McCain: GOP lost 'big-time,' must rally

The Chicago Tribune - Washington Bureau ^ | 2009-03-03 | Mark Silva

[rabscuttle385]

Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, says his party has lost two elections in a row - "big-time'' - and it's time to rally anew.

On the spat that radio's Rush Limbaugh has stirred with President Barack Obama, prompting the White House and Democratic Party alike to assert that radio's "Rush'' is the new voice of the GOP, McCain had this to say on the FOX News Channel today:

"I think there's a lot of voices in our party. Rush Limbaugh is one of them,'' McCain told Neil Cavuto on FOX's Your World with Cavuto. "(RNC Chairman) Michael Steele, I respect enormously, the governors, (Tim) Pawlenty (of Minnesota) and (Bobby) Jindal (of Louisiana) and (Sarah) Palin (of Alaska, McCain's running mate in '08) and others.

"I appreciate all of them, and, for us to get into some kind of contest, when we've just lost an election, about who does what, let's all work together as a party and get our party back on track,'' McCain said. "We just lost two elections in a row, big-time. Let's get together.

"I think Mr. Limbaugh speaks for a number of Republicans,'' McCain says of the conservative commentator with an estimated radio audience of 12 million. "I think I speak a little for the Republican Party...Let's all speak for the things we value and the things we believe in."

[rabscuttle385]

No mas Juan McCain y los RINOs!

[Carling]

Hopefully McCain is the first one left behind as the party reinvents itself, with Michael Steele running a close second.

[rabscuttle385]

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[mgc1122]

Sit down, Johnny Mac ... while it’s nice to see you found your voice, it is about a year too late.

When you had a chance to speak loudly in opposition, you offered praise for your opponent, kicking your supporters in the crotch at every turn, so what you have to say is of little interest.

[Old Sarge]

McCain: GOP lost 'big-time'

[OBXWanderer]

I think I speak a little for the Republican Party.

You got that right Juan, VERY little.

[TADSLOS]

"We just lost two elections in a row, big-time. Let's get together.

Let's not.

[EternalVigilance]

Waving one hand around to distract you while with the other hand he prepares to stab you again.

[rabscuttle385]

You got that right Juan, VERY little.

...only when he's not busy speaking for the Democrat Party.

[DTogo]

Let's all speak for the things we value and the things we believe in.

Expect for you nativist, racist, quote Conservatives.

Right, Juan?

[EyeGuy]

Step One:

Provide the American public with a rock-ribbed conservative message and a portfolio of policies, CLEARLY divergent from the big government Marxism of the Democrats. This is where President Bush went off the tracks.

No, Mr. McCain, you and most assuredly Michael Steele, are NOT the ones who can do this.

[txnativegop]

I was a loser then, and I'm still a loser now

[Diogenesis]

McCain is the self-declared LOSER FROM ARIZONA
who said Obama was 'ok' and 'nothing to fear'.

Idiot.

[OB1kNOb]

[Gator113]

Again the “Mac rule” applies.

Anytime McCain says anything, wait 3 days, it will change.

Sad, but true.

[bamahead]

[bigbob]

“He’s a real Clymer”

“Yeah, big-time!”

[headstamp 2]

“I think Mr. Limbaugh speaks for a number of Republicans,’’ McCain says of the conservative commentator with an estimated radio audience of 12 million.”

Isn’t it more like 20 million?

[NewJerseyJoe]

> McCain: GOP lost 'big-time,' must rally

This is like the Pied Piper complaining about the dearth of rats in Hamelin.

McCain -- GO HOME! STAY THERE AND SHUT UP -- PLEASE! WE'VE HAD ENOUGH!!

[texmexis best]

Mac, please leave the stage gracefully.

Time for new blood that reflects the Repub base. You had your shot, now go away.