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John McCain's CPAC Speech Falls Flat; Will His Campaign?
North Star Writers Group ^ | February 11, 2008 | David Karki

Posted on 02/11/2008 5:16:04 AM PST by Invisigoth

"We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all." – Ronald Reagan, 1965

“A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency or simply to swell its numbers.” – Ronald Reagan, CPAC address, 1975

With that, I give you 2008 Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain. He went before the same Conservative Political Action Committee and gave a speech, ostensibly to try to mend fences with the conservatives whom he has both antagonized and needs to win this November's election.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cpac; election; mccain
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1 posted on 02/11/2008 5:16:06 AM PST by Invisigoth
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To: Invisigoth
Put it this way...

...here's a bunny with John McCain's Campaign on its head.


2 posted on 02/11/2008 5:18:42 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

LOL! Damn, you beat me to it!


3 posted on 02/11/2008 5:20:06 AM PST by TADSLOS (Cut out the middleman- Write in Calderon for El Presidente!)
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To: Invisigoth

I wonder if McCain will sit down and do an in depth interview with a strong conservative, say Limbaugh or Hannity or Levin.


4 posted on 02/11/2008 5:26:39 AM PST by Sybeck1 (RIP GOP, Born 1854, Died 2008)
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To: Invisigoth

McCain and his backup group, The Bluebloods, were so sure they did not need their conservative life jackets. Let them go down with their Titanic.


5 posted on 02/11/2008 5:28:03 AM PST by fetal heart beats by 21st day (Defending human life is not a federalist issue. It is the business of all of humanity.)
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To: Invisigoth

John McCain’s CPAC Speech Falls Flat; Will His Campaign?
Yes, it already has.


6 posted on 02/11/2008 5:31:27 AM PST by glide625
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To: Invisigoth
John McCain's CPAC Speech Falls Flat; Will His Campaign?

Wrong verb tense. ;)

7 posted on 02/11/2008 5:33:29 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("John McCain is to conservatism what Cindy Sheehan is to the Miss Universe Pageant.")
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To: Invisigoth
The speech was very well received by the crowd at CPAC.

By the end, all the anti-McCain folks were cheering him.

This has been amply documented on The Corner.

8 posted on 02/11/2008 5:39:40 AM PST by JohnnyZ (Romney's religion is the only reason he won half the states he did)
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To: fetal heart beats by 21st day

Yeah... Its time for Obama anyway...Can’t you see this is the politics of division...

Its time for change, Its time for We, Its time for Osama umm I meant Obama...

Kneel at the Altar of Hussein Obama and if you do not we will say that you are the cause of this division, you are intolerant and hate filled, we are the victims you are the oppressor...


9 posted on 02/11/2008 5:43:49 AM PST by tomnbeverly (If Islamic Jihad is an existential threat then the candidate that should be POTUS is a no brainer.)
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To: JohnnyZ
Yeah, I thought he gave a good speech.

One thing that came through is that his age should not be a problem if he consistenly presents himself as he did during that speech.

10 posted on 02/11/2008 5:57:57 AM PST by Loyal Buckeye
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To: JohnnyZ
The speech was very well received by the crowd at CPAC.

The hall/theater was likely full of scum-sucking moderate-to-liberal RINO mccain supporting goofballs PLANTED in the crowd by mccain's campaign.

The others merely put up with this RINO, because it was the polite thing to do.

The writer of the above article had it right though...

"On the surface, the speech was good. It's even better when you forget the man who is giving it and his record, which belies all those words."

REALITY, and a RECORD over YEARS of public service in which mccain f**ked Conservatives over and over again, can NOT be trumped by a "good" speech or two.

11 posted on 02/11/2008 5:58:26 AM PST by DocH (mccain in between two oafs of (liberal) dread - ahnold & rudy = RINO SANDWICH)
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To: DocH

What I heard is that he “intends” to do this, that and the other. Sen. Craig intended to step down too! I don’t give a whit about someone intending to do something. That only tells me he is not sure he can, or he is not sure he really wants to.


12 posted on 02/11/2008 6:02:48 AM PST by mazda77
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To: glide625
John McCain’s CPAC Speech Falls Flat; Will His Campaign? Yes, it already has.

Wonderful news! Let Hillary/Barack deal with the Democrat Congress.

We don't need that nonstop headache.

13 posted on 02/11/2008 6:06:31 AM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Invisigoth

McCain bused in the cheering crowd at CPAC, a speech that sounds good from a open borders, Gorebal warming faux republican does not impress me.

I have been taking the time to inform everyone who doesn’t know what McCain is all about. Many who don’t pay attention were unaware of what, and who, is the Real McCain.


14 posted on 02/11/2008 6:11:18 AM PST by dforest (Nothing left to say.)
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To: Invisigoth
Evidently the author of this article didn’t hear McPain’s CPAC speech. I heard it on the radio (real time) and it seemed to be well received ...
to my dismay I might add.
15 posted on 02/11/2008 6:11:51 AM PST by BluH2o
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To: Invisigoth

With these entreaties to the GOP right wing, McLame only solidifies his position as the most arrogant candidate in the race.

His position on amnesty for illegals has not changed. The only change in his boder/immigration stance is that he says he heard the people and will secure the border, FIRST. FIRST implies a second and subsequent element. He’s not backed off his amnesty plans, just re-ordered the sequencing.

His willingness to reach across the aisle has given us McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, etc. He has trampled free speech, and he has trampled the clear wishes of his constituents and the people of the America.

He is not right for this time, or any time. We need solid conservative representation in order to keep pressure on apologists, appeasers and socialists among the DhimmiRats; those who would sell us out in the name of political correctness and multi-culti BS. No thanks.

Lock and Load.


16 posted on 02/11/2008 6:13:50 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion)
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To: JohnnyZ

I was there...in the third row center...it was greeted modestly at best, despite the McCaniacs put in strategic spots.

Many folks never stood once, applause was polite but tepid.

McCann folks came around and removed Romney signs from people, with vigor, and two women in the front row who did not stand were told to leave the event mid way through. They did not do so, but it was a scene.

Regardless of what you read, I was there...


17 posted on 02/11/2008 6:15:28 AM PST by hilaryrhymeswithrich (Gathering of Eagles....its our turn.....)
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To: fetal heart beats by 21st day
Let them go down with their Titanic. <<

...and they will...while furiously “spinning” the deck chairs

18 posted on 02/11/2008 6:18:02 AM PST by M-cubed (Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
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To: fetal heart beats by 21st day

Political Fallout from the first Clinton Presidency:
- GOP seats gained in House: 60
- GOP seats gained in Senate: 11
- GOP governorships gained: 14
- GOP state legislative seats gained: c. 500
- Democrat officeholders who have become Republicans: 439
- Republican officeholders who have become Democrats: 3
Will a 2nd Clinton in the WH be as beneficial to the GOP?
Can we survive a 2nd Clinton Presidency?


19 posted on 02/11/2008 6:29:58 AM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: Invisigoth
Excellent article!!!!!...BTT
20 posted on 02/11/2008 6:39:37 AM PST by M-cubed (Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
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