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[gfish]

Who thinks the VP debate is actually going to happen? The polls coming out just keep getting worse and worse for McCain. He's got very little to lose at this point, so we're definitely going to see more desperate moves. I'm not sure if that will mean going (even more) stunningly negative or more ridiculous stunts like last week. Palin 'deciding' to spend more time with her family and dropping out before the debate has got to be looking pretty tempting right now. We'll know by Tuesday if that's the plan. (Announce her dropping out Tuesday, announce the replacement Wednesday, debate Thursday. Three days of absolute McCain news coverage guaranteed. It might not be very GOOD coverage, but they're a bit past the point of caring.) Is anyone watching the likely replacements, to see what they're doing? I'll note McCain took an oddly timed dinner with Lieberman last night...

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[drakemonger.livejournal.com]

Seems pretty likely. Depending on the replacement, it might be a net win for the country - I mean, I'd rather have McCain lose, but I'd rather have McCain and Lieberman win than McCain and Palin. Although I fear he'd just find someone as scary as, or scarier than, Palin to keep his base. :(

[adularia.livejournal.com]

Eeeyah. Lieberman seems more Cheneylike with each passing year. Granted, less obviously evil, but just as slimy.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Palin is just freaky. But McCain *picked* her, which in my mind makes him just as freaky.

Back when he was the maverick who stood up to the religious nuts I respected him, damnit. Now he *kisses* up to the religious nuts, and I don't see how I can go back to respecting him.

That said, a VP who wasn't crazy, and had enough glimmers of intelligence to string a couple of coherent sentences together at a time (even if it's just "I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. Which of Bush's doctrines are you referring to?") would be an improvement. Provided, of course, that the replacement was such a person.

And it *would* be a guaranteed 3 days of all McCain all the time, which he seems to be hungry for.