Posted on 03/22/2008 5:47:20 AM PDT by kellynla
John McCain is one lucky fellow. Of course you can make your own luck, as the saying goes. That's what McCain did with great courage to survive five-and-a-half years at the Hanoi Hilton. And he made his own luck again by advocating a surge of troops in Iraq that later proved to be successful.
In winning the Republican presidential nomination, however, McCain has mostly been just plain lucky, no thanks to his own fortitude or foresight. Conservatives inadvertently aided him by failing to line up behind a single rival. Mike Huckabee ruined Mitt Romney's strategy by beating him in Iowa. And Rudy Giuliani helped by pulling out of New Hampshire and fading in Florida, allowing McCain to sneak ahead and win primaries in both states.
Now Democrats are boosting McCain's chances of winning the presidency by prolonging the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. "They are eating their own," says Dick Morris, the onetime adviser to the Clintons. The result, for the moment anyway, is that McCain is inching ahead in polls matching him against Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
He can’t count on the demfight forever.
I disagree, Fred. If McCain had spoken out on Rev. Wright (like everyone else) he would immediately be labeled a racist. Better to lay low. Sometimes laying low isn't luck, Fred, it's strategy.
He had the Wash Post and Macaca going for him.
Allen was the presumptive candidate that would have united the party. That's why the Post had to have him politically dead.
“Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good”
I agree.
Let Clinton & Obama fight it out between themselves.
Something I learned a long time ago; when two people are face to face in a fight the only thing you get by interfering is a bloody nose. LOL
McCain’s luck starts with Bush’s Presidency.
Bush’s 6 years of never vetoing anything, and his 8 years of supporting one hair-brained reaching-across-the-aisle scheme after another. And his signing of the McCain-Feingold travesty. And his opening the Mexican border wide. And many other things.
I can’t help but wondering, if Bush had been an actual conservative on all the issues (not just a good CIC in Iraq, which I praise him for), would Jeb Bush have been a viable candidate in 2008?
If George Bush had been the president we all hoped he could be, back in 2000, would Jeb have been able to run this year?
It’s just a thought. I wonder what y’all think.
“Never interfere when your enemy is in the process of destroying himself” - Napoleon Bonaparte.
Exactly right. I don’t expect to see McCain taking on an agressive campaign style. He’s going to be the “working guy.”
I think you are correct.And the country would have been much better off.
Which brings me back to my question. You say “the electorate is tired of the Bush family” and then go on to list some of the great things George Bush COULD have done but decided NOT to do.
What if he had done the things you suggest?
Isn’t it possible that the electorate would then NOT have tired of the Bush family?
I doubt it. Allen wasn’t all he was made out to be by some. His lack of eloquence would have made a campaign for President an uphill climb the whole way. On the “macaca” thing, he really should have known better than to say that.
The reason the electorate is tired of the Bush family is that neither President Bush did the kinds of things you suggest. If they had, the elder would have had two terms and the latter would be leaving the office to his brother.
now if juan mccain can just pick a great VP candidate...the election will be his for the taking!!!!
When Bush picked Cheney as Veep I felt a lot better about him as prez, cuz he was not showing much at all during his campaign. I figured Cheney would actually be running the show. So if McCain picks a good veep I will feel a lot better about him. Problem is, what conservative is going to even want to be on the ticket with Queeg?
He will let whoever stomp all over him and play the part of a p-—y.
Agree. If someone like DeMint would join the ticket, then we've just ‘lost’ another Conservative and that person would be prostituting his conservative stance in an attempt to benefit McCain who doesn't want conservative help anyway.
By the way ... why do we keep seeing Lindsey Graham in the background on all the TV shots? McCain says he doesn't need the conservative votes, maybe he'll pick Graham. That would be great for South Carolina ... giving that Senate seat to a true conservative (Buddy Witherspoon).
Fred Barnes is a former Conservative who has now gone over to the RINO Nasty McPain side.
Nope. Americans mistrust dynasties. Overcoming one successor is difficult enough. Two? No way.
Too bad, really, because the Bush family has made remarkable contributions to this country.
The article fails to mention important details regarding the impact of Clinton stealing the Dem nomination.
Obama will appeal to Bloomberg for his financial support to run as an Independent 3rd Party Candidate.
Among the many benefits from this move:
McCain wins the White House,
The Democrat party is torn apart,
Reduced support for down-ticket Democrats.
You’re right. If all of this had happend 7 weeks before the Election instead of 7 months before, it might help but, this will not last.
