Video: John Bolton makes the case for McCain at CPAC
posted at 5:10 pm on February 8, 2008 by Bryan
AmSpec’s blog has the run-down from Bolton’s CPAC speech today. I’ve seen some of the speech on video and Bolton makes a good case that we can’t depend on the wilderness and return storyline to re-capture the White House. Video here thanks to Allah.
Bolton said it was now clear that he would be the nominee, and specifically addressed those who argue that conservatives would be better off in the long run if Democrats win and mess things up than if mistakes are associated with a Republican. He compared this logic to Vladimir Lenin’s declaration that “worse is better” and said that “tactical domestic considerations” shouldn’t be allowed to harm our national security.
If the choice is between a view supported by John Bolton, a man who has been in the arena and fought the fights with his own fists, and a view supported by Ann Coulter, well, Bolton’s view is probably the one that will ultimately win out.
Sam Stein says Bolton is batting for McCain in the hope that McCain wins and names him SecState. No way. Bolton cares about the war and national security and wants to see America protected from jihadists. Bolton knows that neither of the Democrat contenders get it. He sees McCain as the superior choice. Bolton also knows that there’s no way he could get through the Democrat Senate and be confirmed as SecState. Sometimes a tree is just a tree, folks.
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I’d still like Bolton as Homeland Security Chief :-D
Defector01 on February 8, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Of course if he gets VP Id love to see how many would still want to sit out.
But that wont happen either. Bolt is a hands on type of guy.
William Amos on February 8, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Forget the Presidential race, no money, no support, no RNC — concentrate on a conservative house and senate candidate of your choice. It only matters to those who want jobs with the new administration, not to advancing the cause.
If the funds are cut off, if the war effort is curtailed, what you gonna do about it? I we don’t get back at least one House, in Congress it won’t matter.
Only so much to go around, no point in wasting it on a loser.
tarpon on February 8, 2008 at 5:17 PM
Argh. Video stream is not found.
Sigh…the more I hear this line of argument, the more it resounds with me. Is denying McCain a chance to attach the Republican name with liberal policies worth losing the war on terror?
Before you answer, remember this isn’t theory. Lives are at stake.
Tim on February 8, 2008 at 5:17 PM
‘Stache is here to chew bubble gum and kick ass; and he’s all out of bubble gum.
lorien1973 on February 8, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Then it’s time to think about congressional seats.
Let’s stack the deck.
Kini on February 8, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Exactly.
Vizzini on February 8, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Thanks, Allah, you’re always peeing on our parade…Oh, wait, this was Bryan.
I’d like to think McCain could sweep into office with long enough coattails to make Bolton a realistic appointment.
I’d also like to think my hairline will begin to grow back to where it was five years ago. But it probably won’t.
see-dubya on February 8, 2008 at 5:23 PM
John Bolton makes the case for awesome mustaches every time he’s photographed.
RightWinged on February 8, 2008 at 5:24 PM
And yet another formerly “real conservative” becomes a “liberal RINO” before our very eyes in one…two…three…
Hiney Von Pewps on February 8, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Let’s not get carried away with the “Take Back Congress” rhetoric. Most seats are safe, and even the unsafe seats change hands very rarely. The likelihood of winning a Republican congress in a year that a Dem is elected president is almost nil. Or less than nil.
Nosferightu on February 8, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Objectively speaking the POTUS ought to be easier to win than the congressionals, with such a high proportion of GOP senate seats and GOP vacancies in the House up for grabs. Bolton is no fool. Barry Hussein is already getting excited about Islamic appeasement conferences.
Pax americana on February 8, 2008 at 5:26 PM
John Bolton’s mustache for VP!
amerpundit on February 8, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Awful sound. What’s the static? But Bolton is dead on.
lorien1973 on February 8, 2008 at 5:28 PM
John Bolton isn’t going to say something if he doesn’t think its true.
I.e., he won’t put his personal/career advancement over what he thinks is best for the country.
This guy’s entire history is one of standing by his principles even though it was personally harmful to his career at Foggy Bottom.
SteveMG on February 8, 2008 at 5:30 PM
That is the best picture of Bolton yet.
Though for an action shot, I like “can I get an Amen?“
see-dubya on February 8, 2008 at 5:30 PM
John Bolton is a great conservative and a great American,
and when he warns us STRONGLY against the suddenly trendy idea of sitting this one out so that the Ice Queen or the Annointed One can ruin the country and let us win in ’12….
well, that carries a lot of weight, friends.
