Comments on: Just Go Ahead And Give Him The Presidency

By: duros62

duros62 — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:04:13 +0000

Good thing we’ve got that liberal MSM so conervative candidates don’t get any free passes, huh?

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 06:04:17 +0000

A press that gives the candidate a pass can aid the candidate (George W. Bush), especially when the media is pathologically focused on attacking another (Al Gore). As it stands right now, McCain is the Republican best suited to win the presidency because he appeals to so many Democrats and independents (in the general election I’m almost sure he would do better among Dems and Independents than he would among the religious far right). The rest of the Republican field is not so lucky.

By: Frank_D

Frank_D — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:04:11 +0000

BTW, Oliver, are you implying that the backing of the Press can propel a man into the White House, or are you saying that the Republican nominee is a sure thing to win the election?

Either one of those is veeerryy interesting…

By: Frank_D

Frank_D — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:04:44 +0000

Diamond: I’m not a wingnut…

At least, I don’t think so…

What exactly is a wingnut?

Is that a flying donut?

Or one of these?

By: Rounds77

Rounds77 — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 18:04:31 +0000

I think the country needs a break from conservatives. Who cares who gets the nomination the next go-around? So long as he or she doesn’t win should be all that matters.

By: factcheck

factcheck — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 18:04:27 +0000

Diamond- shhhhh. McCain is the only candidate out there from their side who can win. Let’s look at the rest, shall we?

-Guiliani: A pro-choice, pro-gay rights Noo Yawker who has been married 3 times, once to his cousin?

-Allen: Hard right conservative who hung a Confederate flag and noose in his office? This will scare the hell out of anyone rational.

-Brownback: Hard right conservative, long voting record against working people and minority rights.

-Frist: See above, also flip-flopped on stem cell research, also MAJOR ethical issues with his HCA ownership, and the issue with his staffers allegedly day-trading from his office, based on legislation.

-Condi Rice: “We had no idea that people would fly planes into buildings”. Disqualified. Also conflicts with, how can I say it, the “Southern Way of Life”.

McCain is the only one that doesn’t scare the hell out of average red state Americans. So let’s convince the wingnuts that McCain is a liberal, so they nominate some crazy lunatic. Then the only thing we will have to fear is Diebold.

By: Diamond LeGrande

Diamond LeGrande — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 17:04:23 +0000

I’d love to hear how he isn’t. What I always get from you wingnuts is that McCain isn’t 100% in sync with the Bush agenda, which is true (he’s closer to 98% in sync). But anti-abortion, pro-death penalty, pro-corporate, anti-labor, and even more of a hawk than Bush Jr. … need I go on?

By: Frank_D

Frank_D — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 16:04:17 +0000

McCain is a definite conservative

Yeah, riight!

I’d love to hear you expound on that…

By: Diamond LeGrande

Diamond LeGrande — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:04:26 +0000

McCain is a definite conservative, more so than George Bush Jr., who isn’t remotely conservative. (Bush Jr. isn’t a liberal or a moderate or a communist or a fascist or an anarchist either; he’s a kleptocrat.) The guy isn’t a closet liberal; there’s almost nothing liberal about him.

The real issue with McCain is that he’s a colossal pussy. The man was the target of the nastiest smear campaign I have ever seen, and instead of fighting back, he put his tail between his legs and quit. At least John Kerry eventually responded to the Swift Boat Liars. Furthermore, not only did he wimp out, but he has been shilling for the guys who slandered him ever since.

In spite of the media love for the guy, he won’t even get through the Republican primary season. Giuliani or Allen will kick him in the shins and he’ll prostrate himself in front of his kicker. The guy makes Newt Gingrich look like he has a backbone.

By: JK

JK — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 03:04:27 +0000

Say what you want…John McCain would be light years ahead of the moron we have in the Oval Office now.

Then again, so would a chimp.

By: factcheck

factcheck — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 03:04:16 +0000

I agree, I don’t think that John McCain is the right person for the Republicans in 2008. What they need is a real conservative, one who can galvanize someone around conservative principles, someone who isn’t a closet liberal like McCain.

Someone like Sam Brownback or Bill Frist for example. Then again, Frist flip flopped on stem cell research so he is out. Maybe George Allen, or my dark horse candidate Tom Tancredo. In fact, if Tom Tancredo runs, I will support his primary campaign with my $.

By: drpedro

drpedro — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:04:17 +0000

And we know this hidden media agenda (from a media that is about 80% admitted democrat or left-leaning) did so much for McCain’s initial run at the big house….oh wait, no it didn’t.

By: Frank_D

Frank_D — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:04:53 +0000

Tim Russert could vote millions of times, and that still wouldn’t give McCain the Presidency.

By: stick

stick — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:04:14 +0000

Finally I find myself on the same side as Oliver. McCain may well be the Ross Perot of the 2008 election. Maybe Oliver should support McCain — the last time a democrat got more than 50% of the vote was the Carter 50.1% win in ‘76. If the dems want Kerry, Gore, or Hillary in the White House in 2009 their best chance is to split the republican candidate from his base or encourage a McCain 3rd party run.