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Willravel · 11-10-2009, 11:03 AM

Ace, John McCain was a moderate in 2000, when everyone loved him. In 2008, John McCain's platform was nearly indistinguishable from George W. Bush's. He probably still is a moderate, but the RNC was scared shitless of alienating the base when they've become so vocal and involved, so they pushed McCain to go right. And he did. The only reason he looked like a moderate to people on the right in 2008 is that he was standing next to Sarah Palin. She's one of those more fringe right folks (radical Christian, neoconservative, etc.). John McCain's about a 6 on a scale of -10 to 10, with -10 being pure progressive and 10 being pure conservative. Sarah Palin's about a 12. Obama's about a 1.

I'm a -8.

11-10-2009, 11:03 AM	#52 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Ace, John McCain was a moderate in 2000, when everyone loved him. In 2008, John McCain's platform was nearly indistinguishable from George W. Bush's. He probably still is a moderate, but the RNC was scared shitless of alienating the base when they've become so vocal and involved, so they pushed McCain to go right. And he did. The only reason he looked like a moderate to people on the right in 2008 is that he was standing next to Sarah Palin. She's one of those more fringe right folks (radical Christian, neoconservative, etc.). John McCain's about a 6 on a scale of -10 to 10, with -10 being pure progressive and 10 being pure conservative. Sarah Palin's about a 12. Obama's about a 1. I'm a -8.