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Ex-President Bush says attacks on McCain "unfair
Reuters ^ | Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:50pm EST | By Jason Szep

Posted on 02/18/2008 2:10:35 PM PST by OPS4

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former President George H.W. Bush urged disgruntled conservatives on Monday to rally around John McCain, calling their criticism of the Republican presidential front-runner "grossly unfair."

The father of President George W. Bush said he was annoyed by attacks within the conservative wing of the Republican Party against the Arizona senator, the all-but-certain Republican nominee to face Democrats in November election.

Many conservatives distrust McCain because of his moderate views on illegal immigration and campaign finance reform and for having originally voted against President Bush's tax cuts. Persuading them all to vote for McCain in November will be a central challenge.

"His character was forged in the crucible of war. His commitment to America is beyond any doubt," the 41st U.S. president, flanked by his wife Barbara, told a joint news conference with McCain in a Houston airport hanger.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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John McCain 2008
1 posted on 02/18/2008 2:10:36 PM PST by OPS4
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To: OPS4

Read My Lips: No New Liberals!


2 posted on 02/18/2008 2:11:56 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (I'm a Maverick Republican: I'll oppose the Party Nominee if I want to, and you have to like it!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Read Mine no COMMIES!


3 posted on 02/18/2008 2:12:37 PM PST by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!)
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To: OPS4

One RINO endorsing another.


4 posted on 02/18/2008 2:12:49 PM PST by 353FMG (Vote for the Person who will do the least damage to our country.)
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To: OPS4
McCain's attacks on conservatives are unfair.

McCain's attacks on the constitution are unfair.

McCain's attacks on Americans and legal immigrants who don't want the value of U.S. citizenship cheapened with a blanket amnesty are unfair.

This is only a beginning list.

5 posted on 02/18/2008 2:13:09 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: 353FMG

Better than democommies McCain 2008


6 posted on 02/18/2008 2:13:19 PM PST by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!)
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To: OPS4
Here, let me be the one to add the usual boring littany:

1. I will never vote for him.

2. I would sooner eat kittens.

3. I am voting for Bob Ross.

4. Etc.

7 posted on 02/18/2008 2:13:28 PM PST by Shryke
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To: OPS4
His commitment to America is beyond any doubt

Um, no, it isn't, or he wouldn't be so tight with La Raza.

8 posted on 02/18/2008 2:13:50 PM PST by slowhandluke (It's hard work to be cynical enough in this age)
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To: OPS4

What’s “grossly unfair” is the slate the GOP has given us.


9 posted on 02/18/2008 2:13:51 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
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To: OPS4
"Many conservatives distrust McCain because of his moderate views on illegal immigration and campaign finance reform"

Being opposed to the enforcement of the law and opposed to the clear intent of the First Amendment is not "moderate."

Most DEMOCRATS opposed the McCain / Kennedy Amnesty. McCain was an absolute radical; well to the left of my many Democrat friends who want the border secured for about a decade first.

Whether or not the Supremes agree, disallowing me from joining a buddy and placing an advertisement against Senator McLiberal is a pure form of Government censorship, prohibited by the First Amendment. I look forward to a less politically beholden Supreme Court to overturn McCain / Feingold on the basis of IT'S CRAP!

10 posted on 02/18/2008 2:15:09 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (I'm a Maverick Republican: I'll oppose the Party Nominee if I want to, and you have to like it!)
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To: OPS4

Didn’t George eventually adopt Bubba?


11 posted on 02/18/2008 2:15:24 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
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To: OPS4
I'm almost surprised that Poppy Bush is not endorsing Slick Willie's wife!! He adopted Slick like a second son!!

Maybe that says a lot about his endorsement of McLame.

12 posted on 02/18/2008 2:16:47 PM PST by LADY J
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To: OPS4
"Persuading them all to vote for McCain in November will be a central challenge."

On McCain, I'm a broken glass Republican:

I'll crawl over broken glass to get away from the voting booth before voting for him.

13 posted on 02/18/2008 2:17:05 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (I'm a Maverick Republican: I'll oppose the Party Nominee if I want to, and you have to like it!)
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To: OPS4
It amuses me to hear Big Media spin this as an endorsement that will help McCain with conservatives.
14 posted on 02/18/2008 2:18:10 PM PST by DManA
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To: LADY J

Hillary Clinton fundraiser Norman Hsu fugitive for grand theft?

