McCain Made Me Do It

[webfarmer]

As you all know, I've been checking into the details on Sarah Palin and John McCain's selection of her. This has me headed where I've never gone before.

Being a volunteer for a Democratic presidential ticket. Sending off a modest debit charge on the credit card. Getting the bumpersticker.

There's no way in hell we can afford to have Palin near the red button. That McCain would be so impulsive and/or cynical as to pick such an obviously unqualified candidate, and one so far from what are probably his true beliefs, says volumes about his character and/or judgment as a national leader.

I encourage my fellow citizens to join me in stopping this horror show of a campaign even if you find, as I do, Obama-Biden dodgy on certain issues and actions. My friends, there are degrees of these things. This one isn't even close now.

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[(Anonymous)]

> My friends, ...

I cringe every time I hear this now.

Cheers,
Oliver (still too lazy to sign up for an account)

[webfarmer.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I couldn't resist the irony. Wondered if anyone would catch me on it. :)

[markmc03.livejournal.com]

Good on you! I hope many others follow your example.

[webfarmer.livejournal.com]

The major bummer for me logistically is that it looks like the big push in Nebraska is going to be in the second congressional district (which includes Omaha) and not the first district that included Lincoln.

In now somewhat ancient polls by SurveyUSA it had Obama (sometimes matched with local guy Hagel as a VP) beating McCain and associate du jour in both the first and second congressional district. The second looked a little more reliable and so maybe that's why they went there with their office and not Lincoln.

Bright lights, big city. Also a much larger African-American community not too coincidentally.

Also there are a couple of other candidates in the second that seem to have more traction than what we're seeing in the first. Maybe they think a big push in the second can bring in a new Democrat as a representative and perhaps even a senator (which I find less plausible given the competition there).