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| Maverick McCain rips GOP |
| 2004-04-05 |
| Posted in full (such as it is) Sen. John McCain yesterday unleashed an attack on his own party, saying the GOP is ``astray’’ on key issues and criticizing President Bush on the war in Iraq. Sore loser. Still got your eyes on the prize eh John? ``I believe my party has gone astray,’’ McCain said, criticizing GOP stands on environmental and minority issues. Actually, I think that one of our senators has gone astray. ``I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have no problems with it, in their views and their philosophy,’’ he said. ``But I also feel the Republican Party can be brought back to the principles I articulated before.’’ This is a badly edited article but really, John, why the hell do you still have an R in front of your name? I really wouldn’t object to you changing that to a D... just take Specter with you when you do it! The maverick senator made the remarks at a legislative seminar hosted by U.S. Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-Lowell) as he again ruled out running on a ticket with Democrat John F. Kerry. McCain has been insisting that he isn’t going to do that a little too much lately. Again, we won’t miss you John. The Arizona Republican took on President Bush for failing to prepare Americans for a long involvement in Iraq, saying, ``You can’t fly in on an aircraft carrier and declare victory and have the deaths continue. You can’t do that.’’ Well, he didn’t, but since you are giving a speach to a bunch of Democrats I guess the truth is optional. Or maybe its like BYOB (bring your own beer) at a party.... BYOT? McCain said the U.S. should seek more U.N. involvement in Iraq. ``Many people in this room question, legitimately, whether we should have gone in or not,’’ he said, adding that that debate ``will be part of this presidential campaign.’’ Probably not. The election will be about how well the economy is doing at the time of the election and, frankly, about how many votes Nader can pull from the left. I’m guessing a lot. |
| Posted by:Secret Master |
| #9 When is McCain's seat next contested? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-04-05 11:19:06 PM |
| #8 Powerline blogged this this weekend, and I noted that McCain (along with Jon Kyl) is co-chair of the re-elect Bush campaign - how awkward would that be, to accept Kerry's VP offer (should it really happen). OTOH - he should learn when to STFU....perhaps if Karl Rove learned Vietnamese? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-05 9:14:49 PM |
| #7 Well I guess the Kerry-Fonda ticket just ain't gonna happen.VP McCain. This is the Dims hope for this election. Mark it. Kerry-McCain. Won't matter to most Vets though. Kerry is dog meat. |
| Posted by: Bill Nelson 2004-04-05 9:09:51 PM |
| #6 McCain is just preparing an "exit strategy" from the GOP in case the info gets out about what he really did in Nam. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-04-05 5:11:16 PM |
| #5 Anyone out there remember what happened to that "Recall McCain" effort from a while back? The last I heard, Arizona Republicans were rather ticked off at having him decide he was elected to represent the DNC... |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-04-05 5:07:32 PM |
| #4 "The Arizona Republican took on President Bush for failing to prepare Americans for a long involvement in Iraq..." Say fucking WHAT????? Seems to me GWB has made it damn clear, a number of times, that we have a lot of difficult, dangerous work ahead of us; and that others in the administration have spoken of "a long, hard slog," I believe the phrase was. Has our whole damn country been reduced to a bunch of ninnies with 15-minute attention spans? Doesn't anybody LISTEN anymore? Or they all too busy watching "Reality TV" or whatever silly, brainless substitute for reality is being pushed these days? Jesus, I'm glad we aren't being called upon to fight WWII today... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-04-05 4:19:43 PM |
| #3 He's at least hedging his bets - just in case Skeery wins 2004. I do NOT believe he'll cross over - that would put off his chance to be prez til 2012 - and he's too old for that. Looking down the road it's easy to see that if the sky falls and Skeery does win, the grief we'll suffer for having a paper-tiger as president will make 2008 a probable shoo-in for the Pubs, IMHO. Who did the Israelis elect when Intifada II was launched against them? Same Same here, methinks. When appeasement and MultiCulti BS fails for the US, as Spain is seeing up close and personal right now, the backlash will be strong. And who's laying down the "quote line" for that day? McCain may be a true prick, but he's a smart prick. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-04-05 3:49:06 PM |
| #2 Sounds like McCain is working up his nerve to join the Kerry team, either before the election or as a cabinet member afterwards. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-04-05 3:41:28 PM |
| #1 I've seen those exact same quotes in the exact same scenario over a month ago. Is McCain using the same lines in the same place or is this just old news being recycled for additional effect? |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-04-05 3:29:36 PM |