This controversy is all about Senator McCain's ego.
Why Should Conservatives Be Loyal to Maverick McCain's Ego?
We're All Mavericks Now, Senator
He has no interest in rebuilding the Republican Party.
Posted on 04/26/2008 4:46:16 AM PDT by coffee260
could someone link the ad. I haven’t seen it either.
“Krauthammer said last night that it was McCain who is out of touch with reality. He added that McCain must be out of his mind. The only things that will save McCain from himself are (1) I will vote for him by default, and (2) BO will make even worse gaffs.”
That’s the sad state of affairs. McCain will get the votes from white Dems. who won’t vote for a black candidate, also a hefty Hispanic vote for the same reason.
Then, if he wins, he’ll lecture us how he won back the Reagan Democrats, and how his compassionate approach to illegal aliens won a good Hispanic vote for the party. But it’ll mostly be because some Dems. just wouldn’t vote for Obama.
Im waiting for MCCain to apologize for running for President in the first Place,Might as well get it out of the way now
Well, I did see the ad, and I think the NC Republican party should stay out of the presidential campaign. I realize that they are saying that this is an ad for the gubernatorial race, but in effect what they are doing is weakening Obama in a state that he is supposed to win big,. If he wins this state big, and can win Indiana, then Hillary will most likely not be able to continue in a legitimate fashion.
This may be what McCain is thinking. He may rather run against Obama than Hillary, and this ad may keep her in the race and eventually bring her the nomination and the victory in November.
He has a right to ask them not to run the ad because it affects his campaign, no matter what Rush Limbaugh rants and raves about.
“Im waiting for MCCain to apologize for running for President in the first Place,Might as well get it out of the way now”
Remember how a drumbeat in the media and elsewhere arose that Bob Dole just had to resign his Senate seat to show that he was fully committed to the presidential race? He did resign and that ended his Senate career.
Maybe we can get the same from McCain. Then, if he loses, we’d have the little weasel out of the Senate.
thanks. it’s surprisingly un offensive. I love the cute grandma at the end.
“Well, I did see the ad, and I think the NC Republican party should stay out of the presidential campaign. I realize that they are saying that this is an ad for the gubernatorial race, but in effect what they are doing is weakening Obama in a state that he is supposed to win big...”
Using such an ad does not mean the NC Republican party is getting involved in the presidential campaign. I wish I had a dollar for every ad that’s run in a state showing some state politician in a smiling photo with Ted Kennedy, or any well known politician who is unpopular with the state in question. It’s been done for years and the tactic will continue to be used, and Obama’s ties to Wright are much stronger than that between most politicians.
McCain needs to keep his nose out of state races because he clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
This is a wink-wink, nod-nod between McCain and the NCGOP to test market the Obama/Wright link as a campaign ad issue.
In private, no one I know is upset at McCain, instead, they just chuckle at the vast amount if info they are receiving to guide their planning of the GE ad production.
This is a test. Repeat, this is only a test...
“This is a wink-wink, nod-nod between McCain and the NCGOP to test market the Obama/Wright link as a campaign ad issue.”
Were it anyone but John McCain, I might believe that. But no one matches him for preening self-righteousness, and this was a wonderful opportunity for him to preen in public again, with his usual lack of regard for how it might affect anyone else, or the party in general.
When one considers the others that could be standing tall as a Republican candidate for president, a feeling of utter hopelessness and disgust sets in.
Maybe he just isn’t very bright...ever thought of that?
He’s not after the black vote, though it would be nice. Obama has it wrapped up. He is after the people who may be sympathetic to Blacks but just can’t quite handle Obama. He is making himself acceptable as a second choice.
I don’t think he’s from North Carolina.
300 million people to choose from...and we get JUAN?
Everything becomes clearer when you come to the realization that McCain has written off a large percentage of conservative republicans. He will continue to target the religious right with Huckabee's help, as well as hawks, veterans, military families, Hispanics and perhaps gun-owners (picking Crist as VP would boost his cred on that issue), but otherwise his main focus will be wooing the center left, since, as has been obvious throughout his career, that is his comfort zone.
He'll of course take the vote of small government, strict constructionists, and may he even manage to throw a bone their way with some occasional platitude, but otherwise, we can pound sand.
If this was Fred Thompson calling for the state party to stop running the ad, hardly anyone around here would say a peep. McCain was my last choice for the candidacy, but now that he has it, no matter what factors played in his getting the nomination, we are stuck with him unless we go 3rd party, which is a dangerous thing IMO.
The NC Republican party may be helping Hillary get the nomination, and if she does, she will win the presidency. The Republicans in NC can run the ad as much as they want after Obama secures the nomination. My question is, why are they running it now? Is this the only dirt they have on the Democrat? A smiling photo with Ted Kennedy is different in the sense that Ted Kennedy isn’t running for the presidency, nor is he closely associated with any candidate. (He is supporting Obama, but he is not the preacher in his church for 20 years). Surely the Democrat must have ties to Hillary’s associates as well. I haven’t seen any dirt run on her in quite a while, not only in NC, but anywhere.
McCain has a right to tell them what to run if it affects his campaign, and this most certainly does.
Dole made a virtue out of necessity. The Democrats were pulling parliamentary stunts designed to tie him up in Washington and hinder his campaign.
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