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What Will John McCain Do In The Next Debate?
by RasputinsLiver

Will he, The Sidekick, do as the real GOP POTUS candidate Palin's supporters demand of him and aggressively attack Obama on "character", voicing for all to see and hear his, Palin's, their talking "news" heads and their supporters' smear and slime in order to satiate the frothing, rabid extremists who are voting for Palin, not him?

Or will he try to revert back to Mr. Nice Guy McCain, something he's clearly not given to anyways and with Obama in the first debate demonstrated wha an abject asshole he was, and attempt to make himself out as an "issues" guy?

Either way, he's sunk, man.

If he goes for the former, his extremist 29%er base will cum all over themselves in glee to be sure. And the idiot motor mouths of Limbaugh, Insannity, O'Lielly, and Coulter-lite Laura Ingrate will have some talking points to joyously blather on to the already converted 29%er base.

Nothing there for him in that as that would please the people who're already voting for Palin/McCain, but he'll lose big time with moderate GOPers and most indies who will, secretly, vote for Obama out of utter disgust for Palin/McCain.

If he goes for the latter Palin's Nurembergian worshippers crucify him right afterward and even more after Palin/McCain lose. His career is toast then.

And he won't win over any of those undecideds and he may even lose many who were going to vote for him, those moderate conservatives and indies as they'll know he's being insincere and merely pandering to them.

Man, McCraven's really painted himself into a corner, hasn't he.

Re: What Will John McCain Do In The Next Debate?
by judy1
He's damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. Barring Sarah Palin stepping down and he gets some bigtime economic brain in the veepspot, He's going to lose anyway. Before yesterday, I thought he would attack Obama on character, but after yesterday, I'm not so sure. Of course if he did attack Obama's character, it would be SOP for him to veer from one end of the spectrum to another, and since he consider's himself a maverick, I wouldn't be too surprised if he goes after Obama if he feels he's got nothing to lose.
Re: What Will John McCain Do In The Next Debate?
by RasputinsLiver

judy1:
He's damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. Barring Sarah Palin stepping down and he gets some bigtime economic brain in the veepspot, He's going to lose anyway. Before yesterday, I thought he would attack Obama on character, but after yesterday, I'm not so sure. Of course if he did attack Obama's character, it would be SOP for him to veer from one end of the spectrum to another, and since he consider's himself a maverick, I wouldn't be too surprised if he goes after Obama if he feels he's got nothing to lose.

Yep, I'm looking forward to this last debate. Obama's remained cool, collected and assured, just what even McCain said in his last debate this nation needs right now. And no after his round-a-bout endorsement of Obama in telling those at his rally yesterday that they Obama was a decent family man and they needn't fear an Obama presidency, well, I don't know why McCain will even bother to show up.

Re: What Will John McCain Do In The Next Debate?
by HennaRinse

Yes, McCain is between the proverbial rock and a hard place. There is little chance he can find a way out of it either.

Not only has McCain already alienated both camps in one respect or another, he has lost his honor in the process. If he attempts to flip flop once again, to a more reasoned attack on the issues, independents and moderates won't just see it as pandering but also as more erratic behavior on his part.

McCain has been all over the map, flip flopping and careening from one point to another, often contradicting himself. He appears more unstable as the race is getting shorter. Anyone who wouldn't vote for Obama under any circumstance will recognize this.

I predict, in the next debate, McCain will continue to zig and zag and while he might go after Obama on issues, potentially with some very big lies, I don't think he'll bring up Ayers, Wright or any "questionable associations". It will disappoint the radio talkers, and he will be severely scorned on their shows, but after his retreat yesterday, I think he wouldn't want to risk real violence. That, I think, is the real choice in strategy and what he should be weighing with an eye towards what is best for the country.

Can he keep cool?
by Indy2008
Sure he calmed down a little yesterday, he's very capable of that with a friendly audience.

But he gets pissed off when reporters lob him softballs, and when Obama attacks him on his record - not him personally - he comes close to blowing a gasket.

He has to come out swinging again, good luck to him trying to keep his composure.
Re: What Will John McCain Do In The Next Debate?
by predicto

He's already gone milque toast. Fuck him, he's finished. If he hasn't got the intellectual wherewithal to see Osmabama for the dire threat to AZmerica that he is, then he has no business being even a senator, much less a potential CiC.

The only hope we have is for America to see Osamabama Hinsein for the what and who he is so that hopefully, enough people will love their country sufficeintly to save it from his clutches.

It is always hard to over come the 92% niggers that vote Dimbo no matter what along with the 80% Mexicans, 100% of the dead folks, and the murderous abort-o-cunts, what 70% of women?

That leaves how many white men and their non-brain dead allies amongst the enemy demographies?

Dimbo vote fraund, niggers, mexicans, baby-killing NOW cows and aliens ... It will take a miracle from God Almighty to save America.

Or a bullet.

Death to demoncRATs!

Dd

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