Bush's voters will never be McCains!
Posted on 10/16/2005 10:30:27 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - Strains between President Bush and his conservative supporters are giving John McCain an opening - albeit a narrow one - to make inroads among those activists as he eyes his prospects for a 2008 presidential run.
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In the past few weeks, McCain, 69, a decorated former prisoner of war and critic of pork-barrel spending, has:
* Called on members of Congress to give up billions of dollars' worth of pet projects adopted earlier this year in a massive transportation spending bill, saying the money should instead go to hurricane relief.
* Proposed delaying or altogether canceling the president's Medicare prescription drug coverage plan. The program is about to take effect but remains controversial because of long-term costs in the trillions of dollars and criticisms it will help the pharmaceutical industry more than it does most older Americans.
* Pulled together the bipartisan support to attach a controversial amendment to the Senate's version of a defense bill, restricting tactics the military can use in interrogating detainees in the war on terror. The president sees the amendment as an affront. But it appeals to some religious conservatives and advocates of individual liberties who feel that torture and abuse of detainees are inhumane and run counter to Christian principles. At the same time, McCain stands by the overall war effort, as do a majority of Republicans.
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Even so, many of those conservatives say they have such an abiding distrust of McCain's broader agenda and loyalties that they are unlikely to embrace him, regardless of the nation's biggest challenges or the rest of the GOP field for 2008.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Bush's voters will never be McCains!
This moron is so full of sh**, he only appeals to little Lindsey and a few brain washed nitwits.
McCain will NEVER be President.
"Strains between President Bush and his conservative supporters are giving John McCain an opening - albeit a narrow one - to make inroads among those activists as he eyes his prospects for a 2008 presidential run."
These idiots confuse a disagreement with a divorce.
McCainiac has as much chance as getting the GOP nomination as I do being nominated for SCOTUS.
Wait.... Bush is on line 2. Now what does he want?
I am pessimistic today.
What difference does it really make when the Government can tax and then give give money to some people and foreign countries, it is not enough so they borrow extra money to throw money down a rat hole?
You do not know Bush supporters at all then.
LLS
Don't be suprised to see him be Hitlerys bi-ch.
Is McCrazy running as a Rat this time?
Don't get it.
Vote for someone else or not vote at all. Whatever. I know one thing I'll never do: vote for McCain for anything. Unless I'm on a jury. And the charge is treason. Then I'll vote: guilty.
Time will tell.
I think not. Anyone who is upset with the Miers nomination is very unlikely to favor McCain. Their chief fear is that Miers is a liberal in disguise. McCain doesn't even have a disguise at this point.
About many things.
LLS
Too bad the POWs and MIAs aren't available to respond to this as McCain and Kerry turned their backs on them.
"Bush's woes are McCain's opportunities"
To do what?
Run for what? Who? mcpain ( media ) Az? Come on get serious.
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