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Monday, June 16, 2008

This Year No Republican Can Win the White House… Except…

... Except that the Washington Time’s Joseph Curl says that the GOP may have stumbled on the one candidate who can do it… John McCain.

Curl argues two main thesis:

McCain’s very image as a ‘maverick’ republican with less than perfect conservative credentials - seen as a man who crosses the aisle - may well appeal to large numbers of independents and unhappy democrats.

Senator John McCain’s reputation as a ‘maverick’ who regularly bucks the conservative wing of his party will be a formidable obstacle for Sen. Barack Obama as he seeks to convince moderates to vote for him in November.


McCain’s real record as a solid republican and a senator with a fairly strong conservative record remains largely unknown to to voters of every stripe.

Although conservatives bristle about Mr. McCain’s proclivity to cross party lines and vote with democrats, a glance at his voting record over 25 years in the senate portrays a solid republican. For instance, he voted for every item on the republican’s Contract With America… [more]


And this,

The senator from Arizona, a staunch pro-lifer, has an American Conservative Union rating of 82, not a top-rated conservative, but certainly a solid member. As Mr. Obama regularly points out, Mr. McCain voted in line with President Bush’s wishes 95% of the time in 2007 and 100% so far this year.


All of this might be idle election year speculation or republican wishful thinking except that yesterday the left-leaning AOL daily political poll ran an article suggesting that Barack Obama might win with a ‘historic’ margin not seen since FDR vs Hoover. 

But when readers were asked to say who they would vote for in November, McCain won by 54% to 46% over Obama.

And when readers responded to the second question, who do you think will win in November?, it was McCain again by the same margin!

So far today, a similar poll is showing the same results!

After last week’s horrendous Guantanamo ruling by the Supreme Court, any thoughful American will have to think twice before hoping that John McCain loses this race.

http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/jun/16/maverick-mccain-bedevils-democrats/

Comments

The Republicans were handed a huge political give and issue with Obama and $4 gas.

Unfortunately they gave it right back with McCain.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on June 16, 2008 at 08:03 am

So, Whistler, do you hope that Curl is right on this?


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

pparets on June 16, 2008 at 08:09 am

I hope that McCain pulls his head out of you know where and makes himself acceptable.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on June 16, 2008 at 08:21 am

Ok, Whistler, but do you hope that Curl is right on this?


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

pparets on June 16, 2008 at 08:27 am

At this point I don’t know who would be worse for the country IN THE LONG RUN. I think there’s a possibility that McCain could be worse in that he would destroy the opposition party (Republicans) by working with the Democrats to advance the Democrat agenda.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on June 16, 2008 at 08:35 am

Ok, but I didn’t ask you that.  I asked you if you hope Curl is right on this?


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

pparets on June 16, 2008 at 08:39 am

Come on Whistler answer the question.

ellinas on June 16, 2008 at 08:42 am

I can’t answer it in a yes or no fashion.  I’ve answered it and explained my reasoning.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on June 16, 2008 at 08:49 am

Spoken like a politician. They (the politicians) can never answer a simple question.

ellinas on June 16, 2008 at 09:02 am

IMO, Whistler can’t answer it because (1) he thinks his answer would provide a “gotcha” moment in future threads and (2) he might lose his high-ground as the anti-McCain curmudgeon.


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

pparets on June 16, 2008 at 09:53 am
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MC-CAIN’S EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE

Considering his:

• Sacrifice of American Wealth and Blood for the Sole Benefit of Israel
• Amnesty for Illegal Mexicans Aliens Usurping Jobs and Services
• Outsourcing of Jobs and Technology to China
• Early Release from Captivity for Military Secrets
• McCain-Feingold Legislation Suppressing Freedom of Speech
• McCain-Leiberman Control Gun Legislation
• Slander and Ridicule of Huckabee, Romney, and Ron Paul
• Roberts and Falwell, “agents of intolerance”
• Roe vs. Wade Sacrificial Killing of Children
• To “occupy Iraq for 100 years”, “bomb Iran”, and “just keep Afghanistan”.
• Veto of Bush Tax Cuts
• Keating Five Crooks
• Unsolved Recession and Inflation Problem
• Unsolved Heath Care Problem
• Unsolved Social Security Problem
• Long Scandalous, Contentious, and Non-Productive Political Career

Can such an incompetent and dishonest politician; and such a pretentious Christian and patriot, insanely dishonoring Christian culture and Constitution rule, ever be trusted to cherish and honor the American People? 

With Leiberman Neo-Liberal Princess Hillary burnt at the stake by the victorious Kennedy Liberals, shall the Reagan Conservatives give this notorious Podhoretz Neo-Conservative puppet, Insane McCain, a date with presidency, or a date with the Reagan Republican firing squad?

Google: Mearsheimer Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy; Stricherz “Why the Democrats are Blue”; Wall Street Journal “McCain-Feingold”; “Keating Five Fraud”; Human Events “Ron Paul Interview”; Who Would the World Elect; McClelland “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception”; and Jack Abramoff Israel McCain.

Jeugenen on June 16, 2008 at 10:08 am
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