Gee... ya think?
Posted on 05/26/2005 6:35:27 AM PDT by quidnunc
Here's the transcript from the Hugh Hewitt Show earlier today. For more Steyn, please visit www.steynonline.com.
HH: Mark, how are you today?
MS: I'm good thanks, Hugh.
HH: The underwhelming support for John McCain in his home state has never failed to impress me. But it's really down to a bare pulse now. Can McCain recover from this fiasco on Monday? Well let me begin. Do you think it was a fiasco on Monday night?
MS: I don't think it was a fiasco, but I think it was damaging for John McCain. John McCain will never be president. Now you talk about his home state. His home state is, in fact, the newsroom of the New York Times. He has tremendous appeal among key demographics of columnists, journalists, editors, news anchors, network reporters, the secretary in the research department standing by the photocopier. But among Republican primary voters, he has very minimal appeal, and insofar as this deal does anything, it only weakens his appeal to Republicans. HH: Of course, you live in New Hampshire when you're living in the States, Mark. And you were there four years, five years ago when he soundly trounced George W. Bush. Will we see a replay of that, despite the base dismay at the negotiation he undertook on Monday?
MS: Well, the thing about that is he does well in states like New Hampshire, that have open primaries. In other words, where Democrats and independents and communists and, you know, and greens, and all kinds of other political affiliations can vote in a Republican primary. And he did well in New Hampshire, where independents are a big chuck of the electorate in both primaries. But the minute it moved south to primaries where he has to appeal to Republicans, he sinks. And I think that's going to be the same this time. I don't see any change in that. You know, I think it's almost laughable the way the media inflate John McCain, because he's a man who, even if you fall for his charm, which I don't. I think he's actually a very thin-skinned narcissist myself, in my limited experience of him. But even if you fall for his charm, you can't really argue that this man has any kind of serious political philosophy, the way, for example, Ronald Reagan or even Bill Clinton did.
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On the audio, what is that thumping noise? I assume it's a pen tapping the lectern or something... but I visualized Senator Voinovich stamping his feet while he was speaking. What a pathetic performance.
Huh! Steyn writes so much good copy, he's practically typing on his feet. When does he have time to eat?
Well now I know. BTW, I would call this a higher level of writing then mere "copy." I would ne nice to see him take a stab at something more protracted.
I don't know what his "norm" is.. but if his recent activities are unusual.....the Dem Machine (clintonians) can't be far behind...IMHO
There's no mention of Voinovich in what you posted.
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