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The Hill: Rumors of another McCain ticket (McCain/Kerry in 2008?)
The Hill ^ | August 11, 2005 | Albert Eiseleand By Jeff Dufour

Posted on 08/11/2005 5:59:11 AM PDT by RWR8189

During the last presidential campaign, there was much talk about a Kerry-McCain ticket after Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) sounded out Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) about joining him on a bipartisan fusion ticket.

McCain obviously turned Kerry down, but as the 2008 election approaches there are signs that an equally intriguing McCain-Kerry ticket could be in the works. If such an improbable thing comes to pass, its genesis might well be traced back to a one-on-one breakfast meeting July 27, when the two decorated Vietnam veterans huddled for more than an hour at La Colline restaurant on Capitol Hill.

Fellow diners said the pair was engaged in earnest conversation throughout the breakfast, although Kerry spokesman David Wade characterized it simply as a chat between two “longtime friends.”

The meeting came in the wake of McCain’s increasingly critical stance on the Bush administration’s conduct of the war on terrorism, particularly the treatment of suspected terrorists at prison camps in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. McCain, who spent years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam’s Hanoi Hilton, led the fight just before the August recess to add an amendment to the defense appropriations bill prohibiting harsh treatment of detainees held in American custody, despite personal lobbying by Vice President Cheney.

McCain rebutted the administration’s argument that the legislation would tie its hands in dealing with people who are not POWs but “terrorists” by declaring on the Senate floor that it’s not “about who they are. It’s about who we are.”

Guess it’s unlikely there will be a Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign if McCain and Kerry team up in 2008.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; johnkerry; johnmccain; kerry; mccain; mccain2008; mccainkerry; president2008; rumors
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On the Democrat ticket naturally...
1 posted on 08/11/2005 5:59:11 AM PDT by RWR8189
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Kerry as the #2 man? Tereza wouldn't stand for it.


2 posted on 08/11/2005 6:00:10 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: RWR8189

Kerry as 2nd fiddle ? Tereza wont stand for it.


3 posted on 08/11/2005 6:00:22 AM PDT by stylin19a (In golf, some are long, I'm "Lama Long")
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To: mainepatsfan

just damn......


4 posted on 08/11/2005 6:00:46 AM PDT by stylin19a (In golf, some are long, I'm "Lama Long")
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To: RWR8189

Could McCain be described as a fair weathered adversary and a foul weathered ally?

(BTW, I don't believe McCain will jump. Ever)


5 posted on 08/11/2005 6:00:49 AM PDT by Dolphan ("Now how can a Puerto Rican lose a fly ball in the sun?' - Harry Caray)
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To: Dolphan

Good. It will allow me to vote against both of them.


6 posted on 08/11/2005 6:01:37 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: RWR8189

I'm sorry, but McCain's face reminds everyone that he had cancer. (and it could return)
I don't think he's electable.


7 posted on 08/11/2005 6:01:38 AM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: RWR8189

Slow news day on the Hill -- what are they smoking up there?


8 posted on 08/11/2005 6:02:17 AM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- J.C. for OK Governor in '06; Allen/Watts in 2008)
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To: Dolphan

Much as I don't like McCain he will never jump to become a Democrat -- someone is blowing smoke on this one to keep Kerry's hopes alive.


9 posted on 08/11/2005 6:03:30 AM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- J.C. for OK Governor in '06; Allen/Watts in 2008)
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LOL! Looking forward to Kerry and McPain on the same wind board struggling over who gets to steer just before it cracks apart and sinks.
10 posted on 08/11/2005 6:03:46 AM PDT by TheForceOfOne (The alternative media is our Enigma machine.)
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"Guess it’s unlikely there will be a Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign if McCain and Kerry team up in 2008."

Wanna bet?

11 posted on 08/11/2005 6:03:50 AM PDT by Jaxter ("Vivit Post Funera Virtus")
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A McCain / Kerry ticket would loose. Too many Republicans would not support such a ticket.


12 posted on 08/11/2005 6:04:42 AM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker!)
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To: RWR8189

I have no doubt that McCain will run. I just don't see him as being stupid enough to tie himself with a loser like Kerry.


13 posted on 08/11/2005 6:05:10 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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Run, McKeating...er, McCain, run!


14 posted on 08/11/2005 6:05:22 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: RWR8189

As much as wish McCain would just go back to Arizona and stay there he is not stupid and will never pick John 'loser' Kerry to be his running mate.


15 posted on 08/11/2005 6:05:27 AM PDT by sydbas
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Bring it on! McCrazy is already swimming up stream anyway so why not join another loser.


16 posted on 08/11/2005 6:09:29 AM PDT by conservativecorner (It's a cult of death and submission to fanatics Larry!!)
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Sigh... It's August and there's nothing to do in Washington but daydream of cabbages and kings.

The Brits have it right when they refer to August as "The Silly Season"

17 posted on 08/11/2005 6:09:49 AM PDT by lOKKI (You can ignore reality until it bites you in the ass.)
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Look for McCain-Rice to defeat the Clinton-[pickanyloser] ticket.

John McCain WANTS it r e a l bad.


18 posted on 08/11/2005 6:11:16 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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19 posted on 08/11/2005 6:11:45 AM PDT by atomicpossum (Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
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To: PhiKapMom
Much as I don't like McCain he will never jump to become a Democrat -- someone is blowing smoke on this one to keep Kerry's hopes alive.

Dad used to say all the time..."Never say never..."

As time goes on....I've come to think that McCain isn't really all that bright.

Besides that...whose to say those two don't mutate into some sort of out there third party...and call themselves the "Patriot Party" ,the "Vet's for Vision" Party...or the "Dos Amigo's" Party.....LOL!!

They are both dream-weaving wanna-be's....IMO

20 posted on 08/11/2005 6:14:22 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Long DEPO)
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