Even more weight than Rush’s golden microphone or Ann’s sharp wit.
Always Right on February 8, 2008 at 5:30 PM
I’m glad he’s not boltin’ from the road set by Coburn.
OneGyT on February 8, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Er, paved.
OneGyT on February 8, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Maybe McCain could send him back to the UN. No, I like Bolton, and wouldn’t even wish that job on Ann Coulter.
Well, maybe…..
funky chicken on February 8, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Fred Thompson’s on board also:
“I also spoke again yesterday to my friend Fred Thompson who assured me he is ready to do whatever it takes to help me win the election in November,” McCain said. “I’m very proud to have the friendship and support of Fred Thompson as well.”
Complete7 on February 8, 2008 at 5:32 PM
In fairness to Rush, he didn’t say he’d sit out, did he? Last I heard he wanted to hold a fundraiser so we could help get Hillary nominated in order to have the best chance of us keeping the White House in November.
amerpundit on February 8, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Baloney. Less than two years ago Republicans held mos tof those seats and dems won them in an off year election. They dems are vulnerable now IF we have a united party.
William Amos on February 8, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Always Right–
And while it is good to acknowledge that, there’s still no point in committing too strongly either way. Especially until he picks his running mate.
see-dubya on February 8, 2008 at 5:33 PM
John Negroponte is currently serving as 1st assistant to Condoleeza Rice over at the State Department. He didn’t have to be confirmed for that. But there have been fewer fuckups coming out of there since he got to the job.
Sometimes the real power is held by folks who couldn’t get through the Senate.
funky chicken on February 8, 2008 at 5:33 PM
After the stunt McCain pulled with Bob Dole, I’m gonna wait until I hear it from teh Ferd! himself.
see-dubya on February 8, 2008 at 5:34 PM
Thank God.
Professor Blather on February 8, 2008 at 5:34 PM
Fred’s the man! I trusted his judgment in 2000 and I’ll trust it again now. A Mac/Fred ticket still on?
Pax americana on February 8, 2008 at 5:35 PM
I’m with Bolton. I’ve heard a lot of people say “Carter led to Reagan” but look at the damage Carter did in just four years. We’re still paying the price. Clinton/Obama could be even worse.
infidel65 on February 8, 2008 at 5:36 PM
As I said when it became clear that McCain is our guy, even if he matches Hillary or Obama EXACTLY on every single issue except the war (which he doesn’t), he’s still the better choice for the war alone. That’s why, even though I detest him, I can vote for him in the general election.
Bolton’s is the first argument for or against McCain that I have cared about or respected. Wish Bolton was our nominee.
aero on February 8, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Bolton is a fine person and could fill many key positions very well. To be realistic, however, the only job open that doesn’t require senate conformation is VP. This of course discounts a “miracle” in the next election. That being said, I would love to see John on the ticket as McCain’s VP. Maybe he could even talk some sense into him on key issues.
duff65 on February 8, 2008 at 5:38 PM
The fundraiser is off since Rush detected fraud in the Clinton finances.
McCain’s war against our very limited use of waterboarding and a myriad of other things make me question the commitment of his conservative backers to basic principles.
If Ronald Wilson Reagan came back to life and told me to vote for him, I wouldn’t. If Jessie Helms told me to vote for him, I would, but Jessie would never compromise his principles.
Valiant on February 8, 2008 at 5:40 PM
OK John, you make a good point. I guess I will have to hold my nose, swallow hard and pull the lever for John McCain. Yuck!!
Maxx on February 8, 2008 at 5:41 PM
I’ve linked this before, but it never gets old–the Dream Team.
see-dubya on February 8, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Precisely. Carter’s appalling policy mistakes towards Iran sowed the seeds of today’s troubles. Worse he’s used his ex-POTUS status to undermine the US ever since he left office.
Pax americana on February 8, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Fear the Stache!
Chakra Hammer on February 8, 2008 at 5:43 PM
And yet another formerly “real conservative” fails to understand the ramifications of Obama or Hillary in the White House for 8 years. 3 out of the 4 they blame Republicans, and campaign the 4th…meaning 8 years.
right2bright on February 8, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Here’s Macs choice.
http://www.juanhernandez.org/
ronsfi on February 8, 2008 at 5:45 PM
Well, that seals it for me. Time to get on the McCain Train. Choooooo
Golden Boy on February 8, 2008 at 5:50 PM
And a McCain presidency will almost guarantee a Dem win in ’12. So what does McCain lead to?
