Hot Air poll: Who would you rather have on the ticket, Huckabee — or Lieberman? Update: Poll fixed
posted at 12:59 pm on May 19, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Inspired by this morning’s New York Sun editorial, arguing that the surest way to put Maverick over the top in battleground states is to add a Democratic apostate to the ticket. Yes, he’s excellent on the war and always delivers a tender cut of red meat when opining on his own party, but do we really want a guy who voted no on Alito one 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency? If we’re willing to tolerate a pro-choice VP, toss Ridge on there and pick up Pennsylvania.
Even so, I’m intrigued by this as a test of right-wing blog readers — not their admiration of Liebs, necessarily, but of their abiding antipathy to Huck. How’s about it, HA commenters? Imagine Maverick’s shortlist is down to two; either one’s going to piss off a lot of people. Let’s see, in our own highly unscientific way, who’ll piss off more.
Update: Whoops, last poll was broken. Sorry for the hassle. Please re-vote!
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No, I’d say the immigration issue tops the list for HA readers, because if we lose that battle, we lose not just the war, but everything.
Red Pill on May 19, 2008 at 3:13 PM
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Sorry, Bush damaged the brand, so we all have to take two steps back this season. Think of it as a ‘rebuilding year’.
Think_b4_speaking on May 19, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Yeah, his campaign was pretty good at the copy and paste.
Too bad he didn’t govern that way in Arkansas. Kind of a convenient conversion, don’t you think?
Slublog on May 19, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Huckabee on Immigration:
Red Pill on May 19, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Yeah, they’ll do a lot for the good of the country, even swallow what’s being shoved down their throats. Good people.
JiangxiDad on May 19, 2008 at 3:18 PM
How many Presidential candidates have cared enough about what Hot Air readers think to actually send an email to AP, Ed, or Michelle?
Only one that I know of.
Red Pill on May 19, 2008 at 3:18 PM
i agree with you. i put those two on top of my list. how different are lieberman and huck on immigration? i mean huck misbehaved on immigration even tho he kinda made up but…
aso on May 19, 2008 at 3:18 PM
I’ll be voting for McCain, with Lieberman or with Huckabee, makes no difference to me.
But I DO have a prediction to share with all of you. Now that all of you have overwhelmingly expressed your preference for Lieberman, it is a virtual certainty that McCain will pick Huckabee. McCain is the maverick, remember? He has UTTER CONTEMPT for what you people think.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on May 19, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Deep in gloomy dens of stone
live the creatures men call trolls
(though what they call themselves it seems no one ever knows)
Creeping forth to prowl at night
They scowl and growl and give great fright
To unwary pilgrims whose last sight
is of gruesome trolls in firelight…
ronsfi on May 19, 2008 at 3:19 PM
How frustrating. Why can’t there be an OUTSTANDING candidate this year, when above all other elections this is when we desperately need one? McCain is certainly the best choice as far as I’m concerned, but he’s not outstanding, and I don’t consider any of these choices for VP to be either. I keep thinking that some real leader is going to jump out from behind the curtain any day now, but my “hopes” of “change” are dimming.
scalleywag on May 19, 2008 at 3:20 PM
True, but it aint happenin without the Lamb.
Please don’t confuse my earlier statement to suggest I was backing up apacalyps.
I was just clarifying ‘Pharisee’.
shick on May 19, 2008 at 3:20 PM
You’ve got one smart dog!
Red Pill on May 19, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Perfect!
TheSitRep on May 19, 2008 at 3:23 PM
well putting aside one’s preferences i think we can say that Huck is a better VP choice than Lieb for McCain.
The reason is simple: Lieb. is just a double of McCain, Huck could attract and reassure portion of the base that are shaking.
Which independent is going to vote for McCain because of Lieb? I think very few indep wouldn’t vote for McCain/Huckabee but would vote for McCain/Lieb.
aso on May 19, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Did you hear the joke about the dyslexic, agnostic insomniac?
Red Pill on May 19, 2008 at 3:23 PM
right2bright on May 19, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Another plus re: McCain/Lieberman presidency would be their opposite personality effects–
when dealing with someone needing a good firm shake-up, let McCain do his military best
when dealing with someone needing the kid glove treatment, let Lieberman do his gentle persuasion best
But I still think this is poppycock fun projections, what if.
