tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post114770843236295570..comments2023-11-05T04:28:29.961-08:00Comments on Adventures in Capitalism: John McCain Speaks At Liberty UChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927628412285314176noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post-1147720357377044522006-05-15T12:12:00.000-07:002006-05-15T12:12:00.000-07:00Now we are in complete agreement. As The Economis...Now we are in complete agreement. As The Economist has noted, McCain is now running as a frontrunner. He played the loyal soldier for the Bush administration in order to get this shot, and he is willing to do things like visit Liberty University to shore up his base.<BR/><BR/>But it sure beats guys like Trent Lott lamenting the fact that Strom Thurmond didn't win the presidency on a segregationist ticket.<BR/><BR/>And as long as McCain survives the primaries (and I think the Republicans are going to "coronate" him, because they know they need a break with the Bushies if they are to win in 2008), he's free to tack heavily back to the center. What are the religious nuts going to do, vote for Hillary?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00927628412285314176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post-1147719710178210552006-05-15T12:01:00.000-07:002006-05-15T12:01:00.000-07:00Chris,If McCain gave a Red Meat speech, he would a...Chris,<BR/><BR/>If McCain gave a Red Meat speech, he would alienate all of his independent support. He's not stupid. It was definitely a good speech with a lot of fine ideals in it, but I maintain the important part is not what he said but the code words he used and the fact that he showed up at all. <BR/><BR/>He's not trying to change minds at Liberty. He's trying to show Fred Dobson at the FRC that he's willing to be his bitch occasionally if that's what it takes to win the primaries and signaling that the Christian Right will have at least some kind of seat at the table if he wins. Is the Christian Right any less noxious than it was in 2000? No, if anything, it's worse. But this time around McCain realized he can't survive the primaries without them.Egghead Lithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02256498166965229701noreply@blogger.com