[varmintman]

Could somebody refresh my memory as to how in the world we ended up John (the “Maverick(TM)”) McCain as a candidate for president this year? This was the worst candidate and the worst campaign on the part of pubbies which I have ever seen. Mortimer Snerd could have beaten Barack Oinkbama and any of the other pubbie candidates I was seeing in the primaries would have utterly trashed him in debates.

[Leep]

See #12.
Also, by the time the Primaries got to Pa, my state, the only choice I had was the top choice of the bottom of my list.
Likewise, Romney got cancelled out by folks who had no true interest in him being the Republican’s choice.
So, a lot of folks ended up with their 7th choice?
John McCain.

[Logical me]

Could somebody refresh my memory as to how in the world we ended up John (the “Maverick(TM)”) McCain as a candidate for president this year?

This is not the only reason, but the Republicans we busy shooting down all the candidates with past lies and distortions. Some negative reports were right but no candidate was a pure conservative. Without the adult realization that a candidate could change, they butcher them but were lighter on McCain. They were concentrating so hard that the only one left was McCain. We got McCain by default. The only one that looked young Presidential like, expert on economy and most important could speak with the tone of a President was Romney. Don't forget Romney was right up there with McCain and damn near won. (OK, now lets hear from you Romney haters, let it go)