McPain is the problem. He wil destroy the GOP. He wants all the illegals in America. He embraces al queda by opposing waterboarding. He gets endorsements froim Planned Parenthood.
You can’t blame the Washington Post or anyone for George Allen’s demise except George Allen. Had he been a man and said: “Yeah, I said it. Whatcha gonna do about it”? He’d have been a national hero for standing up to the “politcally correct” faggots. But no, he wimpered like a little punk and apologized a gazillion times and came across as weak. Therefore, the Conservatives couldn’t stand him and the looney left didn’t want him.
Don’t blame anybody but him.
Do you have any proof that Planned Parenthood has endorsed McCain?
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Agreed.
I am back leaning toward the Rush strategy....it seems it can only help our side to vote for Hillary. Big numbers for her will only cause more trouble for the Rats, and on top of that, the more I hear about Obama the more I ponder whether he would be worse than even the Clintons.
“What if he had done the things you suggest?”
“If” is the biggest word in the dictionary.
“Isn’t it possible that the electorate would then NOT have tired of the Bush family?”
Anything is “possible” but “likely”; I honestly don’t think so...if you think back a few years ago; the idea of Jeb running for POTUS and if memory serves, the thought of Bush, Clinton, Bush, Bush was tossed around and folks were not reeeeel stoked about ANOTHER Bush in the WH...Both father & son squandered a 90% approval rating with their incompetence!
Two Bush boys in the WH have certainly been enough to last me a lifetime, thank you.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Lucky to have become a tool of Soros?
Hillary wins the Dem nomination, but riots occur at the DNC convention a la Chicago in 1968. She offers Obama the vice presidency. He tells her to shove it.
Obama's supporters walk out of the convention.
John McCain picks J.C. Watts as his running mate.
McCain wins 30% of the black vote and wins the election in a landslide.
Oh I see, McCain wins by luck, Romney though was a strategic mastermind that was undone by the evil Huckabee. /Upchuck mode off
“John McCain picks J.C. Watts as his running mate?”
Scratching my head?
Why Watts?
No, actually I was talking about the strategy of voting for Hillary to throw the Rats into chaos fighting over the nominee until they destroy all hope of winning. I am not a big McCain fan, but people are nuts not to vote for him because he “isn’t conservative enough”. I think this is the most critical vote we have had in a long time, and if people care about all the young kids who have died in the last five years fighting for their country we should all vote for McCain to save America from another waisted effort and embarrassing defeat. At least McCain doesn’t want to retreat on all fronts and negotiate with the enemy.
“Obama implodes over Rev. Wright and Hillary clobbers him in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and North Carolina?”
I haven’t done the numbers but even if she runs the table does she get enough delegates to beat Obama???
oh, well I don’t know about that...
I know if you aren’t a registered “D” in CA we can’t vote in their primaries...but I don’t know about other states...
seems the ‘Rats are ALREADY in chaos! LOL
when do you suppose he might make that decision? who will it be?
Bush picking Cheney, and then keeping him for a second term, is part of the reason the Pubbies are in such a mess now; he neglected to provide a Veep who was a plausible successor.
“Luckiest Man in the Race(McCain)”
This is true, had the Dims nominated a responsible adult, Juanito would be sunk. As it stands there is no chance that the dims will do that, so by default, McBoob wins.
And America loses.
Again.
I think the article of this post is pretty accurate. Hillary is very far behind at this point and there is little chance of her pulling it out. If she is defeated early it is good for the Democrats. Rush advocates voting for Hillary to keep the chaos going. I agree with this article that the better Hillary does the worse it is for the Dems. There are a lot of people switching their registration to “D” right now in upcoming primary states. Hopefully it is good republicans trying to throw more havoc into the race.
Agreed. Once the dust has settled, the MSM will resume beating McCain like a rented mule. From then on, until the election, it'll be the grizzled, old, white psychotic vs. the dynamic, articulate, African-American metrosexual.
And Barnes of all people should know how short the memory of the American voter is. By the time November comes, few will even remember the current brouhaha.
Oh! Oh!I know this one! One with a death wish and no desire for a further career in politics?
You're writing from Mexico, right? That's what you mean by "this country"?
No. Fool. I’m not.
Well lets see.....McCain/Kennedy last August and overwhelming opposition by pubbies and even a lot of dems.....the legislation was defeated and McQueeg's poll numbers plummeted. Fast forward to February 2008...voila....Queeg is our nominee! Six months and all was forgotten....LOL! Well actually its not funny maybe it should by COL....:(
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