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Why McCain might be it
The Washington Post via The Austin American-Statesman ^ | April 09, 2006 | George Will

Posted on 04/10/2006 12:05:37 AM PDT by neverdem

First Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, now John McCain and the media. Even torrid relationships are perishable. It was only a matter of time before the media turned on their pin-up, and that time has arrived. A rivulet, soon to be a river, of journalism is reporting — as a mystery deciphered, even a scandal unearthed — that McCain, who occupies the Senate seat once held by Barry Goldwater, is a conservative Republican.

He has been unmasked as a "pro-life, pro-family, fiscal conservative." Those words are his, and are a reasonably accurate self-description of the man who voted against the prescription drug entitlement and the most recent transportation bill because of their costs.

McCain proclaims his extravagant admiration for Teddy Roosevelt, a man of many virtues, not one of which was moral modesty. Speaker of the House Thomas Reed once said to TR, "If there is one thing for which I admire you more than anything else, Theodore, it is your original discovery of the Ten Commandments." St. John of Arizona can seem insufferably certain that he has cornered the market on incorruptibility. So as he begins trying to assemble a presidential majority, he seems, as anyone trying to do that will, like a run-of-the-mill sinner.

But his quest for the Republicans' 2008 nomination was bound to require tactics inconsistent with his carefully cultivated reputation for unexampled authenticity. He has endorsed teaching "intelligent design" theory in schools, and has sought a detente with Jerry Falwell, one of "the agents of intolerance" he denounced in 2000. But who has ever assembled a presidential constituency without endorsing positions formerly avoided or compromising positions formerly endorsed?

McCain is considered compromised because he now favors making permanent some of President Bush's tax cuts that McCain opposed when they were first proposed. But enacting the...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: District of Columbia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: georgewill; johnmccain; mccain; mccain2008; propaganda; puppetmasters; rino
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I hope not!
1 posted on 04/10/2006 12:05:40 AM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem
Why McCain might be it

Only if the "it" was how Hillary ended elected President.
2 posted on 04/10/2006 12:08:35 AM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: neverdem

Anyone but McCain. Oh yea and Mitt Romney too...


3 posted on 04/10/2006 12:10:12 AM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: neverdem
McQuig would be the worst possible candidate to run against Hitlery. He is a RINO of the first order who has done everything possible to limit free speech with his moronic McCain-Feingold legislation.

He is a true Manchurian candidate who has NO business at the head of the most powerful nation on earth. A leopard cannot change it's spots. McQuig can bark and howl about what a conservative he is to the media and anyone who will listen. Those of us who have watched himknow the real truth.

4 posted on 04/10/2006 12:10:25 AM PDT by Pistolshot (Condi 2008.<------added January 2004. Remember you heard it here first)
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To: neverdem

if he get the nomination, I'm not voting, and I'll be encouraging others not to vote either.....regardless of if Hillary is nominated or not.


5 posted on 04/10/2006 12:10:36 AM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: neverdem

The headline left out an "sh" in front of "it".


6 posted on 04/10/2006 12:11:25 AM PDT by Tall_Texan (I wish a political party would come along that thinks like I do.)
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To: Echo Talon

You know Romney and Rudy are bad by the fact, that McCain can actually run to the right of them and Romney and Rudy are probably the only 2 guys in the country who could make McCain look like a real conservative.


7 posted on 04/10/2006 12:12:44 AM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: Tall_Texan
The headline left out an "sh" in front of "it".

No they didn't. It's the 'it', as in 'it's full of it'

8 posted on 04/10/2006 12:13:58 AM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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To: ARCADIA

McCain would beat Hillary in an electoral rout not seen since 1984.

The fact is we can do much better.


9 posted on 04/10/2006 12:14:11 AM PDT by RWR8189 (George Allen for President)
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To: neverdem

NO to McLAME!


10 posted on 04/10/2006 12:15:09 AM PDT by Rick_Michael
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To: neverdem
McCain is not just a Rino, he is also literally insane. He has already openly attack first amendment rights, if he became Peesident, he would do more damage to the U.S. than the Clintons did in their eight years in the White House.
11 posted on 04/10/2006 12:16:54 AM PDT by Paul C. Jesup
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To: neverdem

Peesident = President


12 posted on 04/10/2006 12:17:22 AM PDT by Paul C. Jesup
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To: neverdem

I wouldn't vote for him for all the mexicans in the US.


14 posted on 04/10/2006 12:18:29 AM PDT by Jimbaugh (Fear the Base !!!)
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To: Sonny M

If it's Hillary he's running against, I'll be dragging everyone I can to vote for him.


15 posted on 04/10/2006 12:18:54 AM PDT by WOSG (http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/)
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To: neverdem

NOOOO!!!!!


16 posted on 04/10/2006 12:19:33 AM PDT by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: neverdem

"McCain .... is a conservative Republican. "


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ROTFL -- I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Just look at his voting record.

He recently authored and sponsored the "terrorist protection" bill, that doesn't sound like something a conservative Republican would do.

Not to mention all his other votes that were not only NOT "conservative Republican", but there were opposite of the votes of the Republican majority.


17 posted on 04/10/2006 12:22:23 AM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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To: Paul C. Jesup
Frankly, I don't disagree with much of what McCain has to say.

However, the man is nuts. He scares me.

18 posted on 04/10/2006 12:22:31 AM PDT by zarf (It's time for a college football playoff system.)
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To: vik

Thanks for the reminder. This guy is arguably more dangerious than Hillary.


19 posted on 04/10/2006 12:22:58 AM PDT by Paul C. Jesup
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To: RWR8189
"McCain would beat Hillary in an electoral rout not seen since 1984."

Only if he is running on a Democratic ticket; on a Republican ticket he would be an excellent reason to go play golf on election day.
20 posted on 04/10/2006 12:24:09 AM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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