McCain urged to join Kerry on ticket

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yeah, please lets make it more clear that McCain is a democrat.
 
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It would be a absolute blast of fresh air into the White House, and the nail in the coffin for the Bush administration. John McCain is more honorable than Bush and his entire cabinet combined, and although I disagree with many of his positions, I'm proud he's from my state as he has never been one to simply toe the party line. He speaks his mind and ends up at odds with those in his own party because of it. If I was ever to vote for a GOP candidate, he'd be it. One more in a line of maverick Arizona politicians.
 
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I was watching that discussion between McCain and Biden on Meet the Press and I would love to see a Kerry/McCain ticket, but I doubt that it will ever happen. They also mentioned McCain as Secretary of Defense if Kerry wins the election which I would also like to see, but doubt that will happen either. Kerry's choice for VP could make or break the election for him. It will be very interesting to see who he picks. NADER

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EvilWasabi said:
yeah, please lets make it more clear that McCain is a democrat.
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A Conservative Hawk with a conscience = democrat?

Hilarious.

Mr. Oil-money is more radical than McCain, but not more conservative.
 
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jethrek said:
And hell, I'd rather be voting McCain for President than anyone else on the table right now.
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Stop saying things that make sense... :shame:
 
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I like McCain ok - but he'e really pretty untested, and I'm not really all that sure of what he stands for anymore. I'll be pretty surprised if he decides to join Kerry's ticket - that'd be like the Odd Couple or something.
 
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galfordo said:
I'll be pretty surprised if he decides to join Kerry's ticket - that'd be like the Odd Couple or something.
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*starts humming the Odd Couple theme song*

Off topic but I heard that if Bush is elected president again, SOS Colin Powell will resign. I wonder what'll happen after that...
 
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Razial said:
*starts humming the Odd Couple theme song*
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imagine if they started using that instead of "Hail to the Chief" from now on?
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Razial said:
*starts humming the Odd Couple theme song*

Off topic but I heard that if Bush is elected president again, SOS Colin Powell will resign. I wonder what'll happen after that...
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Arie Fliesher (sp?) has already stepped down. Mitch Daniels left the administration. Rumsfled will be lucky to make it to election day. Christie Witman stepped down. We'll see how well Condeleeza Rice fares.

Being part of this administration seems akin to political suicide due to its numerous scandals. At least Powell's leaving while he still has some popularity.
 
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I'm not a big fan of Bush, don't get me wrong. But, I am a Republican. If Kerry really wants to win, he's going to have to figure out whether or not he's for the war or against it. "I voted for the war before I voted against it" just simply will not cut it for me anymore.

Kerry/McCain would be interesting. However, it's simply not going to happen. Democrat and Republican on the same ticket? If Kerry's even CONSIDERING this, he's gotta be desperate.

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I think if Kerry wants to win he should pick McCain. Noone else at this point is more credible than this man.

I have said for a number or years now that John McCain is probaly the only politician that noone can really dig shit up on. For 5 years he was tortured by the North Vietnamese and never once broke, his record is impervious. He is the best choice for President but because his last name wasn't Bush he lost in 2000.

With McCain running on the ticket, Kerry could sway away a good precentage from the Republicans that bought into the warhappy brainwashing by have 2 Veitnam vets running side by side that actually fought in the war while you have Bush who was all cozy in Alabama at the time.

This would be a monumental election to say the least.
 
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Jon said:
I'm not a big fan of Bush, don't get me wrong. But, I am a Republican. If Kerry really wants to win, he's going to have to figure out whether or not he's for the war or against it. "I voted for the war before I voted against it" just simply will not cut it for me anymore.

Kerry/McCain would be interesting. However, it's simply not going to happen. Democrat and Republican on the same ticket? If Kerry's even CONSIDERING this, he's gotta be desperate.

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Actually, Kerry at this point needs to let Iraq blow up in Bush's face. If Kerry comes out strongly against the war, he voted on it. If he strongly supports the war, he'll inflame the anti-war left.

The war isn't Kerry's election campaign, it's Bush's reelection campaign.

The pro-Kerry argument is domestic, and most Americans are disatisfied with domestic policy at this point according to most polls. Therefore, if Kerry puts his energy behind domestic policy while Bush wastes his energy (already weak on the domestic front) on trying to recover the Iraq situation, Kerry comes out ahead.

And, as of the last couple weeks, Kerry leads in most polls even factoring Nader in.
 
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jethrek said:
Actually, Kerry at this point needs to let Iraq blow up in Bush's face. If Kerry comes out strongly against the war, he voted on it. If he strongly supports the war, he'll inflame the anti-war left.
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That doesn't seem to be working. Even with all the prison scandals and endless negative press about the war, Kerry still can't seem to gain ground. To really have a legitimate shot, I think he needs to clarify his position on the war - since his record doesn't exactly speak unambiguously for itself.
 
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galfordo said:
That doesn't seem to be working. Even with all the prison scandals and endless negative press about the war, Kerry still can't seem to gain ground. To really have a legitimate shot, I think he needs to clarify his position on the war - since his record doesn't exactly speak unambiguously for itself.
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Oh, hasn't he? Bush's popularity movement is like bush Snr. and Jimmy Carter- people who got their asses kicked out. If Kerry is in general leading by 3 percent (which he is) most undecided votes go to the challenger when most people are unhappy with their country come election day.

Kerry will need to clarify, but not this early int he election. He's doing it right- letting Nader clarify Bush's lack of performance (Bush has pretty well proved his plan doesn't exist at this point), while Kerry attacks the domestic. A few months from now, when the picture of IRaq on election day is clearer, Kerry will need to tell us what he's going to do different from Bush.

The bottom line is that Iraq may be fucked beyond repair, and Kerrry is far more popular on the domestic front. The republicans usually rely on better international ideas to stop the democrats. If the republican international front is qeakened, they'll usually lose a straight up domestic battle.
 
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but he'e really pretty untested
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Can you explain this? McCain has not only been in the Senate for quite a while, but the man also spent a hell of a long time in a Vietnamese POW camp while GWB was defending Texas airspace. Untested? This is one thing McCain isnt.
 
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