McCain faces doubts among Republican conservatives »
Posted By ybdogsct 1 year, 6 months ago in NewsRepublicans used the PA, IN, and NC primaries to register their unhappiness with McCain by voting for Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, or Mitt Romney. In Penn, 27% opted for Huckabee or Paul; in N Carolina and Indiana, McCain opponents earned 23% of the vote. The Washington Times calculated that McCain had garnered no more than 45% of the Republican vote.
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TheRealizer1 year, 6 months ago
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blinkers1 year, 6 months ago
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Yes, that's certainly true (though Obama looks rather distinguished to me), but you'd find similar sentiments expressed in most of the genuine democracies around the world, about the choices before the electorates.
Japan and Italy, in particular stand out in this regard. Fukuda and Berlesconi seem to be, respectively, a nonentity and a rogue!
I wonder if there are any academic studies on why this seems to be so widespread.
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Lurch1 year, 6 months ago
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Obama is the first candidate I have ever been excited about in my life.
He is a populist instead of a `party` candidate. The establishment on the right has chosen YET another immoral, unethical flip-flopping puppet in John McCain. The establishment on the left has chosen Hillary, because let`s face it, the Clintons are a huge part of that establishment for good or bad.
Which is why of all three candidates, I am excited about Obama! It`s time to take back OUR govt.
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SpareChange1 year, 6 months ago
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Well, you get candidates like these when it takes $100 million to run for president.
Change how campaigns are funded and we'll get different candidates.
Corporations are buying the candidates they want, we, as citizens, need to buy the candidates we want - and then not abandon them when the swift boaters show up.
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not2needy1 year, 6 months ago
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Of course McCain and his camp are in doubt, NOW! They thought and hoped that Hillary was the nominee, they had plenty they could throw at her. Obama is a different story, and Democrats are registering in droves, especially young people. It's time for them to get scared.
The free pass the media gave McCain got him the nomination very early in the primary, it's not going to be as easy for him in the general.
CNN needs to get rid of Wolf Blitzer!! I hope he's not one of the debate moderators in the general, he is too biased.
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rightfromwrong1 year, 6 months ago
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wolf blitzer is a baffoon. A X jewish lobbyist and patriot of Israel.
Ron Paul would be great and I think in most cases the voting was rigged...his website always most got a massive number of hits and he had lots of donations from mostly small donors as he is not held hostage like the other candidates by corportism or the Jewish lobby group.
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Spadecaller1 year, 6 months ago
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I can't be the only one who is sick of privileged brats running for office. We don't need royalty in the white house. We need someone to represent Americans who know what it is to shop in the supermarket, who have to budget food expenses, and who have to fill their cars with gas. When was the last time John McCain or George Bush stepped into a supermarket or had to juggle the food budget to make ends meet? (How about never!)
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Spadecaller1 year, 6 months ago
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Lokcy12:
You failed to recognize the truth, as usual. Obama is the only candidate that knows what it is like to live from meal to meal. With a single parent and the need for food stamps, he had to struggle to rise from his modest background. It was only a few years ago that he finished paying off his college loans. He did not get into Harvard because this father was an alumni. And he did not need to elude penalties for misconduct because his father was an admiral or a Washington insider.
Is it that you lack the awareness of who the candidates are, or the integrity to admit that Obama is the only candidate that did not grow up with a silver spoon in his mouth?
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aceofspades11 year, 6 months ago
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Lurch1 year, 6 months ago
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If Locky took off the blinders long enough to investigate the issues and the candidates stances vs previous words/actions, he would be supporting Obama right now.
If Americans would be informed enough to vote in their own self-interest, there would be no more Republican Party, at least not as we know it.
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nostalgia1 year, 6 months ago
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The food stamp claim is a little misleading
Have you read the interview he gave to Joe Klein in 2006??
"I was going to a fancy prep school, and my mother was on food stamps while she was getting her Ph.D."
