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And Now the Flailing Begins
Now the comedy known as the McCain / Palin campaign is in it's last stages - that of flailing about incoherently.
No wait, wasn't that the condition it was in throughout the general election?
It seems only a year ago that the Republicans were fighting a primary over who is best suited to beat the Democratic Opponent and keep the White House in G.O.P. hands.1
Only they were counting on the Democratic Opponent to be Hillary Clinton. What they got was Barack Obama. That plus the damaged Republican brand.
And then they got John McCain.
He was the best of a bad lot. All of them bear the taint of Republican misrule. Most, like Huckabee and Romney were so in the Bush tank that they almost said "Sieg Heil" Grover Norquist's tax cut pledge during their Youtube debate. Fred Thompson doddered around in a manner appropriate to his age. They played so far to the Right that you just knew that in a year when Republicans were expected to lose in the House and Senat
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I know plenty of people Thompson's age who don't dodder. His problem is that he's too lazy to learn a stump speech and too involved with himself to pay attention to anyone else, including the people who showed up for his campaign appearances.
McCain is like a big ol' bass flopping around helplessly on the boat, while Palin is the swordfish who'll stab you while she flails.
October 9, 2008 3:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Forgive me if the post is incomplete. I'm reduced to using my PDA for blogging because my computer is down. It's slow work, but not impossible.
October 9, 2008 3:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
I see the 'flailing' as in the head of the Nazful from the Lord of the Ring when it is slain and implodes.
October 9, 2008 3:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
'Nazgul'
October 9, 2008 8:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
I still think Romney would have been the best chance for the GOP. He was afraid to be a moderate, and right-wing voters were afraid to nominate a Mormon, so now they're behind in the polls to a moderate African-American.
October 9, 2008 3:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
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