“What’s that? Hmm, Un no, I’m not going to go over the man’s miserable conservative record yet again.”
“Yes, yes, we all know that he’s a Big Government regulation guy, yea you can see it clearly with McCain Feingold, restricting political speech, yes, you can see it too with McCain Leiberman taking our property away--just more of the same.”
“What about taxes?” “Well yes he voted against the Bush Tax cuts--sided with the liberals. Nothing new there, and yes he does propose a massive tax hike with his CO2 tax hike. He’s John McCain, what do you expect.”
“Oh of course we could talk about him sticking it to America on illegal immigration and judges, but come on everyone knows that already.”
“No, what I thought I would do is share a conversation I over heard between two guys while I was hiking in one of local desert state parks. Because I didn’t get their names I’ll just call them cynic and credulous. It went like this.”
Credulous: Is McCain the luckiest most brilliant campaigner alive or what?
Cynic: Or what.
Credulous: I mean…
Cynic: Yes he is a mean old cus.
Credulous: Hey now that’s not what I was saying.
Cynic: Well you could’ve been.
Credulous: Now cut that out. Anyway, as I was saying, here he is given up for dead in the summer.
Cynic: Yea, I know the guys a regular Rasputin.
Credulous: Are you going to let me talk or what?
Cynic: Or what. No ok, go ahead and tell me your flummery.
Credulous: Ok, as I was saying, He’s out of money in the summer. And now look at em, he’s poised to win the Republican nomination!
Cynic: Yea right. Damned lucky I’d say. Some describe that as drawing an inside straight. I‘d say the old coot had an ace up his sleeve.
Credulous: What’s that your saying?
Cynic: I’m saying he’s a snake in the grass. He wasn’t crazy when he spent his wad in the Summer. And while it’s true he’s an old stubborn mule, he knew exactly what he was doing and how he was playing his hand.
Credulous: Oh come on. The people love him. He’s a war hero. He’s a straight talker. He’s campaigned brilliantly. He’s taken advantage of the good luck that has come his way and made the best of it.
Cynic: Yea, well, I agree about the War Hero part, but the rest is pure blarney, and if it ain’t then I don’t want him as President anyway because luck that good just don’t last.
Credulous: Well, if you happen on a gold nugget your not going to throw it back are ya? Heck no yer not. So it isn’t McCain’s fault that Huckabee has split the conservative vote. It’s not McCain’s fault that Giuliani quit campaigning when winter happened on. Or quit doin any good at it anyway. It ain’t McCain’s fault that Thompson got in the game too late. Hell, all he did was play the cards that brung em.
Cynic: Sure, that sure was a wind full. Yea, Giuliani was just like a rabit in a horse race, ran fast for awhile, got out in front, did his job, and got out. That guy couldn’t even wait a day to endorse his good friend McCain. And Huckabee? Hell man, that guys been McCain’s best friend, what with taking social conservatives out of the mix. All Huck does is run against Romney, except for that momentary fracas with Fred, otherwise you see him 24/7 gunning for Romney. So he sure as hell doesn’t want to win. Hell man, with luck like that who needs strategy.
Credulous: Oh come on. Your sayin that all those fellows ran to clear the way for McCain. That’s ridiculous.
Cynic: Naw, not all them guys. Thompson was a wild card, and he put it out there in front of us when he said this campaign is over the “soul of the party.” He just couldn’t get it done.
Credulous: Oh, so not Thompson, but those other guys. Your saying that McCain is downright Clinton like.
Cynic: Yea, I’m sure they’re applauding, an for that matter wishing they thought of it.
Credulous: You can’t believe that.
Cynic: Yea, right. Ol McCain was crazy enough to spend all his money over the summer and stay in the race with no funding. The comeback kid they call him. More’n likely, the campaining son-of-a-gun on the backs of others. It don’t cost a thing when others are doing your dirty work. Even you know that.
Credulous: I don’t believe that. But even if I did, what can we do about it?
Cynic: Well hell man, I’m sure as heck ain’t gonna vote for the guy putting the screws to conservatives, and I sure as hell ain’t gonna vote for the guy helping him do it. Not hardly.
Credulous: Well here’s mud in your eye.
Cynic: Yea, well here’s mud in your eye too.
“So, that’s pretty well how the conversation went. Just thought I would share that with you.
“What’s that? Oh, which one is right? Well as a famous man has said a time or two ‘you decide.’