Reply #48: McCain, Bush's hand puppet [View All]

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McCain will go nowhere. He does not have Karl Rove's endorsement, plus he is too old. Remember that a bunch of youngsters turned out to vote this week. The white house will let him have his fun, then pull the rug out when they "swift boat" him bringing up the water torture he endured in prison camp. I am sure that Rove has told the chimp's brother. Jeb, to loose 50 pounds in the next 3-6 months. Rove will find him some decent suits and ties and the Republicans will have their man. As for the Democrats, they have nobody. Hillary brings too much baggage to be a suitable candidate. Besides, she is really liking being a senator. My pick is a relative unknown that dared to attack Bush early in 2005 when he was only a mayor (see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9117-2005Feb8.html). He called Bush's shell game where he was robbing the cities of $2 billion by moving programs from agency to agency (he said Bush was more dangerous than al-Qaida). He was also accused of having an extramarital affair--a story made up by the top aid of his state's governor (Ehrlich). I am talking about Mayor (now Governor-elect) Martin O'Malley (see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9313-2005Feb8.html). O'Malley is not a Washington insider, is a strong family man (his wife and his late father are both judges), and is a practicing Catholic. He also appeals to the younger crowd with his position on making higher education affordable and being a rather good musician.