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McCain reaches out to disgruntled Clinton supporters
Reuters/Yahoo ^ | 06/04/2008 | Jeff Mason

Posted on 06/04/2008 8:35:57 PM PDT by abt87

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Memo to disappointed women supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton: Republican John McCain wants your vote.

McCain, the senator from Arizona who has wrapped up his party's White House nomination, moved on Wednesday to woo women and other Clinton backers whose disappointment over her defeat by Illinois Sen. Barack Obama could cause them to switch teams.

"I would welcome any of Senator Clinton's supporters' vote," McCain told reporters in Louisiana, adding he would seek backing from people across the political spectrum.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; crossovervote; democrats; hillary; mccain; reachingout; rino
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To: jpf
Absolutely so. You know, Reagan reached out to Democrats too and a bunch of them voted for him.

Ronald Reagan appealed to Democrats by promoting uncompromised principles of conservatism. I know, I was one of those Democrats.

McCain isn't promoting conservatism, he is abandoning it. McCain is appealing to Democrats by becoming one of them.

21 posted on 06/04/2008 9:24:17 PM PDT by upsdriver (the maverick upsdriver is writing in Duncan Hunter for president)
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To: abt87

McCain finally makes a move towards the right.


22 posted on 06/04/2008 9:25:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: upsdriver
No, he's not. McCain is the ONLY Republican who had a prayer of winning this year because he was the ONLY Republican left alive who had credibility on SPENDING and national defense policy.
23 posted on 06/04/2008 9:27:32 PM PDT by jpf
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To: jpf

It won’t matter who gets in. The Senate will have over 60 dems to over ride any veto. McCain authors most of the democrats legislation anyway.


24 posted on 06/04/2008 9:34:17 PM PDT by Ron in Acreage (McCain or Obama-Either way we're screwed.)
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To: jpf
I am going to hold my nose and pull the lever for McCain.

Can you imagine what kind of America we will be living in when evil scumbags like Louis Farrkhan and Jeremiah Wright are spending quality time in the White House?

25 posted on 06/04/2008 9:36:15 PM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon.)
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To: jpf

Go ahead and vote for him then. Personally, I hope he gets his ass kicked.


26 posted on 06/04/2008 9:37:21 PM PDT by upsdriver (the maverick upsdriver is writing in Duncan Hunter for president)
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To: Prole

The kind where couch potatoes wake up and revolt against liberalism?


27 posted on 06/04/2008 9:37:50 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: upsdriver
He in fact WILL get his assed whooped, but good.

Then the great CONSERVATIVE TAKEOVER of the GOP will begin, it has been a long time coming since January of 1989. Twenty years but we will get there yet.

28 posted on 06/04/2008 9:40:24 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo ("President-elect" McCain Will Announce His Cabinet Bit-by-Bit To The Disbelieving Groans of FREEPERS)
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To: Grunthor

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“McCain reaches out to disgruntled Clinton supporters”

Shouldn’t be that far of a reach.
>>

Absolutely correct, nor should it be. Both candidates will now sprint for the center as fast as they can sprint, and McCain has a lot less distance to travel in order to get there.

This is a victorious reality. The center wins. Moderates decide the presidency. Obama must not be allowed to posture himself as moderate. You will soon see him sounding aggressive on Middle East opponents. You’ll see him saying tough things about Iran, while preparing to award Iran the country of Iraq.

McCain is a centrist. Bush added compassionate to the word conservatism. It’s all about the center. One starts to the right of it, but close to it. The other starts to the left of it, far away from it.

If the final positions remain thus, Obama will not be president.


29 posted on 06/04/2008 9:55:27 PM PDT by Owen
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To: TigersEye
The kind where couch potatoes wake up and revolt against liberalism?

Body slam!

And I thought I played rough.... 

30 posted on 06/04/2008 9:57:39 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the girly-man population. Have the McCainiacs spayed or neutered.)
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To: upsdriver
If he does I hope you and all the others who vote 3rd party, don't vote or write in some losers name, enjoy your taxes being raised and your military cut to the bone, forget being a citizen, Comrade.
31 posted on 06/04/2008 10:02:24 PM PDT by Peacekeeper357 ("I can no more disown him, than I can disown the black community." Obama)
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To: abt87

Yeah, well, page me when he starts reaching out to disgruntled Conservatives.


32 posted on 06/04/2008 10:06:26 PM PDT by MaggieCarta (Anybody who thinks of going to bed before 12 o'clock is a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson)
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To: Peacekeeper357
....enjoy your taxes being raised....

Psssssst! Over here, Comrade! 

 

33 posted on 06/04/2008 10:09:55 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the girly-man population. Have the McCainiacs spayed or neutered.)
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To: JoJo Gunn

They’re not going to wake up with McCrazy in office. More Pubbies will just go into McBot mode and defend his every liberal move. The libs will beat him daily like a red-headed step child but the legislation will still go through.


34 posted on 06/04/2008 10:13:52 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: JoJo Gunn

Good tagline. ; )


35 posted on 06/04/2008 10:16:15 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: krb

**I really wish McCain were reaching out to disgruntled Republicans instead.**

He will. Be patient.


36 posted on 06/04/2008 10:17:38 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Ron in Acreage
The Senate will have over 60 dems to over ride any veto.

Let them have 60, or even 65 because it takes 67 to override a veto.

37 posted on 06/04/2008 10:26:19 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: Peacekeeper357
If he does I hope you and all the others who vote 3rd party, don't vote or write in some losers name, enjoy your taxes being raised and your military cut to the bone, forget being a citizen, Comrade.

Your attitude (and that of the GOP establishment) is exactly why I won't vote for McCain. Trying to extort out of me a vote for a closet liberal is just plain pathetic.

38 posted on 06/04/2008 10:36:26 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (History is a story written by the finger of God. — C.S. Lewis)
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To: Peacekeeper357

If McCain proposes the same things as president, such as raise taxes, will you oppose him? Or will you do like most of his supporters and defend every liberal stance he takes?

My belief is we will be more energized, more united in stopping a liberal Democrat government than we will against a liberal Republican government.

Does it not bother you that McCain seems to have a serious grudge against conservatives? Have you noticed how well he speaks of our political enemies? and how often he disparages our team?

I have absolutely no qualms about not voting for that POS. No matter what happens this election, I will sleep well knowing I did the right thing.

Why should I be on his team? He has never been on ours!


39 posted on 06/04/2008 10:54:03 PM PDT by upsdriver (the maverick upsdriver is writing in Duncan Hunter for president)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Then the great CONSERVATIVE TAKEOVER of the GOP will begin

I start to wonder: who are these conservatives that people are talking about? They couldn't get behind one candidate during the 2008 primary season, and now they're hoping to take over the party?

40 posted on 06/04/2008 10:54:31 PM PDT by paudio (Like it or not, 'conservatism' is a word with many meanings.)
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