If you look at the information in his books:
His mother was getting her PhD from 1974-1977
Obama was in an expensive private prep school in Hawaii. During that time Madelyn Dunham, Obama's grandmother, was Vice-President at the Bank of Hawaii
Hardly a background of poverty
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vidman041 year, 6 months ago
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"Considering Locky and aceofspades contributions on this thread, I might as well sit back and watch FOX news for the cheap shots and mindless slurs."
As opposed to the BS the others have posted? You people kill me, your point of view is ALWAYS right, anyone not agreeing with you is ALWAYS wrong...what big fricking EGOS you have..
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ETproductions1 year, 6 months ago
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Well, that's three for three. This was supposed to go on the end of the article, not as a response to raats6662.
I'm not too surprised. There haven't been any real conservatives nominated by the Republicans since Barry Goldwater, and the people that call themselves conservatives today have applauded nation building, empire building and a ten trillion dollar tax increase (disguised as a deficit). They aren't even bright enough to figure out that they are going to have to pay that increase off at some point.
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Goppy1 year, 6 months ago
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Your post really saddens me, ET.
Its clear that our Right Wing Propaganda has simply not worked on you.
Its sad that you have not succumbed to our sleight of hand.
Well, perhaps we will capture your loyalty if we increase the drumbeat that Obama is a Marxist and a Socialist!
We on the right been usin that one to great effect ... although ... you dont seem liek you are particularly stoopid enough to fall for that one.
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HONEYDAD1 year, 6 months ago
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He will be the GOP candidate not the conservative voters'candidate. I doubt he has taken a conservative position that he will not quickly abandon should he be elected. He does not even like the lst amendment and sponsered a bill to infringe that right. Whoever wins in November will be the real loser in January. That person will get to raise taxes and cut spending just to stay even at $9.4 trillion in the hole. Cutting federal entitlement programs and economic collapse will provided great opportunity for anarchy.
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canadianrancher571 year, 6 months ago
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I read many of the comments on this story and I'm sure glad that I'm a Canadian, OUr political process is alot different than your and I'm glad that it is. I've read comments on the candidates being everthing from nearly commies to fascists the only thinng that got left out was total dictator and I've even seen that mentioned, whether we want to accept it or not nearly all democratic countries move to the left over time the point of elections is to determine the speed at which they do so. President Bush was elected to slow the movement to the left but his policies did not ( and this is only my opinion) reflect true conservative values. Earlier McCain did look like a person who would represent a moderate conservative but he has made alot of flip flops and now I wonder if Ron Paul would not have been a better choice, When it comes to the Democrats we have Hillary and I won't go into that, but with Barack I feel his picture will change by the time Nov. comes around.
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Goppy1 year, 6 months ago
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Yes, weare a feisty bunch here south of the border.
Weare ADHD nation.
I sometimes wonder if we came by this naturally, or if we been trained by 30 years of Television - with its devoted use of mis-information - soundbytes - and attention divertin devices.
Where else in the world where - the TV makes a BIG DEAL bout a candidates Lapel Wearin habits - and ignores realistic interviews?
Yeah ... you Canadians can laugh at our bouncin off the political walls - but at least we got changes in seasons.
Although, with golbal warmin ... Canada might wind up bein the last refuge.
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memestryker1 year, 6 months ago
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The U.S. is not a democracy, although we try to plant them wherever we go. We are a democratic republic, and it sometimes self-corrects a bit better than democracy.
Unfortunately, we always have extremists pulling us right and left, and we use both socialism and corporatism, with a pinch of religious extremism and strong issues-based political ideologies to stir the mix.
The candidates cherry-pick from the Constitution, with each side accusing the other of trampling on the document.
We have crossed a line with church-state entanglement and unless we can recover from it, religious zealots may gain more control over government.
All the candidates seek to disarm ordinary citizens using various schemes that seem "reasonable" to those who don't read the fine print.
The Supreme Court has killed off rights to freedom from seizures, religious-based hiring practices, and unwarranted searches.
And both Obama and McCain unintentionally support a police state.