The most interesting and obvious statement that the McCain/Lieberman ticket would make is that this is a BI-PARTISAN presidency, a novel 21st century birth of a nation, brought to you by the GOP. I swear, they’d do anything to amputate the conservative head from the party.
maverick muse on May 19, 2008 at 3:23 PM
He lies awake at night wondering if there really is a dog.
Red Pill on May 19, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Rings true!
RushBaby on May 19, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Huckabee on immigration (when he wasn’t running for president)
More Huckabee on immigration
And yet more.
Slublog on May 19, 2008 at 3:25 PM
This poll/thread was at least instructive on one point.
It demonstrates that the Huckabee cultists are still just as zealous, self-righteous, and delusional as the Obama cultists.
Lehosh on May 19, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Apparently Lieberman gave quite the speech yesterday.
phronesis on May 19, 2008 at 3:27 PM
And never more is pilgrim seen
on wooded paths `neath evergreen
for all that’s left are some bones
mixed amongst the trash and stones
in troll’s dank cave beneath stony knolls…
So beware, my friend, if you must go
on dreary paths through haunted dale
for lurking in their gloomy dens
trolls want you for their dinner-pail…
ronsfi on May 19, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Whoops. That last line was supposed to be a link.
Slublog on May 19, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Lieberman could very well end up President if he goes in as Mac’s veep.
No thanks, I’ll go with my man Mitt.
Buy Danish on May 19, 2008 at 3:30 PM
It is among the highest priorities, yes. Free market capitalism as an economic philosophy is also very high. Most of us here at HA are constitutionalists, and waging war/maintaining the military/defending the country is one of the ONLY explicit powers/duties granted to the federal government by the Constitution. Personally, I would like the federal government to stick to defending my freedoms (in whatever form that takes) and get the heck OUT of social issues as much as possible. It is incredibly dangerous to give the federal government any power at all on most social issues. Remember that if you give a conservative and Christian-leaning Republican majority the power to dictate social behaviors, you are giving the same ability to the socialist, amoral government that will take over when the political pendulum makes its inevitable swing the other direction. It’s a very short-sighted plan, wouldn’t you agree?
So yes, military/war issues and economic issues take priority for me over social issues when choosing who represents me at the federal level. Those fall under the federal government’s job description; the social stuff generally does NOT.
aero on May 19, 2008 at 3:31 PM
But not in day will trolls come out
and go creeping round about
(to eat you whole, without a doubt!)
and pick their teeth with your bones;
For sunlight turns them into stones,
forever into cold grey stones…
ronsfi on May 19, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Yep, the gang’s all here: Red Pillock, Stain Olaf, and of course, everyone’s favorite arbiter of faith himself, alpacalyps. All throwing down the righteous fury and as wild eyed as ever…
Trollin’, trollin’, trollin’
at their mouths a foamin’
Bible quotes they’re throwin’
wild eyed!
A grip is what their missin’
but we’d best shut up and listen
even though their brains seem to be fried.
Shut it up!
Vote for Huck!
On a mission!
You ain’t Christian!
The Huckabots are trollin’ wild eyed!
Oh yeah, staying on topic, I picked Liebs, pretty much because he’s not Huckabee and I repect that.
SuperCool on May 19, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Maestro!
RushBaby on May 19, 2008 at 3:35 PM
I’m throwing rotten vegtables at you now.
shick on May 19, 2008 at 3:36 PM
apacalyps on May 19, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Siesta’s done. That judge and jury apacalyps self appointed name hangs around your own neck like a millstone. Unless you repent of your own sins, specifically the sin of judging others, the day will come that you realize the prophesy you quote applies to YOU-You-you. The truth applies to everyone; WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. You, however, would make of Jesus another Mohammed. Now get off your high horse, and get on with your own plow job, and quit throwing thorns and thistles in your neighbor’s fields. In the end, you’ll pay for that, too.
maverick muse on May 19, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Buy Danish on May 19, 2008 at 3:30 PM
makes sense
but those voting for Hillary or Obama lost me when they claimed that would be for the overall good vs. McCain
maverick muse on May 19, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Excellent.
