McCain-Graham: Mutual-trust ticket [megabarf alert]

The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC ^ | 2008-07-20 | Frank Wooten

[rabscuttle385]

Americans should pick a president they think they can trust.

John McCain should pick a running mate he knows he can trust.

McCain knows he can trust Lindsey Graham.

[rabscuttle385]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse.

[rabscuttle385]

Juan "Amnesty" McCain + Lindsey "Republican by Day, Democrat by Night" Graham = JUST PLAIN WRONG

The Just Say No to Juan McCain Ping List. Building the McCain Truth File, one thread at a time. Rejecting anything short of common sense conservatism. To join: FReepmail rabscuttle385 to subscribe or to unsubscribe from this ping list. This can be a very high-volume ping list at times. We are exploring giving subscribers two different options for receiving pings: either to individual threads or to a single "digested" thread at the end of each calendar day. FReepmail rabscuttle385 if you are interested in receiving one or the other. Take care to check the "mccainlist", "mccaintruthfile", and "mccain" keyword search links for related threads, since we can not possibly ping you to every relevant article that is posted. To flag a relevant thread, please add the keywords "mccainlist" and "mccaintruthfile". Republican Commissar’s Warning: By joining this ping list, you may be subjected to the irrational rants and ramblings of McCainiacs, of "moderate" Republicans, of deeply confused conservatives resigned to voting for the lesser of two Democrats, and of countless trolls who simply want to meet a new overlord. Per FR posting guidelines, we kindly ask that you be civil and polite in your comings and goings. Bonus points for being optimistic and in good cheer.

[rabscuttle385]

Lindsey ping, FYI

[rabscuttle385]

The Republicrat Triumvirate

[Clintonfatigued]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[calcowgirl]

Woohoo! A LaRaza ticket!

He's gonna pass that amnesty and "make the bigots shut up." Yep... America is just "an idea." "No group owns being an American--nobody owns this."

Yep... he's just the kind of guy that I can trust to defend our nation. /heavy sarcasm

[imahawk]

They really want to lose this election without a doubt.PATHETIC RINO STUPIDITY.

[cattleranch716]

If anyone thinks McCain doesn’t want open borders, you need a brain scan.

[rabscuttle385]

Oh, here you go, in case I forgot to ping you on this.

[Califreak]

It can and it will.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Wow... That’s... so... gay.

[upsdriver]

McCain/Graham? I think they should go for it! Seriously, I can’t take anything they say or do seriously.

[ari-freedom]

McCain may trust Lindsey Graham but conservatives can trust Mark Sanford.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I HOPE HE DOES IT.

I have my strategic reasons for it. ;-)

[Checkers]

Film Actors Guildmember

[Joe Boucher]

I do not like John McCain.
I will vote for him as once again our very stupid Republican leadership has determined to nominate an old tired guy as they did Bob Dole.
I will not take relish in pulling the lever for this Rino jerk but he is never the less better than Obamma.
If however McLame calls upon this pos Graham to be his V.P. I will vote for Nader or write in Ronald Reagan.
Graham is intolerable.

[Notary Sojac]

I hope he picks Graham too, just for the entertainment value of watching the McQueeg supporters on FR twist themselves into even tighter knots.

[upchuck]

Thanks for the ping.

From the article, written by Frank Wooten (emphasis mine):

But the most vital balance would come from McCain's faith in a devoted pal who's honest, knowledgeable, insightful, creative, hard-working, adept at crossing party lines, politically courageous — and the smartest public official this editorial writer has encountered in 10 years on this job.

You don't get out much, do you Frank?

Lindsey Ping
"Republican by day, Democrat by night."

Add me to the list. / Remove me from the list.

[Grunthor]

John McCain should pick a running mate he knows he can trust.

McCain knows he can trust Lindsey Graham.

---

Great. Amnesty. Global Warming taxes. Now frigging gay “rights.” What’s next, personally performing an abortion live on CNN from the Reagan Library?

[Grunthor]

“I hope he picks Graham too, just for the entertainment value of watching the McQueeg supporters on FR twist themselves into even tighter knots.”

I can hear the arguments now, “Well at least he didn’t pick Hillary!”

As if that is supposed to score him some points or something.

[AmericanInTokyo]

St. Michael the Archangel could get the Democrat nomination, and Satan himself get the GOP. They would still rationalize a vote for ol’ Lucifer seven ways to Friday. Then, Satan picks Adolf Hitler from the abyss as running mate, they would find even more rationalizations on FR to vote in favor of the GOP over the Dem.

[Norman Bates]

IT’LL NEVER HAPPEN.

[rabscuttle385]

IT’LL NEVER HAPPEN.

Sure, just like the fact that folks here said just last year that McCain would never get the Republican nomination.

This election has entered The Twilight Zone.

[SC Swamp Fox]

{is] honest, knowledgeable, insightful, creative, hard-working, adept at crossing party lines, politically courageous — and the smartest public official...

I suppose that would depend on what you consider "smart". I'm not familiar with the author of this drivel, but this line,

So Graham, like McCain, isn't far enough to the right for some conservative-base hardheads

...leads me to believe that he is on the (D) side of the fence. Another editorial by a Democrat giving advice to the Republican nominee.

[Norman Bates]

I’ve always maintained McCain will get the nomination going back to at least Feb ‘07.

[ohioman]

Well, I would probably vote Satan before Obama. (Just kidding, I think)

[Mr. Jeeves]

If he’s going for “trust”, I’d rather see Lieberman picked than Graham.

[upchuck]

As a “conservative-base hardhead” friend of mine said recently, “Lindsey isn’t a Democrat, but he might as well be.”

As a RINO, how far to the left can he go and still be considered a pubbie?

[SC Swamp Fox]

As a RINO, how far to the left can he go and still be considered a pubbie?

An interesting question, it prompted me to check out the ACU's Senate ratings.

Specter (44) has the lowest lifetime rating of all GOP Senators, followed closely by Snowe (49) and Collins (52).

For comparison:
DeMint 98
Graham 90
McCain 82
Clinton 7.7
Obama 7.7
Kennedy 2

The highest rated Democrat in the Senate is Ben Nelson of Nebraska with a lifetime rating of 52. His closest contender is Bill Nelson of Florida with a 39.

As much as I don't like Lindsey and Juan and many of their public statements their voting records are far to the right of even the most conservative Democrats in the Senate.

[rabscuttle385]

Specter (44) has the lowest lifetime rating of all GOP Senators, followed closely by Snowe (49) and Collins (52).

We had a discussion on another thread (this one) about McCain's ACU rating. Apparently, McCain has missed a lot of votes, which were awarded to him anyways, producing the 82 rating. Adjusting for his missed votes, his actual rating is somewhere in the low 60s, putting him only a few clicks to the right of Snowe and Collins territory. Another important note is that McCain's ACU ratings were significantly higher pre-2000 compared to post-2000.

I'd be interested to see if Graham exhibits the same or similar phenomena, especially as he is on the campaign trail with McCain.

[upchuck]

Those are interesting numbers, Swampy.

Thanks for posting.

[SC Swamp Fox]

I'd be interested to see if Graham exhibits the same or similar phenomena,

<heavy sigh>Graham won the GOP primary </heavy sigh> and he faces no competition from the Democrats in November. He can now vote any way he wants for the next 6 years without fear of what us rubes back home think.