Kamikaze McCain
by Rich Lowry
JOURNALISTS spent months explaining how Sen. John McCain's stalwart support of the Iraq war would sink him in the Republican presidential primaries - and it didn't. Then, they swooned over McCain's performance in a New Hampshire debate where he vigorously defended the Senate immigration bill - and his numbers have been falling ever since.
The journalistic interpretations of McCain always lack the crucial context of how living breathing Republicans - you know, those people you can't find in many newsrooms - might be reacting to him. And sometimes it seems that the McCain campaign lacks that context as well. In two presidential campaigns now McCain has proven himself adept at what is becoming his signature maneuver: the suicidal assault directly into the teeth of key GOP interest groups and orthodoxies.
In 2000, McCain could have scored a monumental upset over then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush if he'd gotten to his right on a few issues - in other words, had done more to appeal to Republican voters. Instead, McCain famously alighted to Virginia Beach, Va. to denounce leaders of the Christian Right as "agents of intolerance," dooming his already-diminished chances of winning the nomination and doing himself lasting damage with conservatives.
This year McCain's kamikaze charge is on comprehensive immigration legislation that couples an amnesty for illegal aliens with border-enforcement measures. You need have only a passing acquaintance with a Republican voter or two to know this is deeply unpopular in the GOP."
John McCain is NOT a Conservative Republican. John McCain is a backstabbing RINO, leading the charge of those who'd sell the country to the highest beaner.
For little Richy Lowry to not understand why it is that Republicans can't stomach McCain...he hints that Johnny is too noble for the likes of us...speaks volumes about his grasp of the matter. John McCain is not obstinate. John McCain is a liberal who occasionally trots out a Conservative idea when he believes it necessary to confuse the moderates. This is pretty simple stuff, Politics 101 actually, but every minimally employed nobody with an eye on one plum staffing position or another kisses the ass of politicians like McCain who will always have just enough money to spread around but never enough guts or brains to know what to really do with it.
"I stood up for you, John, so hire me."
"In 2000, McCain could have scored a monumental upset over then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush if he'd gotten to his right on a few issues - in other words, had done more to appeal to Republican voters."
Duh. Meaning if a well known politician like McCain was only a real Republican he could have won the nomination?
Stop The Presses. Damn. Why Didn't I think of that.
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