Rasmussen Poll in Virginia; McCain and Obama dead even at 44-44

[Chris_]

I was in the theater watching the Glenn Beck: Unelectable show last night.  It was a live simulcast from Dallas.

If that audience is any indicator of Texas as a whole, John McCain has bigger problems to worry about than swing states like "moderate" Virginia.  He's got states like Texas - states that he's probably already counted as in the bag - that won't give the man the time of day, because they/we are absolutely sick of the Washington business as usual mindset he carries with him.  I think McCain as a candidate, is the single biggest reason that states like my own Colorado, and much of the rest of the inter-mountain west (AZ, NM, UT, NV, WY, MT and ID) are "in play" for the Democrats - I'm sure contrary to the rosy predictions of McCain's staffers.

What pisses us off the most, is that either McCain is blissfully unaware that we aren't falling in line behind him, or he just doesn't care.

He has not begun to campaign.

How do you figure? 

He's out there promising the moon to the environmentalist whack-jobs in the form of the Economy crippling "Cap and Trade" legislation with his name on it.  He's promising "big things" from a McCain Administration to the ¡Si Se Pueda!  folks at la Raza in the form of amnesty and more stonewalling on the border fence.  He's denounced everyone with bona fide conservative credentials who's had the audacity to endorse him.

Assuming you're correct, he'd better START campaigning soon, considering his own first amendment stomping Campaign law makes it ILLEGAL for ads advocating him to be broadcast within 60 days of a General Election.  (That's the first week of September, for those of us who're victims of a public education.  Gives him less than 6 weeks to DO SOMETHING.) 

If he hasn't been campaigning since this whole election season started, lo damned near a year and a half ago, and he's only showed up for about 44% of the Senate business he's assigned to, what the **** has the Presumptuous Republican Nominee been doing with his *******ed time?

Obviously he's been toodling around as they always do.  Point is he will not begin to campaign IN EARNEST till after the convention.  He will wait till then to apply the lazer to BHO demonstrating his weakness, inexperience and inability to do anything he says he'll do.

The public at large does not care about ANY presidential campaign till September at the earliest.  Hard for political junkies to believe this but its true.  Always has been.

BHO is spending loads of time and money on what will come to be seen as nothing.  He's talking to the same people over and over and its the same old crowd that came out to see Kerry, Gore, Clinton, Dukakis, Carter, and whoever was before that.

This vastly overlong campaign will suffer the same sensory overload that came with 2000 and 2004 only moreso.  Makes it VERY easy to kneecap the other side as they've been leaving SO DAMN MUCH ammunition around its not funny.

I am very glad McC has been saving his money while BHO is squandering his.

All this talk of change and the only real change is how much more cash has been pissed away by the dems on NOTHING.

Once again, let's assume you're correct.

So McCain begins campaigning strong AFTER the Convention.  Coincidentally, that is also AFTER the 60 days curtain falls for candidate ads, so who's going to COVER whatever McCain does after the Convention.  The mainstream propaganda organs that used to fall and fawn all over McLame?  **** that for a lark, they're in lust with the BarackStar! now; any mention they made of McCain after the 60 day limit takes effect would be in the form of how the BarackStar! ran circles around that old man, McCain.  How the BarackStar! is sooo much more intelligent than McCain (did you know that McCain graduated damned near LAST in his class at the NAVAL ACADEMY (they'll happily point out) whereas the BarackStar! was editor of the Harvard Law Review (never mind that nothing of significance came forth from the BarackStar!'s pen durning that time.)).

How is anybody going to know - or care - what McCain says, promises or thinks, when the only permissible record after the Convention is the Mainstream porpaganda organs, who have a distinct BIAS towards McCain's opponent?

[Jim]

Once again, let's assume you're correct.

So McCain begins campaigning strong AFTER the Convention.  Coincidentally, that is also AFTER the 60 days curtain falls for candidate ads, so who's going to COVER whatever McCain does after the Convention.  The mainstream propaganda organs that used to fall and fawn all over McLame?  **** that for a lark, they're in lust with the BarackStar! now; any mention they made of McCain after the 60 day limit takes effect would be in the form of how the BarackStar! ran circles around that old man, McCain.  How the BarackStar! is sooo much more intelligent than McCain (did you know that McCain graduated damned near LAST in his class at the NAVAL ACADEMY (they'll happily point out) whereas the BarackStar! was editor of the Harvard Law Review (never mind that nothing of significance came forth from the BarackStar!'s pen durning that time.)).

How is anybody going to know - or care - what McCain says, promises or thinks, when the only permissible record after the Convention is the Mainstream porpaganda organs, who have a distinct BIAS towards McCain's opponent?

Seemed to work out for Dubya.

[Chris_]

Once again, let's assume you're correct.

So McCain begins campaigning strong AFTER the Convention.  Coincidentally, that is also AFTER the 60 days curtain falls for candidate ads, so who's going to COVER whatever McCain does after the Convention.  The mainstream propaganda organs that used to fall and fawn all over McLame?  **** that for a lark, they're in lust with the BarackStar! now; any mention they made of McCain after the 60 day limit takes effect would be in the form of how the BarackStar! ran circles around that old man, McCain.  How the BarackStar! is sooo much more intelligent than McCain (did you know that McCain graduated damned near LAST in his class at the NAVAL ACADEMY (they'll happily point out) whereas the BarackStar! was editor of the Harvard Law Review (never mind that nothing of significance came forth from the BarackStar!'s pen durning that time.)).

How is anybody going to know - or care - what McCain says, promises or thinks, when the only permissible record after the Convention is the Mainstream porpaganda organs, who have a distinct BIAS towards McCain's opponent?

Seemed to work out for Dubya.

