Video: Michelle duels Linda Chavez on McCain’s ability to unite the GOP
posted at 12:18 pm on February 6, 2008 by Bryan
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Just before this segment, John McCain delivered a brief impromptu speech in which he called for party unity under his banner, which he described as conservative. Michelle makes all the good and serious points against McCain, while Linda Chavez trots out McCain’s lifetime ACU rating of 83. That’s true, but what about the recent trend? The devil’s in the details, to say the least. Since 2001 McCain been “growing” in office, scoring just a 65 in 2006. And 83 makes him the 39th most conservative member of the Senate. That’s what rightly worries conservatives.
Can he unite this fractured party? As Michelle says, it’ll take action, not just words.
McCain has a crucial chance at CPAC Thursday.
Update: The beauty of blogs — Michelle follows up on the brief segment here.
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I would love to see JC Watts as the VP candidate for McCain. JC Watts can hold his own with anybody. But let’s not forget something. The Clinton machine and the DNC has been gathering dirt on JC for years. The DNC and Clintons fear an incredibly smart African-American conservative. They will dig up dirt of some problems JC had in business in the early 1980s. It is all much about nothing but believe me, these scoundrels stop at nothing to destroy people. If you take what the DNC, The ACLU, NOW, the NY Times, Time Magazine et al did to Bork, Thomas, Judge Pickering, Ken Adleman And Elliot Abrams and multiply it by 100, that is what they have planned for JC if McCain has the guts to select him for VP.
Larraby on February 6, 2008 at 3:26 PM
At the rate things are going, just maybe.
SECOND LOOK AT RALFH NADER!
SECOND LOOK AT ROSS PEROT!
MB4 on February 6, 2008 at 3:34 PM
I love how the pro amnesty, Mexican supremacists are coming out of the wood work in favor of McCain. It would be funny if it weren’t actually happening….
liquidflorian on February 6, 2008 at 3:35 PM
It is far from being funny. It will lead the US to a third world status.
saiga on February 6, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Well Juan’s great
liescharm and all mydrug moneyhard earned pesos backing him do go a long way now don’t they Gringo?Get used to the idea for Juan la Vengeful will soon be el Presidente de America del Norte!
And be sure to remember Gringos, APRENDER ESPANOL!
VinyFoxy on February 6, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Happy Birthday, President Reagan. We forgive you for supporting amnesty during your administration. I hope a lot more Republicans heed your 11th commandment & forgive McCain for once being wrong on immigration.
jgapinoy on February 6, 2008 at 3:59 PM
As soon as you can get Reagan to rise up from his entombment come to my house and personally talk to me about McCain, you all may have a chance.
Good luck with that. Let us know how it works out for you.
Principles before Party.
GOP no more for me.
tickleddragon on February 6, 2008 at 8:18 PM
To hell with the party, vote your conscience!!!
c3ichief on February 6, 2008 at 8:28 PM
Not self-delusional, it is flat out dishonest!
If McCain is to be considered a conservative, it would have to be as a conservative democrap.
Zorro on February 6, 2008 at 10:15 PM
If the Republican Party is going to be part of the problem and not part of the solution, why bother putting them in power, why even have two parties? Basically there isn’t any difference between John McClinton and Hillary Clinton. McClinton was against Alito, he is for open borders, he lies about what people say, he is anti constitution, against lower taxes and believes in the scam that is man made global warming. He wants to raise gasoline taxes by fifty cents a gallon and he wants to baby terrorist. The only thing he has not come out for is universal health care and I am expecting that at any moment. .
McClinton is going to give congress to the democrats because conservative won’t have a reason to go to the polls. So I would say that Hillary and her toady, McClinton, have pulled it off, there will be more democrats in the congress because there isn’t any reason for conservative to go vote.
The only good thing about this is the country will, as it should, get the kind of government it deserve.
pwb on February 6, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Michelle, well done. Ms Chavez is hunting for a cabinet job because she has said she is sorry and can now come back and play with the Demoncrates as they dogpile of McCain.
MSGTAS on February 6, 2008 at 11:14 PM
McChavez didn’t mention his conservative ratings decline, or why she likely likes him – shamnesty.
And a bit off the subject, McCain’s ‘calm down’ really irked me, the mans needs a sound spanking!
greenLibertarian on February 7, 2008 at 1:57 AM
I’ll bet you thought you heard McCain say he
“wanted to unite the party behind conservative principles”
…but what he actually said was that he
“wanted to unite the party behind conservative principals”
…that is, when the conservative principals like Michelle, Rush, etc aren’t looking, he’ll try to unite the party into a slightly-righter-than-Ted-Kennedy leftist cabal behind their backs.
Mr Shamnesty tries to create ShamUnity.
landlines on February 7, 2008 at 2:02 AM
If I were the head of a news organization, I’d immediately fire anyone who spent time and money inviting guests and then cut them off without allowing them to make their point and/or respond to arguments. People who do this are not reporting news or telling a story: they are spreading propaganda by dishonestly representing such events as “interviews,” “discussions,” or “debates.” If they have the time to set the event up, they should allow whatever time is needed to let the event happen.
This has become a standard tactic of our narcissistic Mainstream Media types who love the sound of their own voices, but who can’t stand other peoples’ voices. Many times the idiots who do this spend the next few minutes mindlessly babbling trivia instead of using that time to finish the event properly.
Another immediate firing offense should be when an interviewer mentions to a guest how much time is left. Either make time for an honest presentation or don’t bother having it!
landlines on February 7, 2008 at 2:29 AM
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