If Obama gets the nominee

[busymom]

How many DUers would end up voting for McCain?

My husband is a Clinton supporter who is so fed up with the Obamamania that he has solidly said he will vote for McCain.....
I don't know that I would consider that...I certainly am turned of by the Obama supports that spew irrational hatred. My husband has never ever voted republican, but he would consider it in this case.

Is he an anomaly?

[muntrv]

1. Not me.

[grantcart]

2. If he gets the nominee?

what is he going to do with him/her? Are you talking about the republican nominee?

[BenDavid]

41. If he gets the nominee? WE LOSE...SIMPLE AS THAT FOLKS

In a race where the Democratic votes don't count and there are no delegates at stake hrc got the most votes of any candidate running in either party. McCain came in second, Romney came in third, and Obama came on forth. Edwards, who came in seventh, was beaten by both Guliani and Mike Huckabee.

Although the pundits and obama supporters in here will write off the Clinton win in Florida as a beauty contest, I can'help but to think that when a candidate who didn't campaign in the state at all comes in first ahead of all the Republicans, who have been campaigning hard there, that is to significant to ignore. And it'an even bigger victory because the Democrats who voted for Hillary knew their vote didn'even count.

So if the Democrats don't blow it by electing Obama I think this is an indication that Hillary would win by a landslide in the general election.

[grantcart]

44. gees BenDavid your posts are getting thinner and thinner

re read my post. ITS IF HE GETS THE NOMINATION. IF he gets the nominee means he kidnaps someone.

[debatepro]

3. yes!

I know plenty of Obama supporters that despise Hillary... they are "independents"...

[jlake]

4. I know 2 people who will vote for Hillary or Obama -- except if McCain is the R...then they both say

they will go with McCain.
That is the only similar thing I have seen.

[gateley]

15. That's so interesting that someone would vote for Hillary or Obama -- but

would actually prefer McCain with his Iraq position.

Do you know why they would prefer McCain?

[jlake]

35. They are moderates, and consider the Republican field to be batshit except for McCain

[gateley]

37. Well, they're certainly right about the Republican field being batshit.

Being moderate, don't they have a problem with McCain's Iraq stance?

[jlake]

42. I don't think they really know about him. They think of him as being a "maverick"

They may chance their minds if they learn more about him.

[NoBorders]

19. And I know some folks who say the same about HRC

Cuts both ways.

[jlake]

32. Did you even read my post. It says HILLARY AND OBAMA.

But thanks for the knee jerk criticism.

[krkaufman]

27. eh, wait until they hear more about McCain ...

... like "100 more years", or "more wars to come", or "bomb, bomb Iran"

I'm beginning to think McCain will not be nearly as formidable as the polls make him out to be. He finally had a decent speech tonight, but his war-mongering shouldn't go over all that well in November. (So long as we put up a candidate that can differentiate themselves on the war issue.)

[Maddy McCall]

5. Even if they wanted to vote fot McCain, they couldn't say so on DU.

[MonkeyFunk]

16. Honey

you're not that naive. Many have said worse.

[Maddy McCall]

21. Yeah...

but I thought it my duty as a seasoned DUer to instruct the noob of DU's "rules."

:P

[MonkeyFunk]

30. The rules are gone

this is Lord of the Flies now.

The creature was a party of boys... marching

[AX10]

6. I will abstain.

A brokered convention with Gore or Edwards may be the only way now.

[MonkeyFunk]

23. So if your guy can't win with votes

you want the party elites to decide?

You can't seriously believe the party elites will choose Edwards. But if it helps you fall asleep....

[gateley]

7. I hope your husband is an anomaly. How could you seriously ask if any DUer

would vote for I Heart Iraq Forever! McCain? Just tell your husband to take a few moments to picture McCain in the WH.

[rurallib]

8. Has he ever listened to Johnny Mac?

It is not exactly an upgrade from THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER.

[cali]

9. Yes, he probably is. There's no evidence at all that that would be

a factor. Sorry. And sorry your husband is so reactive to something so trivial.

[Endangered Specie]

10. I'll vote for whoever the Dem nominee is, and those who don't

are more than welcome to let the door hit their ass on the way out.

[Maddy McCall]

13. Seconded.

[MonkeyFunk]

11. If Obama gets the nominee

that'll be big news.

An Obama/Clinton wedding? Whoudda thunk?

[Maddy McCall]

18. I hope he returns her!

:D

[angie_love]

12. ...

you'd vote republican over democrat? Just b/c of Obama's supporters?

[Sanctified]

14. My mom is a Democrat and said she would vote for McCain over Obama.

But that is because she is a racist not because McCain is somehow better than Obama.

[Vadem]

17. Never, never, never, never, never, never would I vote for that

warmonger!

[nancyharris]

20. if your husband thinks Obama has unfairly attacked Hillary

wait till he hears what McCain has to say about her.

[joeprogressive]

22. It makes sense because both McCain and Hillary support the war

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[HCE SuiGeneris]

25. This is quite the story. Why will he vote Republican? For the Supreme Court?

The urge to have war for another 100 years? To blow apart another nation and kill tens of thousands in Iran? How does a marriage like that work?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

34. Another poster that throws out an Op with an outrageous story line -- then crickets. WTF?

[NJObamaWoman]

26. It goes both ways people.

I know many people who wont vote for Clinton if she got the ticket and would vote for McCain. They didn't like her race baiting or how her campaign has played it dirty. I'm one of those people and unlike you I don't care what HRC supporters say. I'm ABOVE that :) I like what I like and I appreciate others who like what they like. That doesn't make me want to stop voting for HRC no matter how much irrational hatred is spewed by some HRC supporters.

No he's not an anomaly because the same can be said for people who don't trust HRC.

[billbuckhead]

28. Conversely many moderates will vote for Hillary because of Obama excesses

I see more and more of the less fanatical Republicans standing up for Hillary instead of ridiculing her.

[AX10]

29. Have you gotten a chance to speak with them in person?

[billbuckhead]

31. Yeah, a lot of business types actually like the Clinton's

My take from many is that they wouldn't mind Clinton competence back in the White House.

[R_M]

40. That is true.

[City Lights]

33. That knife cuts both ways.

Just sayin...

[Aviation Pro]

36. Then I will vote for him...

....

The Goal: Remove Republicans.

[fujiyama]

38. When it comes to politics

no offense, but your husband is an idiot.

Tell him to grow the fuck up. Primaries are rough.

Does he like "bomb bomb bomb...bomb Iran"? Or "we'll stay there for a million years"...or this:

[Catherine Vincent]

39. I would never vote for a Republican. No matter who it is.

I'm not that hard up.

[Raffi Ella]

43. I'm a Democrat.

If Obama gets the Nom then Obama gets my vote.