Repubs are pretty faithful about voting. Turnout is definitely more of a Democrat issue. Repubs might go astray to vote for a Ross Perot, but they'll always be there voting on election day. They'll have their ID or whatever and show up.

The last time the Repubs ran a real uninspiring candidate like McCain was Dole, but Perot was also in that race versus Clinton so I don't think it was a matter of Repubs not showing up. They just found someone else to vote for. Perot and Dole and Clinton were all much closer philosophically than McCain-Obama. Not that issues generally matter near as much as some think in a presidential election. It matters about the same as who is the VP nominee: slim and none.

Let's have a real honest discussion: who do you think the voters of the USA are going to vote for in November? An old white Republican or a young black Democrat? That looks like a major McCain landslide to me. Issue voters and progressive fantasy thinkers see this race as one that Obama has a good chance at and I don't see that whatsoever. After the election is over, it might be a good time to have some real open and blunt discussions on race because there are going to be some mighty upset people when they learn very clearly and in their faces how this is a nation of voters comprised of white and black voters who aren't anywhere near as "progressive" as some wish.

The post wasn't really to spark discussion on why one should vote for McCain. I think McCain has a lot of redeeming qualities. There are many reasons to vote for him. The weird thing is that conservatives aren't excited about him. He is a man of faith, anti-choice (he,he), anti-gay (marriage, anyway), pro-gun, anti-tax, pro-big business, and anti-big government. He's gotten as close as possible to being a typical conservative, but still maintains that he's a "maverick". He is a really good candidate in a year where people hate Republicans (see special elections). I just don't see the base fired up about HIM as much as they are about Obama.

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I've said this before, but keeping Democrats on the defensive has always been part of the Republican master plan...do anything to divert attention away from their 72 year old candidate.

That's why the professional haters on this site (Hobbs, Conner, Beeps, Beavis) throw unfounded scurrillous charges here day after day ("Barack is a Moose Limb!" "Barack is the Anti-Christ!"). They know it's not true (most of their crap comes from the feverswamp known as townhall.com, which has been known to cause severe mental retardation) but they don't care.

he's not a Democrat.

O wad some Power the giftie gie us,To see oursels as ithers see us!
(R. Burns)
If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot.
(E. M. Cioran)