Posted on 01/14/2008 5:47:51 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
After reputedly being the victim of rough politics in 2000 at the brass-knuckled hands of the Bush campaign, John McCain has pledged to eschew such tactics. But in the opening segment of today's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough called McCain out for honoring that pledge in the breach, accusing him of "dirty campaigning."
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Amen to that Brother Tooth.
McCain and Scarborough aren’t worth a damn.
Maybe it will help now that they have Ernie Douglas on board.
So glad to hear about Washington Times article....seems many Republicans need a refresher course on McCain’s positions and voting history. Reports that McCain is the national front runner amaze me...how can Republicans vote for this guy???
McCain is politically viable, but he is the consummate politician, and that’s no compliment.
He’s a political opportunist. Hes the type that immediately jumped on the Abu Garhib and proposed anti-torture bills; a moot point, since it was already illegal and those involved would be punished. But that didn’t change the fact that he wanted to not only distance himself from these events, but also beat some political capital out of them.
Another example is baseball and drug testing. When this issue became large, guess who immediately jumped up and proposed all sort of “great ideas” to solve the problem with more laws?
He’s the sort of guy that panders and slithers through the grass like a snake, always on the side of what 50.01% agree with (Example, his 180 degree turn around on illegal immigration), always on the prowl for new issues that he can wrap himself around and get his name out with. He’s the Republican version of a Clinton; a career politician, someone whos had their sights set on the Whitehouse for a long time, someone who’s all politics and zero substance, willing to take any position on any issue as long as it brings and keeps him in power.
That said, hes still a viable candidate (Chance of winning) and while a pure politician, hes still more or less conservative.
I hope you are right
Never heard of him. I was thinking more along the lines of Laurie Dhue.
The only thing new in 2008 is further evidence of the above.
Yeah! Do not get between him and a camera either. He is a sore loser who did everything to screw up the things Bush tried to do.
There’s a reason he’s call McNasty.
I too have not heard Fred attack McCain. Has McCain attacked Fred in any meaningful way?? Verrrry interresting.
I’m not a McCainiac but JOE SCARBOROUGH IS A TURNCOAT, LITTLE POLITICAL WHORE.
Who cares what he thinks or says. He’s a punk!!!
Could it be that McCain's one driving goal in passing M-F was his own election as POTUS?
To answer my own question: Yes. It could be. Perhaps it is even likely. Why else has he been such a media whore all thru these years? Oh how the press does love their "maverick".
Thompson is a stalking horse for his closest Senate pal, John McCain. Thompson wins a few votes in a primary and then gives them to McCain in a brokered convention. I noticed in the most recent debates in New Hampshire, he was joining McCain in a tag team to beat up Romney every chance he got. It’s pretty obvious what’s going on here.
Yeah, I knew what you meant. LOL. That guys real name is Griff Jenkins. Ernie Dounglas one of the sons on the old tv show "My Three Sons". He's a dead reinger for him.
Yes some ties run down deep, and as I said before I am watching to see.
Well it has been painfully obvious living through the stake in the heart of conservatism since 2000 under McCain's stand for revenge. So he made a deal with the other side for something and he never ever does anything without feathering his own nest first.... CFR was first and foremost to feather his own nest and the MSM has notably paid him OFFFFF.
I have yet to come to this conclusion, but I won't argue against it either. I am waiting to see, but the longer it takes to hear from his own mouth which path he is actually on makes me NOT willing to jump aboard his campaign.
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