Posted on 02/03/2008 12:25:04 AM PST by ThePythonicCow
HOW THE CLINTONS WILL DESTROY JOHN MCCAIN |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler | |
Thursday, 31 January 2008 |
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The number of fellow Senators who think John McCain is psychologically unstable is large. Some will admit it publicly, like Thad Cochran who says, "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine." Others relate times when McCain screamed four-letter obscenities right in their faces in the Senate cloak room, like Dick Shelby, Rick Santorum, or Jim Inhofe. "The man is unhinged," one Senator told me. "He is frighteningly unfit to be Commander-in-Chief."
The small group of Senators and Congressmen who have been briefed by T have been unable to confirm with the CIA any details of its document swap with the GRU beyond an admission that such a swap "may have happened." They are very nervous about pursuing the matter any further.
[A Yogi Berra note. There still is a chance for Romney, the last remaining hope. If he can win enough delegates on Super Tuesday next week, combined with Huckabee winning Georgia and other southern states, it may still be possible for McCain to end up with only a plurality of delegates, not a majority, at the end of primary season. An open convention is still possible, during which Republicans could come to their senses. It's not over until it's over.] |
I was present at a lecture Jack Wheeler gave on the world economy a few years ago and was favorably impressed. I think he is OK.
You are absolutely right. I’m a little young, but I heard a few stories from older shipmates when McCain first got elected to Congress. There was much hate and discontent about that. And I’ve worked with vets groups off and on for years, and there’s a lot of pent up hostility against McCain, just as there was about John Kerry.
People on this forum can put their heads in the sand, but the MSM is just waiting to interview these people and put their stories on the front page. Story after story from sympathetic widows who never found out what happened to their husbands because McCain got the information classified and buried. And the Clintons won’t have to get their hands dirty. The can stay above the fray and let the MSM do their dirty work.
I’m not going to vote for McCain in the primary, but I’m not sure the Clinton’s can destroy McCain. If the golden mic big mouth, and FR’s favorite dumb blonde can’t destroy McCain.... I’m not sure it can be done.
its already out there so it is not news.
any "documents" that purport to prove this charge is true can legitimately be claimed to be forgeries (whether they actually are or not!) given the precendent of the clumsily forged Bush National Guard letters... whoever uses them will suffer Dan Rather's fate.
I've never been a McCain fan, but I do believe that if there were a global crisis he would be cooler (temper tantrums aside) under fire than *any* of the other candidates whereas other candidates could very easily panic through inexperience...
being able to absorb pain builds strength of character... both my Dad and Grandad were POW's who suffered mightily during WWII, so I've seen the effect firsthand.
It won’t take the Clintons. The RNC will kill itself with McCain.
“So save your petty insults for someone else.”
This forum can do better than to pay so much attention to what Larry Flynt says he has up his sleeve. Let’s move away from the sleaze and get into some intersting facts, shall we? That’s what I’m thinking. Let’s not legitimize the hump any more than he has to be. Sorry to rub you the wrong way but that’s what I see and that’s what I’m calling it. For now, anyway.
“Hillary, a grasping, power-addicted misanthrope
I appreciate this kind of verbal accuracy!. Your arrows are staight and your aim like that of William Tell.
McCain is perfectly capable of swiftboating himself.
“McCain suffered at the hands of the Viet Cong.
Incorrect. McCain was a prisoner in Hanoi.”
To be fair to Dixiechick2000- If I know my history, McCain was pulled out of a lake by people who may have been or were reportedly VC. They broke his shoulder and knifed him in the groin before they had him out of his flight suit.
They won't be holding the pole.
In a serious crisis, people who have been through hell and back already have learned ways to deal with it, that the board room types (such as my preferred candidate, Romney ;) might not have.
And that might be one of the big attractions of McCain.
His very voice, raspy and all, speaks of someone who may be a pain in the arse to deal with in the congenial walnut paneled rooms of our August senate, but who in times of crisis might still be standing, still calling shots, when all about him have become one-note basket cases.
And this might be part of the unspoken calculus here. Most of us might list several essential qualifications or positions that we insist on having in our candidate.
