Posted on 02/25/2008 2:17:11 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
“Senator McCain. Please step aside and let others lead.”
Nothing like talking about how he will lose! Huckabee is looking better the more McCain opens his mouth. SAD!
McCain will lose because he will throw the election. Just like Bob Dole did in 1996.
blah blah blah...
I came home to a recording from mccanniac last week - claiming he was a Reagan R. Today I came home to one from Gov Perry - claiming the same thing. Who are they trying to kid!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Now, now, lormand!! Watch the language!!
Eggxactly right, nmh!
The war is a “no win” for McCain, because Bush won’t end it and because McCain has said we’ll be there with troops “...for 100 years”. How could ANYone vote for such idiocy? In the first place, the war is bankrupting the country. This thing cannot go on. It’s a financial thin as much as a moral one.
But the Invasion by Mexico to the tune of 5,000-10,000 a day continues unabated and McCain obviously won’t do anything to stop it or to deport the 40 million already here.
“In the first place, the war is bankrupting the country.”
How so? What percentage of GDP is spent on military in the United States and which candidate do you feel will slash our military budget the most?
“This thing cannot go on. It’s a financial thin as much as a moral one.”
What is immoral about our continued commitment to Iraq?
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). Jan. 20-22, 2008. N=1,008 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1.
. "Let me list some issues that have been proposed for the federal government to address. Please tell me which one of these items you think should be the top priority for the federal government. [See below.]" If more than one: "Well, if you had to choose just one, which do you think should be the top priority?"
. Job creation and economic growth 26 %
The war in Iraq 17
Health care 17
Terrorism 10
Illegal immigration 10
Energy and the cost of gas 7
The environment and global warming 6
Foreign policy and Iran 5
While I agree McCain should push for domestic energy production and nuclear power, he is very close when he says the Iraq war is the big issue. It is #2 in every poll taken in the last 6 months. You can see #1. Immigration is bottom 5.
He’s worried about it because it is not a strong issue for him in the general. The war, no matter how “rah rah” Repubs are over it, is NOT a popular issue over all.
You are correct sir.
There is one simple fact. If Folded Bones McCain was to simply say look, we are throwing all we have at those pissant terroristes and we will not repeat we will not come home until the job is done GET”R DUN, and that may take a thousand years or ten million, so suck it peacenicks!
He would thereby win the election.
But he will win it anyway, and that is what must be faced. American will not vote for a Socialist no matter what color. Red, whatever.
YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!! McCain, “modern”? NOT!!
Sure, he is. At least he says he is, even if he couldn't answer the question put to him.
If you believe Jack Kemp, Phil Gramm, Warren Rudman, Pete Peterson and the Concord Coalition combined will save his (and our) bacon, there's this bridge that's for sale cheap back on the east coast . . .
You have pretty well summed it up, blackelkspeaks, as much as I'd like to believe otherwise.
Other than support for worldwide military adventurism, which all but one of the Republican candidates shared, there's not a whole lot of McCain's positions that strike a chord with most of us on Free Republic. I know it's a bit troubling for FReepers to know they are out-of-step with "modern Republicanism," but if the shoe fits . . .
Nah, it will be his Howard Dean moment .... yeaaaaaah!
BTW, welcome to FreeRepublic.
Iraq isn’t the biggest issue. He has the WOT right - the only thing I can say about him.
People vote their pocketbooks. I think the economy is the biggest issue, followed by immigration/WOT. At least to the people who used to be called “the base”, but now are called “expendable”.
Health care is another subject I leave for others. Let me say this: health care costs have increased as the Government pays the bill which puts a straitjacket on market forces.
Btw, I like your name. Black Elk Speaks is a beautiful book.
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