McCain Sends Conservative Elites into Conniptions

By: The Grey Havens
Published On: 2/5/2008 4:01:39 PM

Heading into today's coronation of The Nation's Angriest SenatorTM, John McCain, as the Republican Nominee, we thought it might be worthwhile to do a survey of the hyperbolic angst coming from the elites in the ignorance, fear, and greed movement.  These people hate McCain almost as much as they hate Hillary, but give them time.  They've had 20 years to pile on HRC, and this whole McCain hate is like a new Christmas-Day puppy for them.  They just seem to be having so much fun.

The entertainment value here is really off the charts.  Enjoy...

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Here's a great quote from Senator Thad Cochrane:

"The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), also a senior member of the Appropriations panel, told the Boston Globe recently. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

Many more McConservative McConniptions below the fold...
Rush:  Only Pro-Choice voters support McCain

Romney knee-caps McCain lovin' Bob Dole

Coulter isn't kiddin':  She'll campaign for Hillary... McCain "has no honor". "I would vote for the Devil over John McCain". Then she predicts 30 years of Democratic Governance!

Pat Buchannan paints McCain as the Conservatives' 'nemesis'

Mimicking the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann," McCain has joked about "Bomb, bomb, bomb-bomb, bomb Iran" and urged the expulsion of Russia from the G-8. He wants to expand NATO to bring in Georgia and the Ukraine. This could mean confrontation between Russia and the United States over whether South Ossetia and Abkhazia should be free of Georgia or ruled by Tbilisi, a matter of zero vital interest to this country.

We are forewarned. John McCain intends to be a war president.

Where Bush has lately cleansed his administration of neocons, McCain offers the last best hope for a neocon return and restoration and more wars in the Middle East. And if, as seems probable, Bibi Netanyahu again becomes prime minister of Israel, he and a President McCain will find a pretext for war on Iran.

Year 2008 may prove a defining one for conservatives. For on many of the great issues, McCain has sided as often with the Left and the Big Media as he has with the Right.

Where Bush has been at his best, cutting taxes and nominating conservative judges, McCain has been his nemesis. Not only did he vote twice against the Bush tax cuts, McCain colluded to sell out the most conservative of Bush's judges

'Bloody' Bill Kristol has a nice rundown of what he's called "Dyspepsia" and "McCain Derangement Syndrome", but the real humor is that he's deranged enough to call right-wing talking-heads "reserved". HILLARIOUS!!!

The prospect of John McCain as the likely Republican presidential nominee has produced a squall of anger on the right. Normally reserved columnists and usually ebullient talk-radio hosts vie to express their disgust with McCain, and their disdain for the Republicans who are about to nominate him. The conservative movement as a whole appears disgruntled and dyspeptic.

ONE LAST THING...

Oh, and by the way, was it just me or did anyone else see "There Will Be Blood" as a Corpo-Con v. Theo-Con psycho-drama?  It woulda been fun to sit in a theater with Mike Huckabee and Dick Cheney watching that film, just to see their reactions, especially after the "Back of the Bus" theme Huckabee's been pushing lately.  I can just see Cheney's glee and Huckabee's horror at the last scene. Bloody indeed.


Comments



Huckabee Sweeps WVA (Flipper - 2/5/2008 5:14:14 PM)
Huckabee swept all 18 delegates in West Virginia today after McCain's supporters all switched to Huckabee to deny Romney the win.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200...



Huckabee is going to (Lowell - 2/5/2008 5:34:02 PM)
guarantee McCain the nomination.


Cochran's right (Sui Juris - 2/5/2008 5:26:03 PM)
McCain is an unstable hotheaded fellow, and the thought of a man like that in the Oval Office should send a chill down any spine.


America's Angriest Senator (The Grey Havens - 2/5/2008 5:51:21 PM)
That's the guy.


Better Get Used To It (HisRoc - 2/5/2008 6:48:51 PM)
If Billary wins the Democratic nomination, then McCain will be the next POTUS.  And, I predict, he will choose Huckabee as his running mate.  That will be like having Cheney again, but without the bad ticker that keeps him from running for the top job.  Scary.  The United States of Jesus.

(No disrespect intended to my fellow Christians.  I just want to see the Establishment Clause preserved.)



Rinse, lather, repeat (Sui Juris - 2/5/2008 7:01:17 PM)
If Hillary loses a general election, it will be due to Democrats repeating mindless blather like this.  Hope you're proud.



Sorry (HisRoc - 2/5/2008 7:16:14 PM)
But look at the polls.  Besides, who could support Ann Coulter's "girl?"

(If it is any consolation, my wife is also giving me Hell.)



My conscience isn't guided by polls (Sui Juris - 2/5/2008 7:22:17 PM)
Perhaps that's why I can't relate.


Polls a month ago (aznew - 2/5/2008 7:22:30 PM)
had clinton beating Obama by 20 points. Where are they now?

Polls of the eve of New Hampshire were significantly off, as were polls on the eve of South Carolina.

And New England was favored by how many?

I'm not saying ignore these polls, but they area snapshot of where the electorate is today. Their predictive value is not all that significant.



You're Right (HisRoc - 2/5/2008 7:33:13 PM)
I certainly agree with you on polls in general.  However, I think that head-to-head preference polls are an indicator of the fact that Billary comes up short on what I call "like-ability."  The party that can attract (and not repel) the Independent swing voters will win the election.  Bill Clinton won twice because he attracted the swing vote.  Bush won twice because Gore and Kerry repelled the swing vote.  Billary would do the same thing.  I say "Billary" because Bill is part of the problem with Hillary.  When you combine the general dislike of Hillary Clinton among many moderate voters with the residual "Clinton Fatigue" among voters, she can't win among Independents.

Obama, on the other hand, polls as well as McCain with Independents.  But, all that could change...  



And I agree (aznew - 2/5/2008 8:59:32 PM)
That Obama has a greater appeal among independents.

I will say that Bush's 2004 win was, in large part, a "base" win, something McCain will have trouble with..

But some projections due in a few minutes.