Posted on 07/07/2008 4:15:41 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
September's national convention for Republicans won't be a bed of roses for Sen. John McCain. There's at least one impediment to keep him from his party's nomination — a probable fight over the platform.
At issue are his stances on such explosive issues as global warming, immigration, stem-cell research and campaign finance. The Washington Post reports that, "Virtually the entire platform will have to be rewritten to lessen the imprint" of President Bush, whose name appears on nearly every page."
Although McCain has yet to reveal how he plans to alter the strongly conservative platform, the Post reports that many conservatives fear he'll want the platform to reflect his own views that in many instances diverge from those of most conservatives.
McCain is "really out of step with the strong majority of his party," Myron Ebell, director of energy and global warming policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute told the Post. The Institute opposes McCain's positions on climate change.
GOP officials in the Republican National Committee, as well as those in McCain's campaign, told the Post they have much in common with conservatives. They say their conversations as they approach the convention suggest there will not be a nasty platform fight.
"We are confident that this process will produce a platform that all Republicans will enthusiastically support," said Joe Pounder, a spokesman for McCain. "Our party is united, and will continue to work together to elect John McCain in November."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Look for McCain to use the occasion to make himself look more ‘compassionate’ to the national audience at conservatives’ expense.
And plan on me roasting him every step of the way as he does it.
Look for McCain to use more and more sentences that begin with “My friends” or “My friend”. Irritating as hell.
Amen to that. I’m actually very excited for this to happen. I can’t wait to watch and see how things go.
In an ironic twist of fate, the man that derailed the GOP majority receives the GOP nomination for President then reaches across party lines to unify with his friends in the Democratic party.
Conservatives howl, then 4 years later beg for more punishment.
Pi$$ off. I'm just... UNITED AGAINST OBAMA.
That McCain is helping marginalize the conservative 30% of the voting population is icing on the cake for the left.
Hopefully he won't get in the way of any rules changes to reform the Presidential Primary schedule like Bush's folks did.
the stupid party tears itself apart.
the time to fight for a conservative nominee passed.
now it’s time to unite against the democrats.
Yes, because we're kinky little nymphos and perverts who like getting "punished" by the RINOs. /sarc
Fight the power!
Isn’t that the truth. And I mean your tagline as well.
“Our party is united, and will continue to work together to elect John McCain in November.”
If one is going to lie, one should lie intelligently. The party is united? That should be news to both pro-McCain and anti-McCain folks.
Goerge Soros and Teressa Heinz Kerry and their many affiliated foundations, sure must be rolling on the floor right now.
They’ve got an in to the White House no matter who wins. How about that.
And one of them will actually silence conservatism while passing their pipe dreams.
I support McCain. He is the only reasonable choice for President right now — but ...
... I support this fight. McCain needs conservatives to continually push him to the right. I am convinced a McCain Presidency could be good for the country, but it will require constant pressure from us to make it so.
Obama isn’t a reasonable choice. Barr hasn’t a shot at victory. Nader and McKinney are worse than Obama. McCain has an 82% rating from the ACU — not great, but not a deal-breaker, and far better than Obama’s 8.
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Hey no problem. Dole started the GOP trend on not reading the platform. Platform writing is Boob Bait for the Bubbas.
Notice that.
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