Posted on 08/19/2008 12:44:19 PM PDT by libstripper
As speculation grows around who John McCain will select as his vice presidential running mate next week, Republican National Committee officials said Tuesday that McCain is no longer considering former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge.
Several sources at the RNC told FOX News that in the last 36 hours, senior McCain advisers and aides have told RNC officials that McCain “got the message” last week that choosing a running mate who supports abortion rights would not be helpful.
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Rush has spoken.
The anti-Abortion VP candidate talk has been floated by McCain campaign so we’ll be relieved when he picks Pawlenty or Romney and will have more impact with conservatives.
Good. As more people learn about Obama, those who would even consider voting for him would be out of McCain’s reach no matter what.
I hope it is true that he will not choose a pro-choice VP.
McCain said very strongly last Saturday night:
“I have a 25-year pro life record in the Congress, in the Senate, and as president of the United States, I will be a pro life President and this presidency will have pro life policies. That’s my commitment, that’s my commitment to you.”
After that statement, a pro-life VP will most certainly flush down the drain any gains he made with very many conservatives. Why? Lack of trust....yet again!
This might be worth a rare out-of-subject ping to your lists. It is great that the message gets through but also sad that a message even has to be delivered.
Romney looks better next to Lieberman or Ridge. That’s their move with floating this stuff.
“If this comes true, we’ve just won the election.”
I agree.
What? Did they have to think about it for awhile?
Both candidates could have *pander bear* as their middle names.
> If this comes true, we’ve just won the election.
Very nice, but do you see what McCain is doing? Why do you think he floated the Ridge trial balloon? He obviously wanted to be able to pander to the left. Of course we screamed bloody murder (literally), but really do you think choosing a pro-lifer as VP represents an honest change of mind from him? Do you think he’ll actually change his left-appeasing ways if he gets into office? Really???
Yep, McCain is better than Obama. So too is drowning to death better than burning to death. We’re on a leftward slide, we just get to control how fast we go.
Fred or Rick Santorum.
That makes a lot of sense. I was thinking that Romney is probably the closest they can toe the line without ticking off the right. The problem is, he gives Obama an opening to blast McCain for blasting Obama on “changing his mind”.
Go Mitt. A good choice.
Well, nobody will change their expedient opinions without pressure. He floated the trial balloon, we screamed, and it worked. That’s the system.
I think McCain is so liberal he could easily get into the “personally opposed but whatever’s cool with you” camp. It’s up to us to keep him out of it.
He best not pick Lieberman either.....
I hope Toomey takes another shot at that fossil.
Exactly, all McCain is doing is playing both ends against the middle.
Pretending to desire to put a Pro-Abortion VP on the ticket to bind the conservatives closer to him when he decides against it because “He gets it now” and showing the left that he really isn’t that conservative (Like everyone doesn’t already know this) and he tried, but just couldn’t overcome his base and win the election. (but he certainly deserves Kudos for trying <\SARCASM>)
This is pure manipulation on the McCain camp.
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