Thursday, January 31, 2008

John McCain pulling another Perot


John McCain, is he pulling a fast one on the Republican party like Ross Perot did back in the 90’s. What Perot did was to appeal to the “independent” voter and vote for a change or a new direction. What was not widely talked was his animosity against the former George Bush. You remember the accusations that the Republicans (in 1992) were going to pull a “dirty trick” on his daughter during her wedding. Now to McCain’s run this time, he believed that it was his turn to run for president in 2000 but Bush got in his way and you know the rest from then on. Now 2008 McCain is running again and is taking all the endorsements and anything else that he can to get the nomination nod from the Republicans. Now to delve into my theory that McCain is going be instrumental in handing the White House to the Democrats in 2008. First lets take a look at the positive reporting from the media. First and foremost there is no real examination of his cooperation with “liberal” politicians, ie…Feingold for one. His wreaking havoc on the first Amendment (which gives us the freedom of the press) is not touted as a bad thing. But non the less the Media is giving him a fighting chance unlike the savage beating that they would normally give any other “true” conservative Republican. This leads to my thinking that this could be a major “bait and switch” candidate. As with Ross Perot, McCain is going to divide up the republican vote between the conservative Reagonites and the “Blue Blood Liberal” wing of the Republican party. By this I mean that those who believe that McCain is betraying the Constitution (McCain Feingold) will not vote for him. This will leave the “liberal” and the so called independent voters to push for him and give him great exposure as a “maverick” candidate. I think it is safe to say that the independent voters are more than likely going to vote for Democrats when the rubber meats the road. But the “liberals” needed to propel an easy target to the forefront of the Republican party so that they can seal the deal for the Democrats to take over in 2008. I also believe that McCain knows this and with his cozying up to the Democrats over the years has put him in a great position to surrender the White House to the Democrats if he gets the nod. The way for him to get the nod is to get the delegate votes. This is where the media come into play for him. They gin him up as the candidate for the Republicans by trashing his opponents and puffing him up to look good and making him a sure thing. But we all know who the media truly supports and they could not with a straight face endorse a Republican candidate unless they had an agenda. Like Ross Perot, McCain has already fractured the Republican conservative base against the more left of the party. Now why would a person be willing to sacrifice their chance at the highest office in the land unless there was not a good reason. Remember Ross split up the vote for the Democrats and Clintons in 1992, now the same thing is occurring again for the Democrats and the CLINTONS. Do not underestimate the Clintons. SSSD–Same Stuff Same Democrat. This would make one think, with McCain’s friendship with the more “liberal” Democrats what is his “second prize” for giving up the White House. Could this be maybe better treatment and position in the Senate or maybe a cabinet position. Remember he was approached before about running as V.P. on the Democratic ticket. This makes sense when you think about how this race has been run and what McCain stands for (btw he is a RINO republican in name only) and who are these mysterious “independent” voters anyway.

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