Kowboy on February 8, 2008 at 5:52 PM
O.k. people, he sold out now go after him. He`s not hating on McCain, so he`s a traitor, right?
ThePrez on February 8, 2008 at 5:55 PM
“Worse is worse”? So, the rationalization for the party creeping leftward is now official? Looks like a perfect incentive for the GOP to just keep offering up candidates a little further left than the one from the last election each time. That abused wife analogy was spot on. “Honey, this is the last time I hit you. I swear.”
a capella on February 8, 2008 at 5:55 PM
You’re preaching to the wrong people. Go tell your RINO buddy McLiberal to come join our party.
csdeven on February 8, 2008 at 5:57 PM
The lesser of two evils has been the case since after Reagan and before, that doesn’t make, good enough, especially in the case of McCalamity John.
We can do what we want, enough of us can get John Bolton by the shirt collar, make some fliers and get him elected!
Speakup on February 8, 2008 at 5:58 PM
I’m thinking Sec. of State…
JetBoy on February 8, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Yes, an off year election, not one in which the Dem base is motivated to turn out to vote so they can coronate their god-emperor. The last time the Reps swept in was 14 years ago. The Dems had it for 40 years prior, and consider it their birthright.
Nosferightu on February 8, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Let’s win in ’08 and worry about ’12 when the time comes. We need to be as partisan as the democrats. Those guys would never dream of conceding an election.
infidel65 on February 8, 2008 at 6:05 PM
If anyone could drain that swamp, it’d be Bolton. Although I’d like to see him clean up the intelligence agencies.
TX Mom on February 8, 2008 at 6:05 PM
I’d listen to Bolton before I’d pay any attention to Rash Limbaugh.
Bolton is not going to go to the line for McCain unless he thinks he will be heard in the White House. And I think it likely that McCain will listen.
MrScribbler on February 8, 2008 at 6:12 PM
McCain/Bolton 08.
phronesis on February 8, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Your words are so very true, let me jump on this bandwagon.
Last year, while attempting to ridicule Bush, Harry Reid had the audacity to say Iraq was the worst U.S. foreign policy mistake ever. What a ridiculous buffoon Harry Reid is.
But at that time I wrote the following comment to show some examples of greatest foreign policy mistakes ever. Jimmy Carter came in second.
Maxx on February 8, 2008 at 6:15 PM
That would motivate a few people.
Nosferightu on February 8, 2008 at 6:15 PM
We’ve already lost. Do you not get that? You can chide the dissenters all you like. You’ll even get some of them to vote for McCain by sheer weight of peer pressure. But it takes all of us pulling together with feeling for a Republican to win in ’08.
And McCain won’t get all of us pulling together, even gritting our teeth and holding our noses.
S. Weasel on February 8, 2008 at 6:16 PM
I fail to see how introducing foreign terrorists into our court systems, closing Gitmo and hamstringing our intelligence operatives on the ground is substantively better than Hillary. McCain is a slave to the NYT/WaPo/Georgetown consensus axis anyway. He lives, dies and makes decisions based on projections of their responses. He’ll do what they tell him in the White House, too.
Regardless, I’ll vote for the man, even knowing he’ll lose, because essentially Bolton is correct. This really is a Gorbachev vs. Khrushchev decision… all McCain needs is the map of Venezuela hennaed on his forehead and we can rechristen the WaPo Pravda.
spmat on February 8, 2008 at 6:17 PM
McCain doesn’t need the base anywhere near as much as Bush did in ’04.
infidel65 on February 8, 2008 at 6:22 PM
I’m with Bolton here. This is a crucial time for us as far as fighting Islamofacists. Is McCain the ideal choice as far as other things we care about?… nope. But he’s not going to lay our collective heads on the block for radical muslims like Hill or Obama will.
4shoes on February 8, 2008 at 6:23 PM
If it were just liberal policies, I’d agree with you.
But is allowing McCain to continue his assault on the First Amendment, with all the power of the Presidency at hand worth blocking a Democrat President?
Or do you believe that McCain now respects free speech, doesn’t want to regulate political speech on the internet, and isn’t looking to do more damage to the Constitution? If you have decided that McCain has changed his views here, what makes you believe this? His actions, words, and legal action (in Congress and the Courts) show the anti-Free Speech anti-Constitution position clearly. What evidence exists for the other side?
