McCain is No Longer Playing to Win,

[tekisui]

He is playing to keep the repuke base in tact for future elections. He has given up on the independents, moderates and centrist Democrats. He is talking strictly to the base. This was previously the role that Palin played. She was picked for the headline and to secure the base that was not enthusiastic about McCain.

As they have sunk lower and lower in the polls, and more importantly the state races, he is cutting his losses and focusing on keep the base from wandering away, for future elections.

He knows he's lost, and is no longer playing for a win.

[palintology]

1. No State Funeral for McPuke !

[hlthe2b]

2. You think he is that "self-less" however misplaced ?

Perhaps his advisers are moving him in this direction--I can't imagine anything less than revenge at Obama is fueling the old fool now and that is assuming he is not in denial about the current odds for him.

[jeff30997]

3. I sure hope that these scumbag...

won't play us an RFK !!! :scared:

[carnie_sf]

25. I've been afraid of that too nt

[jeff30997]

30. Yeah....

It wouldn't surprise me of these gangsters.

[louis-t]

4. Just where would the base wander to?

Hmmmm?:crazy:

[daninthemoon]

5. Step into the light?

[louis-t]

20. Naw, they'd disintegrate.

[tekisui]

6. Church, Libertarians, their couches, their sixpack,

just away.

Look, I heard Limpballs singing mcPOW's praises for the first time today.

[louis-t]

21. I thought he hated McStupid?

Has he been waiting for Divine Intervention?

[tekisui]

23. mcPOW is singing the fundie tune,

much to Limpballs delight.

[Cha]

7. May mccain and palin receive full blast..

the Law Of Unintended Consequences.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. He's playing to demoralize the Democrats. n/t

[R. P. McMurphy]

14. I'M OUTRAGED!!!

He wants to take our morals away too!!! Un-freaking believable!!! ;-)

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

9. He's trying to damage Obama as much as possible

[TrogL]

10. They've been planning to lose all along

They just got their timing wrong. The financial collapse happened three months early.

[grantcart]

11. He has a self destructive personality and never in fact wants to be in a

position where he would be held accountable.


He wants to stand on the sidelines and throw grenades and upset the applecart. In the end he really doesn't want the job.


If he did he would have picked Romney.

[Tatiana]

12. They are trying to save Congressional seats, IMO.

Obama's got coattails in traditionally blue and purple areas. Look at Franken's surge in MN. I think they are trying to poison the inroads made by Dems in traditionally conservative areas like Georgia (where the Dem candidate for Senate is polling ahead of the national ticket).

[crossroads]

34. Methinks you are right! nt

[TornadoTN]

13. He is pandering to the base and stoking the fire of hatred in their hearts - to undermine Obama

This going to be the nastiest three weeks we have ever or will ever see in our lifetimes. It's all about stoking the fire of rabid right-wing fundamentalism to keep them upset until 2012, where they will inevitably trot Sarah out as the savior of the party (again).

Their remaining salvos are aimed at sowing so much discord from an angry minority that Obama has a hard time getting anything accomplished in his first term if he is elected. A secondary result will be the hope that enough people are stirred up by this rage that they pull out a few states to draw the election closer.

[Wolfies Revenge]

15. He's done and not only for future elections

But also for this election in hopes he can squeak out at least 40% of the popular vote.

[SurfingAtWork]

16. I have a tinfoil hat theory on this that is more sinister

With all of the Acorn stuff, and allegations of voter fraud my tinfoil theory is that they are going to litigate the election results regardless of the margin of the Obama win, and they have already talked to who they need to at the SC, and are confident they'll select McCain when its all said and done. There is just no way they can allow an Obama administration. The person who follows Bush has to be a republican, because there are a whole lot of bodies to get rid of (figuratively speaking).

:tinfoilhat:

[jillan]

17. And a whole lot of paperwork to shred.

[tekisui]

That may be their endgame,

if they want a revolution.

[stuntcat]

24. time for Civil War II then!

:headbang: :tinfoilhat:

[mediaman007]

18. America first!...just a slogan

[JuniperLea]

19. He's playing to the KKK too...

The blatant bigotry is astounding.

[TheBigotBasher]

22. McCain does not have a base in the Republican Party

He is the embodiment of Party division. He won the nomination because he was not Romney, Huckabee, or that 911 guy from New York.

He had to select Palin in order to establish some kind of base. The only supporters he actually had were bigots who at one stage may have voted for Hillary.

Of the Republican Party who supports him?

Economic Libertarians? After the bail out and after the mortgage bribe?
Regan Libertarians? As above and add in too much God bothering?
The Christian Right? Too little God Bothering and he does not support killing fags.


What other wing of the Party is there?

[tekisui]

26. He is starting to mimic Palin,

He is adopting her "talk to the base" style, it is all he has left. Had he not picked her, he'd have no one.

[TheBigotBasher]

33. He still has no one.

As much as sensible people fear her becoming President, the bigots love her.

[EnviroBat]

27. The "republican base" should be flushed down the shitter for good.

Biggest group of retarded mouth-breathers in the world. We have no use for those people in the United States.

[stuntcat]

28. precisely

100% right.

[southpaw]

29. I don't buy it.

As much as I'd like for it to be true, I don't think McCain has accepted defeat.


A cornered animal is the most dangerous kind. There is no telling what McCain will resort to in a vain attempt to salvage the election.

I say vain because whatever he tries will likely hurt him far more then it will hurt Obama.

[TheBigotBasher]

31. Remember Florida.

They can still pull crap off. Just a question of would they really want to for him?

[wowimthere]

32. He has himself and Bush to blame for a disaffected base... Let this kind of lesson

resonate with Dems. YOu don't step in it and then track it through your house. You will have hell to pay for stinking up your house.

[TheBigotBasher]

35. Of course that depends on what you mean by base?

Harlot not So Christian etc? If they wever were part of the base - best rid.