No, but within ten days he went from battling Gerald Ford to endorsing him. It's called falling in line for the good of the party.
With the same over-the-top "we can't afford him" rhetoric Romney used?
It's called falling in line for the good of the party.
No, it's called saying things you don't believe because you think it's what the voters want to hear.
Shouldn't you know his record?
Five new links…
THE PAMPERED POLITICIAN - John McCain Keating 5 and other things. FR Nov. '99
MORE GUN CONTROL: McCAIN-LIEBERMAN FR April '01
McCain calls Jeffords' switch lesson for GOP FR May '01
McCain Antics Weary Arizonans in G.O.P. FR June '01
McCain may leave Republican Party to fight Bush in 2004 FR July '01 John Huang
Tom Delay On Faux "McCain Has Done More To Hurt The Party" VIDEO
How Bill Kristol ditched conservatism. Great Escape (Gave floundering McCain 2000 campaign a direction.)
McCain may leave Republican Party to fight Bush in 2004
His staff set up policy think-tanks and other groups to lay the ideological foundations for another third-party challenge in the Bull Moose style.
For the good of the Party. /s
“Within ten days?”
“No, but within ten days he went from battling Gerald Ford to endorsing him. It’s called falling in line for the good of the party.”
Reagan fought Ford all the way into the convention, and then was still fighting.
This is typical of the Romney nonsense, his fans are comparing him to Reagan when in reality McCain is still being challenged by Huckabee and we are many months before the convention.
The one term governor from Massachusetts had his shot, pumped in 50 million dollars of his own money to give himself a chance and now after being forced to drop out of a three man race he is formally and enthusiastically endorsing John McCain.
Reagan was a leader of a movement that he had been identified with since at least the late 50s, Romney is a politician that adopted a new campaign strategy about 30 months ago.
>The key vote of the convention occurred when Reagan’s managers proposed a rules change that would have required Ford to publicly announce his running mate before the presidential balloting. Reagan’s managers hoped that when Ford announced his choice for vice-president, it would anger one of the two factions of the party and thus help Reagan. The proposed rules change, however, was defeated by a vote of 1180 to 1069, and Ford gained the momentum he needed to win the nomination. The balloting for president was still close, however, as Ford won the nomination with 1187 votes to 1070 votes for Reagan (and one for Elliot L. Richardson of Massachusetts).
Reagan endorsed Ford after his defeat, and gave an eloquent and stirring speech that overshadowed Ford’s own acceptance address. Some delegates later stated that they left the convention wondering if they had voted for the wrong candidate.<