Posted on 01/19/2008 6:18:39 PM PST by Aristotelian
Sen. John McCain won Saturday's South Carolina Republican presidential primary, AP projects.
Fox News and NBC News exit polls ranked the economy as the top concern among South Carolina primary voters, followed by illegal immigration, the war in Iraq, and terrorism.
Columnist and Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol commenting on Saturday's results on the Fox News Channel said that the Republican field is now winnowing down to just three viable candidates: McCain, Mitt Romney, and Rudy Giuliani.
You’re right about Carter. And so was Johnson! :(
Yep, I am voting for Romney.
Best looking, smart guy in the race!
The others need not apply.
I hope you’re right! Otherwise I don’t see Fred getting around McCain, Romney, Huckabee. The media has already decided Fred doesn’t exist. Or if he does, he’s a spoiler for McCain, or he doesn’t have the support, or he should drop out and support McCain, etc.. He takes two steps forward, then something/someone knocks him back a step.
I’ts like: Fred? Fred who? Is he still running? Isn’t he going to back out this week and support McCain? or he’s not getting anywhere, he’ll probably back out, or he’s trying to split the vote so McCain gets it, whaaaaa..(Huckabee’s sob story).
It’s discouraging, I tell you! It’s a shame that whenever the media does toss him an invitation, the man has to defend his candidacy again and again. Or they ask him if he’s going to drop out, and if he does, will he support the front runner. Grrrr...
Why? They gave us Lindsay Graham!
By the time Americans see the fruits of their wanton ignorance, it won't matter. With the one-two punch of McCain-Feingold and The Fairness Doctrine (coming soon), the drive-by media will be the last man standing and the only game in town.
There's a reason they adore John McCain.
The Connecticut Republican Party, among others. They sued to have the state's closed primary law ruled unconstitutional and the state Supremes (wrongly) ruled in their favor.
There are numerous legal challenges to the open primary, but in leftist states with leftist courts, they're going to rule against us every time. This is the way it's going to be in blue states. It's a fact of life we have to deal with.
What we need to do is organize as they do and disrupt their primaries as they disrupt ours.
LOL. Do you think the numbers are made up?
Polls are a factual presentation of the results of a survey.
Your Maniacs ignorant is almost as amazing as your habitual unwarranted arrogance.
This is where we differ. When the facts are not on my side, there is only so long that I can pretend they are. If you will research my postings here, you will find that I have been one of McCain's biggest critics. But I can no longer deny the facts. The electorate does not share my opinion. I see no evidence that anyone I might prefer can defeat Hillary or Obama.
Keeping the White House in GOP hands is more important to me than avenging McCain Feingold or McCain Kennedy.
P.S. Bob Dole lost in a three way race. Might have been different without Perot. AFAIK, he also did not attract independents the way McCain does. And he had a much stronger RAT opponent than Hillary.
He campaigns on the strength of his time in DC and his performance as a Senator so we will have to let his record speak for itself.
A few highlights:
Unindicted member of the Keating 5 -
"Though he was not convicted of anything, McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating after Keating gave McCain at least $112,00 in contributions. In the mid-1980s, McCain made at least 9 trips on Keating's airplanes, and 3 of those were to Keating's luxurious retreat in the Bahamas. McCain's wife and father-in-law also were the largest investors (at $350,000) in a Keating shopping center; the Phoenix New Times called it a "sweetheart deal."
From: http://www.realchange.org/mccain.htm
McCain-Feingold -
One of its many well known bad effects on the election process is that McCain-Feingold paved the way for 527s which enables people like George Soros to gain extraordinary influence over the election process.
Shamnesty -
The McCain/Kennedy amnesty bill is not really amnesty says McCain:
"The fact is that I've never supported amnesty." (ABC's "This Week," 12/30/07)
He can twist words and apply Clintonion parsing with the best of them - you see, it really depends on what the meaning of amnesty is.....Right?
From: http://www.mittromney.com/News/Press-Releases/Straight_Talk_Detour_12.30
Good post! Very good points!
Maybe we’ll have to resort to short-wave... Or will the “Doctrine” impose on it too?
-————No, I won’t, because we Republicans might still have SOME influence over a Republican president.-————
Not with McCain. You’ll have Zero influence just as you’ll have with dems.
Why do you think the media adore this guy so much? Look at his policies. He hates conservatives....... name one AM talk show that McCain has appeared on. None. He is not one of us. Neither is Huck. He is against us. Huck is agasinst us.
At least with Huck, the reason the media like him is because they believe him to be beatable, and not because they can manipulate him.(But I’d never consider huckabee either. And so far, I haven’t seen him be manipulatable by the media the way I’ve seen McCain)
One of the quickest ways to see who the conservatives are...... and aren’t........ is simply by turning on ABC, or CBS, or pick your liberal media outlet. They’re all the same. There are exceptions, but that’s long been established as a rule.
I need to make one correction. McCain has show himself on Hannity’s show.
Where he lied about his stance on the amnesty bill and flip flopped.
McCain will be the nominee.
4 years of Bush I brought us the Clintons. 8 years of Bush II now brings us John McCain.
He’s not all that different than Hillary, but people like him.
I wonder what our nation would be like today had he trounced Al Gore in 2000.
I would never vote for Hillary, but I will also never again vote for another rino.
Go ahead, keep on supporting insanity!
I will not be voting for barack hussein obama nor will I vote for Hillary Clinton and nor will I vote for Mc Cain.
Mc Cain says he speaks straight talk yet never say6s he wants to keep all illegals here infact he shys away from his kennedy immigration plan when asked about it. This is the same for the tax cuts he voted against and the Feinstein debacle.
He may he the independants duped though most independants never know what they are voting for as they never bother to do any research on the canidate instead going off what they hear from the media.
Of course Mc Cain is the media darling, never have I ever seen the media cheerleading a republican in my life.
Mc Cains wins get a few days coverage, Romenys coverage fo wins get 10 minutes. It’s sickening what the media are doing and they should be ashamed.
Mc Cain or any of his team iof you are reading this then tell him to talk straight talk and tell everyone how you want all illegals to stay in this country, tell that to the vets who you want to stay in Iraq for a hundred years yet terrorists can come over form Mexico.
Tell the people how you voted against the tax cuts which helped the economy.
You say straight talk then start to do it instead of telling lies or avoiding questions
McCain could still unify the party, if he (1) offers some informal assurances about illegal immigration and taxes, and does an "inoperative" on McCain-Feingold; (2) has frank discussions with the conservative media such as Limbaugh, Hannity, etc. and takes his medicine without losing his temper; (3) promises a hard conservative as VP. McCain's conservative ratings, after all, are in the 80s, he is rock solid on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, he wants a balanced budget, and is now against blanket amnesty and "comprehensive" reform — and looks like he is the leader to gain the nomination and simultaneously infuriate base conservatives.Victor Davis Hansen
I agree. I’m no Rudy fan (other than I do respect his WOT backing of Bush when there were few that would get on television and take up for him at the time when support had hit rock bottom), but I am now going to throw all of my effort into supporting him. He’s the only Republican that can beat Hillary or Obama that will fight the WOT.
The war against the Islamofacists has to be the top priority for me. He’s our only chance. If the dems win, we’re doomed. If McShame wins, we’re doomed. Huckster? That thought doesn’t even bear thinking. Romney? I’d vote for him and gag, but I don’t trust him one iota. I certainly wouldn’t feel secure with him at the helm.
I cannot comprehend what has happened to the people of this country that they did not vote for Fred or Duncan Hunter. It boggles the mind...
>>If the choice is McCain or Huckabee... McCain wins hands down.
No, Hillary does.
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