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Mood Swingin’
Hung at dawn. Veep creep. Bad ads. Apologize to Nixon. Plus more.
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THAT’S THE TICKET
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Re: Quin Hillyer’s
The Ticket
for McCain
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This article is irrelevant to John McCain, thank goodness. Picking a VP for Mr. McCain is not about pleasing “conservatives”; it’s about pleasing AMERICA. Mitt Romney, a faker and a demagogue, belongs on no list other than the Oblivion List. Good choices for VP would be Tim Pawlenty, Charlie Crist, Tom Ridge, Rudy Giuliani (if Hillary is not the Democrats nominee), and Tommy Thompson.
p>Can I add that if these picks help to expand the Republican party toward the “middle,” that’s a good thing? The “conservatives” day is over. They did their thing — including a racist, nativist, anti-immigrant stink bomb, and it has left an odor that is unpleasant and must be air wicked away. br> — Bryan Martinez /p>I wholeheartedly disagree with you that Mitt Romney “had every advantage this primary season and just couldn’t make it work.” John McCain had the large and early advantage of running in very liberal Republican states (except Iowa) and had the luxury of crossover votes from Democrats.
p>I posit that if John McCain had been forced to run in conservative states in the early going, he would be back in the Senate — and I would be a happy woman! br> — Judy Beumler br> Louisville, Kentucky
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OCPatriot| 10.21.08 @ 5:35PM
When McCain sat down with the journalists and editors in Des Moines, one of them asked, "Have you always been covered for health care by a taxpayers' financed health care plan?" He seemed genuinely stumped by that and didn't seem to have any response except, "That's an interesting statement."
[You can see this on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskNRlx0A7Y&NR=1]
The answer is: Of course he has, ever since he was a child. He has taken advantage of the government's administered health plan for over two decades in the Senate, without complaint about it that I know of, and he will also receive a government invested and administered pension plan when he retires. Both are prized by their recipients, by the way. Isn't it hypocritical for any candidate to take advantage of these two socialistic programs, yet call for deregulation and free markets?