Senator McCain -
I want you to lose in November.
This is probably no great shock to anyone who knows me. I’m about as Democratic as Democrats get, and I don’t really want you as President. If you win, I’ve no doubt you’ll do better in the Oval Office than the current jackass, but that doesn’t mean I want you there.
But much as I don’t want to see you win, I’d rather you not end up totally flaming out and crashing into obscurity. I’d like to see you fight the good fight and lose with dignity. Currently this doesn’t appear likely to happen, at least the dignity part, so I have some advice for you.
Lighten up!
Currently you’re frequently coming across as your basic grumpy old man. My great-grandfather, essentially, a man who was obsessed with all sorts of weird political beliefs and in his latter days basically morphed into Grandpa Simpson. Right now you’re going down a lot of the same roads as Bob Dole did back in 1996. That didn’t work well for him, and I don’t expect that it’s going to for you, either.
Grumpy old man! Also, no flag pin on the lapel... McCain hates America! ^_^
You need to lighten up, and for gods sake, make sure your running mate isn’t another old, white male. The last thing you want is John Stewart doing mock movie posters for Grumpy Old Men III: Cluster $%@! to the Whitehouse. Pick someone like Sara Palin, or Bobby Jindal. Two people who are younger and more vibrant than you.
But I’m sure you won’t heed (or read, for that matter), any of this advice, and that’s fine. Like I said, I want you to lose, and if you don’t want to do it with at least a little style and dignity, that’s ok. I’d just hoped for much better from you, on several levels.
With love;
Chris
August 4, 2008 at 10:25 pm
How LOW can Camp Obama GO vis a vis Sarah Palin!!! First, Obama Campaign operatives led by Alaska State Sen Hollis French dig up a frivolous ‘troopergate scandal’ and launch a biased ‘investigation’ endeavoring to bring Gov Palin down (which is already backfiring against the Dems bigtime). Next, Obama himself appropriates in his ‘energy’ speech — without crediting Palin — as being HIS issue Palin’s Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline accomplishment with Canada. And finally, the Obama Campaign even appropriates the PalinforVP’s McCain/Palin slogan, “New Energy for America”. (Of course, McCain can still continue to differentiate, as per his recent ad: “Don’t just HOPE for new energy, VOTE for new Energy!”)
August 4, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Nice post. Myself, I guess I’m close to being a grumpy old white man(59 in October) and I don’t want McCain to win either.
Up front, I ‘m a Republican and have been one since I was eighteen. Frankly the last eight years I’ve been embarrassed to admit that.
I wish he would totally flame out and sink into obscurity. Might teach us Republicans a lesson(highly unlikely). Our country has too many problems to continue this load of BS they’re trying to hand us.
August 4, 2008 at 10:38 pm
I don’t really remember anything about the GOP before Reagan. I was born in 1972, so I was a little too young. But from what I understand the party of people like Goldwater and TR is one I could’ve respected. The current GOP is a sad, messed-up joke, and that’s a real pity.
August 17, 2008 at 1:01 am
Yep, I hear that. My first presidential vote went to Barry Goldwater (grumpy old woman here). But eventually I found it intolerable that the “party of small government” decided it was starting to impose its religious values on the entire nation and intrude into women’s private medical decisions. McCain is just the latest, oldest, crabbiest incarnation of GOP. (Actually, I sort of admired the old coot, until I started getting crabby myself.)
August 30, 2008 at 2:09 am
Ha. Do I rock or what?