But when push comes to shove, there is one or two things, often not the ones even on that list, that are decisive.
In the case of the President, those like me who most worry that it will take a high powered executive type to keep that runaway federal government in check may well trust Romney the most. Those who most worry that it will take someone with brass gonads to get us through the occasional big crisis may well trust McCain the most.
Or ... it might be McCain that goes off the deep end. Some fear that; and I can't prove otherwise.
Looks like this article has already revealed what Hillary will reveal. The article saved her the trouble by doing her work.
“The Clintons wouldnt touch this with a ten-foot pole.”
and then
“They won’t be holding the pole.”
Let’s just hope they don’t end up holding up the polls in November.
McCain was in the senate in the 90s, so let’s not forget the Clintons have a copy of his FBI file. Probably not Romney’s or Obama’s since they were not on the national radar at the time.
Anyway, in some sense, what you suggest probably isn't so.
I'll wager that 99% of all Americans do not hear about this anytime soon. So far as it might affect much, nothing has happened.
She might still try to pull the pin on this grenade, but perhaps we're exposing this enough now to build up a little bit of an immunity to this, an awareness that will allow more accurate and prompt response.
In any case, this is warfare. Operating in the dark on our side is a sure path to defeat.
UM ...horsemanure.
I guess we could say this whole article is sleaze.
Question is if there is any truth to it.
If anything like the things mentioned here are true it will be used if McCain gets the nod.
So take it easy, the bad stuff will be happening down the road and it won’t be people here on FR making it well known.
The Clintons never have to touch anything with a ten foot pole. They just get their confederates to leak things to the press.
I have heard most of this all before and will not accept it as truth without corroboration, especially all the claims made against him regarding VietNam. I DO accept it as possible since we are dealing with a man who was, at the time, a rich little post-teenage spoiled brat along the lines of a Teddy Kennedy. Even if it is true that he is a “hero” from the past, he is NO hero NOW.
Is he nutz? I believe THAT. Is the CIA a leftist infested swamp? I believe that as well. It is nothing more than just another fed agency that has been eaten by the activists over the past 30 years. Do the Clintons have something on McCain? Possibly. Will they use it? Most definately.
What we have, with a McCain nomination and either of the other two demonRAT candidates, is the possibility that the AMerican people, more than usually, are the BIGGEST LOSERS.
My biggest complaint over the past several election seasons has been that the people have forgotten what it means to be a self-governing nation. We have gone about our business, working and taking care of our responsibilities all the while forgetting that our biggest responsibility is in running our country. The Constitution makes it plain that WE are the biggest losers if we abrogate this charge. This campaign season is the result of all those claims- “Im too busy”, “I hate politics”,blah blah blah...Every time I see those talk shows where the “man-on-the-street” cannot identify even the president, vice president or any of the leading demonRATs that are busy his freedoms, my heart breaks. It isn’t funny.
It’s too late now. The election is around the corner and we are stuck with what we have. We conservatives are hearing how “irrelevant” we are, how the “moderates” are the NEW Republican Party. Even the enemy on the left re-writes history to claim the last good man we had- Reagan- and no one speaks up.
What do we do now?
We have 4 years. I intend to get as deeply involved in my state party as I can. I intend to kick ass and take names. I want to KNOW who the best conservatives are and I will push for them. I’m going to take a few minutes every week and cruise the internet and find out which candidates, what state, and what they stand for and see what their plans are. I’m going to continue to watch the news and when a foreign policy issue comes up, I WILL take a few minutes and find out WHAT this will mean for us all. If just a minority of us did this, the rest COULD be better informed.
Aren’t we sick of the media choosing our candidates for us? Is there a single person who actually believes these people, these hacks for the left, mean us anything but defeat and harm? Can’t we take a little time to assure that this country exists for our kids and grandkids?
Please don’t be a “moderate” which means nothing more than that you don’t know the issues or are unsure of what you believe. Take a stand you can believe in and take the little time it takes to fight for it. Our soldiers are doing that very thing. The least we can do is make them as proud of US as we are of THEM.
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