Republicans: There Will Be Blood




This was on the cover of Newsweek about why the right hates John McCain. Now that he has the Republican nomination just about wrapped up, it should be interesting how he treads water with the extreme right. They’ve been screaming and howling about how much they hate them, but the conservative and moderate wing of the party just isn’t buying their garbage. Ann Coulter the twiggy blonde decided she’d throw a scare out there by saying, “I would vote for the devil over John McCain, thus my claim that I would vote for Hillary over John McCain”. This is about as believable as everything else she says. Well the comments from the Madonna of the deep right didn’t do anything. And the other entertainer of the extreme Rush Limbaugh said, “John McCain has stabbed his own party in the back, I can’t tell you how many times”. Although McCain has to get this small segment aboard to win in November he said, “I don’t care what she thinks”, and as for Rush he said, “I don’t even listen to Rush…I’m not a masochist”. One advisor said, McCain is “unwilling to bow and kiss the ring” of these antagonists. I think McCain has other ideas on rebuilding the Republican Party if he gets in office.



Then there’s the cranks out there like James Dobson, “Should John McCain capture the nomination, as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for president in my lifetime”. Then there’s the intellectual Michelle Malkin saying, “He is an expert at filibustering and he is an expert at crooked talk”. You can always count on Michelle for wreaking havoc with her lack of intellectual discourse. How about Laura Ingraham, “There is no way in hell I could pull the lever for John McCain” or Glenn Beck, “I think John McCain is more dangerous even then Hillary Clinton”. Boy it sounds like there is already blood being spilled from the neoconservatives of the party.
The National Review bloggers the Reaganauts for McCain aren’t happy with the cranks pointing out the terrible things the GOP said about Reagan all those years ago. The funny thing about it is that John McCain is more conservative then Ronald Reagan was. These are strange times indeed for the Republican Party. With George Bush in the latest polls showing a 30 percent approval rating, 29 Republicans leaving congress and a worsening economy, there will be blood this fall.



If Barrack Obama gets the nod from the Democrats, it’s going to be quite a contrast with John McCain the old man against the youth and energetic optimism of an Obama. This will be a Bob Dole II campaign for the GOP and one they can’t win. There definitely going to lose more seats in both houses to the extent that the Democrats will be able to move legislation through at will. There will be progressives that will be setting policy while the GOP tries to figure out how to rebuild their party once again. The only thing they can hope for in the fall is Hillary Clinton to get the nod. But really in the end, the fall campaign will turn out to be, “No Country for Old Men”, because beyond John McCain’s military background, that’s simply what he’ll turn out to be.