Ron Paul Hopes to Crash McCain's Party

ABC News ^ | 5/13/08 | Marcus Barum

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Sen. John McCain, taking a victory lap as the presumptive Republican nominee, happily poked fun at his only remaining opponent.

Asked during an appearance on "The Daily Show" last week which of the two Democratic nominees he preferred to run against in the general election, McCain quipped, "Ron Paul."

But Paul might get the last laugh during McCain's coronation at the party's convention in early September.

McCain's nomination may be certain, but he finds himself pressured by different wings of the conservative movement -- from the libertarians and the anti-war activists, to social conservatives and evangelical voters.

[roamer_1]

No I should not. I will vote for McCain who will continue the WOT with honor and who will reduce income taxes and spending.

He can continue nothing in honor, because he is without honor. The very first reason to withhold my vote is due to his ignoble character.

[roamer_1]

What party has Keyes as its Presidential nominee?

He is running as an independent with the endorsemet of the American Independent Party.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“The fact is, there is not a dimes worth a difference between the two.”

I don't think McCain has any Black Panther or Weathermen affiliations.
There is a huge difference between the two.

Your choices this year are simple; McCain or Obama. A vote not cast for McCain is a vote for Obama.

We need to out working for McCain this year, but out working to get a real conservative for the next go around.

[avacado]

"He can continue nothing in honor, because he is without honor. The very first reason to withhold my vote is due to his ignoble character."

No honor? LOL!!! Princess, go have a coffee.

[Jack Black]

We need to out working for McCain this year, but out working to get a real conservative for the next go around. Oh, you mean we want the RNC to reform the primary process so that Democrats don't dominate it? So that a few big eastern states that haven't cast their electoral votes for a Republican since the 1950s don't choose the nominee like this year? GREAT! Please get back to us all when you get that "fixed".

Face it Mel Martinez and the other pseudo-conservative RNC leaders got exactly the process they wanted, which yeilded the perfect candidate.

[MortMan]

I find it hilarious that you respond to a plaintive request for a positive, historically grounded reason to support McCain with yet another “XXX is so much worse” post.

Hilarious and telling.

[Proud_texan]

"What Conservative could vote for these?"

I would only observe that I thought Ford was a lousy president and I didn't vote for him but instead I was voting against Carter.

I feel pretty certain that as bad as Ford might have been there was no way he could have been worse than Carter.

I've held my nose pretty much every election in my life excepting two.

So yeah, I'll punch the ticket for McCain just like I did for every stinker before and after Reagan. Sometimes, no, most times you have to choose the one you don't trust to do the right thing vs. the one you KNOW won't do the right thing.

For what it's worth.

[MortMan]

That’s what he says NOW. What he said THEN was a classic class-warfare throwaway line about “tax cuts for the rich”.

Which McCain rationale is the truth, and which the lie?

[John D]

And Ron Paul is NOT a Presidential Candidate

Never was and never will be.

[deadrock]

No, moron.

I’m saying they’ll be no difference. They both hate conservatives. Your bridge obviously doesn’t reach logic or reasoning.

[deadrock]

McCain’s will ALL be miss. Count on it.

[avacado]

"Which McCain rationale is the truth, and which the lie?"

Good question. The next 4 years are going to be tough on all of us.

[jmc813]

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

The irony of FR's biggest ChiCom defender posting this is flooring me.

[jmc813]

Lately the level of anti-McCain hate has been ratcheted up so high by the bitcons and their Democrat operative buddies that this place was starting to sound a lot like DU.

I love how the October '07 n00b is going on about how FR has been "lately".

[jmc813]

La Raza (The People) is a political organization attempting to better the lives of Hispanic Americans.

[Swordfished]

I hope you like paying more taxes. Because that’s what you will do if McCain does not beat Obama.

Voting simply out of selfish personal interest instead of principle is childish and wrong.

I'd if it means keeping my integrity, I'll pay the higher taxes.

[jmc813]

All the candidates stink, that’s life. They are politicians. Honorable people generally don’t go into politics, people with interests do.

"The major problem - one of the major problems, for there are several - one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather or who manages to get people to let them do it to them To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must WANT to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem." -Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[jmc813]

What was the old saying? With friends like these...

When Paul goes and kisses "The Race"'s ass, you lemme know.

[Eva]

I’m not a Ron Paul fan, but I’m not voting for McCain, either. I can’t. We are in a war for private property rights in my part of Washington State. The fascists liberals are using environmental excuses to dictate private property use, including trying to stop all animal farming. One man told me that the county inspector told him that he should get rid of his cows and raise soy. They are also trying to turn over all the water rights in the state to the Indians and put meters on private wells.

[jmc813]

More 'friends like these' questions. More than just the pose, I would still love to know how and from whom Don Black and his psyco son got an invitation to the 'Value Voter's Debate' where this picture was taken. Each campaign was givin a limted number of tickets and the media was also limited based on the small size of the venue. This was not an event Black could have just walked into.

Jesus Christ, this nonsense was debunked months ago...

Unlike other straw polls where candidates have bussed in supporters or paid for their tickets, forty national leaders chose hundreds of delegates who accurately represent America’s largest voting block,” said Mat Staver, Chairman of Liberty Counsel, and Values Voter Debate committee member. “This is the most important straw poll yet.”