Originally posted by lord xyz
It's possible Bob Barr is going to be McCain's Nader. Oh the Republicans would love it that, even if it has very little in common with the events of 2000, they'll still mention it.
Originally posted by RocasAtoll
So far it seems like a lot will just protest. The Far Right despises McCain.
Correct, they despise Obama more though. So?
One thing I've heard, those far-righters might just vote for Obama or not vote at all. The theory, they think the next 4 years will send America down the toilet if either Obama or McCain wins, so why not let it go down the toilet while a Democrat is at the helm and the Dems can take the blame*.
*This is of course them willfully ignoring that whomever wins will spend a large part of those 4 years cleaning up the ****ups of the last eight.
Originally posted by RocasAtoll
So far it seems like a lot will just protest. The Far Right despises McCain.
But they'll consolodate around him to keep Obama from winning. They just won't like it.
As I've said time and again, he'd do well to have Mike Huckabee as his VP, thus securing the evangelical and standard Republican vote, while hopefully hanging on to the moderates and independents that McCain has gathered from his less conservative positions on global warming, immigration, etc... and general willingness to buck the trend with Republican party line policy if he personally disagrees with it.
If those voters wouldn't be turned off by Huckabee (or a strong conservative that is like him), then he'd defeat Obama who gets most of his support from very liberal, well educated and/or black voters.
I'm voting McCain, though I'm not happy about it.
Originally posted by RocasAtoll
From what I heard, it doesn't matter. They think McCain is a turncoat and Obama is the Anti-Christ. They hate both enough to sit this one out.Heard that too. Ann Coulter was calling for it when it seemed like Hillary was going to be the Democratic nominee.
Yeah but I don't care what you heard, those same voters (if it's specifically the evangelical vote you're talking about) will do what they feel is their "moral duty" and vote for McCain if only to make a vote against Obama come November.
Originally posted by sithsaber408
Yeah but I don't care what you heard, those same voters (if it's specifically the evangelical vote you're talking about) will do what they feel is their "moral duty" and vote for McCain if only to make a vote against Obama come November.