This is especially for the Hillary supporters that remain adamant…
Still want Hillary on the ballot in 2008
Want her on the ballot in 2012
Would rather vote for McCain,
Will vote for 3rd party; or
Will not vote at all…What?!?
Implications…
- This will reduce the democratic percentages/representation, come November.
- That will make it more likely that someone, other than a Democrat would get elected in the 2008 election cycle.
- Looking at recent history, since 1981 every president has had two terms apart from George H.W. Bush (The first George Bush). If history repeats itself, which I believe will, then there is a possibility that the person that gets elected in 2008 will remain till 2016.
If Senator John McCain…
I don’t wish him bad luck but, assuming that he remains alive for those eight years, which adds up to 16 straight years for the Republicans in the White House. If a man or a party does not get their act together within 16 years of practice, he must be either seriously retarded, or dead. I want to believe that the Republican Party is neither (Correct me if I am wrong). Thus, the perfection of a 16 year practice will put the Republican Party in a better position for the 2016 elections. That will spell another Republican tenure. I do not think you Democrats, or better yet “Democrats,” want to see that, or do you?
Not mentioning the fact that Senator McCain also flip-flops; a pot calling kettle black. He opposed the Bush tax cuts twice (2001 and 2003) and off-shore drilling, but he is now for them. Also, President Bush has very low approval because of the decisions he made and still makes, and Senator John McCain has voted with President Bush 100% of the time in 2008 and 95% of the time in 2007. One of the most striking is that he is for the war on Iraq.
If Senator Barack Obama…
Repeating the scenario above, say he has two good terms in office, does that not give Senator Hillary a better chance, even if it might come later than expected? Think about it…
Not voting at all is not even an option. If you do not vote, you have no basis whatsoever to complain about whatever government takes the seat in November 2008.
I do not question or knock your support for the brave Senator from New York or the Senator from Arizona. But, I seriously question your rationale.
Finally, here is a sincere question/food for thought for those who support the various candidates; be it Senators Hillary, Obama or McCain. Are you a fanatic or a rational supporter?