I do like the Republican Party, and prefer it to the Democrats. But I like the Constitution more.
I’d love some evidence that McCain has changed, but I’ve not seen a lick of it, and I’ve been looking for weeks now.
Not really. the VP’s control over McCain is negligible, and its McCain that is the problem; not the ticket as a whole. A VP isn’t going to salvage this.
McCain\Pie won’t get me to want to give McCain the power to continue his attack on Free Speech. And I really really love Pie.
gekkobear on February 8, 2008 at 6:25 PM
I respect what Bolton says. This will depend a lot on what McCain does over the next few months. He could make a big leap if he appoints a good conservative VP. If he picks a lib, a RINO or one of his side kicks,, it will not go well.
I do respect Bolton,, but then I look at Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger has turned into a pure liberal Socialist in California. Oh, yeah, he’s popular, he dazzles, he smiles and talks great,, as he signs bills into law mandating the homosexual agenda in schools, banning the words “mom and dad” in schools, crusading for the global warming agenda, releasing thousands of prisoners into the population because their budgets are screwed up, on and on,,
Will McCain be any different?
I remember with disgust how right after Schwarzenegger was elected Governor, Republicans like Trent Lott were just throwing themselves all over him! Trent Lott had actually said congress may look at amending the constitution so he could run for President.
JellyToast on February 8, 2008 at 6:25 PM
I have nothing but respect for Mr. Bolton! The truth flows from his mind as easily as a Stoli and tonic quenches ones thirst. Hear..Hear..!
dmann on February 8, 2008 at 6:26 PM
I like Bolton and respect his opinion. He’s probably correct.
I’ve been voting since 1972, I was 18 and it was the first election that 18 year old’s were allowed to vote. Other than our beloved Ronald Reagan, the republican party is one of the most disappointing groups I have ever been associate with. I have finally left that party and I will no long hold my nose and vote for a jackass ever again.
Zorro on February 8, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Obviously you jest.
PappaMac on February 8, 2008 at 6:33 PM
And yet he is still vastly better than the human disaster zone named Gray Davis. Every election boils down to only two choices, and every decision from every voter contributes to one of those choices or the other (even third party votes and sitting out).
Nosferightu on February 8, 2008 at 6:34 PM
No, he’s correct. McCain himself said he will attract independents to make up for the pissed-off conservatives.
Zorro on February 8, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Wow, they are pulling out all the stops. To bad, I liked Bolton, but he’s just like them…been in Washington to long.
TOPV on February 8, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Well that puts my mind at ease. If he isn’t counting on my vote, then I won’t.
PappaMac on February 8, 2008 at 6:37 PM
My thoughts exactly.
TOPV on February 8, 2008 at 6:39 PM
TOPV on February 8, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Have you read his book? Somtimes being in Washington is not bad! Try to grow up!
dmann on February 8, 2008 at 6:40 PM
I miss ol’ John fighting for what’s best for America in the U.N. and not just going with the flow with the rest of that corrupt entity.
The thought of him as SecState and all the liberals it’d pi$$ off having someone with strength of character and mind defending America’s interests makes me smile.
Pity it wont be a reality.
Yakko77 on February 8, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Bolton has provided the very first good reason to vote this Nov……..McCain certainly hasn’t. I need to get a lot more desperate if I am going to vote for McShamnesty.
David in ATL on February 8, 2008 at 6:48 PM
Bolton is a pretty good guy, but don’t forget his livelihood depends on being appointed to cushy government jobs. If a dem gets in, he’s out. Not totally altruistic reason to back the establishment candidate who will appoint him to another cush gov’t job. The same old Washington bedfellows backing their own…big surprise.
jwp1964 on February 8, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Everyone should vote this November, just make sure you put your effort, time and money where it counts — The conservative House and Senate candidate of your choice. Just give your money direct to the conservative candidate, forget the AMNESTY Mel RNC.
Been played the fool for long enough, now it’s time to take matters in our own hands.
Anyone else notice that “compassionate conservative” ends up at the same big government socialist station as liberalism?
tarpon on February 8, 2008 at 6:58 PM
SCOTUS will effectively close Gitmo with their ruling in the Boumedienne case granting habeas rights and, with that, access to our civilian courts.
Nothing McCain or anyone else can do about that.
SteveMG on February 8, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Bolton. Wise. Rational.
