Leave it to that pathetic old fossil, John "The Maverick" McCain, to make some idiotic prediction that a third political party will emerge in response to Americans' economic frustrations, and in a weak attempt, I guess, at trying to be clever we went on to say that it might very well be called "the Fed-Up Party." Ya know, this is probably something this old fart is actually hoping for, otherwise why be out there spending time in the attempt to perpetuate such an idiotic and non-productive notion. The Republican Party's "failed" presidential nominee in 2008 raised the possibility of a third party about a year ago, but his silly comments as recently as this past Tuesday would apparently suggest he has hardened his views as polls show Americans increasingly disillusioned with Washington politics. Can't imagine why that might be!
McCain is very well aware that such a scenario would be more than just a little detrimental to the entire political process, but that hasn't seemed to stop the 75-year-old, who, I supposed some would say, may now be the most prominent politician to mention that such a possibility exists, forecasting Americans will begin looking to another party to compete with Democrats and Republicans. "Unless both parties change, then I think that it's an inevitability. We aren't doing anything for the people," McCain during remarks made at the Reuters Washington Summit. Sounding almost like Barry, McCain said Americans are frustrated by sluggish economic growth that has depleted their incomes while corporate executives take in massive salary bonuses. Actually, what we're frustrated with, are politicians like McCain.
McCain claims to speak from experience, saying that in his home state of Arizona, that a third of all new registered voters are independents and, in many areas of the country, independents are increasingly the swing voters who decide elections. As for his own party, McCain, again sounding too much like Barry, expressed frustration that Republicans have not concentrated enough on the concerns of Americans struggling to make ends meet." The party, I think, has got to be a lot more responsive to the plight of the people," said McCain, who lost the presidential race to Barry "Almighty" three years ago this month. "I think we have to weigh in far more heavily on the side of things like reforming the tax code. If we reform the tax code, then many of these large corporations that paid no taxes last year ... maybe they would."
McCain, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee and who is very fond of referring to himself as being that self-professed maverick, says he is sticking with his own party, at least for now. Hey John, no need to do us any favors! "No, I don't think so," he said when asked whether he would saddle up with a third-party movement. "I will continue to complain about things but ... I still haven't given up on the Republican Party." Let's be perfectly honest here. If John McCain saw some political advantage for himself in doing so, he'd jump on that third party bus in a skinny minute. This guy has been a member of more congressional "gangs" whose sole purpose it has been to undermine congressional Republicans than I can count. The net result is that he has done the American people very few favors.
Look, we all know what the results have been for third-party candidacies, essentially no significant level of real success has ever been achieved. The most successful third party attempt came in 1992 when Ross Perot collected enough votes from President George H. W. Bush to help Democrat Bill Clinton win the White House. There has been some talk in political circles that the conservative Tea Party movement could eventually field its own presidential candidate, but McCain was doubtful. "The Tea Party was a movement, not an organization, as we know. And so they've kind of receded. There was never any permanency to them," he said. "But I think that you could see a national movement, that there's a group of people saying 'look we may disagree on some specific issues but we're not one of them,'" he said.
This is nothing more than a fanciful attempt by a career politician to hoodwink the American people, yet again. What actually needs to take place here is a successful takeover by conservatives of the Republican Party on the same level as the extreme, and very loony, left has succeeded in taking over the Democrat Party. McCain is doing nothing more than to join in a chorus made up of so many in the state controlled media who are attempting to persuade voters, especially those on the right, that they would be much better served if they were to support some third party candidate. The rationale for this whole cockamamie scheme, of course, is to attempt to grease the skids for a successful Barry reelection. The left would like nothing better than to successfully peel off just enough votes from whatever GOP candidate it is that goes up against Barry to increase his odds of being reelected.
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