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Entry: McCain: Getting the Candidate We Deserve Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/mccain_getting_the_candidate_we_deserve#15585 Post contents: I think the best explanation for the fact, and it is a fact, that many of the voters voting for McCain don’t seem to understand his position on the issues is that McCain is the media favorite among candidates on the Republican side. Thus, McCain’s frequent lies are never exposed, nor are his positions in favor of amnesty, remaining in Iraq for 100 years, and starting new wars against Iran (McCain actually sang “Bomb, bomb, bomb-Bomb, bomb Iran to the tune of a Beach Boys hit during this campaign). McCain gets lots of great free media, and voters fall for it, thinking the positive free media is more “objective” than advertising. The exit polls tell us over and over again that most of McCain’s voters are liberals, and the other conservatives are uninformed and view McCain positively mostly because of name recognition. This later element was seen with Bob Dole’s run in 1996. Looking on the bright side, McCain is likely to destroy the Republican party and force the creation of a new more conservative party. Sent at: 2008 11 21