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Originally Posted by tecoyah
While I think we can all agree McCain is not the perfect Cadidate Host, I see no one who actually fits this criteria. And yet....there Will be a president of the United States. Perhaps it is time to drop the dueling gloves and consider who is in the field, and what they Can do for our country. Whoever takes the helm in 2008 will need to be incredibly strong if they intend to Fix what has been done to this country....on so many levels. Personally, I dont give a freakin' rats ass what party they belong to, My criteria involves the ability to lead, and Moral conviction to the things this country once stood for.
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This is a big country, tecoyah. A candidate will emerge who has integrity and who does not scare the shit out of me, the way McCain's "politics" do. I do not see him as a man of...or for the people....not the people who sorely need an advocate of their best interests the way non-corporatist, non-red state Americans do. I'm describing the majority.
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http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politic...hisplead_2.htm
Stage Right for Candidate McCain
Sen. John McCain is taking action to make it hard for conservatives to write him off in the 2008 presidential race. His office confirms that the <b>maverick moderate recently met with the Rev. Jerry Falwell,</b> a conservative icon who is influential with voters on the right. Also, as McCain prepares a campaign-style trip to South Carolina, critical in the 2008 GOP primaries, <b>a key ally is putting himself in the good graces of conservatives. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is winning kudos from conservatives for backing Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, raising his stature in the state and maybe even making his 2008 endorsement the key to victory. And <b>should McCain win the state</b> that derailed his 2000 bid, <b>Graham would vault to the top of the veep list, say insiders.</b>
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Lindsay Graham, senior senator from one of the poorest states in the union, sports a <a href="http://www.progressivepunch.org/members.jsp?member=SCII">"progressive" voting score</a> in the senate of a whopping 6.30. He regularly votes against the interests of the majority of his constituency, and they reward him by voting against themselves by sending him back to the senate.
Damn it !!! There will be a backlash from Bush's failed presidency and the "ethics" problems of Delay, Frist, Duke Cunningham, Bob Ney, and whoever else implodes when the stench from Abramoff's "activities" are more publicized. That backlash is the only hope that the majority of us have to shift the consolidation of influence away from conservative christians and the politicians who have destroyed the balanced federal budget and slow growth of federal government, and the reputation of the U.S. as a responsible member of a former coalition of developed nations. "Bush lite" ain't gonna get us headed in a perceptively better direction.
Anybody who kisses Falwell's butt to advance his politcal career, IMO, does not deserve the praise and the spotlight that you've honored him with here.
A picture is worth a thousand words......
<center><center><img src="http://www.bluebus.org/bushmccain.jpg">
You'll call the photo post a "cheap shot", but it seems to illustrate the "love".