Posted on 09/19/2006 2:35:24 AM PDT by Oakleaf
"For Senator McCain, This Is Personal"
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Look, folks, there is no question here that this is being seen as a political opportunity. Somebody raised the possibility last week, and I want to put it out there again because I did last week, too, but put it out there that there are those who are theorizing -- you know people in politics, analysts and pollsters and so forth who sit around and, you know, like global warming experts, try to predict the future and analyze why certain people are doing certain things. And there's a segment of the political analyst community which believes that McCain understands he's got a problem with the Republican base, but that he would be helped if the Republicans lose big in November, lose the House, maybe even lose the Senate, because his theory is that that would scare the Republicans into voting for whoever Republican they thought could win the presidency in '08 and maybe pick up some House seats and Senate seats along the way. If that's true, and I don't know that it is, but if it's true it means for McCain it's entirely personal.
I think a large part of it is personal for McCain based on his own prisoner of war experience. But I mean there's little doubt here that there's a cabal lining up against the administration here for reasons that don't make practical sense. So you have to look at them through another prism, such as through a political prism, to try to understand them....
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(Excerpt) Read more at rushlimbaugh.com ...
Oh, c'mon! H. Ross Perot withdrew from the race for a month in August because he was afraid the CIA was going to crash his daughter's wedding! And he still pulled enough votes to let Bubba waltz into the White House with 42%.
I was listening to Rush from across the room, and it sounded like he was doing one of his lispy-lib voices, then I realized it was McLame actually speaking.
There's no way someone with a voice like that could inspire the majority to vote for him.
yes, but he's a hero.
/sar
You know I hate to say it but after seeing McCain and listening to him the past week, I honestly thought I could support a democrat more than him
The problem with McCain is that you can see, quite clearly, that he believes in absolutely nothing. He has crafted his image and positions in such a way that it benefits himself. It appears that this is his one and only consideration.
Now, some folks think that President-as-Marionette is a fine idea. After all, if polling and focus groups show the people want a certain position to be advanced, then having the President slavishly respond would be the ultimate form of direct democracy. Bill Clinton never pretended to be anything other than a poll-driven creature, and was quite successful, in his way.
But in these troubled times, we need somebody who is going to take the tough position and stick with it. We need somebody who can plausibly promise us blood, sweat, toil, and tears, because this fight against the Jihadists is going to be long and unpleasant. John McCain could never do that. At the first sign of trouble, he would respond to public pressure to cut and run.
Bill Clinton did that in Mogadishu, and the terrorists saw. We are still paying the price for that mistake.
I'll buy that.
I have agreed with Rush's theory for weeks, preceding the detainee flap.
McCain's chances of winning the GOP nomination in '08 are greatly enhanced if we are slaughtered in November.
McCain's only chance of winning over the conservative base is if he can convince them that he is the only hope of holding the White House.
That said, I believe a compromise on the detainee matter is in the works.
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SEN. JOHN McCAIN: THE ULTIMATE "RHINESTONE HERO" Part II
U.S. Sen. John McCain is no War Hero
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John McCain, you treasonous bastard, I challenge you or any of your traitorous cohorts...
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We simply don't know who is pulling his strings.
Why is it that a Candidate for POTUS isn't required to pass a psychological examination?
McCain is seriously disturbed and I could never vote for him..
sw
Perot's negative polling was nowhere near McCains......
That's been my thought all along however Brit (or perhaps Mort) said yesterday that as the GOP "FRONTRUNNER" he may have kissed his chances goodbye given his stance. Coming from foxnews, I was taken back. When did he become the GOP frontrunner?
absent someone withj strong conservative credentials getting the nomination, Rudy would make a far better president then McCain.
" This far out looney theory could only mean Rush is hitting the Oxycontin again."
Rush was quoting from a column by David Frum .
"Somebody raised the possibility last week, and I want to put it out there again because I did last week, too, but .....And there's a segment of the political analyst community which believes that McCain understands he's got a problem with the Republican base,
but that he would be helped if the Republicans lose big in November,
lose the House,
maybe even lose the Senate, because his theory is that that would scare the Republicans into voting for whoever Republican they thought could win the presidency in '08 "
If the Republicans want a Democrat elected President in '08 let them nominate John Mc Cain.
Like he supports President Bush?
No Senator, former or sitting, will win in 2008.
ping
Aside from the heinous man himself; while I have not noticed his 'lisp per se. . .I am amazed at the 'whistle' that accompanies every other sentence. . .no doubt caused by the lisp of sorts; but seems to originate just inside his lips. . .
It is both annoying; and incredulous that as a public speaker; he can whistle while he works, literally. . .
. . .and as well, annoy the sound man; wherever he goes. . .make one think their TV has 'lost it'. . .or their radio needs tuning. . .and all the time; NO ONE ever going so far as to even mention McCain's quirk speech; much less, the annoyance of those who must listen to his whistling in the wind. Now if GW actually whistled his words. . .can we imagine?
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