McCain 2008 Now Morphs Into What He Fought Against In 2000

I actually registered GOP to vote for McCain 2000. It seems like a million different McCains ago.

How do these robocalls even work?

Are they supposed to frighten Republicans into voting for McCain no matter how much they dislike him?

Or are they supposed to scare Democrats into not voting at all?

Do they even work at all?

And do the people who use them feel proud of themselves?

George, the people who create the robocalls are carefully screened in advance to eliminate any possibility of conscience coming into play.

In the heat of battle and the numbing of the echo chamber, people believe this stuff.

That's what they're counting on.

Only the latest sign of McCain's descent into humiliation.

OK, time to play Devil's Advocate again.

The campaign he ran in 2000 failed, and failed spectacularly. Why would he run it again? Remember, one definition of insanity so doing the exact same thing and expecting different results.

He is likely holding his nose as well, but politics, especially Presidential politics, is no place for pussies.

AR He's not running it again, he's using the same group who besmirched his family. Yes, McCain is an honorable man. Maybe will hear that Obama fathered a white baby with a crack wh$$$...

I don't blame McCain... he knows what works.

The real issue is that it worked in the past but times have changed and it will be interesting to see if it works this time. McCain clearly is already breaking his campaign promises....

I do blame McCain. He's responsible for his campaign- and obviously thinks winning by the politics of personal destruction is ok when necessary.

I blame him. And those who defend this hateful crap.

Yes, I blame McCain. This was his call. No pun intended. The ends does not justify the means. Who needs a candidate who can only win by claiming his opponent is a terrorist buddy?

The Republican party has lost its bearings. The momentum of fanaticism and ambition have swept away the devotion to fiscal moderation and efficient government: Anybody remember Goldwater. Rhetoric has replaced results. McCain of 2000 has been replaced by McCain of 2008. Republicans used to know that the key to victory was not appealing to the fringes, as they accuse the democrats of doing, but appealing to the middle: Republicans and Democrats, middle class and moderate. At some point the rhetoric becomes the reality.