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gfunk01

Election Fever: Catch It

Feb 14, 2008 10:42

Is it November yet? I am so sick of this election already, and we still have eight (8)- that is, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8- more freaking months of ads and campaigning and polls...and news coverage, oh god the humanity ( Read more... )

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starpush February 14 2008, 17:58:04 UTC

McCain was and is far and away the only candidate from the original GOP field with a shot of winning the general. That said, when you look at the primary turn-outs, the general sense of 2/3 of the country that the Bush presidency has been a failure, and the right track/wrong track indicators it is the Democrats race to lose come November. That said, this is a party with a long reputation of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory ( ... )

gfunk01 February 14 2008, 18:28:48 UTC

My biggest problem with McCain, honestly, is McCain-Feingold. I abhor that particular act. With a passion. But, as I said, when faced with the choice between McCain and either of the Democrats, I have to go with McCain. Yes, he might not control spending, and place activist judges on the court, and support amnesty for illegals. But far and away he will be better on national security than the other two, and will, oh I don't know, not surrender to evil jihadists who want to kill civilians and destroy Western culture in order to replace it with things like sharia law ( ... )

starpush February 14 2008, 18:43:46 UTC

I was a Richardson backer but there is a lot to admire about Obama. So much of politics is rhetoric anyway so, within that framework, his rhetoric is REALLY good. Even you have to tip your hate to the oratory skills and his ability to attract interest ( ... )