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Conservatives should grow up about John McCain

February 4, 2008 - 9:24 am - by Roger Kimball
Dr. Filthy McNasty
2008-02-08 07:46:34

Oh goodness gracious–every conservative who does not want to vote for McCain KNOWS that Hillary would be worse. That’s not the point.

The point is that Republicans win the White House most of the time, but not all of the time. With that in mind, pick your losses.

Best to let the Dems have a go with a candidate who’ll have the nation pulling their hair out within the first six months and who has little hope of a second term. Hillary is that gal. Imagine what would have happened if Michael Dukakis won in 1988. He would not have won a second term, and we would have likely had eights years of a Republican in the White House instead of Bill Clinton.