How'd you like to know many of the people voting for you want you dead?

[colonel odis]

It must suck to be John McCain. The hard-core, evangelical, Palin-loving crowd will be enthusiastically pulling the lever for him.

They'd love to see him take office. But they'd love even more seeing him leave office on a gurney.

These guys want -- even to the point of praying for it -- McCain to die during his term so their nutty little Sarah can ascend to the White House, which is a scenario too frightening even to consider.

But let's forget the millions of ways Mrs. Palin would screw up an already-screwed-up country. Forget exactly how wacky she and First Dude (can you imagine him strutting into cabinet meetings like he's part of the Presidential team?) are. Forget the influence the neo-cons will continue to have on our government.

How would you like to be John McCain right now? You're staring out at all these white, freshly scrubbed faces with that crazy look in their eyes. They're cheering like robots for you (and, of course, Sarah), but you know that in their eyes you're nothing more than a stepping stone for Palin. You're another back for her to step on as she seeks to move up in the world, something she believes would be God's will.

Which is worse? Half-empty rallies filled with listless applause and Republican party faithful looking at their watches and counting the days till the 2012 race? Or screaming, energetic rallies filled with backwoods Pentecostals who want you dead?

I feel sorry for him. Almost.

[MrModerate]

1. Here's what's even scarier . . . these Stepford fans . . .

Ready to lay down their lives for her, hadn't even heard of her before two weeks ago. And now they're devoted acolytes. These people must go through life starved of messiah figures -- that's the only explanation I can think of for their cult-like adoration of authority figures and phony exemplars.

They *like* being slaves.

[DeeDeeNY]

2. If he ever made President, he'd need a food taster

[woodsprite]

3. Woke up from a horrible dream this a.m.

that McCain was pulled from the ticket 'due to health reasons' and Palin was moved to the top of the ticket - not Romney or another contender - because she'll do whatever Rove tells her. This way she gets to avoid debating Biden and gets to debate Obama. Then, they'd only need to come up with a moldable VP and she suggests her hubby.

Told ya' I had a nightmare.

:scared:

I agree that if McCain became Prez. he'd be taking the oath of office with a bullseye painted on him. These fundy's pray for crap like that to happen. I can't see how ANY of them can even think that they're Christian. They must not believe in the same Bible that I do.