If McCain were the president, who woudl you want as his veep?

[Stinky The Clown]

I don't think ol' Johnny can make it through one term, let alone two. So this matters - at least in the abstract.



If we are saddled with a John McCain as president, who would you want to see as his vice president? Obviously it has to be a Repubic or a Lieberman .... suggesting you'd want ...... I dunno ..... Mario Cuomo ..... isn't a good answer.

[jlake]

1. What a horribly mean post.

[Virginia Dare]

5. I think it's rather realistic under the circumstances...n/t

[jlake]

9. John McCain will live to be a 100 - look at his mother.

There is no purpose other than to smear JM.

[TwilightGardener]

11. Smearing John McCain (or whoever the R nominee is) is what DU is all about.

[jlake]

13. That's the response I was waiting for. Thank you for proving Obama's entire

premise to be a crock of shit.

Yes, we need to attack Republicans - not praise them!

[Virginia Dare]

17. So you smear Obama..

while defending McCain? WTF?

[jlake]

20. Oh dear.... I am not defending McCain. I was pointing out why Obama's Kumbaya will not work.

[Virginia Dare]

21. I suspect he would employ the old good cop/bad cop strategy..

much like Ms. Clinton is.

[Virginia Dare]

14. Was his mother a POW?..

and has she had cancer? Why should we care whether it's a smear or not?

[Virginia Dare]

15. oops, delete.

[uppityperson]

12. VP choice is always a big issue.

Do you pick one who would be a good pres if something happened to pres (normal death or assassination), or do you pick an absolute fool (Quayle type) which would ensure you are not assassinated? It is always an issue, whether or not the pres is healthy or not.

[RB TexLa]

2. I'll be glad when we go back to refering to Vice Presidents as "what's his/her name"

[DJ13]

3. Lincoln Chaffe ought to really screw up the neocons minds

[Blaze Diem]

4. Well of course its gonna be JEBadiah.

The endless nightmare.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

6. I don't know, ummmmm.... maybe.....

SATAN?!?!

:D

[blondeatlast]

7. Arlen Spector, on soooo many levels... nt

[Virginia Dare]

8. Olympia Snowe?

I guess I would be okay with her.

[TwilightGardener]

10. To avert 100 Years of Warfare, Hagel.

[Virginia Dare]

16. Yep, probably wouldn't be too disastrous...n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

18. The question in my OP was discussed at a pre Stupor Bowl party yesterday .....

It was funny that Hagel's and Powell's names were most popular among the known Republicans in the group. I presented my view as to why Powell is undeserving (He should have resigned if he knew the WMD crap he was asked to spew at the UN was, indeed, crap. He has since admitted he knew. **All** the Republicans in the group agreed that was a sound reason to disqualify him.)

My choice ...... Bill Weld of Massachusetts.

[TwilightGardener]

23. Surprising that Hagel and Powell would be well-regarded among

ANY group of Republicans. Freepville hates them both, but then, I suppose not all Repubs are Freeper extremists. Powell is a known liar, so yes, he's disqualified--plus, he can be rolled by the neocons--definitely out. Hagel has proven he can stand up to the neocons and the GOP Senate, at least. Weld, I forgot about! I remember him as vaguely moderate.

[Stinky The Clown]

24. The group included Republicans ...... no nut jobbie far right wack jobs

They didn't like Romney or Huckleberry ***at all***.

They all were willing to give Powell a pass until I said he admitted he knew it was all bullshit and yet he still said what he said. That kinda shocked them. They also know I'm not a nut and will not feed them bullshit; no one doubted my tale about Powell.

They're the ones who named Hagel. I never even suggested it. In fact, I was the first one asked who I would like to see if we had to have McCain. I said Weld to balance things out a bit. Weld is an old time Northeastern Republican .... closer to Chaffee than the run of the mill nutters we get in Congress.

[Wiley50]

19. Just Like the Last Old Fool, There Will Be a Bush in the Backseat Driving

This time it will be Jeb.

Mark my words.

Just look at McCain's Advisors:

John McCain

*
Henry Kissinger

*
Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of state, covert operative and lifelong Bush ally

*
Robert “Bud” McFarlane, Reagan/Bush national security adviser, Iran, Contra

*
William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard (neocon)

*
Alexander Haig, Reagan/Bush secretary of state

*
George Shultz, Reagan/Bush secretary of state, Hoover Institution, Bechtel

*
Brent Scowcroft, Ford, George H.W. Bush national security adviser
*
James Woolsey, former CIA director

*
Lawrence Eagleburger, George H.W. Bush secretary of state

*
William Ball, Reagan administration Navy secretary

*
Colin Powell

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7766

[Virginia Dare]

22. Interesting, it's the Poppy contingent..

must be why the Cheney contingent is backing Mittsy.

[Disturbed]

25. The Bush Crime Family were backing Mitt.

They will switch to McLame now.

I suspect that Jeb will be VP appointment.

[TwilightGardener]

27. No way. The Bush family name is too toxic--not even Jebbie can rescue it now.

[Stinky The Clown]

28. I think you're right

[NoPasaran]

26. Grace Slick

I respect her for her position that there should be some sort of age limit for rock stars.