The one where I realize McCain is a Democrat

Thu, Oct 02 2008 by Vanessa.

It makes sense.  Finally, the 2008 election makes sense to me.  At first it sounds ludicrous but if you think about it ….

1.  McCain’s reputation as a liberal Republican is as old as he is.  Republicans have long accused McCain of acting too much like a Liberal.  God forbid.  At one point, many many years ago, I even thought “You know, I _might_ be able to support parts of what this guy says.”  McCain may claim membership in the Republican party but the nation has questioned this designation for years.

2.  The election in 2000, I believe, belonged to Gore and somehow the Democrats let the most powerful seat in the nation slip away from them.  I still fail to understand what the Democrats must have been guilty of to allow Bush and his cronies to swoop in and falsely claim the Presidency without a real fight.  Surely blackmail came into play somewhere because why, oh why, would you give up the Presidency if you didn’t have to?  But that’s a discussion for another post.

3.  I may not agree with Republicans on most issues but I do believe that somewhere out there, possibly even on McCain’s team of strategists, exists a Republican leader with the know-how to win an election.  Leading off that thought, I’d have to assume (yes I know what they say about assuming) that selection of a running mate ranks high on the to do list for a Presidential candidate.  So, any competent member of the Republican Party would not take the selection of McCain’s running mate lightly.

Putting these three points together I believe that the Democrats decided they absolutely would not lose the 2008 Presidential election.   They resent point #2 because they should have run the country from 2000 - 2004 at a minimum.  So, how do you ensure a win?  How do you guarantee with 100% certainty that you will not lose?  You run against yourself.  If the Democrats found a way to nominate 2 Democrats to run against each other they can’t lose.  What better way to accomplish this than nominate a “Republican” candidate that true Republicans fail to support (see point #1) and who is actually a Democrat in disguise?  As for point #3 … well, this is the point that finally opened my eyes.  If McCain’s advisers truly possessed a desire to win the 2008 election, their strategy for nominating a running mate would have been taken seriously.  You can’t tell me that in the 50 states we lovingly refer to as the United States of America, there fails to exist a truly competent Republican politician to complement McCain.  Let’s even assume that the Republicans truly believed that a female running mate would buy them a few female votes in the wake of Hillary not being selected as Obama’s running mate.  I know there exists a female, republican politician or former-politician capable of serving as Vice President of the United States.  Most likely, there even exists a female Republican well-educated in economic matters, an area McCain professes to be lacking in and also an area of great concern to most Americans right now.  So why Palin?  Why oh why would McCain and his team throw caution to the wind and nominate Palin?  What better way to throw the election?

Many months ago, the Republican Party’s main argument against Obama was lack of experience.  Palin’s experience pales in comparison to Obama’s.  At least Obama knows how to get to Capitol Hill.  At least Obama scribbled his name on Legislation he helped write.  At least Obama sits on Federal Committees.  Palin makes Obama look more experienced than George Washington.  Republicans focused our attention on how important it is to elect “experienced” individuals and then threw one of the least experienced US politicians on their ticket.  How does that make sense?  It doesn’t … unless you’re throwing the election.

The only questions remaining in my head are how did the Democrats convince McCain to throw an election and how long have they been plotting to win in 2008?  If McCain knew their plan many moons ago he could steer his votes in a direction that matched Bush in order to further discourage people from voting Republican in this election.  Why would we vote for another 4 years of Bush-like policy from a man with 1.5 feet in his own grave backed only by a tongue-tied, overly inexperienced running mate?  We wouldn’t, of course!

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