by Tina Grazier
One reason, from my perspective, is that John McCain is just liberal enough to appeal to old fashioned democrats…those who are fiercely patriotic and care about family values. Of course some democrats look at it much differently and have said so in various articles all week.
The whole conversation began with a recent Rasmussen Poll that found a sizable percentage of the democrat base (20%) indicate they might vote for John McCain in November if their preferred choice for president isnt the candidate. This prompted Susan Estrich, a well-known professor, political operative and commentator to write Political Suicide, a piece urging democrat voters to reconsider. As Ive said before, its a long way to November so anything can happen, but a few of her comments deserve a response if only to demonstrate an obvious state of denial in the democrat mind. Heres what she said:
Twenty percent of the Democratic base voting for McCain? The pollsters call it “some hardening of feelings among some of the most core supporters of both Democrats.” I have a different name for it: political suicide. ** This is how a Democrat could lose an election after eight years of a Republican administration that has taken the economy into recession, the country into an unpopular, costly and dubious war, and bailed out Bear Stearns instead of the thousands of hardworking Americans who were taken advantage of by subprime lenders and are now losing their homes and their life savings. This is how Democrats could end up snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Or, with all due respect
democrat voters have seen dubious tactics, a smattering of racism, indications of possible hatred for America, and straight out lies and fabrications from these two candidates. And perhaps in her fervor to change the subject by painting a slanted, erroneous accounting of the last eight years, Ms Estrich missed these (and other) items of interest:
1. Complex election rules and changes in rules that threaten to disenfranchise democrat voters
2. Bullets over Bosnia upon First Lady Clintons arrival
3. Rev. Wrights US of KKKA speeches
4. Bill Clintons opening salvo in the great democrat racism unveiling
5. Michelle Obamas proud moment
6. NAFTA posturing
These troubling events hint at deep flaws in character and speak to the trustworthiness of each democrat candidate. Estrich chooses to ignore this and instead concludes:
Could McCain win? He could, if enough Democrats forget that the end policy should count more than personality, and the real fight is for the country’s future and not the party’s crown.
Perhaps Ms Estrich, in her forgetfulness, doesn’t realize that, at least in the case of Obama, personality is the major fuel behind his presidential bid. In the case of Hillary Clinton it may be that we actually agreethe crown, (the throne) has always been the name of her game.
Vote wisely pilgrims.