Why does John McCain CONTINUE to take up for Bush

[Blue_Roses]

He will NEVER be President. He looks like a fool and a horrible friend. We all know he is better friends with John Kerry and even despises Bush so why does he spin for Bush ?WHY??? I just don't get it11

[Southsideirish]

1. Its very sick.

[RoyGBiv]

2. Political hack

Seriously, he's an old-school politician who sticks to "party principles," which simply means you back the party line no matter what. When the party disagrees, he's free to take his own position, but the party, as an organization, does not disagree on supporting Bush.

He learned his political values from 19th century lessons. I admire it to an extent, since it is so rare, but then reality clicks in, and the admiration fades completely away.

He's just a hack.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

3. Bush must have dirt on him

I used to have a great deal of respect for McCain. No longer.

[Evergreen Emerald]

4. What is amazing is that....

....he has given up any iota of crediblity he had...if he can say with a straight face that "Bush won."

[PurityOfEssence]

5. He wants to be the '08 nominee and he's being a good soldier

No big loss: he's a dick anyway. He's got good eyes and a cheery voice, but beyond that, it's a mystery why non-reactionaries have anything nice to say about him.

[Lerkfish]

6. I firmly believe they have something on him and Powell...

some dirty secret...has to be, because the fawning sycophant ruse does not settle comfortably on either of them, try as it might. I don't think agreeing with the shrub is voluntary on their parts, mainly because its becoming political suicide.

[leftist.]

8. They probably threatened to kill his illegitimate black child ...

... born of a two dollar Vegas street whore! They are sending their mighty 'Clean Boat Veterans for Swift Air' forces to take the little bastard out!!!

:P

[ReadTomPaine]

7. Life as a modern Republican means towing the line...

... No matter what those at the top have done to you. He prefers his place in the party to being pushed out in the cold.

RTP

[NEOBuckeye]

9. McCain still wants his shot at the Presidency so he's playing the loyalist

It's disgusting to see him suck up to Bush after the way Rove smeared him in SC in 2000. But McCain must be hedging his bets for 2008. If Bush loses this year, he's hoping he'll get support for the nomination by party leaders for his loyalty. Of course, he'll be facing a good deal of competition from Rudy Giuliani and Jeb. If Bush somehow wins this year, he'll have to wait until 2012, by which time, he'll simply be too old.

[shrub chipper]

17. This is exactly why I lost all respect for him

(besides the fact that his voting record is so Conservative)

I could never forgive or forget after someone like */Rove attacked my family like that. And then their attacks on the Military in this campaign should make it untenable for McVain to support *.

He is a whore who will NEVER win the Repunblican Nomination.

[CornField]

10. When you keep your head up someone's ass long enough

you cease to smell the shit

[Demonaut]

11. when anyone of these repukes says bush won its a pure lie

[deadparrot]

12. * attacked McCain's CHILD. Nuff said.

I can't see much good in a man who would campaign for someone who attacked his child.

[Lerkfish]

14. yeah, anyone who tries to smear MY son would be looking at the

business end of my fist. No way in hades I'd later recant and support the jerk.

[Hubert Flottz]

13. Because he knows that if the GOPers lose half of the GOP...

higher ups jobs are toast, once the truth about everything Bushco has done finally comes out! If everone in America learns the truth about Bush the GOP is finished for YEARS to come! Look at all the things the GOPers have hidden! Starting with the Cheney energy meetings and the Reagan/Bush presidential papers! McCain don't want all the dots connected!

[ArkDem]

15. My guess is that he does it because he is a republican. I

could be wrong.

[deutsey]

16. DemocracyNow had a good show on McCain

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/28/1427229&mode=thread&tid=25

Who is John McCain? An In-Depth Look at the Arizona Senator's Rise to Prominence


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JOHN DOUGHERTY: I think it's very interesting that Senator McCain has closely aligned himself with President Bush this time, but it fits in with McCain's nature. McCain has been very, very skilled at remaking himself throughout his career. McCain is very much an opportunist, and he knows how to move in and position himself in the limelight and get out of the limelight when it's necessary to do so. If you look at the entire history of this man's career, it was -- it began in a massive scandal that a lot of people forget about, the Keating Five scandal. It almost took him out of the Senate.

And only because McCain cut his losses early in that was he able to survive that. It was the biggest Ethics Committee investigation in the history of the Congress, going back more than the Civil War period. It had had a similar type of scandal. McCain survived that by becoming what he later identified as “the straight talk express.” He acts like he's talking straight. He presents an image that he's talking straight, but there's always something else going on behind the scene there. And the situation that happened in South Carolina and in the primary last -- the last go-around, I think McCain came out of that experience and decided to make himself into the elder statesman.

He has kind of held that role until earlier this year when he started to waffle with the Kerry camp and the Bush camp. And I think now he has just turned into your basic politician. It's disappointing because Senator McCain could be leading the country at an extremely crucial time as the news items you pointed out earlier at the top of the show here, and we need to have someone who has the experience he has to be talking as he claims to be a straight talk express.

And I don't see that right now. This is a critical, critical moment in Senator McCain's career. He will be defined, I think, by what happens and how he handles this period of time in his tenure in the Senate. And frankly, I think there's a lot of questions floating around as to where he is, who is he? He's like a chameleon right now.
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