Dubya wasn't distancing himself from the conservative base at every opportunity.

[Jim]

Once again, let's assume you're correct.

So McCain begins campaigning strong AFTER the Convention.  Coincidentally, that is also AFTER the 60 days curtain falls for candidate ads, so who's going to COVER whatever McCain does after the Convention.  The mainstream propaganda organs that used to fall and fawn all over McLame?  **** that for a lark, they're in lust with the BarackStar! now; any mention they made of McCain after the 60 day limit takes effect would be in the form of how the BarackStar! ran circles around that old man, McCain.  How the BarackStar! is sooo much more intelligent than McCain (did you know that McCain graduated damned near LAST in his class at the NAVAL ACADEMY (they'll happily point out) whereas the BarackStar! was editor of the Harvard Law Review (never mind that nothing of significance came forth from the BarackStar!'s pen durning that time.)).

How is anybody going to know - or care - what McCain says, promises or thinks, when the only permissible record after the Convention is the Mainstream porpaganda organs, who have a distinct BIAS towards McCain's opponent?

Seemed to work out for Dubya.

Dubya wasn't distancing himself from the conservative base at every opportunity.

He was to me.

He had been pro-amnesty from the start, been spending wildly through the first term.  About all he did good was tax cuts and SUpreme Court Justices.  And thats all I expect from McCain.  Far from perfect but when the other choice is BHO, well... you don't have to think very hard or very long.

One day a 3rd party will appear but until it does, its just a matter of how far left the choices are.

[Chris_]

Dubya wasn't distancing himself from the conservative base at every opportunity.

He was to me.

He had been pro-amnesty from the start, been spending wildly through the first term.  About all he did good was tax cuts and SUpreme Court Justices.  And thats all I expect from McCain.  Far from perfect but when the other choice is BHO, well... you don't have to think very hard or very long.

One day a 3rd party will appear but until it does, its just a matter of how far left the choices are.

Let me re-phrase.  George W. Bush may not have BEEN a conservative in most respects, but he wasn't stupid enough to think he could win an election WITHOUT THE CONSERVATIVES fooled into falling in behind him.  McCain thinks he can, and to prove it, he's been loudly denouncing any conservative who's spent any significant time in the "public spotlight" and has the "brazen audacity" to endorse him.

By the way, it's already begun.  The media isn't waiting for the Convention to austrasize McCain and his views.  LINK

[Jim]

Dubya wasn't distancing himself from the conservative base at every opportunity.

He was to me.

He had been pro-amnesty from the start, been spending wildly through the first term.  About all he did good was tax cuts and SUpreme Court Justices.  And thats all I expect from McCain.  Far from perfect but when the other choice is BHO, well... you don't have to think very hard or very long.

One day a 3rd party will appear but until it does, its just a matter of how far left the choices are.

Let me re-phrase.  George W. Bush may not have BEEN a conservative in most respects, but he wasn't stupid enough to think he could win an election WITHOUT THE CONSERVATIVES fooled into falling in behind him.  McCain thinks he can, and to prove it, he's been loudly denouncing any conservative who's spent any significant time in the "public spotlight" and has the "brazen audacity" to endorse him.

By the way, it's already begun.  The media isn't waiting for the Convention to austrasize McCain and his views.  LINK

Who else are you going to vote for ?  Not being a smartass but are you really willing to give it to BHO ?

The sad truth is that the mushy middle only gets mushier year after year.  Since you cannot win without winning the majority of them you have to make some stupid moves.  Its hurting BHO as well and will do so even more as time passes.

[Chris_]

Dubya wasn't distancing himself from the conservative base at every opportunity.

He was to me.

He had been pro-amnesty from the start, been spending wildly through the first term.  About all he did good was tax cuts and SUpreme Court Justices.  And thats all I expect from McCain.  Far from perfect but when the other choice is BHO, well... you don't have to think very hard or very long.

One day a 3rd party will appear but until it does, its just a matter of how far left the choices are.

Let me re-phrase.  George W. Bush may not have BEEN a conservative in most respects, but he wasn't stupid enough to think he could win an election WITHOUT THE CONSERVATIVES fooled into falling in behind him.  McCain thinks he can, and to prove it, he's been loudly denouncing any conservative who's spent any significant time in the "public spotlight" and has the "brazen audacity" to endorse him.

By the way, it's already begun.  The media isn't waiting for the Convention to austrasize McCain and his views.  LINK

Who else are you going to vote for ?  Not being a smartass but are you really willing to give it to BHO ?

The sad truth is that the mushy middle only gets mushier year after year.  Since you cannot win without winning the majority of them you have to make some stupid moves.  Its hurting BHO as well and will do so even more as time passes.

Having been a "constituent" of McCain's in the past (he was my senator for the 10 years I lived in Arizona) and been fooled into giving my vote to him in the past, I will not do it again.  Playing the straw-man argument that not voting for McCain will give the election to Obama is less a commentary on the "uselessness" of the conservative votes McCain has already chased off, than it is a commentary on how lazy the "rank and file" sheeple left in the Republican party have become.  They'd rather continue to mindlessly vote the party line than do a little ****in' legwork and find a candidate who actually stands for the principles they claim to continue to hold, and doesn't STAB THEM IN THE BACK after he's got their vote.

Personally, Bob Barr's got my vote for the moment, unless he does something to screw that up.  I don't expect anything good to come from the Oval Orifice, regardless of which of the two liberals finally gets in - the avowed Marxist or the admitted economic incompetent.  I'm just gonna be battening down the hatches, storing up the essentials, and riding out the upcoming chaos with my head down as low as I can get it.

As far as the election goes, my priority is to focus on the open Senate seat we have here in Colorado, and in strengthing the spine of my representative, Marilyn Musgrave.