It seems to me the problem here is history: the Republican party has a history of ok-we’re-comfortable-here-in-the-minority Republicanism. Thanks Gerry Ford/Bob Michel. We got spoiled by Reagan who showed us that not only could a conservative run and win but those policies we’re making such a stink about actually work!
McCain looks to many of us to be a man travelling back down the road, in the wrong direction. Conservatives aren’t all up in arms out of petulance, but out of a fear that disaster is waiting.
Also, one of McCain’s main problems as a candidate and the reason so many people feel like telling him to screw is because that is exactly what he’s been telling us to for years. He gives us the finger, then says “line up at the voting booth and pull the lever for me.” So we’ve got a man who looks like he’s smelling something noxious whenever he’s around us and who is also is going to tear us apart to boot. Who in their right mind wouldn’t squeal over this particular situation?
