Previously on TheAngryPen:

09-12-2000 2 Parties

08-18-2000 Al’s Acceptance

08-10-2000 Gore’s Choice

08-03-2000 The American Dream

07-20-2000 History and Hollywood

07-13-2000 40 Acres and a Mule

07-06-2000 The God We Trust

06-29-2000 Lyrical Assault

06-15-2000 Bank Fees

06-07-2000 A Mixture Often of Incongruous Elements

05-24-2000 Social Security

05-17-2000 Governmental Good Intentions

05-10-2000 Johnny Reb and Disgusting Fatbodies

05-03-2000 Low Fidelity

04-26-2000 Jackboots and Black Helicopters

04-19-2000 Movie Trailers

04-12-2000 All Things Cuban

04-05-2000 Censorship

03-29-2000 Juries and Tobacco

03-22-2000 Several Things

03-15-2000 Gore the Reformer

03-08-2000 Mission to Mars

03-08-2000 Super Tuesday

03-03-2000 Little Johnny Murderer

03-01-2000 Bob Jones

02-23-2000 The Christian Coalition

02-16-2000 Valentine's Day

02-09-2000 Short-Sighted Political Parties

02-02-2000 Mosh Pits

01-12-2000 Al Gore's Personality

11-17-1999 Playboy

09-02-1999 The Demise of Heavy Metal

	TheAngryPen vs. Super Tuesday

And Al Gore breathed a huge sigh of relief...

Many have said it better than The Pen, but it bears repeating here. McCain, even in defeat, remains the better Republican candidate. By cozying up to the far right in order to calm skittish Republicans, George Bush has torpedoed any chance he had of beating Gore in November. Because of the kind of primary campaign he ran, Bush will forever be associated with right wing politics, and in an election year when independents and Democrats seem more afraid of what Republicans would do to Government, than excited about what Democrats would do with Government, those same voters are recoiling from Bush in droves. It is now clear to everyone except the Republican leadership that the party is caught in the following conundrum: McCain cannot win the nomination in August and Bush cannot win the general election in November.

Nevertheless, the Republicans continue to keep their eyes shut and their fingers in their ears, preferring, as they often do, to go down to self-righteous defeat rather than win with a candidate they consider bad, simply because the "liberal media," and some Democratic voters, do not. Strong reasoning there, guys. That's like refusing to play with a toy simply because your little brother had it first.

At any rate, what we learned from McCain's various losses on Super Tuesday is that, in all likelihood, we will yet see a Bush candidacy and, by extension, a Gore presidency. Too bad, too; even William F. Buckley, who must be dying from having to admit this, thinks McCain could kick ass in the general election:

"but there isn't much time for George W. to lose, and it would be fatal to his cause if it were absolutely to settle in the Republican mind that he simply would not have a chance against the chain-sawing of Al Gore. By contrast, John McCain would probably decapitate Mr. Gore in the first round. It is very late for Governor Bush."

Face it Republicans, if you've lost Buckley, you've lost the war.

Damn shame.