Originally Posted by loquitur

Although I think McCain could win, I also think it's highly unlikely. He is probably the best candidate the Republicans could have put forward this year, but I just can't see how the country in its current mood will put a Republican in the White House. I could be wrong, but I just don't see it. I also don't think there are enough racists out there to change that.

And it has nothing to do with stupidity. Plenty of stuff that gets thrown around here strikes me as deeply stupid (either delusional or ignorant or otherwise fallacious). People need to get past this notion that political disagreement is a sign of stupidity. People don't disagree because one of them is stupid; they disagree because they are different people and see things differently.