McCain should have picked a different plumber

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Radar

Yes, I'm the one with the tinfoil hat

It's a lost cause for the Republicans and frankly, I think the Republicans WANT to lose this election. That's why they chose someone they knew was unstable and old, with a ditzy bimbo of a running mate. They know the person who follows Bush will have to do some unpopular things to clean up Bush's mess. Then they can blame the unpopular stuff and the mess on the new guy.

Well lets see compared to Bush, ANYONE will look good, except you maybe but thats another argument. The "unpopular stuff" will all be blamed on Bush and the following president will be seen as a savior. He has already earned a virtual "mulligan".

I think the republicans knew this would be an extremely difficult, if not impossible election to win. I think McCain can be compared to Bob Dole of a few years ago. Same situation - extremely difficult elections to win - So they tossed a good soldier a bone.

The fact that the popular vote is as close as it is must be shocking to the entire party, IMO. Who could have expected that it would actually be this close at this point after all Bush has put the country through?