Intermarkets' Privacy Policy
Support


Donate to Ace of Spades HQ!



Recent Entries
Absent Friends
Bandersnatch 2024
GnuBreed 2024
Captain Hate 2023
moon_over_vermont 2023
westminsterdogshow 2023
Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022
Dave In Texas 2022
Jesse in D.C. 2022
OregonMuse 2022
redc1c4 2021
Tami 2021
Chavez the Hugo 2020
Ibguy 2020
Rickl 2019
Joffen 2014
AoSHQ Writers Group
A site for members of the Horde to post their stories seeking beta readers, editing help, brainstorming, and story ideas. Also to share links to potential publishing outlets, writing help sites, and videos posting tips to get published. Contact OrangeEnt for info:
maildrop62 at proton dot me
Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups






















« Did Someone Actually Yell "Kill Him" At A Palin Rally? | Main | A Glimmer of Hope? McCain Wins Indpendents by Nine, According to Politico »
October 16, 2008

There Is Only One Issue

Ah, so here's that Ben Smith article people were talking about.

I'm not being a "pessimist." I am seeing the situation accurately, which John McCain is not. The public is seething in white-hot anger over the destruction of the economy and the $700+ billion (and growing!) cost to even have a chance of staving off economic catastrophe.

There is only one issue. There is only one issue.

Whoever is blamed for the crisis will lose. Catastrophically.

John McCain tried to stop it, but won't say so. The Democrats engineered the crisis, but he refuses to blame them. (Sorry, PUMAs, but it's true -- even Bill Clinton said the Democrats blocked the necessary oversight because all they cared about was affordable housing.) Obama voted present, but he won't note that, because Obama's black and to suggest he did anything wrong would be racist.

There is only one issue.

Yes, they believed the charges against Obama. Yes, they actually think he's too liberal, consorts with bad people and WON'T BE A GOOD PRESIDENT...but they STILL don't give a f***. They said right out, "He won't do anything better than McCain" but they're STILL voting for Obama.
The two most unreal moments of my professional life of watching focus groups:

54 year-old white male, voted Kerry '04, Bush '00, Dole '96, hunter, NASCAR fan...hard for Obama said: "I'm gonna hate him the minute I vote for him. He's gonna be a bad president. But I won't ever vote for another god-damn Republican. I want the government to take over all of Wall Street and bankers and the car companies and Wal-Mart run this county like we used to when Reagan was President."

...

I felt like I was taking crazy pills.

McCain won't make this case, however. And the entire Republican Party will suffer for it.

It's not "defeatism" to scream to your party leader that he is destroying your party.

Incidentally? McCain running as a POW Maverick reformer who reaches across the aisle?

Helps only him. It's as if he's unwilling to make an argument if, incidentally, it would also help other Republicans win.

He's determined to have a Lonely Victory or none at all.

Styen: McCain has no one to blame but himself.


digg this
posted by Ace at 12:58 AM

| Access Comments




Recent Comments
Beartooth : "Just make sure to get slow cook NOT instant and th ..."

Aetius451AD: "Wasn't there a Nic Cage movie where he is like an ..."

AZ deplorable moron : "Just now had a change of pace; the IV gave out on ..."

Doof: "[i]For the $40-$60 price range, what is your bourb ..."

Hour of the Wolf: "Those people just vanished. I'm worried that I ..."

Tom Servo: "316 Any recipes for grits? I try to find them when ..."

Tuna: "Flank steak is more expensive than filets around h ..."

Brunnhilde: "Tonypete, See if Costco has green maraschinos! ..."

Moki: "Those people just vanished. I'm worried that I ..."

Hour of the Wolf: "I liked this tweet. CynicalPublius: Joe Biden ..."

Moki: "312 I made chili (NO CARROTS!) with hominy instead ..."

Ben Had: "Flank steak is more expensive than filets around ..."

Recent Entries
Search


Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Top Top Tens
Greatest Hitjobs

The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
Powered by
Movable Type 2.64