The Lovefest Continues
I said I'd like to hear Rush Limbaugh's response to Colin Powell's attack. Well, here it is.
Some highlights:
General Powell, let me explain something. The fact is Republicans did not listen to me. They listened to you. They have not been listening to me for years. The Republican Party nominated your ideal candidate.
Let me get this straight. The guy who has supported the Republican candidate for president should be thrown out of the party. That would be me. But the guy who bolted and sabotaged the Republican nominee by endorsing the Democrat candidate should stay in and be part of the team that determines what the Republican Party is going to be. The turncoat, General Powell, is the one who the party is gonna listen to? McCain's a moderate. I supported McCain. Powell, who wants a moderate, did not support McCain. It's unreal. It's just incredible.
Colin Powell and National Public Radio are on the same page, advising the Republican Party. And this is classic what's going on amongst Washingtonians. The Republican Party is being told what to do by liberal Democrats, including General Powell, who is a moderate liberal Republican. I find all this fascinating. I have nothing to do with what the Republican Party does. I have nothing to say about it. And the Republican Party nominated McCain. I thought all these people, NPR, Colin Powell, used to love McCain. They got the candidate and they got the campaign they wanted. Then they abandoned the very candidate. And does the candidate get mad about it? Hell no. Nothing about this makes any sense in the real world.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:15 AM
7 Comments:
The McCain supporters didn't get get the McCain they supported. Whether that was due to his failures as a campaigner or his less than heartfelt appeal to the base- people that didn't support him originally -is an interesting question. A more centrist campaign might have helped him. How many votes did Palin and pandering get him that he wouldn't have had anyway? How many did he lose by that strategy?
Honestly, I think McCain would have done worse without Palin. The total turnout for the election was only slightly higher than four years ago. nationwide. The major change was Obama brought in 7 Million new, mostly Black voters. McCain brought no one new in, losing many Bush voters who just didn't vote, and if not for Palin, he would have had even less than he got.
Trivia question - how many more votes did Obama get in Ohio? Trick question - he got 40,000 less than Kerry did 4 years ago, but McCain did so much worse than Bush did that Obama won the state.
You may be right, Denvey Guy, but the question is how many of those seven million new voters for Obama were old Bush voters who were turned off by Palin?
Yeah, that Palin. She's the biggest idiot since Reagan.
Where is Clark Clifford these days, anyway?
Speaking of appealing to the center, that's how Obama ran. How will the public feel when they find out he's just another tax-and-spend liberal, only worse?
The new 7 Million were mostly black voters - and they were new - they had not voted before. They weren't turned off by Palin, they were turned on by Obama. And there was just nothing McCain could pull to light up that many new voters. All I'm saying is Palin probably helped keep several Million voters who otherwise would not have voted - damage control you might say. I don't think there are many who were going to vote for McCain "but for" Palin.
The new 7 Million were mostly black voters
Would you have a cite for this assertion, DG?
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