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The Climb and Decline of the Ancient Mariner: The McCain Encore
hughhewitt.townhall.com ^ | 01/11/2008 | Hugh Hewitt

Posted on 01/11/2008 12:19:28 PM PST by Checkers

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1 posted on 01/11/2008 12:19:32 PM PST by Checkers
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To: Scarchin; Rb ver. 2.0; Bird Jenkins; Y Ceratotherium; WOSG; jschner; patriciaruth; ...

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2 posted on 01/11/2008 12:20:30 PM PST by Checkers (John McCain is Bob Dole minus the character, humor, class, record, loyalty, honor, mental fitness...)
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To: Checkers

If Fred can take out the Huckster in GA, that’s 137 winner take all delegates. Certainly doable.


3 posted on 01/11/2008 12:22:54 PM PST by Mensius
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To: Checkers

An interesting take. This race could drag on for months.


4 posted on 01/11/2008 12:24:14 PM PST by CASchack
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To: Checkers
Thompson did a great job with Huckabee. I was disappointed that none of the candidates challenged McCain and his many scandals - almost as if they were afraid McCain would go berserk.
5 posted on 01/11/2008 12:27:38 PM PST by Dante3
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To: Checkers

This is beginning to give me a headache.....(chuckle)

Have a good weekend.


6 posted on 01/11/2008 12:27:56 PM PST by Badeye (No thanks, Huck, I'm not whitewashing the fence for you this election cycle)
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To: Checkers
Well Huge I do agree on most of what you said but in my Focus Group of Me, Myself and I, we overwhelmingly think FRED THOMPSON is Da Man.
7 posted on 01/11/2008 12:30:06 PM PST by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
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To: Checkers
John McCain will likely win Arizona, which is another winner-take-all state, giving him 53 delegates on Super Tuesday.

I will be voting against him.

8 posted on 01/11/2008 12:30:20 PM PST by Mogollon
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To: Checkers

Not McCain, Not Huck. They are running in the wrong party.


9 posted on 01/11/2008 12:34:13 PM PST by oflyboy
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To: Checkers
For everyone who thinks poor Hugh has gone overboard in his Mitt boosterism...

Hugh Hewitt Creates 'Romneytown' Deep in Guyana jungle

In a detailed announcement Thursday night, talk radio personality Hugh Hewitt announced the formation of a new community centered around Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Located in the South American nation of Guyana, Romneytown will reclaim approximately 3,800 acres (15.4 km²) of jungle purchased from the nation's government...

"There can be no objective argument against moving to Romneytown," Hewitt said. "Anyone who denies it is not to be trusted as an analyst."...

(Full article here.)

10 posted on 01/11/2008 12:37:19 PM PST by inkling (exurbanleague.com)
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To: Checkers

I noticed McCain was starting to sound like an environmentalist. He was talking about how the Teddy Roosevelt Republican party had once been the leader in environmentalism. That is true. We should remember that the draconian Endangered Species Act that has destroyed the rural economy of the west came from Nixon. Sounds like more of the same would be in store from McCain.


11 posted on 01/11/2008 12:37:54 PM PST by marsh2
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To: Checkers
Mike Huckabee should win the winner-take-all state of Georgia, to earn him 72 points on Super Tuesday.

Anyone seen polling to support this?

12 posted on 01/11/2008 12:43:27 PM PST by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Dante3
almost as if they were afraid McCain would go berserk.

He does have a history of going berserk,

13 posted on 01/11/2008 12:49:57 PM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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14 posted on 01/11/2008 12:53:09 PM PST by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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15 posted on 01/11/2008 12:57:37 PM PST by TigersEye (Crusty is as Crusty does.)
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To: Checkers
The Climb and Decline of the Ancient Mariner

ARRGGGHHH!!! I wish voters would put a stake in this guy's campaign. The man is a loose cannon. I am completely mystified that McCain has any appeal. I was sure he would be a non-factor by now.

16 posted on 01/11/2008 12:58:25 PM PST by ishmac
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To: Checkers

Seems the other candidates don’t want to rag on McCain because of his POW history.

Screw that! He might have been a Conservative before the Hanoi Hilton but, he sure isn’t one now.


17 posted on 01/11/2008 12:59:23 PM PST by wolfcreek (The Status Quo Sucks!)
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To: Checkers
>>Even the McCain enthusiasts watch this aging warrior and know that he could no more win in the fall than Dole could in '96. Politics is not exclusively a young man's game, but it is most definitely not an old man's game either. <<

This is completely wrong. McCain worked nonstop from 5am to 11pm everyday up here in NH and never once appeared tired. Reagan was an old man as well and I think I heard his named mentioned about 30 times last night. If you look at the realclearpolitics.com polls of potential matchups, McCain beats Clinton and Obama rather easily.

The far right wing does not deserve to have the final say in choosing a candidate...you are responsible for the loss of congress in '06 due to you unquestioned support of Rumsfeld and Bush's failed war planning (along with 25,000 needless casualties in Iraq until the surge was forced on them by moderate republicans). If the far right wins and puts up Thompson, then get used to President Hillary. Now is the time to build a center-right coalition in order to win. Yes you have to stray slightly from your core beliefs but do you think a Democrat president and congress would be better?

You can't have it all my friends on the far right, and you will wind up with nothing if you continue with the "my way or the highway" approach to this election.

18 posted on 01/11/2008 12:59:55 PM PST by ParaVet93
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To: pgkdan
Anyone seen polling to support this?

Could not find any polls whatsoever on GA. I find it very difficult to believe that it is not extremely fertile ground for Fred.

19 posted on 01/11/2008 1:01:10 PM PST by Mensius
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To: sensible centrist from NH
You can't have it all my friends on the far right, and you will wind up with nothing if you continue with the "my way or the highway" approach to this election.

Tell me friend, what am I going to have to give up to keep a Republican in the White House?

Lower taxes?

Less spending?

Right to life?

Marriage classified as being between a man and a woman?

The Second Amendment?

Resurrecting amnesty for illegal aliens?

Two (or more) of these giveaways will keep me from voting for a Republican. McCain, except for Iraq, has been on the wrong side of most conservative issues.

You call yourself a sensible centrist, but you sound more like a Democrat. You also sound like you've got your own "my way or the highway" attitude.

20 posted on 01/11/2008 1:19:27 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Hey, Fred! Time to put the spurs to the horse! Giddyup!)
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