Posted on 01/02/2006 11:37:18 AM PST by Mark Noonan
You can't be serious. Lieberman, a man of principles? What principles?
When he ran for VP he tossed all principles aside. He is just another unprincipled politician. And a democrat to boot.
True, he got it backwards...Keating should have taught him that there should be no restrictions on giving, just a requirement for full disclosure.
McCain is no genuis - he's an instinctive conservative rather than an intellectual one: and this means he can get off the rails...but with Lieberman to be pro-life and, say, Jon Kyl as SecDef, I think we can get a lot done. Main thing is to win the war...and a ticket which gets 60% of the vote will show unity for that.
True, he got himself in with some bad company and had his head turned...but placed into a Republican Administration, and I think his social conservatism will come heavily to the fore.
It won't happen, but I'd like Jeb Bush to run. I will NEVER say that I'll NEVER vote for McCain.
Yeh! lots of pricipal, It did not take hime long to become a yes man to Gore.
McCain is a bigger democrat than Lieberman, might be conflict of interest for that reason
Allen/Rice 2008 !
"abortion will not be an issue in '08, our very survival will be, abortion will be a 2nd tier issue after 2 more appointments to the SCOTUS are made before the 2008 general election"
If Roe is overturned, abortion will be an even more important issue in 2008 as the conservative movement will need to mobilize to outlaw abortion in every state.
Again, I will never vote for a pro-abortion RINO like Guiliani. Many other pro-life conservatives will not either.
I think Social Security (what a misnomer!) could be phased out over a couple of generations. The government, however, would find (or create) another source from which to tap money to "balance" the budget.
Most of our taxes is paid to politicians in the form of "pensions".
If Roe is overturned, abortion will be an even more important issue in 2008 as the conservative movement will need to mobilize to outlaw abortion in every state.
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Fine. It should be a state issue and rightfully so,, to drag it out onto the national stage would not serve the nation well, not that abortion does that anyway.
So you would support McCain over Giuliani regardless? or so it sounds.
What would you consider your blog..
Conservative or moderate Republican in nature,, or Maverick ? ;-)
First of all, Lieberman already ran as a VP candidate, and lost. The odds of any former VP candidate for one of the major parties running for VP again, but on the other party's ticket is about as great as my being able to get to the moon by flapping my arms. Lieberman is strong on the war, yes, but he is also a liberal and a life-long loyal Democrat.
Second, McCain already lost one Republican presidential nominating race, and by wide margins. He has done nothing in the intervening years to endear himself to the Republican grass roots. If anything, the opposite is true, and the grass roots dislike McCain even more than in 2000.
Third, your dream ticket only works as an independent run, which means both the Republican and Democrat nominees will fight them tooth and claw. Both men have been around politics a very long time. McEgo might consider an indy run, but I sincerely doubt Lieberman would. He will back his party's presidential nominee, and he will find reasons to say that the nominee will be strong on the war.
Fourth, whoever the Republican nominee turns out to be (and I wouldn't discount the possibility of a dark horse), he (ore she?) will be strong on the war. Let America be divided, if it is. Let the 2008 election settle the division.
McCain is pro-life. He is hardly my favorite candidate but I could vote for him, if needed.
I could never vote for a pro-abortion gun-grabber like Giuliani and sleep at night.
I won't vote for McCain. I'll vote for just about any other Republican likely to get the nomination, but I've said it before and I'll say it again: Democrats win in 2008 if anyone other than Condi is nominated.
You vest a lot of support for one man who has done more damage to the 1st amendment than most could envision, yet fear Rudy being able to carry out a dark nefarious agenda, that's a tough one to juggle.
McCain is a grandstander.. Rudy at least is keeping a low profile and not because of his less than savory positions on abortion and the right to bear arms.
To say one is better than the other at this point is mute , imo. A lot can and will likely happen to hopefully diminish some of your and others concerns.
I look forward to an interesting convention as this clash plays out the next 2 years.
No way will the South support Giuliani, but, dream on if you must!
Never, never, never will I vote for McCain.
There is no circumstance where that would happen, including my death or torture if I didn't vote for him.
I'd vote for Lieberman first. I'd stay home and let Hillary win.
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