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The McCain List.
Common sense conservatism
The Official McCain Platform: Human Dignity & the Sanctity of Life
McCain: News & Endorsements
Posted on 03/02/2007 2:40:16 PM PST by calcowgirl
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Arizona Sen. John McCain won a Spartanburg, South Carolina straw poll Friday, an early sign of how conservative South Carolinians might view the GOP presidential field.
McCain beat former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani by two votes, 164-162
... California Rep. Duncan Hunter came in third with 158 votes.
Arizona Sen. John McCain: 164
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani: 162
California Rep. Duncan Hunter: 158
Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback: 85
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: 80
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich: 33 (write-in)
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: 21
Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo: 10
Attorney John Cox: 4
Texas Rep. Ron Paul: 4
Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice: 2 (write-in)
Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore: 1
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson: 1
Sanders (the party was unable to identify this candidate): 1 (write-in)
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
As one FReeper astutely posted: "Rudy's done. I'm glad we got him out of the way quickly so he doesn't pollute the process."
Rudy's intrusion in GOP politics is an insult to social conservatives----the voters central to the Repub party's winning strategy. Rudy's got a history that makes one cringe.
A LOOK AT RUDY'S PAST IS A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE.
...as far back as 1993, when he ran for mayor of New York City, Giuliani was dogged by accusations that he pulled strings to avoid the draft. In fact, Rudy wangled a rare occupational deferment from serving in the Vietnam war in 1969, when he was a law clerk.
However, Rudy's scheming to get an occupational deferment is a far cry from present-day Rudy's assertions, that he opposed the Viet war on "tactical and strategic grounds."
Egocentric Rudy's "tactical and strategic grounds" blather is nothing but a naked attempt to pump his 2008 resume in the the absence of solid military credentials. In a Kerryesque-like statement, Giuliani once said of the Vietnam war, "I disagreed with it."
Anyone who dismisses the significance of Vietnam as a potential issue in the 2008 campaign is forgetting how surprisingly potent it proved in 2004, when there was enormous interest in the military records of both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
BIG MO is happening!
4 Votes is 400% of Jim Gilmore! I get an ERR in Excel when I try to show his improvement over Dennis Kucinich.
All of a sudden, down the home stretch, 50% of the vote just so happens to break for McCain, saving him from an embarrassing defeat on the heels of his big, nationally televised announcement.
Bravo flippin' Sierra.
Last night it was realized that the McCain vote DID NOT total as per the actual votes. The column totaled 114 and it should have totaled 141.
This accounts for the large change in the McCain final total. This was a clerical error caused during the count last night.
We did do a re-count and verfified all numbers.
Pretty strange is right. < tinfoil! > He's the only one NOT at CPAC, right? ;-P
ROFL!
Someone voted for Bernie Sanders?
Thanks, Fred. What a little hypocrite he is. Doesn't want to attend apac, but sends his minions.
Live by the poll: die by the poll.
"IMHO, with little press, and little name recognition, Hunter did extremely well to have finished right in the thick of it with two of the candidates the press has been covering the most."
You said it!
---Something stinks here. Personally I don't know even a single McCain-supporting Republican. He's abysmal on the 1st amendement (CFR), the 2nd Amendment (F- rating from GOA), and is currently teaming with the ultimate liberal's liberal (Kennedy) to obliterate our borders and grant amnesty to tens of millions of future Democrat voters.---
That's true, but we need to put aside our principles and vote for him anyway. You don't want Hillary to win do do? :^)
Well, do you?
I support Hunter'sositions on immigration. The source cited is a democrat leaning org.
Fascinating analysis!
Is there anyway to validate the votes cast?
I can see why CNN would push McCain (because he is so very defeatable). Perhaps an investigation is needed. I doubt CNN is above vote, ah "misrepresentation".
Future straw votes should take additional security measures.
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See the link I posted in #64. Apparently the GOP Chairman is now saying that last night's count had a clerical error, understating the McCain tally by 25 votes or so. In that case, the numbers would still look hokey to me, but less so.
And .. for my money .. McCain will be willing to do ANYTHING to try to get the nomination.
I don't think he'll make it .. but this slimy vote dancing around .. seemingly to pull the rabbit out of the hat at the last minute .. stuff has me really worried.
Thank you both! I have been away from the computer for a couple days. Shocking, great results!!
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