McCain for Pres in '08???...

[Peter Frank]

Why not?

[laruemtt]

1. i lost all respect for him when he

kissed / hugged / schmoozed with * after the way * had slimed him in 2000.

[Peter Frank]

3. I had a severe problem with that too...

...but what about the idea that you need to stay close to your friends -- but closer to your enemies?

[laruemtt]

4. since we've got so many other

"clean" options - clark, feingold, obama to name just a few - why sink to the likes of mccain?

[Crunchy Frog]

7. Not so close that we put our enemies into positions of power

where they are capable of doing the maximum damage to us and our country. Insane!

[awoke_in_2003]

22. it is one thing to be closer to your enemies

but one is getting a bit too close when one's nose is tickling the enemies prostrate.

[flordehinojos]

2. barf.

[AtomicKitten]

5. cuz he's an effin Republican that smooches Bush's arse n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

6. Because he's a right wing, neocon, Repuke, Bush enabler.

Look at this shit eating grin he had on his face while New Orleans was drowning.



Why the Hell would anyone on a board like this want him in '08?

[nicknameless]

8. Because he's a sleazy rethuglican.

:puke:

[blonndee]

9. Oh, PUKE!! He's a "politician" in the worst possible way.

McCain tries to pretend like he's some independent free-thinker, but after kissing Bush ass and defending all the shit the W admin has done, he's shown himself to be nothing more than corporate-owned slime. PUKE, PUKE, PUKE!!

I have less respect for McCain than I do for Santorum! At least Santorum THINKS that what he says is true.

[still_one]

10. why? because he voted against making martin luther king a

national holiday, because he took payoffs from keating during the S&L crisis, because he believes in the draft, and staying in Iraq, and is against a woman's right to choose, and on 99% of the major issues is a hard core conservative

not NO, but HELL NO

[Monkeybumper]

12. If it is between McCain

and Hillary I would vote for McCain

[Libby2]

13. I'll cancel your vote.

[still_one]

26. mccain is a racist PIG

and even the the republicans want hillary to run, sorry it isn't going to happen, you will have to find another democratic nomination to suit your needs, because it won't be hillary

[Peter Frank]

37. What evidence do you have that McCain is racist?...

Do you know that he adopted a Black child ...amd that Rove slimed him with a telephone push poll in 2000 asking "Conservatives" if they would vote for McCain if they knew he had a Black child (never explaining the the kid was adopted)?

Say what you want about the man -- but McCain no racist.

If it comes down to Biden & McCain -- I'll take Biden. He has much experience with, and a real grasp of foreign policy.


If it's between Clinton & McCain -- I'll take McCain (for similar reasons).

[RebelOne]

34. No, I'd vote for Hillary. But if it was between McCain

and Lieberman, I'd vote for McCain. He would be the least of the two evils.

[indypaul]

35. Like picking your favorit Menendez brother. N/T

[Libby2]

11. No way.

[mopaul]

14. he's crazier than a shit house rat

which apparently makes him imminently qualified

[DanCa]

15. I felt so sorry for Mccain durring the 2000 gop primairy.

I dont like seeing veterans smeared so I crossed lines and voted for him in the primairy. Plus I really didn't want to see Dubya get in. Anyhow ever since than I wised up alot on Mr integrity.
Mccain has my respect as a person but I wouldn't want him representing my country. His votting record is alot like junk food it comes in a pretty package but if you eat alot of it you get sick. Dont let the wrapper fool you mccain isn't as pretty as his image.

[Disturbed]

16. John McCain, Hypocrite

John McCain, Hypocrite
by Doug Ireland

John McCain, the media's darling, has found a clever way around his own campaign finance reform law to take big corporate bucks in furtherance of his political ambitions while carrying water for the corporate mammoth providing the dough. But the national press is ignoring the story.


The Associated Press first ran the story of John McCain's odorous but lucrative Senatorial service to the communications giant Cablevision on the afternoon of March 7. But, while some local papers in McCain's home state (like the East Valley Tribune) have run the story, nothing has as yet made it into the print editions of the New York Times, the L.A. Times, the Washington Post, or any of the half-dozen other big city dailies I checked (although, if one searches the hundreds of AP stories available on the Post's website on its Politics page by clicking on "Latest Wire Reports," one can find it there--but how many readers would bother to do that?) One notable exception: the Kansas City Star.


Here's what the AP's investigation found:


McCain repeatedly intervened on behalf of a policy Cablevision favored -- one which "congressional and private studies conclude could make cable more expensive" -- while his chief political adviser, Rick Davis (who's masterminding McCain's probable '08 presidential rerun) solicited $200,000 in contributions from Cablevision to an institute that promotes McCain and pays Davis a $110,000 annual salary.