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joeblowe1 year, 6 months ago
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Well, I'm on record as opposing all three of the current "favored" candidates. As for the supreme court appointing dealie, I have to say that the MAIN thing to look for in a candidate is one who can READ our Constitution and simply APPLY it to a given case. And to NOT look for a knucklehead who is going to "interpret" the Constitution to suit a particular religious or political agenda. That is definitely NOT what they are supposed to be doing.
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joeblowe1 year, 6 months ago
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Yeah, I think John has had a bit of a hiatus from under the microscope while the Democrats are still slinging dirt at each other. Eventually, it'll get back to Democrats and Republicans slinging dirt - THEN John will be taking some hits again, I expect.
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dunkirk1 year, 6 months ago
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When Obama ran for Senator in Illinois the Republicans basically conceded the election to him. Their candidate was exposed as another of the long line of "family" value men who wanted his wife to go to sex clubs (i.e. jeri Ryan of Star Trek) and dropped from the race. He;s done a great job for Illinois and won handily even in downstate regions which typically vote Republican. They have to be scared, he talks straight and follows what he says. To your typical Republican that alone is a scary thought.
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memestryker1 year, 6 months ago
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Dunkirk, I agree and disagree. He's done a lot, but he's also put on blinders on some issues and even strongly gone against the Constitution in favor of commonly-held fear-based positions at times. He's been back-pedaling recently, but I hope he picks a running mate that proves he's not as leftist as his voting record suggests.
I want to see him demonstrate a knowledge of the history of the Constitution and not just a partisan or popularized one. I think he's finally shaped some solid views on issues, and I hope he turns out to be more than a Jimmy Carter clone.
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raza91 year, 6 months ago
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The three front runners are not so different. They all received their top campaign donations from Big Business. They all rub elbows with lobbyists, they all are corporate money takers, they all will keep us at "war" in the middle east. The only candidate promoting real change is the one being ignored by the media and both parties...Ron Paul has received his top donations from the men/women in the US Army, Navy and Airforce. Ron Paul is not afraid to stand up to the establishment and tell them how they are breaking their vow to uphold the Constitution. He is being ignored, not because he is a "quack", but because he is a true Patriot and, afterall, public ignorance is the governments bestfriend.
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watsitallabout1 year, 6 months ago
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I would to add a comment on the McCain campaigners. It does not bother me when I get a phone call with the caller ID reading MCCAIN 2008 and I think it's a pretty slick idea. Being registered Republican I am leaning towards McCain. I will say this though: DOING THAT SLICK CAMPAIGN CALL ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON DOES NOT INSPIRE ME TO VOTE FOR A MAN WHO APPROVES THAT TYPE OF CALL ON A DAY WHEN MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER INVIOLATE TO THAT TYPE OF PESTERING PHONE STUFF. Whew, glad I got that out of my system. Anyway if there are any people involved in the campaign who might just happen to read this, I hope you take it to heart.
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 6 months ago
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WARNING WARNING WILL ROBINSON ( err, I mean watsitallabout):
there have been calls sent out pretending to be from a candidate, but with the real intent of making you mad at that candidate.
It can do so by calling too often, or calling at the wrong time, or by having a message that is subtly trying to annoy you.
I know that sounds paranoid, but it is apparently standard practice in places where a small amount of votes decide the diference.
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memestryker1 year, 6 months ago
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I've gotten calls from McCain, Obama, and Clinton (probably due to where I live) and McCain was the only one that showed up on callerid.
I do like that, but didn't like the fact that none seemed particularly interested in where I disagree with their candidates except the Obama campaign. I actually had the caller agree with me that he disagreed with some of Obama's positions. That was refreshing, too.
They all 3 wanted money, of course.
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OldHickory1 year, 6 months ago
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I find it hard to believe that America is ready to be governed by a chameleon. Even if you absolutely despise Hillary and McCain, you know where they stand and what they stand for. BO changes his color and tune as expedience dictates. If that is what America wants I pity us. He espouses 'change'. Just what is it that he wants to change and for who's benefit. He never has made this quite clear. He has succeeded in turning the word 'change' into a four-letter word, similar to the way the liberals have made 'choice' a four-letter word.
