It seems obvious common sense to choose the turncoat RINO.
But I still have one nagging question: How is the Republican Party ever going to recover with McCain as it’s leader? Surely he will be the last GOP President, and then what?
“But I still have one nagging question: How is the Republican Party ever going to recover with McCain as it’s leader? Surely he will be the last GOP President, and then what?”
We’ll just have to wait and see.
Regardless of his failings, and there are many, having McCain serve four years as a “placeholder president” will buy time for Republicans to try to figure out what kind of future they have in an America that is rapidly changing, demographically and politically.
If McCain _is_ “the last GOP president”, it will say less about him than it does about changes to America - changes that make it less and less likely that Republicans and conservatives will have a major voice on the national stage for some time to come (if ever again).
What we are witnessing is the fruition of the Immigration Reform Act of 1965, a law that was destined to change the poltical and ethnic colors of America. Of course, that was pooh-poohed back then, but those changes were inevitable, once America was no longer to be protected as a Euro-centric nation. It has taken forty years, but this reality can no longer be denied or denigrated away.
Like a tsunami, the 1965 law was the “generational event” that launched the wave, which for decades has raced silently beneath the ocean surface. It is just now beginning to break into the national consciousness, hence the concern [mostly amongst Euros] about immigration over the past 5-10 years. But once you actually _see_ the wave bearing down upon you, it’s almost too late.
Wish I could be more optimistic. But one thing’s for sure, with McCain we have at least a chance of treading water for a while.
Obama would intentionally push conservatism beneath the wave.
- John