Photo credit: Reuters/Jim Young. US Senator John McCain
greets supporters at a campaign event in Summerville, South Carolina,
January 11, 2008.
Posted on 01/11/2008 7:14:57 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
MT. PLEASANT, South Carolina - Cisco Systems’ John Chambers and FedEx founder Fred Smith could be among those asked to serve in a John McCain cabinet, the Arizona senator said on Friday.
Photo credit: Reuters/Jim Young. US Senator John McCain
greets supporters at a campaign event in Summerville, South Carolina,
January 11, 2008.
But their services would have to come at a discount.
“I want to go get the best and the brightest, whether they’re Republican or Democrat, and I’m going to tell these men and women: ‘Work for a dollar. Work for a dollar a year. You’ve done pretty well in America. And serve America and help us put government back on a business basis, so we’re not wasting taxpayers’ dollars,’ ” McCain said at a campaign in South Carolina ahead of the state’s January 26 primary contest.
McCain, fresh from winning the Republican primary in New Hampshire, went on to contrast the efficiency of companies like Wal-Mart and FedEx with the Bush administration’s fumbling response to Hurricane Katrina, which decimated much of the Gulf coast in 2005.
McCain also mentioned Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman as a potential cabinet member. Lieberman, a former Democrat now serving as an independent, has endorsed McCain’s candidacy.
Left off the list was South Carolina Republican Sen. Linsday Graham, a McCain supporter who introduced him at the rally.
Graham said that was fine by him.
“Ive got the best job in America. Everybody elected to the Senate from South Carolina lives to be 100,” Graham told Reuters after the event.
Graham became South Carolina’s first new senator since 1965 when he was elected in 2002. His predecessor, Strom Thurmond, retired at age 100.
Forget the cabinet. McCain will choose Lieberman as his Veep. You can bet on it.
Would McCain's Cabinet be called the Gang of 15?
The Sleepin’ Geezers.
Chicks haven’t hatched yet.
If McCain gets the nomination AND gets Hillary, he could win 40 states. With that would come Republican seats in the House.
Huck indicated to the NYT reporter that he would like Interior or HHS.
Thompson needs something that isn't that taxing, but will keep Jeri and he on the A-list, invitation wise.
A little off topic, but, wth - McCain has been calling himself a Baptist since he started campaigning in SC. LOL. This is after a lifetime of calling himself an Episcopalian.
Check this out. http://www.abpnews.com/www/2753.article No big deal IMO, but a presbyterian or lutheran church would seem to make more since coming from and episcopalian background if he was thinking about casually switching churches.
He is a westerner. The GOP can't win with a north easterner or a southerner
LOL. John McCain approached John Kerry in ‘04 about becoming his running mate. LOL. Do you want the link?
LOL
what’s next,AlGore in charge of the EPA?
I wouldn't bet on it. Given McCain's age, he will want to pick someone considerably younger than himself as VP. That would eliminate Lieberman.
I think Gov. Pawlenty is much more likely. We need someone who will help us pick up a blue state with a lot of EV.
I appreciate your concerns, but McCain isn't interested in what we conservatives need. His entire career is based on sticking it to us every chance he gets. He's been my Senator for decades; this is how he operates.
Just look at all his major bills: McCain-Lieberman, McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Feingold, etc., etc. If he gets the nomination, he will no longer about "what's best for the GOP." He will tack WAY to the left and form a "unity ticket."
Your as bad as a truther.....try haldol, that should help.
How about the “Keating 15” it has a ring to it!
Captains of industry eh.....I guess the door will be wide open for a flood if illegals.
Yeah.
Just incorrigible.
Who is truther, a Freeper by that name? You'd think that you'd ping truther if so.
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