I would say the McCain takedown has begun.
As predicted here many times, first the MSM will try to widen the rift between McCain and the conservative base. They will be pointing out ALL the issues conservatives have with McCain.
Then, they will go after the Independents who provided McCain with the Republican nomination. Since they convicned these rather apathetic and ignorant folks to vote for McCain in the first place, they will brainwash them into voting Democrat in the elections.
Meanwhile, they’ll use the failures of conservatives to elect a real Republican as a sign of the end of the conservative movement. Marginalizing talk radio will also occur.
It’s all part of their 10-year plan. They used the ignorance of the RINOs and establishment Republicans (who now think a conservative can’t be elected) to achieve their goals.
It’s really come together quite nicely for the Liberal Media and the Democrats.
Divide, and conquer.
Divide, and conquer.”
It wasn’t the media that made Iowa choose Mike Huckabee over one of the good candidates. If they’d given him the drubbing he deserved we would at least have a conservative option now, if not an outright conservative winner.
yeah ... and the excuse will be to blame the conservatives and talk radio ...
the onus should be on McCain and the country club bluebloods at the RNC.
Basically ... it should be ... you got you general election candidate who can supposedly get independents and democrats ... so, prove you can organize, raise money, get volunteers, and win an election. No excuses. You’ll be running against a very liberal candidate (Hillary or Obama). NO EXCUSES.!
McCain's famous bull-headedness will cause him to be a major player in his own take down. McCain, the arrogant ego-maniac that he is, thought he had won victory all by himself and could hog all the credit and not give anyone else any considerations. Obviously, McCain had NO CHANCE to win the nomination unless the conservative votes were being split up. The cost of his victory was to give Huckabee the Vice-Presidential nomination, whether that was his best choice or not. The cost of not recognizing that he was very fortunate the conservative divided the vote and not giving Huckabee what Huckabee feels he is do, is going to be quite embarrassing.
Give Jim Robinson,the founder of this forum credit, he was very quick to recognize the possibilities of a protest vote, and that is the game being played right now. Huckabee is saying give me my due, the vice-president nomination, and the conservatives that have not voted yet are saying that Huckabee is as good a place to put their vote as any if I want to show McCain that there are still a good many conservatives that neither trust him or like him. The subtext here is that by being intractable on giving Huckabee the VP, McCain is exposing how impotent and out of touch elected Republicans claiming to be leaders are. Brownback was absolutely humiliated by the voters of his home state in yesterday's results. And the absolutely brilliant former Julie Annie supporter Rick Perry cannot be comfortable with the Texas primary on the horizon. If McCain does not want to do himself further damage, he will get Huckabee on the sinking ship McCain before the Texas primary. If there is such a thing as a conservative protest vote, then what better place to show by taking down McCain in Jorge's backyard. I say the conservatives last stand is going to be Texas, but then again it is not a last stand if Huckabee takes McCain to the woodshed and teaches a political lesson in humility.