Is it just me, or is John McCain as inspiring left over meat loaf?
Right now, if the election were a choice between McCain and meat loaf, I’d be bringing a knife and fork to the voting booth. No doubt there’s a certain lack of media coverage of McCain’s campaign, due to the fireworks going on between Obama and Clinton. And no doubt a liberal-tilted media would like to keep him on the down low as much as possible, all the way up to election day.
But if truth be told, Sen. McCain seems to be doing little to fire up the electorate. The tragedy of this is that right now, he’s got a clear field due to the aforementioned Democratic debacle. He could setting the tone for the entire campaign, forcing his Democratic opponent to play catch up. At the very least, he could be outlining the stark differences between capitalism and socialism, and why America can’t afford to elect either Democrat as president. So why is he essentially sitting on his hands?
Because he’s an “old school” politician. Old-schoolers believe that while your potential opponents are beating each other up, the best strategy is to stay out of the way and let them do it. Perhaps he believes those pundits who are “sure” the supporters of whomever emerges as the loser on the Democratic side will vote for him out of revenge. Even worse, he might believe a media which loves him when he’s “enlightened” enough to bash his own party will treat him even-handedly once the race gets down to one against one.
Ain’t gonna happen, Senator. Liberals don’t vote for conservatives, even faux conservatives–period. There’s a difference between anger and suicide, and even the most die-hard leftists aren’t suicidal. You’re not going to win by “default” or “defection,” and the sooner you get over the idea, the better. As for the media, you’re the anvil and they’re the hammer just as soon as all the chips are on the table.
This may be the first election in a long time where inspiration–more so than facts–carries the day. What that means is that the electorate is ripe for the snake oil Democrats are selling–unless someone can forcefully convince them that it is socialist, appeasement-orientated, tax-and-spend-us-into-bankruptcy snake oil.
Fire it up, or flame out, Sen. McCain. At 71 years of age, you’re either going to convince Americans that you’re the fatherly figure who’ll bring a sense of adult supervision to a country and government in desperate need of it, or that you’re a doddering old man whose time has come and gone.
Magic or meat loaf, Senator. The choice is yours.
atahlert@comcast.net
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