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8.22.08 @ 12:01AM

TOO MUCH VICE
Re: The Prowler's Teleprompting Obama:

Joe's already run for Vice President once. He lost. We don't need re-tread liberal losers on the Republican Party's ticket. But then again, McCain seems hell bent on shooting himself in the foot every time there's a bit of daylight between him and his opponent, perhaps because he's not a Republican at heart. Lieberman for Secretary of Health & Human Services, or the like, but not as the Republican Vice Presidential candidate! For God's sake man, what are you thinking?
-- Patrick Slamon

It will not be fine with this former Republican -- now Conservative Independent! I was just starting to resign myself to voting for John McCain; but I can promise you I won't be voting for him with a Democrat Vice Presidential candidate on his ticket.

What is John McCain thinking? Say he's elected President and he dies...we would be left with a liberal Democrat for President. The wrinkled, old white dude's judgment should be seriously questioned.
-- Judy Beumler
Phoenix, Arizona

Lieberman -- that's the ticket, all right. More like a suicide pact. Has everyone forgotten that Lieberman plighted his troth to Al Gore in the not too distant past? Of course, it turned out that Gore jilted him, but from August till November, we would still be treated to MSM analyses of Lieberman's opportunism, as he clings to and continues to pledge his allegiance to the Democratic Party.

Running mate to Al Gore seems a hard thing to live down to me. Lieberman's selection makes about as much sense as offering it to Hillary or Harry Reid as an olive branch.
-- Diane Smith

In the past few days, we've read reports to the effect that Senator McCain is saying to himself, "Hmm... I wonder how it would go over if I picked a pro-abortion vice-president. Or perhaps a Democrat."

These are all rumors, of course. But the problem here is that, given the nature of the man, they're highly believable rumors. Until we know just whose name his flying fickle finger will land on, Republicans must brace themselves for McCain to actually choose Lieberman or Ridge.

Perhaps McCain is heeding wiser counsels in the party and the vox populi, saying to himself, "Wow! I guess I'd better not go there!" But the fact that he needs to be talked or shouted out of choosing Lieberman or Ridge is just mind-boggling. And if someone else's better judgment prevails over him this time, you have to wonder what this guy will do next. Allen Drury himself could not have invented the 2008 Republican presidential campaign.

There once was a time, 'way back in the 20th Century, when rumors of a GOP presidential candidate selecting an avowedly pro-abortion VP would have been summarily dealt with thusly -- "Get real!" End of rumor. But the 20th century was a long time ago, I guess.
-- Byron Keith

Despite being a conservative, I have no problem with a McCain-Lieberman ticket for one over-riding reason: conservatism is first and foremost about having moral principles. Without that foundation, conservatism is no better than the "politics first, country second," ideology that informs modern-day liberalism. Joe Lieberman is one of the few politicians who puts the country ahead of his personal ambition.

Considering the current state of Congress, statesmanship -- despite ideological differences -- should be encouraged, not scorned.
-- Arnold Ahlert
Boca Raton, Florida

ONLY A DREAM IN RIO
Re: Nicole Russell's Green with Hypocrisy:

Nicole nailed it. Absolutely.

Now, I'm no fan of the Republican wimpiness, the candidate, nor the present administration that Nancy, Harry, Barack and those other demented ones love to link with McCain (I'll probably write-in Dr. Thomas Sowell's name, John Bolton's, or maybe my wife's name; with a Ph.D. in Business, among other earned degrees and awards, she's certainly more qualified than most!), but the bogus, opportunistic, sanctimonious and supercilious attitude(s) taken by the Democrats were so repugnant that they reminded me of last year's July 7th fiasco called "Live Earth."

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