You may think that I want to give a conservative and Christian-leaning Republican majority the power to dictate social behaviors, but I don’t.
I do favor the passage and ratification of a Human Life Amendment and a Marriage Amendment, but that’s defending Life (a God-given unalienable Right) and Marriage (the one man - one woman marriage concept was God’s example for us). If we allow a redefinition of marriage for homosexuals, you open the legal doors to a lot of things you didn’t expect. (Polygamy being one of them)
Red Pill on May 19, 2008 at 3:40 PM
McCain would probably be better served getting a conservative on his ticket, not another liberal.
jaime on May 19, 2008 at 3:40 PM
That was for CyberCipher’s collie.
:-)
Red Pill on May 19, 2008 at 3:43 PM
The behavior of the Obama cultists, Huckabee cultists, Ron Paul cultists and Ted Sampley cultists here is indistinguishable.
Are they one and the same? Doesn’t really matter - they continue to ensure the answer is “yes” for all practical purposes.
Gilda on May 19, 2008 at 3:44 PM
shick on May 19, 2008 at 3:20 PM
I was agreeing with you, having understood your points.
And yes, though the Pharasees professed the resurrection, they did so on concept, I suppose, on faith in the messiah yet to come. So there we go again in life, looking smack dab at something and not seeing it for all it is. But like you, I am ever grateful for the life and teachings of Jesus. He always referenced himself “the Son of Man”. Humility goes a long way in eternity.
maverick muse on May 19, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!
Red Pill on May 19, 2008 at 3:47 PM
SuperCool on May 19, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Smarvelous, Swonderful. LOL
I’m taking off rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on that!
maverick muse on May 19, 2008 at 3:49 PM
Do you mean instead of McCain? Is there a correct answer to this riddle?
Spider79 on May 19, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Only question I have is… how is it that we’ve seen so much of “Obama Girl” here on Hot Air, but nothing about the awesome “Huckabee Girl” video?
Hollowpoint on May 19, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Actually he is qualified to make that statement.
I’m sure Apacalyps’s debate with him has raged on over various subjects and is not purely about whether or not he is voting for Huckabee.
Slublog, the sad fact is only 2% of self professed Christians are actually true Christians, who believe the Word and obey God’s commandments.
Out of 220 million self professed Christians…only 2.2 million are true Christians that preach the gospel regularly,as commanded, and obey God’s Law, as commanded?
What a horrifying statistic.
Yes there are MANY MANY phony Christians…that Christ says he will spit out of his mouth because they are neither hot nor cold.
Do not forget this:
The lukewarm church of laodicea will not be caught up and spared from the great tribulation coming soon!
Now slublog, I do not know enough about you nor have I followed your posts enough to be able to say unequivocally whether or not you are a true or false Christian…but no matter how often the phony Christians quote scripture out of context and deceitfully, the fact remains that the spiritual man judges all things.
Yes there are several different words for judgment and you know(as we have gone over this many times) that neither I nor Apacalyps can pass final judgment on any one…no one knows whether someone will repent on their deathbed.
But the fact is we are commanded to judge righteous judgment.
That is..if you see someone sinning you are not only just in calling them out as being unrighteous and judging whether or not they are saved…but you are commanded to.
If you love your neighbor as yourself, you would warn them about where they are heading and tell them about the Glory and Justice of the Allmighty God.
We know whether someone is saved or not through their fruits!
We know what spirit compels a man through his fruits and a good tree cannot produce evil fruit.
If you false Christians(like Esthier) claim you are saved why do hate the things of God and why do you continue in sin?
If you’re saved…what are you saved from?
Are you saved from sin?
Are you saved from lust?
From doubt?
From deceit?
From idolatry?
From unjust hatred?
Do you think you can believe in evolution and remain a Christian? You can’t not believe God’s Word and still call yourself His children.
Yes you can be apolitical or not vote for Huckabee and remain a Christian….that’s not the point.
