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"Several months back, I had the chance to take a ride on the Straight Talk Express, where I ate chicken wings with this genuine American hero."

Left wings, I presume...

1 posted on 01/04/2008 12:22:49 AM PST by billorites

Unless Iowa shook things up it certainly looks like McCain is gonna win NH - with Fred not in the top 5. Like it or not McCain is back in the running.

Maybe we could help with a slogan— John McCain - better than the other Rhinos.

2 posted on 01/04/2008 12:28:09 AM PST by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)

Notice that he didn't take a walk with Duncan Hunter, who has been pounding the streets of Manchester and Concord.

Must be the sedentiary lifestyle of the blogger come columnist.

Brushed aside by handlers? Probably former Kerik associates. He's lucky he didn't press too much.

Obvious identity crisis going on here. Is this guy a teenager?

3 posted on 01/04/2008 12:31:13 AM PST by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))

I was supporting Tancredo. That didn’t turn out too well.

McCain is soft on illegal immigration, but we could do a lot worse. All general elections are compare-and-contrast competitions. McCain matches up better against the Democrats than any other GOP candidate. A McCain-Huckabee or McCain-Thompson ticket would be very tough to beat, even considering all the damage George W. Bush and Karl Rove have done to the Republican brand name.

4 posted on 01/04/2008 12:37:52 AM PST by billclintonwillrotinhell

Nice ... very nice! /chuckling

John McCain will never get this Nam Vets vote. NEVER!!!!

5 posted on 01/04/2008 12:47:08 AM PST by ImpBill ("America ... Where are you now?" --Greg Adams--Brownsville, TX --On the other Front Line)

panned by the likes of Rush Limbaugh and others

...ya didn't have to read past that

7 posted on 01/04/2008 12:55:37 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))

He loves Rudy and McCain! Next week, he will be pushing a Huck/Romney ticket. The week after that, it will be Paul/Hunter.

8 posted on 01/04/2008 1:00:21 AM PST by iowamark

“How I chose John McCain after thinking I never would”

Forget that, I want to know how you wrote the article after the lobotomy!

9 posted on 01/04/2008 1:01:58 AM PST by Grunthor (Known to cause insanity in lab mice.)

While I like Rudy Giuliani, my second choice in this cycle

This basically explains his title. 'Nuff said.

12 posted on 01/04/2008 1:30:11 AM PST by montag813

Talk about your willing suspension....

14 posted on 01/04/2008 2:03:59 AM PST by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)

I was then politely sidetracked by one of his handlers. Needless to say, as I was feeling rather disposed to vote for him at the time, I was taken aback by this brush off. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t trying to pull a “do you know who I am” moment or anything like that, but his local NH people actually DO know who I am—and knew me to be favorable to Hizzoner at the time.

This is whats wrong with New Hampshire and Iowa. It's often not about policy but about who shook my hand, who bought me a hot dog or kissed my A** errr Baby.

I wasn't in favor of a national primary until this mess. It's time we stopped having two states compete to be bought off, moving to a national primary would force policy to be more important than it is now.

At the moment these two state contest are on the level of a home comming king election, its a diservice to us all.

18 posted on 01/04/2008 3:21:00 AM PST by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)

So this clown picks McCain because McCain doesn’t prescreen the questions he gets asked? There are some people in Iowa and N.H. who need a wakeup call. Choosing a president is NOT about how many times a guy shakes your hand and sits down next to you. That’s a load of crap. Some people are willing to sell out the party and the nation because they got the amount of butt kissing they wanted.

19 posted on 01/04/2008 3:44:45 AM PST by GnL

What bilge! Yes, he has a few ideas. But look at his actions. I honestly do not think that McCain is all there. If it is between him and Hil, I will vote for Hil. Not a threat, just a promise.

24 posted on 01/04/2008 4:19:58 AM PST by HChampagne (I am not an AARP member and never will be.)

Wow, so this guy picked McCain because of chicken wings?

Ok, Fred, get out there in SC and have a good ol' southern BBQ with all the fixins.

28 posted on 01/04/2008 5:04:12 AM PST by rintense (Thompson/Hunter 2008!)

How could I possibly be supporting somebody that gets regularly panned by the likes of Rush Limbaugh and others that I respect on the right?

I'm guessing massive head trauma...

Never McCain.

31 posted on 01/04/2008 5:29:00 AM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)

Many Republicans believe that their nominee must stand opposed to abortion. There is no ambiguity here. Sen. McCain definitely fits the bill on this one.

Nonsense. Keyes made it perfectly clear in the 2000 debates that McCain is not anti-abortion in any reliable way.

33 posted on 01/04/2008 6:18:11 AM PST by Sloth (Democrats and GOPers are to government what Jeffrey Dahmer and Michael Jackson are to babysitting)

To: TitansAFC; meandog; therut; Laissez-faire capitalist; MARTIAL MONK; napscoordinator; sportutegrl; ..

The McCain List.
Common sense conservatism

36 posted on 01/04/2008 12:01:43 PM PST by Norman Bates

38 posted on 01/04/2008 12:16:21 PM PST by TigersEye (In my heart is a wellspring of sorrow. My joy is in seeing the emptiness of it.)

Left wings, I presume...

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LOL! No doubt.

40 posted on 01/04/2008 12:22:57 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)

1. Attacked the 1st Amendment
2. Leader of Gang of 14
3. Keating Five
4. Doesn’t want to torture with wittle scared terrorist who
would kill your kids in a heartbeat
5. Amnesty

45 posted on 01/04/2008 2:05:24 PM PST by Scarchin (+)

I am confident that McCain “gets it” when it comes to this one.

Sucker.

47 posted on 01/04/2008 2:11:56 PM PST by Petronski (Willard Myth Romney: 51% negatives)

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