Pay attention, cynics. This is what a leader sounds like.
whitetop on February 8, 2008 at 7:02 PM
Leaders lean into the wind, followers (lackees looking for their next appointment) endorse who they’re told to endorse for their own good.
jwp1964 on February 8, 2008 at 7:08 PM
McCain is incongruously weak on fighting the Global War Against Islamofascism. (Gitmo, waterboarding, ad absurdum.)
The Dems are stuptifyingly weaker.
Mediocre choices, all.
Bolton didn’t have enough personal warmth or an impressive enough caliber of smarts to win sufficient support to even stay in the U.N. post, so his influence is minimal, at best.
Politics demands the ability to charm as well as convince.
Neither he nor McCain grasp that.
A disarming joke and a little self-deflating humor can win over the recalcitrant, as Reagan proved a thousand times.
The Nazis were more grim and better dressed, but the laughing, sloppy GI’s beat the hell out of them.
Even the War Against the Jihad requires more than stiff-necked determination.
It needs historically-informed cunning and a mocking wit and not taking yourself pompously.
Mac and Bolt seem too stiff.
He who laughs, lasts.
profitsbeard on February 8, 2008 at 7:09 PM
“there’s no way he could get through the Democrat Senate and be confirmed as SecState.”
And it is because of that kind of crap that Congress today has the lowest approval rating ever and even lower than Bush. Why does everyone assume that the people are going to want to vote for MORE of what they currently say they hate? If a Democrat congress has the lowest approval ratings in history, why do people assume we are going to vote in more Democrats?
That is just silly.
crosspatch on February 8, 2008 at 7:18 PM
There is no case to be made for McCain, and will never rally behind him.
madmonkphotog on February 8, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Poll after poll indicates that everyone is displeased with Congress as a whole, but majority believe their congressman or senator is just fine. Bringing home the bacon is more important to the majority of voters than what’s right for the country…it’s that simple.
jwp1964 on February 8, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Not here in NE. We were so PO’d at our Rino Senator for his idiotic opposition to Bush & the WOT that we ran his a$$ out!! He is not running for re-election, thanks to emails to the state republican party. They got the hint real fast, once you said, “Not a Dime or a Vote unless…
There will be a new sherrif in NE.
PappaMac on February 8, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Great work! Keep it up. We need the entire congress, both houses, to get that kind of cleaning. Professional politicians are ruing this country by buying votes with our money to stay in power. It;s sick. When will we do something about it?
jwp1964 on February 8, 2008 at 7:48 PM
Never fall in love with a politican or a career diplomat, they’ll break your heart every time.
normsrevenge on February 8, 2008 at 8:10 PM
With all due respect to Bolton, I don’t think the point being made by the talking heads is to push a lefty into office would make things worse for a time, thus forcing things back to the right massively later, I think the point is that since we’ll be getting a lefty either way, why not let the dems take the blame. It’s more like “bad is bad” as opposed to “worse is worse.”
samuelrylander on February 8, 2008 at 8:39 PM
John Bolton does not have to fight it out with Ann Coulter or any woman. John Boltan lets the Satch do the talking and the women instantly submit to John Bolton’s views.
Mallard T. Drake on February 8, 2008 at 9:48 PM
McCain’s stance on national security is a joke. If the jihadists don’t feel like fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan (over there) they can always immigrate to America. One of al-Qaeda’s most dangerous terrorists just a few years before he was killed, al-Musab al-Zarqawi, had a legal residence about twenty minutes drive from my house. At this stage I wouldn’t be surprised if Osama Bin Laden is renting an apartment in Boston. There’s not much point in traveling halfway across the world to kill terrorists if you’re too shy to deny them entry through your borders.
aengus on February 8, 2008 at 9:55 PM
I personally loathe McCain. My skin crawls when I think of voting for him. But I suspect Bolton is right, and my Mom, Got rest her soul, taught me better than sitting out an election. (If you sit this one out, you lose your right to complain!) I have this deep-seated misgiving that Obama will win if conservatives bail. I’ve lived through Carter’s stagflation and studied economics while he ruined the economy. I watched the Clinton’s ruin the US name and reputation. Obama? Will take our country down faster than imaginable. At best he is inexperienced, planless, and good at speech making (“si se puede” just in English).
But talk don’t mean squat when the economy is failing. I can’t even think how long it will take to rebuild, should he be elected. If McAmnesty should win, maybe, just perhaps, we’ll have a chance to keep the whole ship from sinking … (I have to hold out some hope!)
