John McCain? Seriously?
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John McCain? Seriously?
The latest head-scratching move from Team Romney (sounds like a new project from the "South Park" guys) was a decision to -- in the wake of Rick Santorum's surge as a conservative alternative for the former Massachusetts governor -- roll out an endorsement...from John McCain.
On one level, sure, it's Politics 101. McCain is probably more popular in New Hampshire, where he won the GOP primary in 2000 and 2008, than he is in Arizona, so today's endorsement at the start of "New Hampshire week" is supposed to be a back-breaker. But Romney is probably going to win New Hampshire in a landslide with or without McCain's backing.
The thing about McCain is that while the GOP rank-and-file tolerated him in the fall of 2008, the Tea Party base of Republicans (64 percent of last night's Iowa caucus goers) will never forgive him for the ultimate sin of -- in their mind, anyway -- handing the White House over to Barack Obama. So with Santorum picking up boatloads of stray Tea Party voters, especially in South Carolina, that's the image the Romney campaign puts out there? McCain? Dumb.
Meanwhile, the New York Times said picking a candidate wasn't any easier for McCain than it's been for your average Republican:
Mr, McCain’s prickly relationship with Mr. Romney during the 2008 campaign for the Republican nomination animated a series of debates in which Mr. McCain accused Mr. Romney of supporting a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Mr. Romney accused Mr. McCain of “the kind of dirty tricks that I think Ronald Reagan would have found to be reprehensible.” In “Game Change,” a book on the 2008 campaign, the senator repeatedly groused that Mr. Romney would say anything to win the nomination and accused him of lacking a soul.
But the ill will between Mr. McCain and Mr. Santorum may run deeper, through their years in the Senate. In May, talking to the radio host Hugh Hewitt, Mr. Santorum spoke at length about the intelligence that he said United States security forces obtained through the waterboarding of the Qaeda leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a technique Mr. McCain has denounced as part of his broader campaign against torture.
“He doesn’t understand how enhanced interrogation works,” Mr. Santorum said of Mr. McCain, a former Vietnam prisoner of war who was tortured repeatedly during his years in captivity.
wokmaster, you do not engage in anything but opinion and slanted history. I attempted to respond to your 10:59 post, but the software kicked it out. Too bad, not writing it again. But really, Libya only cost a million dollars? LOL! Your reading comprehension stinks. My reply to Cissy was that he gave Obama credit for EVERYTHING, which is silly. You yourself just engaged in name calling from your 11:26 post. I called no one names. You have nothing. You are a perfect example of a leftwing pseudointellectual.- By the way, I just caught what you said about the million. It was a billion. My bad.
— wokmaster - I've been waiting for your response. I do throw some personal opinions in my posts but my discourse is not childish, unlike what I see from too many of the posters. I stated facts in response to your foreign policy opinions. I asked a valid question and you didn't answer it. You told me what you think the two leading candidates would do differently from Obama. I believe in some liberal positions but am beholden to no party. All I ask from anyone is objectivity. — wokmaster
- It's commonplace on this site to read hateful, ignorant posts from the trained seal Rushbot Fox News viewers; however, when you engage them on the actual issues and get past the opinions and name calling, they have nothing. Blackhawk is a perfect example.— wokmaster
- The Indpendents swung the vote for Obama in 2008. But now:
"Obama's overall job approval stands at a new low: 44 percent approve while 54 percent disapprove. The president's standing among independents is worse: 38 percent approve while 59 percent disapprove"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hucVDnEzVEYQnCmqs3QqL3mXjwrQ?docId=49125ea42b1e4c6e957e93371bf12c4a
Not looking good for Barry. - What, oh what will you angry lefties do when Barry gets the heave ho in November?
Away from the frenzy in Iowa, a poll released by Ramussen Thursday has Mitt Romney whomping President Obama 45 to 39 percent in a hypothetical general election face-off, the biggest lead the former governor has had over Obama in the survey series.
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/ballot-2012/2011/12/29/poll-romney-whomps-obama
The late night Hate Baggers are out in force tonite. Instead of the tired old platitudes - worst president ever, hope and change, Barry, Hussien, etc. - please tell me what Romney or Santorum would do differently than "W". Because I haven't heard ANY departure from his policies from either of them.— wokmaster- Reverse all of Barry's ruinous policies, starting with Obama Care. Weed out the leftist goons from the NLRB, Roll back job killing EPA regulations, just a few to start.
