tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352971.post2760488061221674695..comments2023-09-30T08:56:45.068-07:00Comments on Gahrie's Grumbles and Groans: Those Who Have The Most To LoseGahriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352971.post-70672028802715784432009-01-07T23:49:00.000-08:002009-01-07T23:49:00.000-08:00No, "we" didn't nominate Sen. McCain. Maybe you d...No, "we" didn't nominate Sen. McCain. Maybe <I>you</I> did but I - along with a whole lot of the rest of the so-called Republican base - didn't. Among other flaws in the GOP's nomination process in 2008 were the open primaries. McCain did well in those primaries open to non-Republican voters, rode those votes to the nomination, and then was abandoned by them in large numbers in the fall election. In contrast, according to the exit polling data I've seen, those of us considered to be the Republican base made it to the polls and did our partisan duty in about the same numbers as in 2004.<BR/><BR/>Neither of the Bushes were my choice for the GOP's nominee for president, either. Like GWB, McCain wasn't even my <I>third</I> choice for the Republican standard bearer.<BR/><BR/>No more squishy nominees, please! I had to hold my nose so tightly in order to vote last fall that I think I may have broken it. I won't be able to hold it like that ever again.Micha Elyihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342792492539185940noreply@blogger.com