Posted on 01/01/2006 10:22:42 PM PST by presidio9
Arizona senator John McCain could win the 2008 presidential election in the United States, according to a poll by Zogby International. 52 per cent of respondents would vote for the Republican in a head-to-head contest against Democratic New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
In 2000, McCain won seven GOP presidential primaries in the U.S., but retired from the race after eventual nominee George W. Bush became the frontrunner.
Rodham Clinton was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, defeating Republican Rick Lazio by 12 per cent. She ruled out a presidential bid in 2004. 37 per cent of respondents would vote for the Democrat, while 11 per cent would back other candidates or remain undecided.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
Who would you vote for in a presidential election pitting Republican John McCain versus Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton?
John McCain (R) 52%
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) 37%
Not sure / Other 11%
I can think of about thirty good reasons not to vote for McCain. And "too old" isn't one of them...
On the list of things that are horribly wrong with McCain, old is by far not the worst.
The man has consistantly done more harm than good. If we voted him in, there is absolutely no telling what he would do. On the major issues, he seems to side with the left more than the right. These are reasons to not vote for McCain.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Given the choice between McCain and Hillary, I'd pencil in Al Sharpton before I'd vote for either, and that's saying something. McCain is virtually worthless as a Republican.
No, actually, he is in fact better by by a whole lot.
Conservative McCain hatred is largely irrational. He's got a well above average voting record, and is good on the most important issues.
He's not a Democrat. He just plays one on TV. When a line is actually drawn in the sand, he votes right almost every time.
I don't think McCain has the right temperment to be President, he's too egotistical. Hillary is even less tempermentally suited, and she's also wrong on all the issues.
What you are saying is simply not true by any logical standards, assuming issues and voting matters.
McCain's voting record is largely very good, and more conservative then most GOPers.
A-A-A-men!
I didn't doubt that they said it. I wondered why you thought I paid attention to what Newsmax had to say. That's like posting Slate on DU.
Here's one:
http://www.tobp.com/other/beer_quotes.shtml
here's another:
http://www.allgreatquotes.com/funny_quotes37.shtml
Not if I can help it!
Okay...I know what the Constitution says. My post was a joke to another FReeper to come over here. I was just trying to save some one from the whiskey and beer vats. LOL!
She's trying to protect me from myself, reddog..she's like that..ya oughta see her in action on the street.
May 29, 2005
Old man McCain tries Bush’s crown for size
ANDREW SULLIVAN
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Journalists, whom he has cultivated for years, adore him — but largely because he’s a Republican who sometimes sticks it to Republicans.
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Why not McCain? The usual answer is: he’s too old and not in good enough health. He’ll be 72 in 2008 and had a recent, nasty bout of skin cancer. But his energy is still prodigious; he has that permanent, nerve-jangling haste that besets those who have been campaigning much of their lives. The media would do anything to help him and, last week, The New Yorker obliged with a fawning profile by Connie Bruck. Other journalists were having the vapours last week over his new clout.
Margaret Carlson of the Los Angeles Times gushed that McCain had “pulled the Senate back from Armageddon”. And Carlson is a liberal Democrat. You begin to see why a poll last year predicted that if McCain had been Kerry’s running mate, they would have beaten Bush by 14 points.
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the primary system in the Republican party is still strongly tilted toward fundamentalist Christians, and their leadership despises McCain.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-1631925,00.html
Thank you for what you do...be safe.
Okay-that didn't sound too nice, MR. ;*)
Nov 5, 2005
by Robert Novak
MONEY FOR MCCAIN
Sen. John McCain, a potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate, has gotten a tepid response to a New York City fund-raiser Monday for his "Straight Talk America" political action committee.
McCain signed a Sept. 27 letter announcing his appearance at the St. Regis Hotel Nov. 7. The price was $1,000 per person for a 6 p.m. reception and $5,000 per person for a 7:30 p.m. dinner.
Many New York contributors to McCain's 2000 presidential campaign were reluctant to attend this year's event. The fact McCain will be 72 years old for the 2008 presidential campaign was cited to explain lack of enthusiasm, as was the senator's support for the Iraq war.
http://tinyurl.com/a2qtx
NewsMax is a VERY conservative publication and website. You must be thinking of Newsweek, Newsday ??? or something altogether different.
Exclusive: Dick Morris Says Hillary Will Be America's Next President
Carl Limbacher, NewsMax.com
Wednesday, May 8, 2002
Not only will Sen. Hillary Clinton make a run for the White House before the decade is out, the former first lady has an excellent chance of winning a national election and becoming the next president of the United States.
That's the staggering prediction from former senior White House political adviser Dick Morris, who lamented to NewsMax.com Tuesday, "The order of succession to the presidency in this poor benighted country may well be Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton."
http://tinyurl.com/8fulp
He's not. He's just pissy that way.
Trust me, I'm thinking of Newsmax. Newsmax is to Conservatism as Michael Moore is to liberalism. Do not quote from Newsmax in public and expect to be taken seriously.
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