Not surprising! McCain is demoncRAT wearing Pub clothing. See below for an excerpt:
On Sunday's This Week, ABC's George Stephanopoulos
pleaded for John McCain to accept any potential offer to be John Kerry's running mate, asserting that for "a lot of Democrats," that would be "the dream ticked." Stephanopoulos appealed McCain's rejection of the idea: "So there's no chance you'll re-consider?" Stephanopoulos then tried to convince McCain he doesn't really share Bush's views, laying out some areas where they disagree before demanding: "Why are you supporting President Bush?" Recalling the 2000 primary campaign battle between McCain and Bush, Stephanopoulos inquired: "Does John Kerry have to worry that the Bush team will do to him what they did to you in South Carolina?"
During the March 7 appearance in studio by McCain,
Stephanopoulos played a clip from his November 28, 2002 show in which he asked McCain about being Kerry's running mate. He rejected the idea then and did so again: "I do not intend to leave the Republican Party." Stephanopoulos pleaded: "But a lot of Democrats think this is the dream ticked. So there's no chance you'll re-consider?" McCain: "I cannot envision the scenario, George, as I say it's flattering but no [mumble], leave the Republican Party."
Stephanopoulos: "Okay, I think that's, you're not quite being General Sherman, but I think you're clear on it. Let me switch over to the campaign. When I look through your record, you disagree with President Bush on tax cuts, you disagreed with him on the prescription drug coverage, you disagree with him on the energy bill, you disagree with him on global warming, many other issues. Why are you supporting President Bush?"
McCain explained that he agrees with Bush on many issues and
that Bush "led with moral clarity and strength" after 9/11.
Stephanopoulos moved on to the media-created controversy over the Bush TV ads, asking McCain if it was "appropriate" to use images from Ground Zero in the ad.
Next, Stephanopoulos painted Kerry as the next possible victim of the Bush attack machine: "It was a tough campaign. Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina said it was the nastiest campaign he had ever seen. You refused to say that President Bush ran an honorable campaign and called it 'savagery." Does John Kerry have to worry that the Bush team will do to him what they did to you in
South Carolina?"
McCain noted that he and Bush now have a cordial relationship, and while it will be a nasty campaign, that's "not contained to either side."
As recounted in the March 4 CyberAlert, on the March 3 Good
Morning America's ABC's Claire Shipman gushed that the idea of McCain running with Kerry represents "everybody's wishful thinking that he might switch parties and join his Vietnam buddy." See:
http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040304.asp#3