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Posted by tu3031 2009-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Set up by McPain, eh ? Where is the little shit now ? Quiet as a church mouse. A worn out has been just like Jimmy the Peanut. Did you notice how he was shunted off to the side, the other day in the White House. No one wanted any lip from that dipshit. Same with McPain. Done for.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2009-01-09 09:34|| 2009-01-09 09:34|| Front Page Top

#2 True, McCain was everyone's LAST pick up till the very end. I have no idea how he got his foot in the door. And I don't care who disagrees with me, he WAS too old.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2009-01-09 10:56|| 2009-01-09 10:56|| Front Page Top

#3 How McCain got the nomination was quite overt.

Huckabee deliberately and openly stayed in long enough to draw votes away from Romney. In fact, he went further - he ran ads that were intended to incite evangelicals in the South to see Romney as religiously toxic, then threw his support openly to McCain right before the relevant primaries.

Nasty piece of work, Huckabee.

Posted by lotp 2009-01-09 11:01|| 2009-01-09 11:01|| Front Page Top

#4 I think some of early open primaries where Dems went for McCain kept him in, otherwise I don't think he would have even been on the radar.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2009-01-09 11:31|| 2009-01-09 11:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Or maybe because the dinosaurs of the RNC think this is still the 1950s and operate as such.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-09 11:41|| 2009-01-09 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 The tired old man got 46% of the vote on Election Day in spite of the Obama tsunami.

You name another Republican anywhere in this country that would have done that well.

Not Romney. Please.
Not Huckabee. Not even close.
Not Guiliani.

I can't think of a single one.

Sure McCain wasn't anyone's favorite. He hung in there nicely and was a point or two ahead in mid-September, right as the current economic 'crisis' broke (how convenient for Obama and all kudos to Mr. Soros).

So laugh at and pick on the old man, it's easy. Just remember, he's the one who brought us to the dance.

Posted by Steve White 2009-01-09 12:21|| 2009-01-09 12:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Dr. Steve, no matter the topic, you always seem, to me, to be the voice of moderation. Do ya hafta have that to be a Moderator?

Keep it up!

Posted by Bobby 2009-01-09 13:11|| 2009-01-09 13:11|| Front Page Top

#8 You might have misjudged Romney, Steve. I am absolutely certain Romney would have been about 100 times more effective than McCain when the financial crisis hit and he had a significant ground operation ramping up in the West and elsewhere.

But no one can do more than guess at this point. All I can say is that I regard my contributions to McCain/Palin as a huge waste of money I really needed for other things.

Posted by lotp 2009-01-09 14:09|| 2009-01-09 14:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Don't blame me. I voted for Fred.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2009-01-09 14:10|| 2009-01-09 14:10|| Front Page Top

#10 "You name another Republican anywhere in this country that would have done that well."

Fred Thompson.

If he'd decided to actually run.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-09 14:15|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-09 14:15|| Front Page Top

#11 You might have misjudged Romney, Steve. I am absolutely certain Romney would have been about 100 times more effective than McCain when the financial crisis hit and he had a significant ground operation ramping up in the West and elsewhere.

I was under the impression that McCain was taking Romney's advice while he was making various decisions during the crisis, i.e. suspending his campaign, etc.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-01-09 14:41|| 2009-01-09 14:41|| Front Page Top

#12 Don't blame me - I didn't get a vote. By the time the primaries got to my state it was all but over.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-01-09 14:46|| 2009-01-09 14:46|| Front Page Top

#13 Don't complain, C.Fool, I live in HI - talk about a wasted vote. Have I mentioned that I really don't like the electoral college - winner take all thing....

Posted by Grampaw Thomomble3779 2009-01-09 15:17|| 2009-01-09 15:17|| Front Page Top

#14 I think Sarah gooned it; by opening her mouth to make this statement she only opened herself up for more lebtard criticism, along the lines of 'she can dish it out but can't take it.'
would have been better to let others make that kid glove statement and she remain aloof. 2012 is only ( consults calendar) too far away.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2009-01-09 15:43|| 2009-01-09 15:43|| Front Page Top

#15 McCain had a chance to fight for the people to stop the first bailout. At least for enough time for the public to see how we got here. But, no, he cozied up to all the other senate crooks and went for it. He is just Senate business as usual.

Opensecrets.org has the top contributors from 2003 to 2008 to McCain. Read it and weep. He is part of the problem.

Merrill Lynch $370,020
Citigroup Inc $305,151
Morgan Stanley $264,277
Goldman Sachs $255,645
JPMorgan Chase & Co $221,457

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-01-09 21:36|| 2009-01-09 21:36|| Front Page Top

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