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McCain Recruiting Pragmatists, Moderates to Remake GOP [Manchurian McCain has been activated]
Politico / Politics Daily ^
| 2009-10-02
Posted on 10/02/2009 12:11:16 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is taking the opposite route of most defeated presidential candidates: rather than quickly bow out of national politics, McCain is working to become a transformative force in the Republican Party, Politico reported Friday. Concerned about the GOP's direction, McCain has been recruiting and raising money for candidates who share his pragmatic center-right style.
McCain has been a particularly generous advisor to Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who he encouraged to run for Senate and threw a $500,000 fundraiser to support.
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:12:23 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
(Kick corrupt Democrats *AND* Republicans out of office in 2010!)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:13:16 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Democrat party has always been the party of slavery, sedition, subversion, socialism and surrender)
To: TigersEye; TADSLOS; cripplecreek; mkjessup; stephenjohnbanker; NFHale; Squantos; Gilbo_3; ...
Ugh.
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:13:20 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
(Kick corrupt Democrats *AND* Republicans out of office in 2010!)
To: rabscuttle385
To paraphrase Obama:
You lost. Sit down.
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:13:22 PM PDT
by
bolobaby
To: rabscuttle385
McCain, please, fade away.
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:13:31 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(Obama Administration: Security thru Absurdity)
To: rabscuttle385
Dear John,
You lost because you're a spineless moderate. Without Gov. Palin, your defeat would have rivaled Mondale's and McGovern's.
Please shut up and go away.
Thank you.
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:13:44 PM PDT
by
wny
To: rabscuttle385
I think this is great.
Lets have a bunch of McCain clones against a bunch of conservatives in GOP primary races for 2010.
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:14:41 PM PDT
by
crescen7
(game on)
To: rabscuttle385
Kind of makes you wonder if McCain might have voted for Obama. As long as the Republicans try to be middle-of-the-road, the Dems will have a much better chance of winning.
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:15:20 PM PDT
by
newheart
("It will keep the government out of your health care decisions..." Barack Obama, July 23, 2009)
To: rabscuttle385
Anyone who thinks they can honestly restore Conservatism to the OP wing of the socialist Republicrat party with McAmnesty trying to reshape it needs to stop drinking the Kool Aid.
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:15:44 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! FairTaxNation.com)
To: frogjerk
McCain, please, fade away.And take Meghan with you...please.
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:15:56 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(If Dick Cheney = Darth Vader, then Joe Biden = Dark Helmet)
To: rabscuttle385
Glenn Beck was right!
FUJM
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:16:03 PM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(Jimmy Carter is America's hemorrhoid)
To: rabscuttle385
If Steele allows this to continue, it’s time to bolt from the GOP as they head right off the cliff
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:16:15 PM PDT
by
Lloyd227
(Class of 1998 (let's all help the Team McCain spider monkeys decide how to moderate))
To: goodnesswins
Not one more penny to anyone who does not acknowledge Sarah Palin as the leader of the Republican Party!
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:16:39 PM PDT
by
SubMareener
(Become a monthly donor! Free FreeRepublic.com from Quarterly FReepathons!)
To: rabscuttle385
-"McCain is working to become a transformative force in the Republican Party"
To: wny
Maybe Palin shouldn’t have accepted the VP spot. Then we really would have seen what a lousy GOP he is and maybe he would have actually gotten the hint.
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:18:46 PM PDT
by
pctech
To: crescen7
Bingo.
And it starts with Rubio v Crist.
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:19:25 PM PDT
by
nhwingut
(The media's love affair with Obama reminds me of a dog humping a telephone pole.)
To: SubMareener
McCain can do what he wants with the Gross Old Party. As soon as Sarah founds the Conservative Party it will be a ghost anyway, the Dems can take the RINOs. Good Riddance!
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:19:38 PM PDT
by
AUH2O Repub
(Palin/Hunter 2012)
To: wny
You lost because you’re a spineless moderate. Without Gov. Palin, your defeat would have rivaled Mondale’s and McGovern’s. Please shut up and go away.
John that’s ditto from me!
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posted on
10/02/2009 12:19:45 PM PDT
by
Bitsy
To: rabscuttle385
"I think he's endorsed people with center-right politics because he has an understanding that the party is in trouble with certain demographics and wants to have a tone that would allow us to grow," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, McCain's closest friend and Senate ally. What's this *certain demographics* thing? This stinks of the old *certain people* slam. And a "tone" that would allow the GOP to grow? This coming from people who demonstrate they are completely TONE DEAF to a true winning strategy, ideology??
Good luck with that, Graham.
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