Posted on 05/19/2004 12:33:46 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:21:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
May 19, 2004 -- ANYONE who doubts that the Democratic Party is seriously lacking in ideas and any core set of principles in this election need look no further than the never-say-die effort to run John McCain as the party's vice presidential candidate. Clearly, this is a news media dream: The New York Times last weekend front-paged a story about Democrats close to John Kerry who long to make McCain his running-mate. CBS News hailed Kerry-McCain as a "dream team," while Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" pleaded with McCain to hop on board Kerry's bandwagon.
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I just met a lady tonight that said she is going to vote for Kerry when McCain is named. She said she will start working for the Kerry team "when" McCain joins because it will "unite the country".
All he needs now to be convinced that this would be a good move would be a deeply felt wish to someday die a lonely man.
Hypothetically, assuming for a moment Kerry wins, Kerry will still flip-flop, go ahead and raise gas taxes by 50 cents, and subordinate our powers to the UN, among other idiotic stances he's taken in the past, whether he has McCain as his running mate or not. Kerry would be the one in charge. Aside from casting deciding votes in the Senate, all McCain would be doing is basking in whatever spotlight he can get his fair skin under.
John will never agree to be Kerry's VP.
Take THAT to the bank.
LOL I guess they are as stupid as they are desperate. Don't they realize he's much more effective for the Democratic cause as a mole in the Republican Party?
I agree...McCain said NO!
Flip this scenario on it's head to see how silly it is. Imagine Bush looking for a replacement for Cheney, and he starts begging Barbara Boxer(or Di Fi or Joe Biden or Hillary!) to be on the ticket, "if only they won't oppose judges opposed to Roe v. Wade." How desperate would the Bush campaign look if it did this? How much base support would it lose in November?
Never, ever happen....McCain's opposition to abortion is the deal-killer.
More than that, what about the Nader supporters? I would think Kerry would want a VP that gets their votes.
How desparate does that make Jeffink look: that he can't win without help from a Republican [albeit a RINO on some issues]?
Would his campaign not worry at all how the swing voters perceive this?
Baaad move on Jeffink's part and pretty much death to McCain.
Jeffink needs to select someone who can appeal to the swing voters...I am guessing someone more moderate such as a John Edwards. His other option is to swing even more left and select a Howard Dean, tho why he would choose that poison would be beyond me.
But then, thats why I'm not a dem.
I agree that McCain will not take a Democrat VP slot.
But, let's not forget the Democrats who were previously anti-abortion: Bill Clinton, Dick Gephardt, Jesse Jackson (to name a few)
liarman had supposed conservative 'ethics' until prince al the bore tapped him to be Veep. Then liarman's 'ethics' went out the door.
The mutiny occurred a long time ago. It just isn't official yet.
Proof positive that the only position that 'Rats care about is the White House position. They crave power for the sake of power. Their answer to any question on their contradictory stances can be summed up by "Yeah, whatever. It might play in Peoria."
The fact is that people vote for president not vice-president. For any non belivers I have two words: Dan Quale.
McCain will not go Dem-- he would have to answer how he can become the candidate of a party that, from the outset, has set out to torpedo his CFR bill, the jewel in his legislative crown. Frankly, it would make him look like a traitor to his party and a lying, weaselly idiot.
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