The point is there are many wolves in sheep’s clothing,who quote scripture in deceit,claim they are Christians and then persecute Huckabee purely because he was a pastor.
They need to be called out.
As does any self professing Christian who does not believe the Word and remains in sin.
SaintOlaf on May 19, 2008 at 3:55 PM
And the Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection; that’s why they were sad you see.
davidk on May 19, 2008 at 3:56 PM
It/they are incapable of upping the creativity component but you have risen mightily to the occasion.
Outstanding. An anthem for the self-beclowning!
Gilda on May 19, 2008 at 3:58 PM
You’re really into the fake stats, aren’t you?
Did you find that little nugget at the same place you found the 85% of Americans live in poverty nonsense you were peddling last week?
Gee, thanks.
Slublog on May 19, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Actually you are the phony Christian. You worship Huckabee over God while using religion as a cover for blatantly obvious mental illness.
Hollowpoint on May 19, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Isn’t that pretty much McCain on the issues too? Since Lieberman is the only liberal that has the GWOT right, there is very little difference between his view of the world and that of cranky old bastard! The biggest difference I see is that Lieberman makes no bones about being a liberal while McCain continues to lie about his left-of-center view of the world.
highhopes on May 19, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Surprising results, for me the DINO seems much more trustworthy than the Huckster.
koolbrease on May 19, 2008 at 4:02 PM
You’re a doofus.
Whew!
(You’re still a doofus.)
John 12:47
If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I [Jesus] do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
NASU
What makes you think you’re allowed to judge a person’s heart. Doofus.
davidk on May 19, 2008 at 4:03 PM
I get very queasy whenever “Christians” decide they can sort out the real Christians from the rest. That, friend, is a job best left to God while man simply understands that we are all sinners with our own sins to be accounted for.
highhopes on May 19, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Winner! Creepiest post of the day!
ronsfi on May 19, 2008 at 4:07 PM
It’s very simple and absolutely Biblical…if you see someone sinning…you know they are not a Christian.
SaintOlaf on May 19, 2008 at 4:10 PM
You’re still a doofus.
davidk on May 19, 2008 at 4:10 PM
That’s completely unbiblical. Christians sin all the time. The only difference is that Christians ask for forgiveness.
Esthier on May 19, 2008 at 4:12 PM
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And another falls….. Please see Romans chap 3 “For all have sinned and fallen short (you should know the rest).
Think_b4_speaking on May 19, 2008 at 4:13 PM
McCain & Lieberman: I stay at home.
McCain & Huckabee: I vote Democrat.
And I’ve never voted Democrat before.
Tzetzes on May 19, 2008 at 4:15 PM
So are you saying Mike Huckabee isn’t a Christian? From Meet the Press (Warning: a print query will pop up. Sorry about that.)
M
Slublog on May 19, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Tell me:
If a man is a believing,obedient Christian all his life until one day he commits a sin willfully and does not repent…if he dies that same day without repenting…will he go to Hell?
Answer truthfully and Biblically.
SaintOlaf on May 19, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Wrong and completely absurd, we all are sinners. It is God’s grace that save us from our sins. To watch somebody sin unrepentantly and say nothing is unChristian behavior but that doesn’t mean the sinner isn’t a Christian.
highhopes on May 19, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Think_b4_speaking on May 19, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Obviously all people have sinned…I am not disputing that.
SaintOlaf on May 19, 2008 at 4:18 PM
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Then your previous post makes no sense whatsoever.
Think_b4_speaking on May 19, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Doofus,
Certainly:
Rom 6:23
the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
NASU
But, if as a Christian, I am ensnared in a sin:
Ps 23:1-4
The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
NASU
It would be well if you, too, could learn of God’s mercy and grace.
Isa 42:3
3 “A bruised reed He will not break
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully bring forth justice.
NASU
You’re still a doofus.
davidk on May 19, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Ted Sampley cultists? I must have missed that one.
Esthier on May 19, 2008 at 4:20 PM
I was wondering about your post before this one. Now I have to ask.
Christians are incapable of sinning?
What concerns me is the possibility that you think you have achieved righteousness when justification is only by faith alone.
