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Marked in Pgh on Thursday, October 09, 2008 3:20:07 PM
McCain the Mutton-Headed tried to win equally mutton-headed moderates again in the last debate. He did that at the expense of insulting his conservative base at the same time. He knows we will support and vote for him on election day because the alternative is too horrific to even contemplate. The question is, on election day, where will the moderates he is so slavishly pursuing be camping out for the day? They'll be back home contemplating the liberal news spin on the results and still at a loss who to support. Elections are not won by pandering to the perpetually unready but by motivating the electoral base and persuading just enough of other likely voters with a mental pulse to the truthfulness of your stand.
Even at the beginning of the Revolutionary War; only about a third of the American colonists supported independence (the Patriots) while around one third supported staying with the British Empire (the Royalists). The rest were milling around in the mutton-headed middle, like sheep in a pen waiting for a goat to lead them back to Royal rule and the slaughter of their ill-perceived liberties.
By the end of the war, the Revolutionary Patriots were triumphant and most of the moderates had been won over to the cause by the actions of the Founding Fathers. The Royalists had lost, along with the British Empire.
The moderates didn't make it happen, the Patriots achieved the results by sticking to their principles, even as they sometimes disagreed among themselves.
Joining with moderates do not win elections, they are too unstable a base or an adjunct for victory. You win by sticking to your game plan, your dedication and your character, along with a motivated base; while winning like minded likely voters to your cause. McMutton-Head should learn from history, realize Obama is the goat and stop being the but of jokes about his mental capacity.