John McCain’s only contribution to election campaigns is that he accidentally created an enduring political philosophy. It was McCain who singlehandedly abolished the two-party myth when he demonstrated the fallacy in party loyalty: “Vote for the Republican or you will get the Democrat.” Millions of conservative Americans refused to buy into the lesser-of-two-evils dodge; so they stayed home in 2008.
NOTE: McCain had two things going for him in 2008:
1. His well-deserved war hero distinction.
2. Sarah Palin.
Remove either one of his only assets and McCain would have lost by the widest margin in history.
As malevolent as Obama has been, I still believe McCain was not a solution. After all, Obama did the country a favor when he unwittingly exposed the depths of the Democrat party’s obscene governing philosophy, while McCain’s victory would have kept Democrat-lite on life support for decades. My gal Judi affirms my 2008 take on McCain:
Senator John McCain 1st to hide behind Obama’s Citizenship
By Judi McLeod
January 12, 2017
Senator John McCain 1st to hide behind Obama’s Citizenship
By Judi McLeod
January 12, 2017
Senator John McCain 1st to hide behind Obama’s Citizenship
Finally, Mitt Romney was the deserving victim of John McCain’s enduring political philosophy. The days of voting for a Republican burdened with major negatives are gone forever. (McCain was saddled with amnesty for illegal aliens. Mitt Romney had Romneycare tattooed on his forehead.)