and us Pubs, too!
Posted on 02/12/2008 9:34:17 PM PST by bshomoic
McCain 'Fired Up' to Face Democrats
By LIBBY QUAID – 1 hour ago
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Republican John McCain said he was "fired up and ready to go" against either Democratic presidential contender as he celebrated primary victories Tuesday in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
"We do not yet know for certain who will have the honor of being the Democratic Party's nominee for president," McCain said of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. "But we know where either of their candidates will lead this country, and we dare not let them."
He told supporters at a hotel in Alexandria, Va.: "My friends, I promise you, I am fired up and ready to go."
McCain seemed to aim much of his rhetoric at Obama and his message of hope and optimism. The knock against the 46-year-old Obama is his lack of experience; he is serving his first term as an Illinois senator.
"Hope, my friends, hope is a powerful thing," said McCain, who at 71 is a four-term senator from Arizona.
McCain cautioned: "To encourage a country with only rhetoric rather than sound and proven ideas that trust in the strength and courage of free people is not a promise of hope. It's a platitude."
Recalling his struggle as a Vietnam prisoner of war, McCain said he discovered then "that nothing is more liberating in life to fight for a cause that encompasses you, but is not defined by your existence alone."
"I do not seek the presidency on the presumption that I am blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save my country in its hour of need," said McCain, a former Navy pilot who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam after his plane was shot down..
"I seek the presidency with the humility of a man who cannot forget that my country saved me," he said.
As the prohibitive leader in the race for Republican convention delegates, McCain is all but assured of the GOP nomination, even though former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee hasn't made it easy with his stubborn insistence on remaining in the race.
Huckabee embarrassed McCain on Saturday by winning contests in Kansas and Louisiana and coming close enough in Washington state to challenge the results.
Even so, McCain was generous, praising Huckabee as a gifted communicator and advocate who is a credit to the Republican Party.
"He certainly keeps things interesting, a little too interesting at times tonight, I must confess," McCain said. "But I have even more reason to appreciate just how formidable a campaigner he is."
Huckabee sounded more combative, arguing that he made a strong showing among rural voters in a region where McCain has lived since winning election to the House in 1982.
"I've never lived a day in that region; he spent the last 25 years there," Huckabee said in Little Rock, Ark.
McCain had big trouble with Huckabee's base of support in Virginia; there, 63 percent of white, born-again Christians supported Huckabee, according to exit polls. Among conservatives, a group that includes the born-again Christian vote, Huckabee was supported by 51 percent, while McCain had a 2-to-1 lead among moderate voters.
In a twist, McCain showed unexpected weakness among independents in Virginia, where they were about evenly divided between Huckabee and McCain. However, McCain carried independents in Maryland, according to the exit poll for The Associated Press and the television networks.
If McCain loses in a landslide.. Romney and the other candidates would lose in a landslide - 10.
Remember.. you are making comments like that with your heart for conservatism, not logically based on any facts about general election polling and viability.
I hope you’re right.
and us Pubs, too!
America is DONE.
There are so many things wrong with this election... not the process, but the candidates.
ACTUAL FREEDOM ... it’s done.
Watch the speeches by the candidates tonight.
The American people want a GIANT, Nanny State, Baby Sitter Gov’t. That’s what they want.
... no comment ...
“Shouldn’t you know his record.?”
Answer: Yes.
Yes....I’m reminded of Reagan’s comment after someone made an issue of HIS age.....Obama is like a teenage girl saying, “Like change, Like new beginnings, Like We CAN!”
“I hope you’re right.”
Just check the data at the link.
Now,
You want an indicator of real historical accuracy?
Whichever candidates holloween mask sells more, and which one wins the childrens schoolastic election have been VERY good indicators. LOL
Lie to yourself all you want, don't lie to people who know better. Loyalty to a candidate is a fine thing. Blind feverish fanatic adoration of a candidate is not.
VERY difficult for any party to win the WH 3 years in a row. Stevension could not in 1952, Nixon could not in 1960, Humphery could not in 1968, Ford could not in 1976, Gore could not in 2000.
Bush 1 road Reagan's legacy in 1988. Think McCain can ride Bush 2 legacy in 2008?
McCain, old, tired nearly broke 25 year DC insider is going to be going against an articulate, smooth, 1 term Senator who is out slicking the Clintons in spreading the "Agent of change" BS. McCain is going to get outspent about 7 to 1. He is going to be running with a depressed base against highly energized Democrat base who see in 2008 their 1st chance to control all 3 branches of Govt in 14 years. The Economy is going to be in recession by Nov 2008. Obama alone is receiving MORE votes in his primaries then all the Republican Candidates combined.
It will be a miracle if McCain wins 15 states. The slaughter down ticket of GOP candidate will be grotesque
Maybe in five years there will be five kids named Barack in every kindergarten class, and two of them will be white.
Heavy on the /s
Think McCain can ride Bush 2 legacy in 2008?
Don’t cite me chapter and verse about his imperfections of policy. They’re superior to the Democrats.
Ballgame.
Spin as hard as you like, it will make no difference. The facts are not going to change just because we find them so distasteful.
Don’t cite me chapter and verse about his imperfections of policy. They’re superior to the Democrats
Superior imperfections, maybe
“I will vote for Obama, but NEVER for McCain.”
How sick is that? Welcome to the club...
It will be a miracle if McCain wins 15 states. The slaughter down ticket of GOP candidate will be grotesque
Good for you.
Bad for my son, those who serve with him, and those of us who believe we should confront the forces of terror whenever and wherever we find the opportunity to strike.
Among other things, this is what you'll vote for:
. . . the same Washington game . . .
It’s a game where the only way for Democrats to look tough on national security is by talking, and acting and voting like Bush-McCain Republicans, while our troops are sent to fight tour after tour of duty in a war that should’ve never been authorized and should’ve never been waged. That’s what happens when we use 9/11 to scare up votes, and that’s why we need to do more than end a war – we need to end the mindset that got us into war.
That’s the choice in this primary. It’s about whether we choose to play the game, or whether we choose to end it; it’s change that polls well, or change we can believe in; it’s the past versus the future. And when I’m the Democratic nominee for President – that will be the choice in November.Senator Obama's Victory Speech in Madison, WI
Virginia exit polls show military primary voters voted for McCain, not Obama.
You need to share your insights with the world. Make a nice “THE END IS NEAR” sign and find a good street corner downtown... The adults can handle the politics from here on in.
Hello )))))))).... Earth calling Senator Goldwater ))))))))...
Did you hear a word that Johnnie said? Obama is going to bury McCain under a landslide of epic proportions, for all the reasons given. Don’t delude yourself.
It’s time for us to reconnoiter and regroup for the fight of 2010.
You go into a gibbering fit and scream an insult back.
You seem to be seriously confused as to whom the adult is here. I suggest you take your own advice. Leave the politics to the adults, you clearly cannot handle them.
B. Hussein Obama attributed his success in part to Republicans tonight. I believe him. Pubbies hate all that is Klintoon so much that many are crossing over to defeat Shrillary, by voting for B. Hussein Obama.
Once the wicked witch is dead, for good, the tide shall turn, but not nearly enough to give McCain the Presidency, IMO.
Folks, Obama is the pop star of the hour for this pop culture, and it really won’t matter what Republicans or our Democrat McCain does. We are going to get trounced worse than Mondale.
2012! We better get ready, and do a lot better than McCain.
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