Posted on 11/11/2013 3:14:50 PM PST by mandaladon
It’s sad that Maverick’s taking this idea just seriously enough that he’d think to mention it to another human being. He’s 77 years old, ran a famously chaotic campaign in 2008 before getting crushed on election day, and would face a much stronger, younger field in the primaries than he did last time. That he forced me just now to devote even half a second of thought to how he might stack up against the 2016 contenders is frankly embarrassing, and something for which I’ll never forgive him. It’s like watching a 60-year-old pitcher announce that he’s thinking of coming out of retirement, if his career highlight had been getting shelled in Game Seven of the World Series.
But — on an egregiously slow holiday news day, this is manna from heaven. I’ll make him a deal: I promise him my endorsement if he chooses Mitt Romney for VP. “Particularly since the shutdown, I’ve had a spate of e-mails and letters and phone calls saying, ‘Run for president again,’” McCain told The Arizona Republic. “As you know, I’m seriously thinking about running for re-election to the Senate. But I think, in the words of the late Morris K. Udall, as far as my presidential ambitions are concerned, ‘The people have spoken — the bastards.’”…
While even McCain agrees that another presidential candidacy seems far-fetched, Bruce Merrill, a veteran Arizona political scientist and pollster, told The Republic he has fielded multiple calls from out-of-state reporters this year investigating the possibility. McCain was critical of the GOP strategy to try to defund President Barack Obama’s health-care law, resulting in a partial government shutdown. McCain emerged with better national poll numbers than others associated with the crisis, including “tea party”-style U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
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He might be able to beat Dukakis.
We should create a PAC called something like, “Hillary Supporters for McCain in 2016.”
Prezzy of Syria maybe.
===> Romney/McCain 2016
One can only imagine some of the opiods he has ingested over the years for his pain and the effects, he settles in with a gal who shares a dependency, like attracts like I reckun, tho she comes from booze distribution money while he comes from military lineage,, anyway..
bull hockey, i did not want to vote for him the last time. i’ll will not vote for him again.....
In 100% agreement
Be strong john. Be strong.
All the Rats are for him making another run.
The only problem is, they’re all Democrats.
I would guess all of those begging him to run either work for him or are Democrats,,,or both!
The ‘people’ begging McCain to run are his al-Qaeda weapons customers.
They figure they might get a better discount than ‘free.’
And the Harlem Globetrotters loved the Washington Generals.
People begging him? Insane statement!
Sing,songbird,Sing!
Are they all named “Harvey”, 7’ tall, invisible rabbit-like Pooka’s?
That’s exactly what the title made me do; laugh sarcastically. The left pilloried him as “Bush’s third term” back when he did run. There won’t be a second chance for this Manchurian candidate.
Maybe he misunderstood me when I asked him to RUN to the nearest nursing home and check himself in?
I’m not.
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