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Activists Fear Opposite Party VP Picks [McCain/Lieberman '08?]
Politico via CBS News ^ | 2008-07-18 | David Paul Kuhn

Posted on 07/19/2008 10:08:29 AM PDT by rabscuttle385

That nervous laughter you hear is the sound of party activists responding to speculation that Barack Obama or John McCain might pick a vice presidential candidate from the opposing party.

More specifically, it is reaction to talk that Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel (Neb.) is being seriously considered as a running mate for Barack Obama or that Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.), an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, is a potential choice for John McCain.

Though it’s nothing more than unfounded conjecture at this point, top conservative and liberal activists nevertheless say that any cross-party selection of that kind would thrust the respective party conventions into turmoil.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; 2008veep; democrat; election; electionpresident; elections; hagel; lieberman; mccain; mccainlist; mccaintruthfile; obama; republicrat
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The Republicrat Party is forming. May God have mercy on America.
1 posted on 07/19/2008 10:08:30 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
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2 posted on 07/19/2008 10:09:01 AM PDT by rabscuttle385 ("When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." Ronald Reagan)
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To: rabscuttle385

Maybe they could swap, and Lieberman could run with Obama while Hagel runs with McCain. Problem solved for activists; America screwed.


3 posted on 07/19/2008 10:12:39 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: rabscuttle385

Ain’t gonna happen.

Hagel is pro-life and Lieberman is pro-abortion.

End of story.


4 posted on 07/19/2008 10:14:45 AM PDT by Reagan Man ( McCain Wants My Conservative Vote in November --- EARN IT or NO DEAL !!!)
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To: NittanyLion

I wonder which one wants to lose the most. Seems they are both vying to lose. Lieberman is about as old as MaCain.I suppose the left will like Chuckhead.


5 posted on 07/19/2008 10:18:15 AM PDT by jincarolina
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To: Reagan Man

McCain has already shown that he doesn’t care what Pro-Lifers think.


6 posted on 07/19/2008 10:29:07 AM PDT by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: rabscuttle385; All
As much as I don't want to vote for McCrazy I will but either way we're screwed. The North American Union will happen within the next 2-8 years (2010 was the original date but I've heard thats not the case anymore).

Unless we take this country back the United States of American and our Constitution is dead, dead, dead and I just don't see a revolution happening here.

7 posted on 07/19/2008 10:32:00 AM PDT by proudofthesouth (Homosexuality IS a choice! There isn't any biological reason for it. They CHOOSE to be that way!)
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Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel

Does the RNC still support this guy? What a disgrace

8 posted on 07/19/2008 10:32:44 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: NittanyLion

Maybe McCain and Obama could be each other’s running mates! ;~)


9 posted on 07/19/2008 10:33:16 AM PDT by Hugin (Mecca delenda est!)
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To: TommyDale

Obviously, McCain has completely written off Conservatives. He is going after Laraza, Moderates, Independents and Democrats. Which explains his continuous pandering and Leftist ideas for the economy and environmental over-kill. Not to mention SHAMnesty.


10 posted on 07/19/2008 10:33:46 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (Juan McCain....The lesser of Three Liberals.")
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Yep, that’s why the McCain Campaigners here are going bonkers every time we say we aren’t going to vote for him. And I won’t.


11 posted on 07/19/2008 10:36:19 AM PDT by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: Reagan Man

They don’t care how ridiculous the story is. The only thing that they care about is bashing McCain. We have people here on FR, who I have never seen say anything bad about Obama - makes me wonder about that, who have abandoned all logic in their attempt to take personal shots at McCain.

They are going to claim next that McCain was brainwashed by the KGB while in captivity or by the Bavarian Illuminati to bring about a New World Order, or that McCain was kidnapped by the Mexican Centro de Información de Seguridad Nacional (CISN) and brainwashed.

The truth of the matter is that McCain VP selection will probably be Mitt Romney or Sarah Palin. They are hoping that it will be some one they can complain about, because they have done nothing but complain for the last 6 months.

They will probably say that Mitt belongs to a doomsday cult, so we cannot support him, or that Sarah should be at home baking cookies and taking care of her family.


12 posted on 07/19/2008 10:36:56 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: rabscuttle385

Is this another McCain-bashing thread?

How many is this now?

Whaah.


13 posted on 07/19/2008 10:39:24 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (CHEVY VOLT COUNTDOWN: V minus 103 Weeks. Waiting...)
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To: Perdogg

Sombody needs to get you a bib, quick, you’re spilling all over yourself!


14 posted on 07/19/2008 10:41:00 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (Juan McCain....The lesser of Three Liberals.")
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To: TommyDale
"Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007"

Here's you buddy Bob Barr taking about Amnesty with neil Boortz.

Barr and Boortz on illegal immigration, and what to do with those already here

Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 04:42 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Former Georgia congressman Bob Barr, now exploring a Libertarian bid for president, had an interesting exchange with Neal Boortz on WSB (750AM) this morning.

Listen to the sound clip here.

Apparently, among some conservatives, there’s been some dispute over where Libertarians stand on the issue of illegal immigration.

“The Libertarian Party has not exactly been strong on the issue of controlling the Mexican invasion into this country,” Boortz began.

“Actually, they have been,” Barr replied.

The two gentlemen moved to the matter of what to do with the paperless people who are already here.

Said Barr:

“You set a mechanism internally to determine who is here. And if you catch folks that are here unlawfully, and do not submit themselves to a background check that those coming into this country are going to be required to do, then you send them back to their country.”

Said Boortz:

“It sounds to me that you’re saying, if you find an illegal immigrant in this country, and they’re willing to submit to a background check, that that could open the door to them staying here.”

Said Barr:

“I think as a practical matter, that makes a lot of sense. I’m not sure how you would go about rounding up millions of people and trying to deport them. The key here is security….”


15 posted on 07/19/2008 10:41:19 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: rabscuttle385

Obama / Mugabe ‘08


16 posted on 07/19/2008 10:44:08 AM PDT by xDGx
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Don’t fret, there is another “Gushing for Hero McCain” thread going on at the moment for you to pander to.

I’m afraid that if you stick around here very long, you’ll wind up with your ears trimmed.


17 posted on 07/19/2008 10:44:11 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (Juan McCain....The lesser of Three Liberals.")
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Game on.

Bring it, whiner.


18 posted on 07/19/2008 10:45:11 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (CHEVY VOLT COUNTDOWN: V minus 103 Weeks. Waiting...)
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To: rabscuttle385

Rubbish. Lieberman is going to be Sec State or Sec Defense. At least Ambassador to the UN. The Veep will be a Governor.


19 posted on 07/19/2008 10:45:12 AM PDT by SolidWood (Stop the Muslimarxist Obama.)
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To: Perdogg

[The only thing that they care about is bashing McCain. We have people here on FR, who I have never seen say anything bad about Obama - makes me wonder about that,..]

As a veteran I consider their work on behalf of nObama a big FU, and frankly they disgust me.

Their efforts to silence anyone who would vote for McCain to prevent a much more leftward leaning candidate from being elected by “labeling” is right out of the leftist playbook.


20 posted on 07/19/2008 10:49:35 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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