Political Pyro

Now that the political dust has settled after an exhaustive two-year presidential campaign, I can honestly admit to feeling no bitterness at the outcome.

First, there is something powerful about listening to the voice of the people. Collective opinion must always outweigh the individual. For this, I will always humbly concede defeat.

Second, John McCain is no more a remedy to the ills of the Republican Party than George W. Bush was. In fact, he is part of what is wrong with it. Having your picture taken with Ronald Reagan twenty-eight years ago in the Oval Office is no substitute for ‘The Gipper’ himself.

Undoubtedly, that is the same conclusion many Republicans came to in red states like Indiana and North Carolina as they fell on their swords for the most liberal Senator in Washington.

As a former Hillary Clinton supporter, I have no qualms about cannibalizing the man I voted for. I still believe he would have been a better president than this Stalin-like egocentric cult of personality figure we have elected.

Comrade Obama’s campaign of lies and mass deception for the benefit of his own wretched glory is on track to break the hearts and shatter the dreams of millions of naive voters — who honestly believe we’ll all be frolicking around in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.

At least John McCain didn’t stoop to that level. John McCain is truly a great American and I mean to imply nothing negative about his character, but now that his political coffin has been sealed — let’s count a few of the nails.

1. Carbon Tax — Any politician caught up in the global warming myth is undoubtedly lining up to inflict us with some type of inane Carbon Tax. Brilliant Liberal thinkers have already stripped us of our property rights through Kelo v. New London, soon they will monitor our driving. This has no place in the Republican Party.

2. ANWR — McCain’s refusal to reconsider his stance on drilling in ANWR, even when his running mate was the Governor of Alaska explaining that Alaskans actually favor responsible drilling, only served to highlight his ridiculously stubborn leftward tendencies. Red states took notice.

3. Amnesty for Illegals — When Rush Limbaugh calls one of your best political friends in the Senate, “Lindsey Grahamnesty”, you’ve got problems. This was not an immediate campaign issue, but it is one that is lingers in the minds of conservative voters every day.

4. Suspending the Campaign — Which genius thought of this colossal blunder? Actions speak louder than words, Senator McCain. In fact, announcing your intentions merely provides the enemy with a desire to sabotage your efforts. Had McCain simply flown back to D.C. rather than dramatically halting all ads and broadcasting his flight plans, this act of “country first” might have succeeded. But by turning off all ads, McCain put himself in the uncomfortable position of having to turn them back on. Unbearable. And with the world showing up at the first presidential debate with or without him, the message that came across was that while the family was sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner… grandpa was wandering around in the woods picking berries. Luckily, he made it home in time to watch Obama carve the turkey. This was fatal.

5. Jeremiah Wright — Obama explaining that he had never heard the bile coming out of the mouth of his pastor of twenty years is on par with, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman,” and “Read my lips, no new taxes,” as the biggest load of bullshit ever to come out of a politician’s mouth. For John McCain to take the moral high ground by refusing to allow Wright to be an issue — in the face of such a blatant lie — lead many to wonder if he had lost his will to win. Or better yet, if he even deserved to.

6. Sarah McPalin — Along with Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin is the new face of the Republican Party. Unfortunately, what we saw was John McCain’s “Mini Me”. They bottled her up in silence for days, building national suspicion and doubt, only to release her to….. Charlie Gibson??? Katie Couric??? Edited???

The only “real” interview Obama ever gave was toward the end of the campaign when he sat down with Bill O’Reilly. (Hats off to Axelrod for that nice little cocoon.) This kind of loving protection hasn’t been witnessed since ‘Buffalo Bill’ kissed his moths.

For Team McCain to instantly throw Sarah into the lions’ den when they knew they had only weeks to shape public opinion (they also had Axelrod’s example of protecting the candidate already in place) was the final nail in the coffin. They Dan Quayled her in record time.

Fortunately for Sarah and the New Republican Party for 2012, McCain’s campaign didn’t succeed in destroying her — she’s back on her own terms now, with four years to spare — they merely succeeded in destroying themselves.