Posted on 10/26/2005 3:51:29 PM PDT by faithincowboys
McCain's a Republican?
Iraq will elect a new government this December. they are rapidly learning to fight their own war. Syria is in trouble and Iran is worried about being invaded.
Things will not be the same in two years, better or worse, but not the same.
Neocon? Hahahahahaha!
He is an old line member of the GOP:
1. Strong military
2. Budget Hawk
3. And most importantly sucks up to the MSM and the Dims.
I think McCain still thinks the Dims are the majority in the Senate and House.
There's no way in hell McCain could win a GOP primary race. No way.
Assuming this is as bad as the left hopes it is... def con three scenario, who comes out looking good?
I think Powell is over. He's nothing on the Right and the Left will only sing his praises so long as he and his underlings keep trashing Bush.
McCain is hurt. Armitage is over. Scowcroft is right that a muscular foreign policy will be discredited for a long time if the bleeding doesn't stop.
Who is best positioned to profit from all this? I know the media is eager to make it Hillary. Polls , probably fake polls, say voters now want a woman and voters also prefer a Democrat to steer the ship of state?
On foreign policy he is a neocon. there is very little daylight between his foreign policy and Cheney's. he is no Powell. He is dreaming if he thinks Bush-Cheney-ism goes down and he won't feel it.
Attention! Attention! This brain has overheated and will be taken out of circulation for servicing.
McCain doesn't require any Plamegate fallout to keep him from winning in 2008. His liberal record ought to be enough.
The reason I bring this up is because the conservative establishment thinks Bush is a yesterday man. Judging by comments -- McCain is getting lauded for wanting to cut pork and for speeches he's giving to the conservative think tanks-- the conservative establishment is turning it's sights to McCain as the tommorow man for the cause. I just think it is a bit nutty to do that.
McCain can toss his hat in the ring, but no will care, let alone vote his way.
Jack.
If McCain is so weak, and the base will never trust him, why would Hillary want to get rid of him? She should hope he's the candidate, so that none of us will turn out to vote.
i'm getting nothing here in kentucky either. is the mccain give-a-damn network down?
Who cares? McCain could not win a republican primary in the first place.
Take a breath. I don't know what this does for McCain (although I don't see it hurting him).
But, please explain how the Dimm's mantra of "a culture of corruption" paves the way for the return of the Clintonistas?
Thanks.
Yeah, I know. I am saying he's going to get hit with this all in the General. They'll bring up ancient history. They brought up Iran Contra to Bush's Dad in 92-- and that all came out in '86 and '87. 2 years from now it will be well within the media to bring up Chalabi-- especially if Chalabi is shown to be very close to the mullahs and the Iranians get the bomb.
Easy.... who is our horse for '08?
How do you think a chump like Carter got in in '76?
It was Watergate -- not saying this is Watergate, but that doesn't imapct the coverage (hell, watergate wasn't watergate-- that got Carter elected.
Hillary will run on competency and argue implicitly that Bill lied about personal stuff "not nat'l security."
Easy. No one knew who he was.
Can't say the same for the Clintonistas.
Seeing as how Chalabi holds a big chunk of the iraqi "oil for food" records, I'd say the Dems have more to fear from him than they dare let on.
In a cemetery full of them, this is perhaps your most brain-dead vanity yet.
You think, in three years, anybody is going to care who Chalabi is?
The claims he was an Iranian spy were fabricated.
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