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For Possible '08 Run, McCain Is Courting Bush Loyalists
Washington Post ^ | February 12, 2006 | Dan Balz

Posted on 02/12/2006 11:22:18 AM PST by mdittmar

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a man in perpetual motion, flew to South Carolina on Jan. 16. His stops included a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and speeches to local Republican groups. But one of his most important events was not on the public schedule -- a 5 p.m. meeting at a Spartanburg hotel with loyalists to President Bush.

A dozen or so people were in attendance. At least two were among Bush's major national fundraisers. Virtually all had been on Bush's side in the bitter 2000 South Carolina primary that badly damaged McCain's chances of winning the presidential nomination and scarred the relationship between the two men and their rival political camps. McCain was there to woo them.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dreamon; mccain2008; rino
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To: lormand
Just say NO, to the Senior Senator from the Media.

The President of the Media is offended by your demotion of him.

101 posted on 02/12/2006 1:59:09 PM PST by NeoCaveman (When they asked me if I wanted it Super Sized, I didn't think they were asking about the federal gov)
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To: OldFriend
McCain can go to hell.

My sentiments exactly. He is unstable and unsuitable to be President. I cannot and will not vote for this back stabber.

102 posted on 02/12/2006 1:59:42 PM PST by Carolinamom (I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. ---Ronald Reagan)
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To: mdittmar

Well then he's nuts. There is no way I will support him. George Allen is my man right now.


103 posted on 02/12/2006 2:04:39 PM PST by conservativecorner
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To: mdittmar

NO WAY, NO HOW, NEVER.


104 posted on 02/12/2006 2:11:18 PM PST by Old_Grouch (59 and AARP-free)
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To: OldFriend
>> It will be a cold day in hell before I praise LIEberman for anything! I don't recall praising King either. <<

Well, as I noted, roughly HALF the freepers on this board who vowed to "never forget" the politicians who saved Clinton's butt are now heaping praise on Loserman and Peter King. You and I are obviously part of the other half, but go on current thread about Pete King and Joe Loserman and I gurantee you, 90% of the replies will be gushing with approval. Compare that to 1999 when everyone on this board vowed to defeat 'em.

105 posted on 02/12/2006 2:24:42 PM PST by BillyBoy (Find out the TRUTH about the liberal Democrat's FAVORITE Republican in IL ... www.nopinka.com)
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To: kjo
The GOP must understand if they nominate McLame millions will stay home on election day.

The GOP must understand that hardcore conservatives are sucicidal idiots and would much prefer Hillary in the White House even if it means she gets to pick Supreme Court nominations.

106 posted on 02/12/2006 2:37:51 PM PST by zarf (It's time for a college football playoff system.)
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To: Mighty Eighth

Amen to that. I'd vote for Hitlery before the McCain Mutiny, too.


107 posted on 02/12/2006 2:48:01 PM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (Patriotism to DemocRats is like sunlight to Dracula.)
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To: jch10
"Don't call me, McCain. I have a long memory."

Exactly...

Conservatives have a long memory. McCain will never be the Republican nominee for one simple reason.

"On February 28 (2000) in Virginia, the home state of Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell and Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson, McCain launched a vicious attack on these "self-appointed leaders" of the Christian right. McCain called them "agents of intolerance" and described the two men as the right-wing equivalent to "Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton".

The next day McCain suffered major losses in Republican presidential contests in the states of Washington, Virginia and North Dakota. Exit polling showed that conservative Christians played a major role in McCain's defeat. Less than two weeks later McCain suspended his campaign."


108 posted on 02/12/2006 2:59:17 PM PST by StAnDeliver
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To: rhombus

In a general election, McCain would mosty likely beat Hillary. While he may not be a top choice, he's certainly better than Hilly.


109 posted on 02/12/2006 3:02:14 PM PST by HitmanLV (Listen to my demos for Savage Nation contest: http://www.geocities.com/mr_vinnie_vegas/index.html)
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To: kjo

If a lifetime ACU rating of 83 over 22 years makes McCain a liberal, hardcore conservatives ill just marginalize themselves out of elected positions just as hardcore liberal/leftsist have.

Every Freeper should begin every day reminding themseleves that the country is not nearly as conservative as they are. Once people come to grips with that, the rest becomes much easier.

Otherwise what the the threshold for liberal? An ACU rating of 85 or less? 90? Keep it real, true believers, or maginalize yourself for a very long time.


110 posted on 02/12/2006 3:09:43 PM PST by HitmanLV (Listen to my demos for Savage Nation contest: http://www.geocities.com/mr_vinnie_vegas/index.html)
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To: mdittmar

I think McLame can defeat Hitlery ------in the Democrap Primary!


111 posted on 02/12/2006 3:10:22 PM PST by leprechaun9
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To: HitmanLV
"Every Freeper should begin every day reminding themseleves [sic] that the country is not nearly as conservative as they are."

In 2004 Bush won 97 of the 100 fastest growing counties in the US, with a 1.7 million vote edge in those 100 -- regardless of when they set their alarm clocks.

If Arizona can do better than McCain -- and they can -- then McCain has no business in the White House.

112 posted on 02/12/2006 3:24:47 PM PST by StAnDeliver
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To: StAnDeliver; Lauren BaRecall
..your post combined with the NRLC link on #56 should just about do it for anyone who is even remotely considering McCain.

..he simply is not wired right...

..bitter, twisted, profane, and mean-spirited...

113 posted on 02/12/2006 3:50:28 PM PST by WalterSkinner ( ..when there is any conflict between God and Caesar -- guess who loses?)
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To: mdittmar

Whoever are the Republican nominees in 2008, I hope they don't have anything to do with Haliburton. I'm so tired of lefties whining about it.


114 posted on 02/12/2006 3:51:44 PM PST by Democratshavenobrains
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To: StAnDeliver
"If you decide to torture him, you probably don’t get the right information because torture doesn’t work."
"Eventually, I gave them my ship's name and squadron number, and confirmed that my target had been the power plant."
Newsweek: If Al Qaeda had hidden a nuclear bomb in New York and a suspect involved in the plot had been captured.

"You do what you have to do," said McCain.


115 posted on 02/12/2006 4:15:58 PM PST by StAnDeliver
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To: mdittmar

If it's between Cap'n McQueeg and Hillary, 2008 will be a tough year. Let's hope someone takes John out in the primaries, or it could harm the GOP as a party for a long time.


116 posted on 02/12/2006 4:19:49 PM PST by Defiant (Dar al Salaam will exist when the entire world submits to American leadership.)
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To: HitmanLV
McCain has joined Christie Whitman's PAC and is on her board of directors. Her platform......ridding the country of christian conservatives and electing moderates.

She's for partial birth abortion, gay marriage, and objected to parental notification for minors to get abortions when she was governor of NJ.

Tell me again about how conservative McCain pretends to be.

BTW, Jack Danforth is also on the same Board with Whitman.

117 posted on 02/12/2006 4:33:25 PM PST by OldFriend (The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
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To: mdittmar
NO!
118 posted on 02/12/2006 4:38:29 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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To: MNJohnnie

I never thought of that, now we Conservatives need to just find a sole Conservative to back in the primaries.


119 posted on 02/12/2006 5:04:36 PM PST by MassachusettsGOP (Massachusetts Republican....A rare breed indeed)
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To: Faraday
"Rain coats for all the reporters in the first three rows."

mega laughs

120 posted on 02/12/2006 6:10:51 PM PST by lormand (...the wrong person came out of the water that fateful night in Chappaquiddick)
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