Why are conservatives not picking up on reality that if it is revealed or becomes manifest that Palin was not properly vetted by McCain, no matter how 'good' a politician Palin turns out to be, McCain will look weak? What am I missing?
Is it true she supports teaching creationism in schools? How did I get to point of supporting someone like that? I hate Obama that much? No - I distrust immensely his 'base' - and I fear that in him the far left sees the coming to fruition of all its dreams - but is it possible Palin represents the same thing to the far right? Fuck. None of this would be a problem if Hillary was the candidate. So do you blame Bush for fucking up the war or the lefties for exploiting so expertly that fucking up? Both I guess. I mean, if Bush had been successful we'd have a right wing autocracy now, but because Bush failed we may end up with a left wing autocracy [autocracy? really? well...]. What happened to the middle? Democracy is supposed to be all about the middle, about mitigating extremes, not creating them for fuck sake!
So if you get to the point of believing no matter who wins the result will be negative what positive thing then comes out of it? Moderation? If Obama loses the far left will try to blame it on racism [high profile articles have already been written preemptively making that case] - but the reality will be that because of animus against the war the left wing of the Democratic party was allowed to dictate terms to the the candidates which made opposition to the war the de facto litmus test - ergo Obama. Forgotten now, but remember how Hillary was raked over the coals for refusing to apologize for her vote? If the dems lose when victory should have been all but guaranteed you can start with that.
But if McCain loses when it is clear many voters just don't trust Obama to lead the country? The GOP isn't expected to win so would a loss really inspire any kind of authentic self reflection? Dubious - they've played this shell game with their wacko base for a while now - Reagan was very good at it, Bush wanted to replicate but failed badly - but, really, how long can they continue to go to that well? They way the social conservatives seem to love Palin starts to look like the way the far left loves Obama - that can't be good, right? It's as if Americans need moral extremes. Is it possible - was it ever possible - to have leaders who are not beholden to specific agendas? It seems impossible to imagine right now a leader who is a moderate on social and domestic issues but something of a hawk, a hard-nosed realist on foreign policy ones - it seems to me to run counter to the whole idea of democracy that one has trouble imagining such a thing.
