Some conservatives are really going off the deep end over the thought of John McCain being the Republican nominee.
I feel their pain. I really do. But they need to get a grip.
For example, take Ann Coulter.
She writes:
GOP TO EDWARDS: HOW MUCH FOR THAT CONCESSION SPEECH?
The Democrats are trying to give away an election they should win in a walk by nominating someone with real problems -- like, for example, a first-term senator with a 100 percent rating from Americans for Democratic Action and whose middle name is "Hussein."
But we won't let them.
The bright side of the Florida debacle is that I no longer fear Hillary Clinton. (I mean in terms of her becoming president -- on a personal level, she's still a little creepy.) I'd rather deal with President Hillary than with President McCain. With Hillary, we'll get the same ruinous liberal policies with none of the responsibility.
Also, McCain lies a lot, which is really more a specialty of the Democrats.
...[W]hy would any Republican vote for McCain?
At least under President Hillary, Republicans in Congress would know that they're supposed to fight back. When President McCain proposes the same ideas -- tax hikes, liberal judges and Social Security for illegals -- Republicans in Congress will support "our" president -- just as they supported, if only briefly, Bush's great ideas on amnesty and Harriet Miers.
You need little flags like that for Republicans since, as we know from the recent unpleasantness in Florida, Republicans are unalterably stupid.
Republicans who vote for McCain are trying to be cute, like the Democrats were four years ago by voting for the "pragmatic" candidate, Vietnam vet John Kerry. This will turn out to be precisely as clever a gambit as nominating Kerry was, the brilliance of which was revealed on Election Day 2004.
I don't know why Coulter would use her column before Super Tuesday to deliver a defeatist rant.
Why surrender at this point?
It seems that it would have been wiser for her to use her soapbox to promote Romney rather than whine about the stupidity of Republicans.
There are legitimate problems with McCain, lots of them.
Enough with detailing his many, many flaws. Coulter and other prominent voices should be making the case to vote for Romney, play up his qualifications.
This hissy fit over McCain's success to date isn't productive.
The best way to stop McCain is to present an attractive, viable alternative.
You know, accentuate the positive, that sort of thing.
"I'd rather deal with President Hillary than with President McCain."
No. Definitely not.
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Watch Coulter's breakdown on Hannity and Colmes.
She's in the same league as P.T. Barnum.
When she vows to campaign for Hillary because she's far superior to McCain, Colmes begins to squirm. I think he realized that the last thing Hillary needs is such an enthusiastic endorsement from Coulter.
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Coulter is all about Coulter. She doesn't carry about Republicans or Democratics, rich or poor, truth or fiction. She's an entertainer who says outrageous things she may or may not believe in order to sell books and earn big dollars on the speaking circuit. Why anybody listens to her is beyond me.
There's no question that Coulter is about Coulter.
She is capable of making some valid points, but I agree that her focus is on selling the Coulter trademark rather than providing thoughtful commentary.
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