Quote from Gord:
Simple answer:
Obama's whole life is example after example of him being attracted to "a holes" as you say, and them being attracted to him. Why do you think that will stop just because he becomes president.
And it is not only that he associates with "a holes" - it is that he is one of them himself. He is the biggest "a hole" out there - but like most of these "a holes", he's a smooth talker and you've been mesmerized...
McCain said that Obama is a decent fellow, a good citizen and a good family man, presumably because Obama is a decent fellow, a good citizen and a good family man.
The Republicans didn't realize that they had created such extremist followers -- they're now out of control, exaggerating and smearing as much as possible and utterly drowning out any policy message that the Republicans once had. There's no closing Pandora's box now.
You followers are so out of control that you've become parodies of yourselves -- little Rush Lmbaughs, shrieking at everything and every topic. No compromise -- even to the point of McCain having to take the microphone away from his own extremist followers.
The extremists are not just damaging Republican levels in current polls -- the entire future of the Republican Party is at stake.
At this point Obama is polling equal to McCain with NASCAR fans. If that doesn't tell you that its over, nothing will.
The Republican party would like to get back on issues, but it can't. It can't control the evangelicals who demand control over the party (thus Palin) and it can't control the extremists who keep up the personal attacks on even the most minute topics even as the voters are repelled by it.
The best part is, like a rabid pitbull, or a survivalist with a gun, I can post this to you and you'll never recognize yourself nor change your behavior, because you can't.