Category Archives: Politics: US: 2008 Elections

The Carpetbagger Report, Why John McCain will never win the Republican presidential nomination:

Which leads us to the second problem — he doesn’t know what he’s supposed to think anymore. McCain is so embarrassingly desperate, he’s utterly lost when it comes to basic questions like these. It’s almost certainly what he was doing with those 12 seconds of silence, thinking over what James Dobson might do if he acknowledged that condoms can play a role in stopping the spread of HIV, and what the media might do if they find a dozen examples of him supporting broader public access to publicly-financed contraception.

So the poor, sad man says nothing. McCain can’t tell the truth, he can’t share his opinions, and he can’t remember what he thought before he sold out. It’s so genuinely pathetic, I almost feel sorry for the guy.

And why is this evidence that McCain is going to lose? Because he’s going to have to deal with a year of these questions, and he has no idea how to answer them.

And to think I used to worry he'd run on a third-party ticket with Lieberman!

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OK, here's my first political prediction of the 2008 season. Kinda tame, but you have to start somewhere: stick a fork in McCain, he's done.

For an explanation of only part of the reason, see Jonathan Chiat, McCain goes over to the dark side.

It seems that the right wing of the GOP has a new bête noire named Rudy McRomney.

Someone has made a very nice video about what Rudy Giuliani was saying before he decided to run for President. I gather he says somewhat different things now.

What's interesting is that some parts of the GOP are so afraid they are going to get hammered in the general election, they may be prepared to overlook all this. But only some.

Rudy Giuliani hates ferrets, and ferret-owners too. (Click for a link to the amazing audio clip.)

Jesus' General has the graphic that tells all:

Substantiation: compare McCain's statement that Roe v. Wade should be repealed yesterday with McCain's pro-Roe v. Wade remarks in 1999 when he was trying to run left of the field:

“But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.”

A man with no principles, or merely very changeable ones?

Updates: (1) Changed his view on Ethanol subsidies too (a big issue in Iowa…), but at least here he has a plausible excuse — higher gas prices. (2) And maybe the pander / lie was in 1999, given his consistent voting record against reproductive freedom?