Posted on 05/15/2004 10:58:02 PM PDT by hope
Well as I said I made that prediction 2 months ago and got all of the arguments I am seeing on this thread. It is odd that McCain is the ONLY one being prominently mentioned in the media recently. I see a lot of short term poll boosts by doing this and it would be THE main story for weeks leading up to the Democrats convention.
No. Not in 10 million years.
McCain is a bastard, but he would not run for a Dem ticket ever.
On a side note, my word does he look unprofessional in that picture slouching like that.
LOL In politics never say never.
Question: Is McCain a big enough flake to take the Veep slot?? Lately, it looks like it.
As much as I would like to see McCain gone, Kerry or rather the clintons will pick Richardson before a McCain.
What better way to get back at those who he feels unfairly disparaged him in 2000?
Democrats are good at knowing how to push the buttons of certain GOP congressmen. Like McCain, they know his fatal flaw is his ego. They stoke it at every opportunity and the Democrats who operate the media boost his status every time he bolsters Kerry. It's sad that our representatives, like McCain, debase themselves by falling for these tactics.
Geesh, does the Jr. Senator from NY know this too?
Uh, that's not the only way a Vice President becomes President. Think Truman. Think Johnson. Think Ford. Remember that Reagan was almost assassinated. Clinton was impeached and might have been forced to resign if Gore had turned on him instead of supporting him. And every future President will be a high-priority target for Al Qaeda.
Just wondering if his wife's health might be a contributing factor to his decision to say no.
"Such a ticket would "instantly transform the presidential race," the Times said."
Yeah - instantly transformed from a piece of excrement into a bad dream about a piece of excrement.
(Sorry for the rude language - it's just that none other will suit.)
If McCain picks this, he loses all his power. Dems will never trust him, and no republicans will have a thing to do with him.
I was going to say, Mccain will be Kerry's VP like Roy Jones will lose to Antonio Tarver.
Looks like I was wrong.
Sunday, May 16, 04
Tarver Shocks Jones With Knockout Win
By TIM DAHLBERG, AP Boxing Writer
LAS VEGAS - Antonio Tarver's left hand out of nowhere stopped Roy Jones Jr. in the second round Saturday night, giving him the light heavyweight title and handing Jones the most crushing defeat of his illustrious career.
Kerrey himself would add more to the ticket than McCain or anyone else. Kerrey has the colourful character that Kerry lacks, he has the mental quickness and toughness needed to best Cheney in the VP debate, and most of all perhaps, he comes across as someone voters can relate to in a way they cannot relate to Kerry. A Kerry/Kerrey ticket has a ring to it and it also gives the ticket two war heroes for the price of one, something that, in a time of war, will appeal to independents who are dubious about the incumbent Prez and VP. A Kerry/Kerrey ticket is the one the GOP can expect to face off against in 2004.
I agree. Plus I can't believe the dims wamt to put a Republican on their ticket, one heartbeat away from the presidency. If Kerry/McCain won, and Kerry becomes ill with cancer, bingo, instant Republican administration. Are Bill Clinton, Terry McAwful, Ted Kennedy, James Carville, et.al, going to go for this? Hard to believe.
Somewhat misleading title. It should read:
The Times Hoping Kerry Is Still Considering McCain for VP
Not at all. They are just using a standard presidential campaign tactic of mentioning popular individuals as potential VP's in order to give their candidate an aura of centerism. They don't really want a McCain to run as their VP; what they want is to convince swing voters that Kerry is a moderate, neither liberal nor conservative, like McCain.
If the Democrats were worried about their base, they would instead be pushing, in a purely verbal sense, the possibility of a black VP. This year, their base is secure, so they can symbolically move to the center by talking up McCain.
Now, if Kerry wins, which I don't think will happen, McCain can, if he wishes, top off his career with a few years as Secretary of Defense.
McCain knows that, if he does this, all the stuff in his past about banking scandals and calling Asian reporters "gooks" gets dredged up immediately.
Kerry knows that, if he picks a Republican, even a RINO, as VP, he risks PO'ing enough of his far left base that Nader tips the election to Bush.
Aint gonna happen. This is just trial ballooning to keep us off the scent of his actual picks.
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