McCain Should Retire

The American Thinker ^ | January 26, 2010 | Claude Sandroff

[Scanian]

John McCain clings to more liberal positions than almost any other Republican in Congress. Whether encouraging economic suicide by standing against drilling in Alaska, putting the nation's security at risk by equating waterboarding with torture, demanding the shuttering of Guantanamo, joining hands with Ted Kennedy to open the floodgates of amnesty to illegal immigrants, nothing seems to satisfy his vanity more than hearing compliments from the leftist press after crossing over to the other side of the aisle.

Now that the Supreme Court has declared much of his crown legislative jewel -- the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold) -- to be unconstitutional, perhaps it's finally time for John McCain to go back to Arizona while preserving the luster from his honorable national service. The court's firm rejection of key funding provisions in McCain-Feingold reveals the philosophical dead-end that bipartisanship for its own sake often produces.

[Man50D]

How Palin can support this pro socialist defies logic. Palin should stick to writing books and touring. Her credibility as a champion for the conservative cause is shot.

[truthkeeper]

Indeed, he opened the first debate by wasting precious minutes lauding the recently hospitalized Ted Kennedy, as the "lion of the Senate." The comment only served to remind his repulsed conservative audience that he more felt it more important to stand with one of the senate's most notorious and longest serving liberals than to begin to layout the case the against its most liberal and inexperience arrivals, Barack Hussein Obama.

[backhoe]

I voted- very reluctantly— for the man.

He needs to retire while it can still be made to look graceful.

[joelt]

If not for him, we’d be drilling in ANWR now.

[Joe Boucher]

McCain, retire?
Most of these politicians never think of retiring.
Go J.D. kick this too old fool to the curb.

[stevem]

How Palin can support this pro socialist defies logic. Palin should stick to writing books and touring. Her credibility as a champion for the conservative cause is shot.

I'm not sure I agree with that. She would still be an unknown Alaska politician if not for McCain. Everything good that has come her way in 2009 and 2010 started with the VP selection. She would be ungracious i.e. lack class if she didn't recognize that. She strikes me as being classy.

I think McCain should depart. I don't think he will this year on his own. It isn't Palin's job to destroy him. It would be nice to see the Republican voters of Arizona replace him early. They would not need to travel nearly as far as the voters in Massachusetts. It's still the proper way to go about it.

So far Sarah Palin has earned plaudits for nearly all of her policy positions. She is a superb spokesperson for most of those positions. While she keeps that going she has my support.

[Recon Dad]

I think he should retire for no other reason than to let Sarah Palin off the hook. He must have her under a binding contract to campaign for him.

[Rummyfan]

He should but he won’t. He’ll have to be kicked out of the Senate.

[bjorn14]

Couldn’t agree more...but because McCain is so vain they will probably have to carry him out in a body bag from the Senate. He won’t go gracefully.....he is a fraud.

[fullchroma]

He needs to retire while it can still be made to look graceful.

And he needs to retire before Cindy and/or Megyn embarrass him further in their childish attempts to redefine Conservative.

[Venturer]

He should become a desert Hermit and take his wife and daughter with him.

[fullchroma]

Not Conservative, Conservativism!

(Shouldn’t post B4 coffee.)

[Man50D]

She would still be an unknown Alaska politician if not for McCain.

McAmnesty didn't pick Palin. He wanted LIEberman as his running mate but the party told him to make another choice.

It isn't Palin's job to destroy him.

Refusing to endorse McAmnesty would not destroy him. He's been in politics for decades. A relative newcomer like Palin alone will not bring him down. Only the people have that power.

[mkjessup]

"...it's finally time for John McCain to go back to Arizona while preserving the luster from his honorable national service."

Aside from his military service, I see little 'honorable' about the liberal scum-sucking RINO.

But McStain's ego won't let him retire, the odds are he'll stay in the Senate until either J.D. Hayworth unseats him in the primary, or until he croaks like his fat bastard buddy, the broiling Ted Kennedy.

[mkjessup]

McAmnesty didn't pick Palin. He wanted LIEberman as his running mate but the party told him to make another choice.

I've heard that once or twice before, and while I don't doubt you at all, would you perchance have a link or something for that?

Thanx in advance!

[Man50D]

I've heard that once or twice before, and while I don't doubt you at all, would you perchance have a link or something for that?

Thanx in advance!

Below is just one link among several. A simple word search will find more reports.

McCain Considering Lieberman for VP Running Mate

[AdaGray]

He does these things purely for attention. He has no real driving principles. He just wants to be lauded by the SRM.

[noname07718]

I’ve been saying it for the past year plus. . .

Go away John.

Please, just go away.

[nmh]

You’ve got to be kidding me!

McPain isn’t going to run AGAIN for President!

Pinch me. This would be another losing nightmare.

If McPain really cares, he should RETIRE!

I was pleased to see the McPain/Feingold maneuver be declared UNconctitutional, because it is. Someone needs to muster up the cajones, run against him and DEFEAT him so he really GETS IT.