Fwd: Republicans on McCain

[stuntcat]

(I can't find this if it was already posted here. And I haven't doubled checked any of it, it's just a repost from one of my Yahoo groups so try not to flip out at me, k? :)

Begin forwarded message:

> Subject: Republicans on McCain
>
> "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my
> spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and
> he worries me."
> Senator Thad Cochran, R-MS
>
>
> "I decided I didn't want this guy anywhere near a trigger."
> Senator Pete Domenici, R-NM
>
>
> "There's nothing redeeming about John McCain...he' s a hypocrite."
> Former House GOP Whip Tom DeLay
>
>
> "He is a vicious person. Nearly all the Republican Senators
> endorsed Bush because they knew McCain from serving with him in the
> Senate. They so disliked him that they wouldn't support him. They
> have been on the hard end of his behavior."
> Former Representative Charles LeBoutillier, R-NY
>
>
> "John was very rough in the sandbox. Everybody has a McCain
> story. If you work in the Senate for a while, you have a McCain
> story. He hasn't built up a lot of goodwill." Former Senator Rick
> Santorum, R-PA
>
>
> "His temper would place this country at risk in international
> affairs, and the world perhaps in danger. In my mind, that should
> disqualify him."
> Former Senator Bob Smith, R-NH
>
>
> "I heard about his temper more from others. According to them, he
> really unleashed on some of them, and they couldn't figure out
> why...It happened enough that it was affecting his credibility with
> some people."
> Grant Woods, McCain's former Chief of Staff, former AG of Arizona,
> and current McCain staffer
>
>
> An "embarrassment to the party."
> Arizona GOP State Senator Susan Johnson
>
>
> "What happens if he gets angry in crisis in the presidency? It's
> difficult enough to be a negotiator, but it's almost impossible
> when you're the type of guy who's so angry at anybody who doesn't
> do what he wants. It's the president's job to negotiate and stay
> calm. I just don't see that he has that quality."
> Former Arizona GOP Chairman John Hinz
>
>
> "No dissent, no opinion to the contrary- however reasonable- will
> be entertained. Hardheaded is one way to say it. Arrogant is
> another way to say it. Hubristic is another way to say it. Too
> proud for his own good is another way to say it. It's a quality
> about him that disturbs me."
> Col. Larry Wilkerson, US Army (ret.) and former chief aide to Colin
> Powell
>
>
> "I think it's his style as much as much as the positions he
> takes...I think it's his attitude that it's his way or the highway."
> Former Senator Tim Hutchinson, R-AR
>
>
> "I don't like McCain. I don't like him at all."
> Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-CO
>
>
> McCain "has a legendary temper and often uses foul and obscene
> language."
> Focus on Family Founder James Dobson
>
>
> "What has struck me about McCain is that everybody underestimated
> the ability of his advisers and him to hypnotize the national
> media, because most of us in the media in Arizona thought of him as
> a guy who had a terrible temper, occasionally had a foul mouth, a
> guy who whined and pouted unless he got his way. McCain has a
> temper that is bombastic, volatile, and purple-faced. Sometimes he
> gets out of control. Do you want somebody sitting in the White
> House with that kind of temper?"
> Pat Murphy, former editor of the Arizona Republic, and a former
> friend of McCain
>
>
> "John McCain is Bob Dole minus the charm, conservatism, and youth.
> Like McCain, pollsters assured us that Dole was the most electable
> Republican. Unlike McCain, Dole didn't lie all the time while
> claiming to engage in ‘straight talk.'"
> Ann Coulter, conservative columnist and author
>
>
> "Is it possible that John McCain thinks you have too much
> freedom? ... I gotta tell you, I don't know what's happening to
> John McCain."
> Wayne LaPierre, CEO and Executive VP of the National Rifle Association

[anonymous171]

1. Reading "Former" in front of (Former) Senator Rick Santorum's name made me smile. nt

[democrattotheend]

3. Tell me about it

I was at an election watch party at a big labor organization in DC in 2006, and when they showed him giving his concession speech everyone started singing "Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye".

[DebJ]

19. I got to vote him out! Hubby and I campaigned for Casey!

It felt soooooo goooooodddd to vote !

[TooRaLoo]

2. Woah.

That's pretty damning.

[27inCali]

4. let's get together some video of this stuff

splice it together nice and make ourselves a super effective campaign add.

