I watch him and keep expecting a scene from “Mission Impossible”. You know, the one where old Johnny reaches behind his head and removes the latex mask, only to reveal:
TED KENNEDY!!!

ConservativePartyNow on January 31, 2008 at 9:30 PM

I guess you misunderstood me, I said a businessman…you know someone who actually worked in a business and not ride the coattails of his dad who was a president?
If I ran a business, I would put any Presidents son in charge of most anything just for the contacts.
I am talking about someone who actually worked in business…btw, how good of a businessman was George?

Bush started in the Texas oil business, after Yale University and Harvard Business School. Wealthy family friends and others invested millions with him, but with poor results. A 1985 disclosure shows Bush’s track record: Investors got back only 45 cents on the dollar, but few complained.

His Ranger deal, great for any businessman to be subsidized by the government. The government spent millions on his ballpark, so he could make millions…gee, I wonder if any of us could have done that deal…well, if you were a Presidents son, or Governor’s son you could have.

txstar on January 31, 2008 at 3:28 PM

And can you tell me when the last “businessman” was elected President? Carter? Maybe Forbes,no…Maybe Perot, no…
Business vs. Politics; different skill sets, mind sets, goals.

1. I saw my father marching with MLK
2. I had the endorsement of NRA
3. I was a lifelong hunter
4. I lowered taxes in MA(MA tax burden increased over 8%)

I know this board is Anti McCain, but sooner or later, we all need to get behind him or concede to Hobama.

JayHaw Phrenzie

I’m persuaded. Of course, as McCain wanted in 2005 when he sued the FEC; it should be illegal to say anything beneficial about a candidate without it being regulated by the FEC as an in kind donation with proper disclosure and appropriate limitations.

So, for this (or any) blog to post anything beneficial to McCain without proper sourcing, limitations, disclosure, and reporting these posts as a donation would be something McCain has fought against.

And in doing so, that support of McCain would be something he has sued to try to get removed from the internet, e-mail, and other electronic communication.

Also, since we’re within 30 days of an election; any blogs supporting McCain should avoid political speech that might indirectly refer to a candidate. Out of respect for McCain’s positions of course.

At least, thats if McCain would support the lawsuit he led against the FEC in 2005 to attempt to silence and control internet speech. Maybe he’s changed his views on that as well…

So, out of respect for McCain and his wishes, are you going to stop commenting in a manner that could be seen as an illegal “in kind” donation for McCain; or are you going to try to help him, thereby going against his wishes; which he not only enacted into law, but specifically sued the FEC to be sure this would apply to internet communications?

Confusing… I’m not sure how to support McCain on the internet in a manner he’d approve of. I suspect it can’t be done.

I’ve got a great new campaign song for McCain.

Every time I start to get used to the idea of McCain as the nominee, he pulls a stunt like this and proves that he can’t be trusted.

bryan, maybe this will be a president both parties can unite over….we’ll all despise him equally.

Although I understand all of the angst surrounding McCain, punishing Republican candidates by not supporting them in the general election hasn’t worked for us. Our best strategy, given the current circumstances, is to lobby for a conservative running mate for McCain if he gets the nomination, hold our noses and vote for the Republican ticket in November, and then intensify our lobbying efforts to keep liberal legislation from getting to the President’s desk. McCain, for all of his many liberal failings, will continue to fight the war on terror rather than surrendering. He will be with us on some issues and will have to be fought by us on others.

Rush Limbaugh said on his program that even though he is not happy with McCain’s liberalness, he is not advocating that we intentionally lose in November. We can never win by losing. We can only win, if we unite behind our Presidential nominee and then use intense lobbying to hold him and our other elected leaders accountable. This is the hallmark of an effective proactive democracy.

Unless conservatives demonstrate more unity and less venom within our own party, it is unlikely that we will appeal to the conservative values that exist in most Americans. If we continue to deride and ridicule those within our own party, most Americans will simply turn away from the ugliness and move farther away from their support of conservatism. We have to learn how to kindle and inspire support for conservative values without resorting to hateful rhetoric and attacks. Unless we find a way to do this, we will fail in our efforts to promote more conservative candidates in the future. We will be regarded as no better than the hate-filled loons on the left. It does no good to be right on the issues facing this country when you are relegated to a position of irrelevance in the eyes of most Americans.

SkinnerVic on January 31, 2008 at 10:10 AM

There…I fixed it for ya’.

He’s still TOO POLITE to MCKOOK!

Come on Mitt! This is your last chance! For the future of this country and the Republican Party!

Don’t just GIVE it to him!!!!!!!

McCain makes George Bush look like a genius. This guy is simply not bright to put it kindly. To put it more bluntly he is stoooopid! There’s nothing wrong with being stoopid, but McCain is too stoopid to even realize he’s completely out of his depth. Nuance? He don’t need no stinkin’ noooance!

McCain says what he thinks. Romney says what he thinks you want to hear.