McCain for president in 2008

Nope! I ain't votin for him. I don't care what party he is in.

His core values are not mine.

Nope! No Sir-ee!

81 posted on 10/30/2004 5:58:33 PM PDT by Cold Heat (http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=20040531140357545)

To: TruthCanHurt

Rudy is a RINO. If he runs up against even a mildly conservative dem, it would doom us in the south.

Now way. Just say no to rinos!

82 posted on 10/30/2004 5:59:13 PM PDT by flashbunny (Every thought that enters my head requires its own vanity thread.)

McCain?

One word.

Keating5

No way. !!

83 posted on 10/30/2004 5:59:16 PM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional.)

85 posted on 10/30/2004 5:59:36 PM PDT by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)

To: So Cal Rocket

No. No. No. You have it wrong...

Hildebeast & McCain.

Puke.

86 posted on 10/30/2004 6:00:13 PM PDT by stboz

Called "the best governor in America" by National Review magazine, Bill Owens was sworn in as Colorado's 40th Governor in January 1999. He was re-elected in 2002 with the greatest majority in Colorado history, earning a broad mandate for his innovative leadership.

Gov. Owens pushed through the largest tax relief package in state history, amounting to $1 billion in cuts in rates of sales, personal-income, and capital-gains taxes, and an elimination of the marriage penalty. As a result, he has won high marks for his fiscal leadership, earning the highest grade among the nation's governors from the Cato Institute. His policies of low taxes and restrained government spending were cited as an example for other states in a lead editorial in The Wall Street Journal.

Touted as one of the major emerging leaders in American politics by The Economist magazine, Owens was also identified as one of the country's top ten rising political stars by syndicated columnist Robert Novak. He is the Chairman of the Western Governors' Association and the immediate past-Chairman of the Republican Governors' Association and the Natural Resources Committee of the National Governors' Association. Owens is a member of the Board of Governors of Young America's Foundation, which owns and runs the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California.

Keeping his promise to institute sweeping school reform in Colorado, Gov. Owens created an education accountability system - including detailed, online school report cards - that U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige has called "the envy of the nation." His accountability system has been praised as among the best in the nation by Education Week magazine and the Heritage Foundation. He combined this model education accountability plan with six consecutive years of full state funding for K-12 public education. Under Owens' leadership, in 2004 Colorado became the first state in the nation to send students to college with vouchers. The College Opportunity Fund replaced block subsidies to colleges or universities with individual stipends for students to use at the school of their choice.

Gov. Owens kept his commitment to transform Colorado's transportation system, which had been neglected for nearly a quarter century. Through TRANS (Transportation Revenue Anticipation Notes), an innovative financing program, he accelerated $1.7 billion in transportation projects statewide that would have taken up to half a century to complete - projects that will now be done in a decade without an increase in taxes.

Known as one of Colorado's most effective policy makers, Bill Owens served in the State House and Senate and as Colorado Treasurer. He authored landmark legislation creating charter schools, toughening prison sentences, modernizing child abuse statutes, and reforming the tort system. He is a leading advocate of the Colorado Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (TABOR), which caps government spending and requires that excess funds be returned to state taxpayers.

Gov. Owens, who holds a Master's degree in public administration from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, worked for 20 years in the private sector with the consulting staff of Deloitte and Touche, with the Gates Corporation, and as director of a trade association. The Governor is an expert on Soviet affairs and writes and lectures often on Russia.

87 posted on 10/30/2004 6:00:39 PM PDT by Callahan

We have to choose between him and a true commie. Most of the time the Crats don't even run anybody. It ain't our fault. The GOP in Arizona is horrible.

88 posted on 10/30/2004 6:01:02 PM PDT by Luke21 (Christ is wonderful)

Tell me your name and I'll vote for you if my only choices are McCain or Hillary! I would NOT vote for McCain if he was the only person on the ballot.

89 posted on 10/30/2004 6:01:09 PM PDT by penowa

To: Dragonspirit

Calm down. We're talking about 2008.

I'm glad to hear overwhelming FReeper sentiment against McCain as the candidate.

91 posted on 10/30/2004 6:01:37 PM PDT by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)

To: Dragonspirit

McCain is anti-Christian. That's what killed him in the 2000 primaries. Since then, he's allied himself with Ted Kennedy, John Edwards and hasn't hesitated to bash Bush if it got him a little more face-time on Meet The Press. He's shameless.

92 posted on 10/30/2004 6:01:47 PM PDT by silent_jonny (I voted on October 26, 2004---GO BUSH, BURR, BALLANTINE!)

To: TruthCanHurt

Mayor Giuliani would be the best I can think of. He is highly respected by both parties... His biggest flaw is that his name is difficult to spell.

Funny comment about the name. I was thinking the same thing. I think Giuliani would kill Kerry or Hillary in a general election, however Giuliani would have difficulty winning the nomination. McCain would also have a problem. I think, even among Republican, Giuliani is preferred over McCain. McCain has done things to tick off a lot of Republicans. Giuliani has been very helpful to Bush and aggressive against Kerry. Much more so than McCain. That will help him in the future.

Giuliani's biggest problem is his social views. It will be difficult for any Republican who is pro-life and has a very liberal view regarding gays and marriage. I don't think his view on gay marriage can be much different than Bush's if he wants to get nominated. He could be against a constitutional ammendment, but he would have to be against gay marriage and would have to affirm regulage marriage, or I don't think he'd have a chance. Regarding abortion, if he took the view that he was personally pro-choice but believed the states should be able to decide the issue themselves (which would mean he would be agreeing that Roe vs. Wade should be overturned) that would work. He's a bright man and savvy politician. I think he'll be able to figure something out.

I think he'd be a good president. Bush hasn't been very fiscally conservative. His strength has been in foreign policy, and I think Giuliani also would. I would prefer him over McCain.

93 posted on 10/30/2004 6:02:13 PM PDT by TomEwall

To: Dragonspirit

McCain is a bum. He is a Gerald Ford remake. Don't buy his nonsense. He started as a Reagan Republican and is now closer to Arlen Specter.

94 posted on 10/30/2004 6:03:47 PM PDT by Luke21 (Christ is wonderful)

There is no way I'd let my vote go unanswered to Hillary Clinton.

95 posted on 10/30/2004 6:04:09 PM PDT by ONETWOONE (onetwoone)

Wow, thanks. Sounds good. :-)

I'm guessing he is pro-Life and anti-homosexual marriage as well?

96 posted on 10/30/2004 6:04:14 PM PDT by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)

Here's name I don't think anybody has mentioned as a vp candidate: Bernard Kerik.

Imagine Gulliani/Kerik '08!

97 posted on 10/30/2004 6:05:08 PM PDT by silent_jonny (I voted on October 26, 2004---GO BUSH, BURR, BALLANTINE!)

John McCain would not get my vote.

Period.

98 posted on 10/30/2004 6:05:15 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("Dead or alive, I got a .45 - and I never miss!!!" - AC/DC - Problem Child)

One thing I'm sick of is working around George W's lack of verbal polish. I want someone who knows how to debate and debate well.

99 posted on 10/30/2004 6:05:26 PM PDT by Callahan

McCain will be dead in 2008. The guy looks like Arafat.

100 posted on 10/30/2004 6:05:35 PM PDT by Dog Gone

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