"They want McCain to insult him like he did to Robertson and Falwell in 2000."
And knowing McCain, he'll likely oblige.
McCain reminds me of a scene from a movie that I once saw about the downward spiral in Germany in the 1930s, just as the Nazis were getting emboldened as a political party. A comedian was on stage in Berlin and had this joke: "Franklin Roosevelt was just elected in America, and his first statement was to publicly forgive all his political enemies. Here in Germany, Adolph Hitler was just elected Chancellor, and his first act was to have all his friends arrested." The comedian was later beaten in his dressing room by Brownshirts.
Like a man who fails to grasp who his friends are, I fully expect McCain to run hard to the left during this upcoming election. As for how McCain will govern, that's an academic question, because he's going to be beaten soundly.
"Better to face a known enemy looking to cut your throat than to have a unreliable 'ally' who might put his knife in your back." And you can quote me on that.
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