tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post6955021282272317022..comments2024-01-23T17:14:04.067-05:00Comments on Jaltcoh: 3 thoughts on Election Day 2008 (with photos of the Obama family watching the results)John Althouse Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-88320585500197905702008-11-12T22:18:00.000-05:002008-11-12T22:18:00.000-05:00Actually McCain's loss had nothing to do with ...Actually McCain's loss had nothing to do with Conservatism. He's always despised Conservatives & they've returned the favor. (see Ann Coulter, Dobson, Rush, Glenn Beck, etc.)<BR/> <BR/>Given that Bush is the most unpopular President since Nixon, McCain had only two routes to victory. Either (a) run as a Republican "anti-Bush" - which was impossible given his record and who he is, or (b) make Obama an unacceptable choice.<BR/><BR/>But McCain couldn't do that for several reasons. First, he refused to run ads on Wright or attack Obama as "Anti-American". Second, he also was unable to attack Obama on a whole host of issues since he agreed with him. <BR/>Immigration, Free Trade, the Environment, Iran, Georgia, the Bailout, etc. Third, social issues were off the table since McCain doesn't care.<BR/><BR/>And how could McCain argue that Obama was an out-of-touch Harvard elitist when he's been a DC insider for 20 years? How could he argue Obama was a dangerous "card carrying member of the ACLU" when he wanted Joe Liebermann as his VP. Or a "big spender" when he voted for all the Bush budgets?<BR/><BR/>The problem with Ford, Dole, Bush I, and McCain is they had no vision for the USA. All four were DC insiders who had no reason to be president except personal ambition and a vague desire to do good on the international stage.rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com