The End of Bushism: McCain 2008?

[BurtWorm]

Atrios isn't the only one thinking this. DHinMI at Dailykos.com had a similar http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/2/26/193920/601">post last night.


http://atrios.blogspot.com/2006_02_26_atrios_archive.html#114101592136724571

Sunday, February 26, 2006

The End of Bushism

It isn't quite here yet, but at some point fairly soon Republicans will en masse make it clear that their opinion of Bush is only half a notch above their opinion of Nixon. The missing history - and context - in this is that in 2000 John McCain was the neoconservative poster boy. The Weekly Standard Gang was his posse. The owner of the Free Republic at one point purged all of the Bush supporters as he too was a McCainiac. The Bushies then fled to lucianne.com.


Their foreign policy is Bush's post 9/11 foreign policy. McCain may be more competent than Bush - I have no idea - but a McCain presidency probably would've brought us to Iraq sooner, not later.

Once upon a time we all imagined that McCain's presidential aspirations were doomed by age, or illness, or by his unpopularity with the True Believers. I still think it's the case that a decently funded skillfull primary campaign will easily destroy him, but only if such a campaign exists. The Powers That Be may decide he's their only hope and if so they'll line up.

Right now Democrats are lining up to have their pictures taken with McCain instead of understanding that he'd be an even more dangerous president than Bush. They need to start understanding what is at stake.

-Atrios 11:43 PM

[liberal N proud]

1. If KKKarl Rove attaches himself to the campaign in any way then

it is not the end of bu$hism.
It would just be a new phase of the PNAC movement.

McCain + Rove = bu$h III

[Skidmore]

5. After the job Rove did on McCain in Carolina, that McCain would let him

attach himself says how twisted McCain is. He'll sell his soul for power. We don't need another one of this type.

[deutsey]

7. Bushism with a human face

:eyes:

[AlinPA]

2. McCain will have to suck up to the rightwing Christian bigots soon.

What has he done for them lately?

[cyclezealot]

3. and he will.

or he won't get the nomination.

[populistdriven]

4. he would be the perfect successor to *

[pocket]

6. he's a war-mongering scumbag, so of course he's in

he just needs to make nice with the christians and he's all set