WraithRat on February 8, 2008 at 10:00 PM
If McAmnesty wins it means the end of the Republican Party. There’s no point in tracking left to play catch up. It didn’t work for the British Conservative Party. The Republicans need to go further right and wait for the public to catch up.
aengus on February 8, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Not a bit. I agree…McCain hasn’t changed. He’s still against free speech, secure borders, etc. He’s the same McCain that joined the Gang of 14.
That said, we *must* consider the alternatives. Obama & Clinton are singing the same chorus about pulling troops out of Iraq before the job is done. I know Clinton’s been strong on the war in the past, but now she’s playing true-to-form & basing her decision on the basis of Democrat polls.
The lives of American troops are at stake. Is casting a vote of conscience for a 3rd party candidate (who’d be sure to lose) worth the loss of American blood because of the carnage that would accompany the current Democrat war strategy?
Tim on February 8, 2008 at 11:29 PM
TOPV is an Obamassiah supporter.
funky chicken on February 8, 2008 at 11:58 PM
Tim, sadly you’re talking with people who believe politics trumps the lives of the troops.
funky chicken on February 8, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Tree!?? The phrase is usually cigar. What exactly are you saying about Bolton here?
- The Cat
MirCat on February 9, 2008 at 9:41 AM
We MUST put the pressure on McCain to rid himself of JUAN HERNANDEZ !!! Also, to appoint a real conservative as VP choice. I still don’t think he’ll win in Nov.
stenwin77 on February 9, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Tim, sadly you’re talking with people who believe politics trumps the lives of the troops.
funky chicken on February 8, 2008 at 11:59 PM
I don’t think so. Those who disagree with John McCain don’t think closing GITMO, handling terrorists with Fisher Price interrogation methods and leaving our borders open for terrorists is the best way to execute the war.
stenwin77 on February 9, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Another point to be considered is that our Republican elected representatives (what a joke they are) would be more likely to oppose liberal bills with a Dem president than a Rep Presidend. Don’t know if that is totally true or not, but it is worth considering.
I’ll vote for MCCain when he gets rid of Juan Hernandez and names a true conservative for VP… not before.
stenwin77 on February 9, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Tim, sadly you’re talking with people who believe politics trumps the lives of the troops.
funky chicken on February 8, 2008 at 11:59 PM
I don’t think so. Those who disagree with John McCain don’t think closing GITMO, handling terrorists with Fisher Price interrogation methods and leaving our borders open for terrorists
is the best way to execute the war.stenwin77 on February 9, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Is NOT the best way to execute the war.
stenwin77 on February 9, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Of all the people who might convince me to vote for McCain, I must say that Bolton would be at the top of my list. (Funky Chicken and THE CHOSEN ONE would be at the bottom, under the snakes under a rock.) I completely trust Bolton’s conservative credentials.
Still – out with JUan Hernandez and name a conservative as VP first !!!
stenwin77 on February 9, 2008 at 10:14 AM
I have to say that this helps. But it is only one step. IMO McCain needs to make a bunch of moves in the run up to offset his myriad problems. If he doesn’t it will signal his contempt for us, his arrogance and frankly a precursor of how unpalatable it will be to have him as POTUS.
However, moves like PROMISING BOLTON AS secretary of defense or Homeland Security would go a long way. Committing to surrounding himself with quality people that are acceptable/desirable to the base while he has time WILL bring us around.
Oh yeah, FIRE that weasel Hernandez and he better not have ANYTHING to do with McCain’s administration!!!!!!!!
America1st on February 9, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Mike Huckabee Speaks to CPAC – 2/9/2008
ITookTheRedPill on February 9, 2008 at 6:40 PM
I still can’t figure how that sack of excrement got the nomination. I don’t care how much rationalizing I hear, I’m not voting for John Feingold-Kennedy-Hernandez NcCain.
Period.
Ernest on February 9, 2008 at 8:57 PM
I know how he got the nomination. Cheating dems and libs went to caucuses and registered as repubs. voted McCain and he was anointed by the msm! Fiat acompli! I just found a very scary website… vietnamveteransagainsjohnmccain.com I feel I can trust Bolton but I wonder how much he really knows about McCain. If half the things on this site are true I really fear for our country.
Dyed in the wool liberal MN went for Romney…what does that tell you about Mac? The whole country should have the caucuses and primaries the same day that way there would be no games played.
As for me I will vote repub. all the way to pres. and then write in Romney (I prefer Thompson)
Proudvet on February 9, 2008 at 9:52 PM
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