The Wall Street Journal reports Norman Hsu, one of the top fundraisers for Hillary Clinton, may be a fugitive from justice.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Norman Hsu, a top Democratic contributor and a major fundraiser for the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, has pleaded no contest to a charge of grand theft in 1991. According to the Journal, Hsu accepted a plea baring to serve three years in jail after for allegedly cheating investors out of $1 million.

California prosecutor claims that Mr. Hsu never appeared for his sentencing and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. “He is a fugitive. Do you know where he is?” Ronald Smetana, who handled the case for the California state attorney general, said in an interview with the paper. Norman Hsu’s attorney claims that there are no outstanding warrants for his client.

The WSJ also linked Norman Hsu to a San Francisco family, the Paw family, who live in a modest house, but have contributed $55,000 to Hillary Clinton in the past three years. Winkle Paw, who lists as his employer several companies owned by Mr. Hsu, is the top contributor from the Paw family. You can see a picture of their home on the right. “I have been fortunate in my investments and all of my contributions have been in my money,” Winkle Paw told the newspaper.

The Hillary Clinton camp said today that there is no reason to return the donations, as there is no evidence that anyone got reimbursed for the donations, and that the Paw family, although living in a small house, had the financial means for these contributions!
http://www.ogpaper.com/news/news-0948.html
THEN!!!!
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Hsu raised big money for Clinton supporters
Candidates she courted benefit
By Scott Helman, Globe Staff | September 26, 2007

Disgraced fund-raiser Norman Hsu did a lot more than just pump $850,000 into Hillary Clinton’s campaign bank account: He also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local, state, and federal candidates who have endorsed Clinton or whose support she courted.

A major fund-raiser for Democrats since 2003, Hsu became one of Clinton’s biggest bundlers - gathering scores of individual checks and sending them to her campaign. But since revelations last month that Hsu was a fugitive in a 15-year-old California fraud case, Clinton has said she would return the $850,000 she has taken from him and his associates.
THEN!!
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Exposing Hillary’s Illegalities In Los Angeles Court To Begin Feb. 21!
The Hillary Clinton Accountability Project will shortly launch its fundraising drive to raise $500,000 to support the most important citizen’s legal initiative of 2008. The landmark civil fraud suit of Paul v Clinton et al which the California Supreme Court ordered to proceed against the Clintons, Grammys Producer Gary Smith and Clinton agent Jim Levin, will be set for trial and a discovery schedule at a special conference to be held in Los Angeles Superior Court on February 21, 2008.

The first law suit in American history to bring a President and a Senator to court for defrauding the Senator’s largest campaign donor and his public company will be set for trial and discovery at the Case Management Conference before Judge Munoz. Discovery and depositions of key witnesses, including the Clinton family, Al Gore, Ed Rendell, Terry McAuliffe, Harold Ickes, Howard Wolfson, Kelly Craighead, Barbara Streisand, Brad Pitt, Larry King, Mike Wallace among an array of political and entertainment leaders, will present an inside look at a culture of corruption that will shock the public.
http://www.peterfpaul.com/2008/01/29/exposing-hillarys-illegalities-in-los-angeles-court-to-begin-feb-21/
MCCAIN 2008


15 posted on 02/18/2008 2:18:18 PM PST by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!)
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To: OPS4

Bite me


16 posted on 02/18/2008 2:18:19 PM PST by wastedyears (This is my BOOMSTICK)
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To: wastedyears

Demorats


17 posted on 02/18/2008 2:19:10 PM PST by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!)
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To: OPS4

Fred Thompson: I’d give him money, volunteer, put up signs, make calls, bumper stickers, e-mails.

Romney: I’d volunteer, signs, bumper stickers, a couple of bucks if he needed it. Probably warm up.

McCain. I might vote for him.

Let’s see how good McCain does without an activist base.

I’ve never heard of “activist Moderates” or “activist Rhinos.”

He’s going to the dance with people who can’t dance.


18 posted on 02/18/2008 2:19:54 PM PST by rightinthemiddle (The Mainstream Media Controls Our Party. Go, RINOS!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

No new Clinton’s in the Oral Office!


19 posted on 02/18/2008 2:20:46 PM PST by dotnetfellow
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To: dotnetfellow

McCain 2008 is no Clinton, Vote for a war HERO who shed his blood for His Country!


20 posted on 02/18/2008 2:21:37 PM PST by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!)
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