Have you all gone completely insane???

A new Pew Research Center poll says that 25% of Hillary supporters would vote for McCain rather than Obama. Hillary’s people were actually crowing about this poll!

Only slightly less demented, Obama supporters would defect to Grandpa John by 10%.

Hel-lo, people! What the ding-dong rock-throwing heck is going on here??

Now I realize some of those folks are probably Independents; that makes a little sense, although Independents usually tend to be a bit more liberal than Moderate Republicans.

But you Democrats? Stomping and whining because your team might lose? You’re talking about supporting a Re-pub-li-can! In case you forgot what that species does, let me give you a few reminders.

Grandpa John wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. He supports teaching "Intelligent Design" in our public schools. He will continue the discrimination against gay marriage. He will continue the Bush policy of interfering in scientific research. He will send more troops to Iraq, has spoken for the American people (whether we agreed or not), that we wouldn’t mind if the Iraq Occupation went on for another 100 years. He has said clearly, "There WILL be more wars." He wants to "bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran."

Grandpa John knows he can’t win without the Religious Right Wingnut vote, so he sought out the blessing of John Hagee. Then he stood there with that whackjob and said "This man embodies everything I stand for." (paraphrased)

Which is an ironic twist, because Grandpa John is a Ranking Member and former Chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and has been for years. Where’s the irony? Well, one of the things this committee deals with is disasters. Like earthquakes. Wildfires. Hurricanes.

Like Hurricane Katrina.

Yes, that Hurricane Katrina, that John Hagee said was sent by god to punish New Orleans for its sins.

Want more irony? On August 29th, 2005, when Katrina was making landfall in the Gulf, where was the Ranking member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee?
On the tarmack at Luke AFB in Arizona, getting a birthday cake from Bush and mugging for the cameras with him.

In all the places I’ve looked, Grandpa John had nothing to say about Katrina, despite the fact this disaster fell within the jurisdiction of his committee. The only thing I found was a letter written to the Washington Post, signed by Grandpa John, Joe Lieberman, and a couple of other Senators, urging Congress to take up legislation that would take care of the bandwidth and communications equipment problems that first responders to both 9/11 and Katrina confronted.

Didn’t sponsor a bill. Didn’t visit the area as far as I can see.

Didn’t do a darn thing.

And you disappointed Clinton and Obama crybabies are going to wilfully support THIS? THIS is what you’d rather see in the White House than a Democrat? THIS is George W Bush, only OLDER.

Grow up and suck it up. We haven’t worked so hard these last 4 years to lose it all now to bickering, whining, backstabbing defectors. The Democratic Party needs your support, not a kick in the teeth. We need to become unified quickly, and if that means someone needs to bow out gracefully, then that person had better do it quickly, and the supporters and the candidate need to unite behind the nominee and do everything possible to see a Democrat in the White House in 2009.

Otherwise we can look forward to at least 4 years of Grandpa John, after which we’ll have Hillary on the ticket again. Then who’s going to save us?
Thanks for reading
(P3)