- The thing you just mentioned are not any different from "W". I think Obama leaves much to be desired but he didn't exactly take over a thriving economy. You can't just ignore the part Republicans have played in the whole situation, can you? — wokmaster
- This comment has been deleted.— CiceroSpuriousDeodatus
- "Considering that Obama was dealing with a house of whack-job religious Chin Baggers that even the GOP headmasters couldn't control - ending the Iraq war, liberating Libya, and killing Bin Laden ain't bad for four years."
Cissy, did you take your lithium today?
1) The withdrawl date from Iraq was finalized by Bush.
2) NATO established the No Fly Zone and used air support to help the rebels in Libya.
3) Seal Team 6 killed bin Laden. Barry approved the mission.
Any more revisionist history from your drug addled brain? - This made me laugh out loud! Bush set the withdrawl date but Obama actually implemented it against strong opposition from the GOP. Nato established the No Fly Zone but Obama handled Libya brilliantly. It cost a million dollars to oust Qadaffi without an American casualty versus a trillion to remove Saddam and occupy Iraq. Lastly, bin Laden was hiding in plain sight in Pakistan for several YEARS. Obama authorized the strike and would've taken incredible heat had anything gone wrong. Can't you atleast look at these things OBJECTIVELY? — wokmaster
- @VRW- Are you kidding? Thinks on his own? Obama needs someone (Axlerod, Rahm) to tell him when it is okay to go to the bathroom. The guy checks the wind more than the National Weather Service. You can say alot of things about Barry but being a great decision maker is definitely NOT one of them.
— Wiseman6 - Let's see who voted for the company bankrupting, alcoholic, brainless wonder in 2004 and 2008? The current president at least can think on his own without having a puppet master pulling all the strings.— VRW
- "Let's see who voted for the company bankrupting, alcoholic, brainless wonder in 2004 and 2008?"
WTF? - Bunch covered this right??????????
"It's the latest phase in the ruling-class soap opera that is the Obama-Clinton alliance, where the two first families negotiate new personal relationships as Hillary Clinton wrestles with her own ambivalence about Michelle Obama's husband, a man she once ridiculed as too callow to govern, and then worked tirelessly to elect.These tensions have created a somewhat schizoid relationship between Clinton and the Obamas--warm on personal matters, warier on political ones, and downright frosty on the still-unresolved issue of Clinton's mountainous campaign debt, which Barack Obama had pledged to help reduce."
— Manny Trillo - How dumb is Barack Obama? Let's look at his college grades.......
Raise your hand if you voted for the slogan- "Hope and Change" and not the inexperienced, brain dead, community organizer.— Manny Trillo - I suppose those of you who bought into Obama's 'Hope and Change' rhetoric are satisfied with the results.— RufusG
- FYI-"actual military experience" means being on the battlefield not behind a desk!!!— sarah89
- No it doesn't. That's battle experience. A ton of people who served in the military never stepped foot on a battlefield or shot a weapon at an enemy. Are you saying they do not have "actual military experience?"
- Hey Manny - what does that have to do with this article? Regardless still doesn't make any of the republican candidates competent enough to run the country. Romney has changed his tune so many times, he doesn't even remember what song he is supposed to be singing.
Trying to fight an obstructionist congress? Yes
Trying to fight an obstructionist senate? Yes
Hard to get anything done when all everyone tries to do is vote down any idea that comes out of the White House.— VRW - That "prickly" relationship between the Clintons and Barry was much worse but somehow...SOMEHOW you ignor it??? SHOCKING. Maybe McCain will get a position in the Romney Administration, yes, Defense Secretary. Might be good to have someone with actual military experience for a change!!The hate is making you Libs more stupid by the minute...LOL!!!— sarah89
- Bunch, if you had a soul it would be in the shape of a hammer and sickle— RufusG
- Gitmo? OPEN
Drone strikes killing innocents? Yes
— Manny Trillo - Worst President Ever- Barack Hussein Obama- no doubt about it.— Manny Trillo
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