Posted on 05/09/2008 2:58:08 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
I consider it a banner day when I can render my friend Ann Coulter speechless.
The wonderful conservative warrior was a guest on my radio show this week (Ann is one of the best guests in the business) and I hit her with something so wild, so preposterous, and so outrageous, that she just, well, stayed silent for a few seconds.
After a long pause, she laughed and said, “You know, he’s just stupid enough that he might do it!”
The “he” in question is Sen. John McCain. Ms. Coulter has made no secret of her total and utter disdain for the GOP presidential candidate. To many diehard conservatives, Sen. McCain is that horror of horrors, a Republican with enough moderate tendencies as to attract people to him who might not ordinarily vote for a Republican.
So I thought I’d have some fun by sharing with her a prediction that one of my radio callers made earlier that day.
When the caller, Tim from Atlanta, first suggested it to me, I had virtually the same reaction as Ann. I was stunned.
“Mike”, he started. “Something came to me last night while I was watching the TV coverage of the primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. I was wondering just who John McCain might pick as a running mate and it hit me like a ton of bricks: I predict that after Hillary is finally forced out of the race, McCain will shock the world and pick Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential candidate!”
Think about that for a minute. “McCain/Clinton 2008.”
After I pulled myself off the floor and sat back down in my chair, I asked Tim from Atlanta how that idea could possibly have any merit.
“It’s simple”, he replied. “The media keeps beating the drum about bi-partisan cooperation in Washington in order to get things done. People continue to harp about being tired of all this bickering and politicking and fighting. McCain is well known for wanting to reach across the aisle and work with Democrats – who could forget McCain/Feingold – and it’s pretty much understood that Madame Hillary would do just about anything to get back to the White House,” he said. “A McCain/Clinton ticket would be virtually unstoppable!”
The only thing stopping right now is the beating of my heart at the prospect of such a nightmare.
But his prediction demonstrates just how loopy this entire campaign cycle has become. It also reinforces the heartburn and headaches that many of us Republicans are experiencing as we get nearer and nearer to the general election.
Writer David Frum believes that John McCain is possibly the perfect GOP candidate in an ever-changing country. Frum, a daily contributor to National Review Online and best-selling author, thinks it’s a huge mistake for us to pine for the days of Ronald Reagan-era conservatism. He argues that a successful Republican presidential candidate will be the sort of person who demonstrates unshakable integrity, a willingness to shake off some of the previous conservative orthodoxies, and can challenge and even disagree with some of the cultural philosophies that helped define the Reagan Revolution. Frum makes the case that a successful GOP candidate will be the one who returns to fiscal conservatism, reigning in out-of-control spending, even if he or she wanders off the reservation over an issue like illegal immigration.
That view, of course, is heresy to a rock-ribbed conservative like Ann Coulter. In fact, when I asked her about Frum’s arguments, she chortled and admonished me to stop asking her about people like David Frum “who aren’t real conservatives.”
I greatly admire the torchbearers of conservatism like Ann and Rush Limbaugh and others who believe that the real peril is in Republicans even considering moving one inch to the center.
But David Frum is a smart guy, too. He makes a compelling case that if the GOP has any chance of retaining power in D.C., the party should realize that this isn’t our father’s Republican Party anymore. Instead of hearing all the supposed stories of Republican voters willing to support Barack Obama (a bizarre concept that I still can’t understand), why not produce a GOP candidate that Independents and even Democrats can support?
He seems to think McCain might be that guy.
Whichever point of view you endorse, it seems pretty evident that as Sen. McCain prepares to gear up for a full scale battle during the next six months, the Republican Party is at a crossroads.
Let’s hope Sen. McCain doesn’t choose to cross the road hand-in-hand with Sen. Clinton.
People who seek to diminish McCain because of one grievance or another forget the totality of a BHO nightmare presidency. Barry is seeking to “change” everything about our country, including disarming it. Hamas has endorsed him for good reason. With Barry as POTUS, they can just walk in...here and in Israel.
I love Ann, but this? Really, really dumb.
They look like two people who just discovered they both drive a hybrid.
Hey—she’d bring in those dem votes that all of the McCainiacs seem to embrace. And, they could beat Obama!
Just win, baby!
/s
However, this year conservatism may not win because the Republicans have screwed things up so much when they were in power and the John McPain approach may succeed.... we will see in November.
How about it. Could all of you “hold your nose and vote for the lesser of two evils” still do that if Hillary is the Republican VP?
I just LOVE this woman.
That would be “YOU’RE”.
Once a young woman has made that first, fateful decision to degrade herself by descending into the world of prostitution... the pertinent question, each and every night, is no longer will she, but rather: how will she attempt to rationalize it all away, the following morning...?
They still would. For some reason, an “R” by a guy’s name means he’s qualified to be president.
Our side is just as stupid as their side, and it makes me sad and angry to see it.
This election has been a total shocker to me. I didn’t know conservatives were almost as ignorant as liberals when they want to believe something. (McLame)
People must understand how lose-lose this is. But how can they when they’re willing to lie about McLame’s conservatism and walk around kissing his rear.
I wouldn’t put it past McCain to pick Hillary. And I don’t think she would turn it down. After all, the Democrats have already deserted her—what would she have to lose? And McCain is old, so she wouldn’t have to wait long before she could step into his position. At his age, any number of things could...happen.
you’re ?
“Actually, Ms Coulter is correct. He would be stupid enough to do it.”
I’m pretty sure there must be Republican Party rules against such apostasy...but rules seem to be pretty liquid these days.
And McCain *would* be stupid enough to do it, just to be a media darling for a little longer.
I guess so...I’m 100% supporting and voting for the U.S. military this election, and that ain’t Barry!
Ronaldus Maximus' 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican. McCain doesn't qualify.
I fear that you are very much correct. The GOP lost it’s strength and integrity the day Reagan finished his last term. From Bush SR. on, it started slipping down hill. Then the spineless Trent Lott/Graham group took charge of the party and it has retreated hopelessly left.
The only way to fix this is for the GOP to fail miserably and the American people to see what real Socialism actually means. The economy will fail along with the Democrat stupidity that taxes create prosperity. That is, only for the parasites who believe they are owed something, which is most modern Democrats.
The only way to get through to an Alcoholic is to let them hit bottom hard. And the GOP pretty much drunk with their misguided leadership. Let this train-wreck find it’s own end of the track.
Reminds me of an April 20th post:
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To: jwparkerjr
" Hillary is just such a creature and any celebrating of her demise could be a big mistake until the death certificate arrives in the form of a convention naming Obama as the candidate."
Assuming things don't get so nasty that she ends up supporting McCain.
15 posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 3:29:27 AM by LZ_Bayonet (There's Always Something.............And there's always something worse!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2004224/posts?page=15#15
We got McCain as the nominee, not because of issues, but because of too many Republicans insane fear of Hillary. A McCain/Clinton ticket would be the perfect punctuation on a bizarre election year. What sweet irony!
I think it would be hilarious!LOL
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