaign. As easy as it was to take that comment the wrong way – Mr. Black was right. Americans are tired of war. Without a reminder that there is a real enemy bent on destroying the nation, it is just plain nicer to embrace the imaginary notion that it will all be fixed if we just schedule the changes we want. Would you like the War On Terror to end in victory within a year? Sure. As if terrorists respect our democratic choices.
The problem with the McCain campaign is that our war hero can’t find the battlefield. ... cont.
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The media has been working with Obama, lying through their crooked teeth at every turn.
My old reply to that question-—Why vote for a friend of the Democrats when you can vote for a Democrat?
McCain’s not losing.
Actually, it is. McCain poll #s have dropped precipitously since the crisis peaked. The masses will always blame the incumbent party in such crises, regardless of the facts.
1. We have had no terrorist attacks on US soil since, thanks to Bush.
2. Bush pushed hard for Fannie/Freddie reform, only to be stopped by Frank/Dodds year after year.
3. Bush's tax cuts did NOT hurt the economy, but helped up continue to grow through difficult times such as 911 and Katrina.
4. Bush had little to do with the Subprime crisis, which was the result of decades of bad policies which Bush tried to rectify.
I am worried that McCain, like Hubert Humphrey and Gerald Ford before him, is going to catch his stride and surge a little bit too late.
These last 3 weeks have been devastating to us. Absolutely devastating.
the “incumbant” party in this case is the dems who control congress and who’s dem presidents set us up for this as far back as carter and clinton.....bush and mccain both brought forth the problems and suggested solutions, while the dems denied any problems and fought changes that could have saved us from this crisis.
McCain blew it when he voted for the bailout. There is no difference between he and Obama.
Obviously. But that’s not how much of the (blissfully ignorant) electorate sees it.
Who says? The media and their hired pollsters making an effort to depress Republicans after McCain clearly won the first debate with their Anointed One and they needed to change the subject?
Thought so.
McCain must have some serious skeletons in the closet for him to vote for a massively pork-filled bailout bill.
I spend a lot of time talking to folks.
People are still under the impression that the party of FDR and Clinton will save the economy.
It’s 2006 all over again. The crickets are chirping.
BINGO!
So true. I’ll not vote for either of them on the 4th in 3o days.
This, along with McCain's inept campaign style, is why I sense Obama is going to steal this election.
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