Know Your McCain: His Electability Problem

[babylonsister]

Know Your McCain: His Electability Problem

by clammyc
Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 09:24:17 AM EST
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So much seems to always be made about Obama or Clinton or whoever else’s so-called “electability issues” – most of which turns out to be nothing more than a hunk of nonsense strung together from bits of polls, magnifying tiny segments of the population into a much larger group or whatever other themes that the Village wants to conjure up.

All the while, there has been no mention of the tremendous electability issue and problem that faces one John Sidney McCain.

Seriously.

Here is a man who is disliked by his own party. A man who, even though he clinched the republican primary on March 4, had an incredibly low amount of votes in the primaries, both before and (here is the kicker) AFTER he already clinched. For example, he only won one of the twelve caucuses, topped 55% of the primary vote only once (DC) before clinching the nomination and even after clinching the nomination only broke 80% of the vote two times in 10 primary contests.

Hardly a vote of confidence from his own party – a party that is as unpopular as any political party has been in my lifetime. But wait, there is more. Much more.

Here is a man who pissed off an entire hugely motivated section of the republican party – the fundies, only to finally flirt with an extremist pastor (Hagee) and then be forced to denounce him after pressure to do so, therefore alienating this portion of the base further.

Here is a man who has broken his own campaign finance laws - benefiting from them in the primaries when he had no support and no money yet denying that he ever “really” opted into the public financing. Some “straight talk: there.

Here is a man who is supposedly running on “foreign policy experience”, yet has made mistake after mistake after mistake when it comes to basic foreign policy matters.

Here is a man whose supposed “straight talk” has lied out of his ass so many times that even the WaPo, Joe Klein and Andrea Mitchell have called bullshit on his lies.

Here is a man who touts his military experience (which basically consisted of screwing around, losing 5 planes and being a POW close to 40 years ago), yet his voting record when it comes to the troops and veterans is nothing short of abysmal and thinks it isn’t too important when the troops will come home from Iraq. A man whose wife stole painkillers from a veteran’s charity that she headed up.

more...

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2008/8/18/12615/0833

[patrice]

1. Here is a man who worships a graven image instead of recognizing "his lord" in the actions

of someone who disobeyed and was kind to the enemy.

[DebJ]

2. Here is a man for whom people will vote because they blithely

enjoy knowing nothing and pulling the party lever.

[babylonsister]

3. Some will, but I have to hope that some people realize the

black hole we're in and will at least weigh what's beneficial to them.

[DebJ]

4. I've found they do when you spoon-feed the facts to them. But

they must be spoon-fed, and see positive reasons for changing their blind faith position.

[fred500]

5. HIs party has rallied around him.

NT