The Reform Institute was set up to promote McCain and his issues--especially campaign finance reform, embodied in the famous McCain-Feingold law. This Institute is "a tax-exempt group that touts McCain's views and has showcased him at events since his unsuccessful 2000 presidential campaign," and it "often uses the senator's name in press releases and fund-raising letters and includes him at press conferences," the AP says. And, of course, it provides a cushy sinecure with no heavy lifting for McCain's main man, Davis, as he prepares the pontificating Senator's next presidential run. Cablevision's contributions account for a whopping 15% of the Institute's budget.


http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0309-35.htm


** I am going to post this for a few months every time I see McCain's name on DU.

[DanCa]

17. Do post that because I agree with it.

I think you mistook what I wrote. Or it may be the hour of the morning and I mistook your reply..

[laylah]

18. There was a time

I would have supported the idea; HOWEVER, when he let *dumbass and his minions crucify him (and Max Cleland) over their military service to the country, only to follow up with the "love hug" , he lost me! Oh, and the fact he supported keeping Elian away from his dad. No way would I support him. Just my VHO.

Jenn

[mopaul]

19. same here, it's like Clinton & daddy bush doing commercials

if they had smeared me like they did mccain---forgetaboutit. the hug did it for me too.

[DanCa]

20. That's what I tried saying in my post.

Well done.

[applegrove]

21. I'd love to see that. I'd love to see McCain as Rove's puppet. That

would be hilarious. You take someone who has a brain, make them into a puppet and watch them make jerky movements all day long!:sarcasm:

Are you serious?

[bowens43]

23. Did you notice the {R) next to his name?

Do you know what that means?

[d_b]

24. Why Not?

The corporate media will be blowing him day and night. If he runs, he wins. I don't see how any dem could beat the 'maverick moderate' or whatever the hell they call him.

[Island Blue]

25. Because of this.

NEVER FORGET!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

30. This has already been etched in my mind. Then remember while

people were dying during Katrina? Let them eat cake?

[Malikshah]

27. Because he has no honor. None. Zilch. He is the epitome

of a dishonorable man. One who knows better but for personal gain turns his back.

[Poiuyt]

28. He's a warmonger. And he's NOT a war hero!When he was a POW, he

gave up military secrets in exchange for medical care.

http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd60.htm
http://www.usvetdsp.com/markmcan.htm

[Mutley]

29. No thanks.

I'll take a Democrat any day over McCain.

[robbedvoter]

31. WHY???WHY? Why yes? When is the DU hardon for this tool going to wane?

A keating 5 crook who took in 2000 from W what Gore faught (fraud in SC) and propped him eversince. He folded fast on the torture thingy too. :banghead:

[LSK]

32. hes a Corporate Whore!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK NO

Check out his voting record.

http://www.vote-smart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=S0061103

NO FUCKING WAY IN HELL!!! :grr:

[FrenchieCat]

33. A wolf is a wolf,

even when he's wearing sheep's clothing!

If McCain is the winner Democrats can hope for 2 years away from a presidential election, we're in the deepest of sticky doodoo and the two party system is dead as a doorknob! :eyes:

[babylonsister]

36. No way, no how. He's sold his soul. nt

[Peter Frank]

38. Are you sure???

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x207882#223948

If I'd been fucked by the Godfather, I's stay close & be around when he dies.

[readmoreoften]

39. Because he's pro-war, pro-life, pro-bush, and pro-spying

So he wants campaign reform and stops short of torture. Is that really the best we can fucking do?

[SoCalDem]

40. I don;t think he could win..

His health is an issue..his age is an issue and the dem support he had against *² is all but GONE.The fundies hate him for challenging their "faith" during the 2K election..and the bushies will find someone that we probably don;t even know about and push him through.

Mccain's a loose cannon as far as repubes go. The powers-that-be do not trust him.. They'll never liet him get through the primaries..

[WernhamHogg]

41. Compared with George

McCain would be a tiny step forward compared to George, but he would still be another giant leap backwards for America. I can't respect him after seeing him on the receiving end of Rove's dirty tricks in 2000 and then watching him kiss up to Georgie after what they did to him. I don't think he'd get a lot of support from his own party, either. From what I have heard, the fundies don't like him that much...he's not quite crazy enough for their liking. I wouldn't vote for him or any other Republican at this point.

[LWolf]

42. er.... because he's a republican.

Looking at the destruction that republicans have been able to accomplish while in power the last several years, who in their right mind would want to put them in office again?

[jsamuel]

43. McCain = Bush plus some ethincs plus no torture is not equal to President

[leesa]

44. Are you nuts? He's is a neocon lunatic.

[SunDrop23]

45. Why not? Ummm...because he sucks?