[Info-vax] Hopelessly Pathetic Hardware Parts
ChrisQ
meru at devnull.com
Sun Aug 26 14:09:41 EDT 2012
On 08/26/12 06:58, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
>
> That's not what I meant. My point was that, while McCain was born
> abroad, "everyone agrees" that he is a "natural born" citizen. AFAIK,
> this isn't defined in the Constitution, but various courts have ruled
> that such cases qualify. One could, conceivably, disagree with these
> rulings (not that I do), whereas with Obama, the birther claims were
> just made up (including faked documents).
>
Just smears etc ad nauseum. The fact that he was black could never be
forgiveable for many.
> I don't think there was a huge swing in opinion from Bush to Obama.
> Rather, as is often the case, whoever can mobilize the most voters wins.
> I think that McCain was too liberal for many Republican voters, so they
> didn't vote at all, in some cases maybe not aware of the consequences
> since they believed that Obama didn't have a chance anyway.
>
The reason McCain didn't make it is because he is a very decent man, and
the right stuff to boot. Not subjects some republicans want to hear about
these days, unfortunately.
Still, the people get the government they deserve, good or bad...
Regards,
Chris
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