[Blue-Jay]

5. For the first time ever, Ann Coulter cracked me up.

"John McCain is Bob Dole minus the charm, conservatism, and youth." :rofl:

[Towlie]

6. I thought you meant the "lie all the time" line. (As if she doesn't.)

[sellitman]

7. This was all from the last Republican Primary I think.

Everyone quoted onyour OP loves John McCain now I bet.

[all.of.me]

8. But it doesn't mean his qualities have changed.

That's the important part.

[mcctatas]

10. Friggin flip-floppers...

;)

[stuntcat]

11. yah.. they're totally behind him I'm sure

That's the repuglycan way- All standing together no matter what, they'll put all the money and worship they need to into their campaign now.

[hendo]

20. question

Don't take this the wrong way, but isnt that what we do too? Most of us here were prepared to put our full support behind the nominee whoever that may have been. Heck, those of us who hated Clinton would have voted for her, and those who hated Obama would have voted for him too.

That's just what happens when you believe that your party is the better one.

[stuntcat]

22. that's true of course but haven't

haven't people talked for years about dividing and conquering Democrats. I swear I've heard repeatedly that that's our problem and togetherness is their strength.

I wasn't just typing stuff for the sake of it.. but well maybe I'm the only one who's noticed this over the years :shrug: lol maybe we should argue points that didn't have much to do with the thread just for the fun of it, this is the fightin' room after all!

[hendo]

23. Yes

people have talked for years about it, but that is because we are a more dynamic party than the republicans. We have to worry about many different constituencies that they do not have to worry about. They have the rich, the gun rights groups, the conservatives, the slightly more conservative, and the uber conservative, pro-life. We have women, the GLBT community, environmentalists, inner city residents, moderate conservatives, a few hunters, anti-gun people, a few corporations, vegans, meat eaters, pro-choice, pro-life, religious, anti-religious, etc. We are a party that could easily be split along some lines. We can easily be too conservative, or not conservative enough. We could be too pro-gun or too anti-gun.


The reason they can divide us is because we represent views that almost anyone could be happy to call their own. However, we also represent contradictory views.

And, since a lot of people here want to get rid of the DLCers, that is just pushing them over to the republicans.

[grantcart]

9. k and r

[mcctatas]

12. here's what I found...

link to cochran quote: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/27/famed_mccain_temper_is_tamed/

Domenici quote http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=213&sid=1346533

The hammer speaks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf7e7R3gSos

LeBoutillier (yes, I know its Newsmax, but they usually quote the pukes correctly) http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/7/5/00548.shtml

Man on dog santorum: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/03/AR2008020303242_pf.html

Bob Smith: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/19/AR2008041902224.html

Grant Woods: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/19/AR2008041902224_pf.html

John Hintz:http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/the_beat/?p=161

Wilkerson: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/8915.html

Hutchinson: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200002/ai_n8897788

The protestant pope, dobson: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1714082,00.html

Pat Murphy: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_McCain

Tancredo: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/new-gang-of-14-wont-back-mccain-2008-06-11.html

Ann Coulter (:puke:)http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24635

NRA asshat: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603640_pf.html

[stuntcat]

14. I'd wondered

The newsgroup where it was posted picks on Repuglycans a lot. But I reposted it anyway! :P

[MadMaddie]

13. Maybe the Town Hall meetings aren't such a bad idea

Get him in a one on one with Obama and have Obama push every button.....that would practically Nixonize McCain.

[Cheap_Trick]

15. I bet they'd have the show

on a 5 second delay. That way, if McCain blew a gasket, they could go to a commercial or black screen and say "technical difficulties".

[rasputin1952]

16. The first, (and probably the last) debate will seal his fate...

he can climb back into that coffin before the sun hits him.

[napi21]

17. I wonder if Obama can get him to lose it during a debate? That

would be priceless!!!!

[Shoelace]

18. good catch, great to use on my Republican relatives

and send to Dem friends. More ammo for the fight!

[PerpetuallyDazed]

21. Sweet! I'll be forwarding this to my Repub family members...

But also adding in some of the more scathing remarks by Pat Buchanan--they were pretty brutal. McSame scares everyone!

[gcomeau]

26. Find the citations first...

...I hate it when people send me a bunch of "quotes" and never say where they came from so they can be verified when they're trying to get me to change my mind about something. I doubt your relatives are too different, and it removes a lot of their ability to go into denial mode.

[rox63]

24. I would love to see these quotes in a DNC teevee ad

Just slowly scrolling up the screen. That would turn a few Republican heads.

[samsingh]

25. only the media supports mccfool