AP-Yahoo poll shows McCain winning back unhappy Republicans

AP ^ | Apr 17, 2008 | ALAN FRAM and TREVOR TOMPSON

[marinamuffy]

Well said.

[not2worry]

The shortest path to a destination is not always a straight line.
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Use that line on the Jews in the Nazi concentration camps.

We don’t need a Maxist “character builder” in the White House for four years.

[1903A3]

McPain wins nothing back
It's only because we love our country more than we hate him

[MBB1984]

This is a vast difference between having some flaws and being “evil.” Reagan's budget spending was mostly due to a necessary defense build up. He appointed O'Connor, but initially she was a moderate/conservative. Kennedy was his third choice and came after the Bork fiasco with a democrat majority in the senate. Reagan cut taxes far more than he increased them.

True, Reagan made major mistakes in Iran and with amnesty. But, overall Reagan was very conservative and not a evil. McCain is a Soros’ sponsored leftist and clearly a evil.

[elhombrelibre]

In the end, you’re right. It’s the love of our country that allows us to support McCain; he needs to be worthy of that support. But in democracy, we go to the polls with the candidate we have and not the ones we wish we had.

[rhombus]

Please, you don’t have to re-live history or rationalize what Reagan did. I lived through those years too. the word evil was jsut part of the old cliche. I actually think very few people are evil... including the current candidates. Misguided as hell, maybe not the sharpest tool in the box (uh oh, another cliche)... but not evil. Sorry for the cliche.

[chesley]

Step 1: Go to polls.

Step 2: Take a deep breath and hold it.

Step 3. Grasp nose tightly between thumb & forefinger.

Step 4. Use other hand to swing on the elephant’s tail.

Step 5. Pray to God to forgive you.

RESULT: A somewhat less bad result than what might have been. I hope.

[mad_as_he$$]

You have a faulty premise. If the bus is being driven over the cliff it matters not who is at the wheel, the results are the same. All three are heading us over the cliff. The crash damage will be the same - destroyed country. I will not vote for my executioner plain and simple. There is not a gnats a$$ of difference between where any of the three will leave the country in four years. Also McCain is capable of destroying the entire world in one of his irrational fits of rage.

[longtermmemmory]

McCain is not winning anything.

McCain is essentially irrelevant.

Obama and Hillary are driving voters away from the democrats.

The importance of McCain in this election is in his own mind.

At this point, McCain could vacation till the first wednesday in november.

[Dixie Yooper]

Those who sit around waiting for the Great Pumpkin Messiah candidate are nearly always disappointed... or delusional

I'm starting to think delusional, especially when they think it's Mitt Romney or that real tired actor guy.

[rhombus]

Everybody has their heroes and villains.

[Rodd16]

I served 21 years active duty(just retired) and am in Afghanistan now but I still will not vote for McCain. At some point you just have to say no more. I will not promote, donate or vote for someone that is for illegal immigration, global warming, NAFTA, gross misspending and has shown utter disdain for Conservatives values.

[LadyNavyVet]

...but he won’t sell out our country. He is a patriot.”

McCain-Kennedy

[Names Ash Housewares]

Do not underestimate McCains appeal as his personal life story becomes more known.

[MBB1984]

McCain would just about be as devastating and may be worse, since he would have virtually no opposition to liberal legislation. The GOP would have a hard time fighting against the head of their party in opposing his leftist polices.

Given an Obama or Clinton fiasco, we are back in Congress in 2010. Given a McCain fiasco, the GOP and USA may never recover.

[Southack]

"McCain would just about be as devastating and may be worse, since he would have virtually no opposition to liberal legislation."

My, how quickly you kids forget my Senator Sessions beating the Amnesty bill with an ugly stick.

Do you even know that we won that fight?!

Or do you just remember the things that make your grouse-about-it list?

[Dante3]

I tend to agree.

McCain is a Democrat and some have predicted he will switch parties in the unlikely event he gets into the White House. He almost did it and was considered running for VP with Kerry. Lieberman whispers answers to him. He was only one of ten Republicans to vote against the Cornyn amendment - shows that WOT is not on top of his list.

[Southack]

"...some have predicted he will switch parties in the unlikely event he gets into the White House."

It's bad form to just make things up.

[codercpc]

Two things to consider, even if at the end of 4-8 years of Clinton or Obama we MAY get another Reagan (it took a Carter to elect a Reagan), we will have to contend with a lifetime of nationalized health care, and a generation of at least two more Ginsbergs on SCOTUS!

If anyone believes that once nationalized healthcare becomes a reality it will EVER go away they are delusional.

And although some may worry that McCain will nominate a moderate to SCOTUS, we can 100% guarantee that Obama or Clinton will nominate a Ginsberg.

We are still paying for four years of Carter via the Middle East policies he screwed up back then. I lay the Islamofascit Terrorists at his feet, and thanks to him we are still at war with them. If he wouldn't have tried to appease them then, they maybe wouldn't be such a problem now! I fear when it comes to appeasing the terrorists Obama will be as bad if not worse than Carter was, and there is no way in Hell I am willing to do anything that puts him that close to power! Clinton too.

[CPT Clay]

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