Jwalsh, if it comes down to McCain vs. Hillary, I tell you true I'm just going to avert my eyes to the whole train wreck. Truly. Two completely insane whackos with serious psycho-personal *iss-yews* in their personal lives whom I am powerless to prevent one from becoming president of these dear United States? I want to even pay attention? Puh-leeeeze! I don't need the mental aggravation. I'll be surfing UFO and anti-vegan threads.
Hell, if I gave it any thought, I might vote hands-down for Hillary because it would be a gift of gold to the Republican party. I am convinced that in REAL life, were she actually IN PLACE, she would quickly end up doing more damage to the Democrat party than you can even comprehend. She is a Republican Bugga-Boo no matter how it turns out.
McCain, on the other hand, would auger in and the Republican party would be holding the bag. So ... (shrugging) ...
Funny you should mention that.
I read on a financial-advice site that the reason GOP presidential contenders' overall contributions are lagging is that the big money has already ceded the election to Hildebeast. They figure the roof's coming in, in 2009, and she might as well be standing there to take the blame, anyway.
Problem with that analysis is, the economy and markets might not last until 2009, and anyway the MSM will be pumping pro-Clinton propaganda 24/7/365 again if she gets in, and they'll make sure the blame slides off her onto others.
And then she'll turn around and use the economic problems to try to turn the country into a bigger version of East Germany.
But it looks, from that POV that I was reading, like the big yachts set sail next Christmas week, complete with capital flight and the whole nine yards.
Have you read about all the big condo projects going up around the Caribbean? Supposedly to receive expat Americans and their capital? That's the "story" I keep running into.