Posted on 08/05/2008 9:43:09 AM PDT by kristinn
“The numbers do not lie. McCain could take advantage of it.”
He could. It could be a calculated move, distance himself from GWB given GWB’s approval. Or it could be a mistake. I agree, going after the Democrat controlled Congress makes more sense. But then, you’d have to educate people.
47% of Americans think Congress is Republican controlled.
Oh, agreed - hence the debacle in 2006. But my point was that this McCain ad may be referring to the dysfunction in both houses, including the pork that he wants to end, rather than the Bush administration.
You never were. I've had no plans to vote for McCain, have stated here publicly, and have not seen anything to change that decision.
LOLOLOLOL
You know what, at least they would be honest about their displeasure. They won’t be defending Obama’s every move like you folks will be defending every move John makes.
Right now I can’t get a one of you folks to admit John passing comprehensive immigration reform which will add about 100 million new normalized U.S. Citizens and residents over the next ten to twelve years is even remotely a problem.
Perhaps we should all bookmark this post.
I wouldn’t say he’s the worse president we have ever had. Jimmy Carter is hard to beat. much will depend on what he does in his retirement. I would never vote for him a 3rd time.
Despite being thankfull that he beat Gore and Kerry, I would throw him under the bus in a heart beat. Bush deserted conservatives and fiscal responsibility (2006 Transportation Bill).
I’m not convinced McCain really wants to win. What other serious contender would over and over again spit in the face of his allies?
Bush has been far from perfect, but McCain would do better pointing a “worse off” finger at Democrats and libs in the Republican Party.
But then, he’s probably counting on THEM to get him elected. (won’t he be surprised)
He doesn’t dare run as favorable to the status quo. That is precisely how the leftists have been trying to protray him. Bush is not popular and neither is the GOP. But the rats are working hard to make themselves even more unpopular than Republicans with their insane stand on energy. Add to this that one of Barack Hussein Obama’s big appeals is that he is the candidate of “change”. If McCain can shave away a point or two by running against the status quo and appearing to also be a candidate of “change” is good politics.
And when we have 20,000,000 new McCitizens through McAmnesty, how high will that number be?
I know. I’ve seen many folks state they won’t. What I have been surprised about, is that nobody has asked to join me with that tagline, at least to bump up that Gang of 1 over time.
We should brand ourselves as a Maverick member of the Gang of # and growing.
The RNC needs to see the level of discontent out here.
Instead they see apologists for the most leftist man every to run for the office from the right.
Why would a man run for President as the (putative) nominee of a party if he’s just going to turn around and try to knock the legs out from under that same party?
McCain has some serious psychological issues.
Here’s hoping there will be some sort of convention revolt that nominates Thompson/Hunter instead of McCain/Whatever-RINO-will-take-the-job
Truth is, WashDC has been broken for many many years -— decades, in fact! And Bush`s domestic policy and lousy public relations effort has been a huge factor in handing control of the government over to the Dems. The GOP is lost in the wilderness once again. Lets hope it won't take 40 years for it to regain control.
Btw, as bad as McCain is, Obama is a whole lot worse for America's future. Our fighting military deserves better than Barack Obama as CIC.
Exactly. Our choices are voting for the communist with the D after his name or the democrat with the R after his name.
McCain is one of the elites of the inner-inner Washington circle (Kennedy, Hatch etc). His "Maverick" label is a synonym for sell-out.
It's quite humorous that McCain thinks he can still pull off the Maverick label. I think it's time to change it to plug-horse.
I’ve been searching for a few weeks for a link to that poll. I know I read it here on FR, but can’t seem to find it. It was during the ban on AP articles, so it may have been pulled. Do you have a source? I’ve only been able to find sources that referrence it, but no link to the actual poll.
“Right now I can’t get a one of you folks to admit John passing comprehensive immigration reform which will add about 100 million new normalized U.S. Citizens and residents over the next ten to twelve years is even remotely a problem.”
The problem with generalizations is, they can be wrong. So, you generalize about McCain supporters, and you’re wrong in my case. I violently oppose illegal immigration. But will it be better under Obama?
Pragmatism - look it up.
I don’t like a lot of things about McCain. I’m not happy with his age. I’m not happy with his role in CFR. I’m not happy with his membership in the gang of 14. I’m uneasy with his past role in the Keating 5. I’m wary of his infamous temper.
But I have no doubt Obama is worse, and given a Democrat controlled Congress to work with, Obama can do serious damage to the Republic. I’ll avoid the petulant child routine, hold my nose and vote for McCain.
Ari, the problem I have with McCain was that he was so bitter after his drubbing in 2000, that he opposed Bush on many things just to get even.
Look at the bills he has authored in the Senate. He has a lot of room to take Bush to task. He’s a flaming leftist himself. He’s not the solution. He’s a major part of the problem.
Lieberman, Kerry, Kennedy, Feingold, these are his favorite people to co-author legislation with. And when he does, he furthers the goals of Soros, Teressa Heinz Kerry, and the rest of the leftist.
Stop the F%$#%^% whining. We need to suck it up this year, throw us under the bus, I don’t care. For McCain to win he needs the independants, Reagan Democrats, Hillary voters etc...... So let him pander to them and we just suck it up.
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