tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965939.post5093830411071376050..comments2023-10-25T06:27:02.977-05:00Comments on Ryan the Angry Midget and Friends: Here's something I didn't expect to see today:Ryan the Angry Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120313107611992640noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965939.post-63771698304883223502008-11-12T16:28:00.000-06:002008-11-12T16:28:00.000-06:00Gentlemen! Can't we just say 'the smartest person...Gentlemen! Can't we just say 'the smartest person in McAfee Coliseum'?Lord Blinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13309529830363457895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965939.post-75825142792391919492008-11-11T12:56:00.000-06:002008-11-11T12:56:00.000-06:00McCain's problem wasn't the electorate not being c...McCain's problem wasn't the electorate not being conservative enough. Most people in the United States are moderates. McCain was easily the most moderate candidate in a truly scary pool of idiots, who mostly don't believe in evolution. But being the most moderate candidate in that pool was about as difficult as being the smartest person at Arrowhead Stadium on a Sunday, which is to say not very.<BR/><BR/>I think McCain and his advisors overestimated his appeal to moderates and thought that they needed Palin to shore up the base. In reality, they proved that you need a lot more than a bunch of crazy evangelicals and hockey moms to get elected.Ryan the Angry Midgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09120313107611992640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965939.post-75801366408400415182008-11-11T09:57:00.000-06:002008-11-11T09:57:00.000-06:00McCain's problem was always going to be the 34% of...McCain's problem was always going to be the 34% of the electorate the identified themselves as conservative. OF that, probably 90%of that were the religious home-schooling-evangelical nuts that McCain cannot stand but had to pander to. He moved away from the center to guarantee they would come out to vote, and by doing that, he lost the center, and lost badly. The 'maverick' J-Mac would have been able to turn more moderates, but he ran the risk of having the loonies stay at home.<BR/><BR/>J-Mac was not the Rovian candidate, and yet they tried to run his campaign with Rovian tactics. As much as Dubya was a disaster, he did "win" two elections by pandering to the base and to the Christian right. He embraced it. McSame? Not really. Not his thing, and the conservatives HATED him. Hell, Ann Coulter said that if he were the nominee, she would in fact campaign for Hillary (this of course didn't happen because some scary black guy won the nom instead).The Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547896008559706255noreply@blogger.com