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Originally Posted by tony404
I think John Mccain made the same mistake Mitt made they tried to pander to the extreme right. That is their fault. Mccain before he sold his soul, was against the bush tax cuts thought it was dumb during a time of war and thought it favored the rich too much,was pro choice and thought these evangelical reverends were con men. Why do you think very liberal Joe Lieberman was his best buddy besides the war Joe is a big time liberal.
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I agree with this to an extent.
I was thinking about it this morning when Rudy Giuliani was on Morning Joe talking about tax policy.
He makes the supply side tax argument 10 times better than McCain does.....because Rudy actually believes it. (It's bullshit mind you, but it's bullshit he believes in)
If Romney hadn't flip flopped on abortion and other things like that, but had just run as a moderate pro business republican in the mold of Rockefeller, he'd have done alot better....and if he lost this time he'd be in great position next time around.
Same thing with McCain cozying up to the likes of Falwell, Hagee, and Parsley...and then embracing the Bush tax cuts that he voted against.
One of the things voters liked about GW Bush, when they voted for him, was that he was authentic. You may not have agreed with him on alot of things, but you got the sense that he truly believed what he was saying and would follow through with it.
One thing people don't like is a political phony who just says what he thinks you want to hear, which is what McCain did to win the nomination.