Just a word of warning for patriotic Americans: keep the Vasiline jar handy. You're going to need it.
Semper fi.
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OldHickory1 year, 6 months ago
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I find it hard to believe that America is ready to be governed by a chameleon. Even if you absolutely despise Hillary and McCain, you know where they stand and what they stand for. BO changes his color and tune as expedience dictates. If that is what America wants I pity us. He espouses 'change'. Just what is it that he wants to change and for who's benefit. He never has made this quite clear. He has succeeded in turning the word 'change' into a four-letter word, similar to the way the liberals have made 'choice' a four-letter word.
Just a word of warning for patriotic Americans: keep the Vasiline jar handy. You're going to need it.
Semper fi.
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Tangent0011 year, 6 months ago
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I'd like to see some evidence of how Obama has 'changed his color and tune'. Other that increasing the distance between himself and Rev. Wright, he's seemed pretty consistent.
Now, McCain, on the other hand, changed his position on torture, tax cuts for the wealthy, Roe V. Wade, his OWN campaign finance reform, etc...
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Ratskii1 year, 6 months ago
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I don't think the November election will be a blow-out one way or the other. Many of the people predicting a landslide for McCain also predicted that the Republicans would add to their majority in the House and Senate in 2006. There are many unknowns going into November and so many potential scandals for all three presidential candidates. I don't think anyone here can make a realistic prediction.
I also doubt that any of the three candidates will do any of the extreme things that their opponents on propeller are insisting they will do. For most presidents-elect (and GWB was one of the big exceptions--part of the reason he's such a poor president), reality sets in between the time they are elected and the time they take office. Reality has a way of moderating a lot of political hubris.
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raza91 year, 6 months ago
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It is laughable that people believe the illusion that there are many differences between McCain, Hilary, and Obama. All three candidates take lots of money from Big Business and rub elbows with corporate lobbyists. All three voted FOR the 'war', voted FOR the 'patriot act', and all three voted FOR NAFTA. All three candidates are also affiliated with the Council on Foreign Relations. If you don't know much about the CFR, I implore you to do some research.
The only candidate that is being ignored by both parties and the media is the only one that voted AGAINST the before mentioned policies. His money has mostly come from the men/women in the military and other regular working class folks, not Big Business and the oil cartel. If Americans really want 'change' and not just talk of change..they will research Ron Paul. He has written award winning economic papers, has been a Dr for years (would have some insight on fixing the healthcare system) and has been a Congressman for decades
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Endoscopy1 year, 6 months ago
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Go to http://electoral-vote.com/
Click on "Obama vs McCain" then go back and click on "Clinton vs McCain".
Obama is such a winner.
One of the things that people writing this forget that McCain is already poised to take that middle 10% that control who wins. Obama is so far left he has to write off those votes and loses. Clinton is more to the right of Obama and better able to go for the middle.
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Goppy1 year, 6 months ago
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I dont know bout all that Endo.
We Christian Conservatives have already REJECTED McCain.
Dontcha remember the 2000 presdiential election?
I do.
We assessed John McCain to be LESS WORTHY to represent our Right Wing Values than a draft dodgin, silver spoon fed, cocaine-usin, alcoholic, whose first real job was bein appointed to be on the Board of Directors for an oil company.
AND GET THIS...!!!
We only agreed - RELUCTANTLY - to accept McCain in 2008 over Romney and Giulilanni if he PROMISED to continue the Neo-Con policies of Goerge W. Bush and Kick Cheney.
What ARE those policies?
I believe they can be summed up in one, concise word.
Failure and Fraud.
Oh... 3 words.
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scott42611 year, 6 months ago
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Lurch1 year, 6 months ago
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McCain has his hands full just holding onto Republicans, let alone taking voters from the left or middle.
The guy just has the spark of Bob Dole (before Viagra) mixed with the failed policies, lies, and cronyism of George W Bush. Obama is already stealing Republican voters on top of bringing out non-voters and first-timer voters.
McCain is in trouble, and he is his own worst enemy. It will take a ton of smearboating to even make this a close race.
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