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Is McCain going to screw conservatives (again)?
michellemalkin.com ^ | August 19, 2008 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 08/19/2008 9:45:40 AM PDT by the anti-liberal

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 19, 2008 09:11 AM

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Wouldn’t put it past him. Would you? Which is why, despite all the encomiums he’s received from his Saddleback appearance, I haven’t joined the ga-ga bandwagon (and won’t).

Rich Lowry reports:

NR has learned that the McCain campaign has been calling key state GOP officials around the country the last couple of days and sounding them out about the consequences of a pro-choice VP pick. The campaign is asking about the reaction of conservative grass-roots activists to such a pick and whether a pro-choicer can be sold to them. This is an indication that the McCain campaign is serious about the possibility of a pro-choice VP nominee and that McCain leaving the door open to Tom Ridge last week may not have been merely a friendly nod to a longtime supporter.

Sound off. Guess they didn’t hear you loud enough the first go around.

Hat tip: Big A.

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Update: David Limbaugh calls it…

McCain must quit echoing the Democratic talking point that places form over substance and the illusion of bipartisanship above principle. Who says Americans “want us to work together” if that means abandoning legal protection for the innocent unborn or other inviolable principles?

Update: McRudy?!?!?!



TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008veep; conservativevote; malkin; mccain; prochoice; prolife; screwconservatives
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To: rbbeachkid

The very best thing you can do, regardless of who you vote for on the top of the ticket (if at all), is to vote for as many conservatives as you can down ticket.


41 posted on 08/19/2008 10:06:19 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: sarasota

Yes, and sounding like just another unappeasable.


42 posted on 08/19/2008 10:06:48 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: the anti-liberal
Not sure it matters. The VP does not pick justices and does not sign bills into law. And if McCain is elected and passes away in office, a pro-abortion VP is still only going to be able to dlea with legislation that the congress sends up.

If McCain wins he will be working with a house and senate with a makeup pretty much like exists today - Dems may strengthen their majorities slightly, but not to a supermajority. Is that congress going to be able to send a powerfully pro-abortion bill (or a powerfully anti-abortion bill) up to the president? I doubt it.

This just seems like a tempest in a teapot. McCain is a pro-life senator, and would be a pro-life President, but he's not likely to be able to do much to advance the issue in either direction. The good news here is, congress is not likely to be able to do much harm, unless there is a much much larger pro-Dem blowout than what is anticipated.

43 posted on 08/19/2008 10:07:08 AM PDT by AzSteven ("War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." Jean Dutourd)
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To: the anti-liberal

Rush is talking about this today. The only chance Barak Obama has of becoming President is if John McCain selects a pro-choice running mate like Ridge or Leiberman. That’s why the RAT media is promoting them.

McCain should find out which one of his campaign operatives are making these calls and fire him. Of course, Ridge is co-chairman of the campaign. So it could be Ridge who’s making the calls.


44 posted on 08/19/2008 10:07:10 AM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: the anti-liberal

Always do


45 posted on 08/19/2008 10:07:14 AM PDT by rbbeachkid (When is enough enough?)
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To: the anti-liberal
Griping here does nothing. Take action. Even if it is a bogus rumor, it can't hurt for Conservatives to flex our muscles and remind McCain where votes and funding come from.
46 posted on 08/19/2008 10:07:54 AM PDT by mnehring (http://www.heyobamababy.com/obama_baby_cool_cat.htm)
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To: rdb3

If you got the kind of trashy, disgusting, vicious, racially charged email she has on a regular basis, it would probably get to you too.


47 posted on 08/19/2008 10:08:34 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: Righter-than-Rush

Who?


48 posted on 08/19/2008 10:08:36 AM PDT by mnehring (http://www.heyobamababy.com/obama_baby_cool_cat.htm)
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To: Righter-than-Rush
"God is in control of who wins, anyway"

That doesn't absolve you of responsibility!

49 posted on 08/19/2008 10:10:00 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: Huck
Go Ron Go!

Yes, GO! (Away)

50 posted on 08/19/2008 10:10:25 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: savedbygrace

It only works if enough people vote for the same third party or write-in.


51 posted on 08/19/2008 10:11:27 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: the anti-liberal

“We didn’t - the media picked a loser for us.”

Certainly they got their “maverick”, but it was after all voters in the primary who picked McCain over say, the clear conservative choice, Duncan Hunter.


52 posted on 08/19/2008 10:12:12 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: Prokopton

“The only way you have to do this is to not vote for him.”

I hear what you are saying but see my tagline.....


53 posted on 08/19/2008 10:12:35 AM PDT by oust the louse (NOT voting this November is a vote for Barack Hussein Obama....think about that.)
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To: Constitution Day

This has to be a smoke screen. No way the McCain campaign is that stupid to pick a pro-choice VP. (or are they? geez)


54 posted on 08/19/2008 10:13:09 AM PDT by lincolnton
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To: AzSteven

I think the main question here is not so much what kind of a presidency will a pro-choicer be but how many voters will a “pro-choicer” turn away?


55 posted on 08/19/2008 10:14:55 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: Constitution Day
Yes, GO! (Away)

Who is this "Ron" person? Not Ron Paul? Is he even running? I thought Bob Barr was the LP candidate?

56 posted on 08/19/2008 10:15:26 AM PDT by Huck
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To: Righter-than-Rush
Christ was not a pragmatist, therefore I am not a pragmatist.

Did Christ ever have to vote?

57 posted on 08/19/2008 10:16:28 AM PDT by Huck
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To: lincolnton

What is a pro-choice VP going to DO about Roe v. Wade?


58 posted on 08/19/2008 10:17:51 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: the anti-liberal
We didn’t - the media picked a loser for us.

Baloney. The voters picked McCain.

59 posted on 08/19/2008 10:18:01 AM PDT by Huck
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To: EyeGuy
Remember how selective the coverage was? Think about how much thought the average Joe or Jane gives to selection choice and how much influence seeing and hearing repeated coverage of select candidates have on their choices.

A biased media has too much influence in these matters. It's disgusting.

60 posted on 08/19/2008 10:18:53 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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