McCain advisor will quit if Obama is the Dem Nominee

[GoldieAZ49]

And it looks like it will happen:

http://www.coxwashington.com/hp/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/08/BC_MCKINNON_OBAMA08_1STLD_COX.html

Political media maven Mark McKinnon, a Bush campaign veteran now advising GOP Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, said Thursday he would quit the McCain campaign if the Arizona senator winds up in a general election race against Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.

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McKinnon said he'd vote for McCain over Obama, but "I just don't want to work against an Obama candidacy" and that a President Obama "would send a great message to the country and the world."

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Q: Have you decided to back Sen. Obama if he is the Democratic nominee?

McKinnon: Not if John McCain is the nominee. (McKinnon said it is "too hypothetical" to say whether he would vote for Obama over a GOP nominee other than McCain.)

Q: What is it about Obama that attracts you?

McKinnon: I don't think Barack Obama needs the mirror of politics to reflect who he is. I think he has a deep character and good judgment. I also think he's wrong on some fundamental issues. But I believe he is honest and independent and if he were elected, I think it would send a great message to the country and the world. (McKinnon said Obama is "wrong on Iraq and pulling out troops too early.")

Q: How does Obama's race affect his chances of becoming president?

McKinnon: I think Obama's race could actually make it more likely he could be president. I think Americans would vote for an African-American in a heartbeat. Had Colin Powell run, I think he would have been president.

[goldcanyonaz]

1. ermm, this smells like a real setup.

[GoldieAZ49]

5. nope, that was back on Friday, June 08, 2007

before anyone was even paying attention

[demo dutch]

11. Please have you ever heard of RW strategy? How gullible can you get!

[UndergroundEcoHound]

21. yeah...I forgot.

If you support anyone besides Hillary, you must be gullible and simple-minded. With supporters like these, who needs enemies?

[TwilightGardener]

2. The GOP won't be able to get a bead on Obama. They'd shit their pants if he won the nom.

[shayes51]

16. Don't count on it.

[TwilightGardener]

19. He doesn't have that much baggage, and the shit they WILL try to throw

at him will only make people sympathetic. No one wants to see Obama savaged--people like him.

[livetohike]

3. "Had Colin Powell run, I think he would have been president"

Uh, I don't think so! We all remember how Colin Powell lied to perpetuate George Bush's rush to war.

[GoldieAZ49]

7. actually CP told him not to go

that if you break it you fix it

he was used at the UN and left the administration as soon as he could

[livetohike]

8. I remember him showing those funky pictures of the supposed traveling

chem labs as justification to go to war. That's what I was referring to in the other post.

[nsd]

18. He probably meant that Powell would have won if he had run in 1996.

That is, if Powell had run before he joined the Bush administration and destroyed his reputation.

[unc70]

23. His reputation was destroyed in the 60's -- remember Mi Lai coverup

Powell was always a brown-noser, at best. (I'm giving him credit for depth perception.)

[exchange77]

4. oh..

[mrreowwr_kittty]

6. Oookay. Taking that with an enormous grain of salt. nt

[demo dutch]

9. Have you ever heard of RW strategy??

[mrreowwr_kittty]

15. No I never have. Thank you so much for alerting me to it.

:eyes:

[demo dutch]

10. self delete

[GoldieAZ49]

12. I have seen him interviewed, he is sincere

[flpoljunkie]

17. McKinnon is sincere. He used to be a Democrat before he began working for Bush.

[mathewsleep]

13. ha aha ha ha

that's awesome.
good sign.

[SoCalDem]

14. McKinnon's a turncoat toad.. I wouldn't put much stock in anything he says

McCain had his chance in '00 , and that was then.. he won't win.. no matter who runs against him..

her's old, cranky and waaaay past his prime.. No one wants an old cranky warmonger as president..

[Little Star]

20. Stupidest thing I've heard in a long time. Poor Mac.

:sarcasm:

[GoldieAZ49]

22. not that mccain would be difficult compared to obama

but it would be a kink in his campaign going into the GE

[Little Star]

25. Or any Dem for that matter. His own party hates him.......

I think he's easy pickins'. Flip/Flop..

[JFKgirl]

24. Everybody loves Obama and certain people just cant stand it

[Occam Bandage]

26. Republicans don't want to face him. They know they'll get their asses kicked.