[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

McCain’s only chance, a slim one, is to galvanize the very people his acolytes seem bent on antagonizing. That means allaying deep-seated conservative doubt. A powerful senator not exactly famous for listening to his detractors will need some convincing on that score — some understanding that, as Saturday’s primaries fairly screamed, he’s got a lot more work to do.

McCain’s fans do their candidate no favors by telling him the only people who can save his candidacy are unhinged.

[Minn. 4 Bush]

Great article. I’m tired of hearing the likes of Bill Kristol talking about how deranged conservatives are. That being said....can I please get people’s opinions on the one item that McCain backers keep coming back to - Iraq. How much different would the WOT and Iraq look like with a McCain Presidency v. Clinton or Obama?

[BluH2o]

McCain’s fans do their candidate no favors by telling him the only people who can save his candidacy are unhinged.

The one who comes across as unhinged is McPain. Falls into the category of someone whose elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor or being one beer short of a six pack.

[sickoflibs]

RE “McCain’s only chance, a slim one”

He will lose. whenhe sells his real positions (which he wiil) , willingness to give into democrats on everything, to appeal to independents, + liberal Republicans, his real base, he loses. This is how he runs as the guy who can GET THINGS DONE. This loss will kill the idea that the MSM and liberals can pick a winning candidate for Republicans.

If he runs against democrats as a real conservative, someone I am looking for(WHICH HE WONT), he will also lose. American is in a liberal trance right now. McCain as an extension of Bush, but worse, will not change this but will make it worse, and further destroy the party.

[mvpel]

Yet, McCain’s admirers appear to think belittling the senator’s good-faith opponents is the way to go. Theirs is a case of the pot calling the kettle “deranged” — and it will prove duly futile.

"Deranged America hating Ron Paul supporters..."

"The bad thing [about Ron Paul] is that said dissent is part and parcel of a deranged extremist worldview..."

"I missed the first part of Paul's speech but he sounds deranged when I tune in..."

"'Libertarian' seems to be a fairly malleable term, with liberal libertines like Bill Maher and deranged Truthers like Ron Paul ..."

"And here’s Ron Paul’s unhinged comeback: ... 'We should take our marching orders from the Constitution!'"

"Sean Hannity was heckled and chased by an unhinged mob of Ron Paul supporters..."

"If you want to see just how unhinged this neocon nutjob has become..."

Ron Paul got 62,887 votes in Florida, and McCain got nearly 170,000 fewer votes than Hillary Clinton, and Bush won Florida in 2000 by only 537 votes as we all know.

If all the Ron Paul supporters are convinced that they are not welcome to vote Republican, and persuaded that they should either simply stay home or vote third-party, and are prevailed upon that the Republican Party is no longer the standard-bearer for a limited Constitutional federal government, then McCain will be crushed mercilessly there.

[y6162]

To McCainiacs
Re: Support McCaine’s Campaign

Save your breath.

Better a liberal Democrat than a liberal Republican.