I Told You So...

Let the "I told you so's" begin! I've been saying now for quite a while (and so have conservative hawks like Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Hewitt and even Coulter) that the MSM has been propping up a paper candidate in John McCain. We are already starting to see that the "Footsoldier in the Reagan Revolution" may have no clothes. Yesterday, the AP came out with an article about the Obama campaign just SALIVATING for the chance to run against McCain. Obama’s been hoping for months that McCain would be the nominee for the Republicans. He's even using the same argument that the conservative wing of the Republican party has been using- that Hillary and McCain aren't that far apart politically. Read on...

"LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama sees one of the best arguments for his presidential candidacy in the rise of Republican Sen. John McCain. McCain has become Obama's favorite punching bag, an easier mark in front of partisan audiences than the rival Obama will have to beat first to get to the general election—Hillary Rodham Clinton. But he also likes to lump the two of them together as co-supporters of the war in Iraq.

Obama advisers have said privately for months that McCain would be their preferred opponent among all those who sought the GOP nomination. They said a race between Obama, 46, and McCain, 71, would provide the starkest contrast between old vs. new, the future versus the past. It's an argument that Obama also has been using against Clinton, but his campaign feels it would be even stronger against McCain.

Clinton and McCain have worked closely together—one source of their shared reputation for working across party lines on common interests. The two serve on the Armed Services Committee and were drinking buddies at least for a night. The New York Times reported that Clinton challenged McCain to a vodka drinking contest during a congressional trip to Estonia in 2004.

Repeatedly during a debate with Clinton Thursday night, Obama brought up McCain as if he were the presumptive GOP nominee. McCain has yet to lock up the race, but a recent win in Florida has made him the front- runner.
He also argued that he would be more electable in a general election matchup against McCain than Clinton.
"I am attracting new voters and independent voters into the process in a way Clinton cannot do," Obama said at his news conference. "I think that'll be particularly important if Senator McCain is the nominee on the Republican side."

There you have it, folks. Straight from Barack Hussein Obama’s mouth. Remember how the McCain camp has been saying that they have the ability to win over Democrats and Independents? Not against Obama. In this race, the conservatives stay home, the independents previously claimed by McCain vote for Obama, and the Democrats stay true to their party. The end result is an Obama landslide, and a Republican party sitting on the sidelines wondering how they were so easily duped. Need I remind you that even Bill Clinton said Hillary’s potential run against McCain would be civil one since they are old friends?

Also propping up McCain, although not for the same reason, is the Huckabee camp. What a sad candidacy his has become. He knows that victory is beyond his reach, so he continues to rail away against Romney and use the money of his contributors in a selfish vie for VP. If I had contributed to Huck, I’d be demanding a refund right about now.

Republicans, you have a clear choice here. It is not too late. You can select the Democrat’s choice for the Republican nominee in John McCain (Hillary’s drinkin’ buddy). You can vote for an “also ran” in Huckabee, who is staying in the race to siphon off votes for McCain as well. Option three is the best. Mitt Romney.