Please clarify.
shick on May 19, 2008 at 4:21 PM
That depends. Do you believe one sin is more powerful that Christ’s sacrifice?
Esthier on May 19, 2008 at 4:23 PM
No. You cannot gain your salvation by anything you do; you cannot lose your salvation by anything you do. If you lost your salvation by committing sin, then maintaining your salvation would be based on doing good, on works. That is heretical.
What are you, a Nazarene?
davidk on May 19, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Question 85 of the Larger Westminster Catechism asks: ‘Death, being the wages of sin, why are not the righteous delivered from death, seeing all their sins are forgiven in Christ?” The answer gives us a wonderful summary of the theology of the death of believers in Christ:
The righteous shall be delivered from death itself at the last day, and even in death are delivered from the sting and curse of it; so that, although they die, yet it is out of God’s love, to free them perfectly from sin and misery, and to make them capable of further communion with Christ in glory, which they enter upon.
Revelation 14:13 also tells us of the blessing of Christians when they die: “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on! ‘Yes,’ says the Spirit, ‘that they may rest from their labors, for their deed follow with them’” The curse of the fall of Adam and Eve has been turned into blessing because of the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
highhopes on May 19, 2008 at 4:24 PM
I’m thinking Druid from the context of the posts.
highhopes on May 19, 2008 at 4:26 PM
By doofus do you mean fool? Be careful.
shick on May 19, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Does it?
There is a difference between someone being a sinner in the past and someone who hates sin, is filled with the Holy Spirit and overcomes sin through Christ Jesus.
The Holy Spirit will flee from the sinner as He cannot live in an unholy vessel.
We can overcome sin through Jesus Christ.
We are becoming perfected in Jesus.
The true Christian hates sin and has a new heart and new desires..nevertheless if he falls in temptation he will immediately repent…but the fact is we are given the ability to overcome temptation and overcome sin through Jesus Christ.
SaintOlaf on May 19, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Will you geeks please take your ridiculous religious discussion to inbreds.com?
thanks!!
Roger Waters on May 19, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Dude. This thread totally jumped the shark! That’s my exit cue.
That thud you heard was Allahpundit falling off his chair laughing.
aero on May 19, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Obviously not. We are saved by faith not works lest any man should boast.
The fact is true FAITH produces righteousness…not vice versa.
Dead faith does not produce righteousness.
SaintOlaf on May 19, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Awwwright! The HA poll machine works for me now.
petefrt on May 19, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Classy. And people wonder why atheists are so darned popular.
Slublog on May 19, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Not even going here:
That way lies madness.
Hey, I’ve got some bad news for highhopes….the AFL-CIO absolutely hates McCain. It seems he’s not quite as liberal as you MDS folks try to say. Imagine that!
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/mccain.cfm?source=mccainrevealed
neat little flip book format, and it’s apparently supposed to be a bad thing that McCain
–supports privatizing social security, voted to raise the medicare age, and didn’t show up to vote on a “stimulus package” bill that failed by only one vote, among many, many other things, like opposing the “Employee Free Choice Act,” the title of which would make Orwell blush.
funky chicken on May 19, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Wow not sure if I saw this coming or if I think its sort of shocking. Sure Joey has some faults, but I guess we see he has more good things to offer (except the whole censoring everything and destorying the arcade industry thing)
Rbastid on May 19, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Just to stir the pot: did you folks know that you can vote multiple times? I’m not saying anyone should (cough, Huck supporters, cough) but that they can.
Krydor on May 19, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Would that include the sin of pridefullness?
ronsfi on May 19, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Please relook at this quote from Paul. Does he say that he was=past tense the worst or he currently is=present tense the worst? You speak in past tense. I’m still not convinced that you think you walk in your own righteousness.
shick on May 19, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Prov 18:2
2 A fool does not delight in understanding,
But only in revealing his own mind.
NASU
Isa 32:6
6 For a fool speaks nonsense,
NASU
DOOFUS
Someone who hasn’t got a clue!
They live in blissful ignorance of the world, fashion, personal hygiene and social skills.
davidk on May 19, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Are you sure? When I voted initially, it simply recorded my vote. Now it tells me that it has already counted my vote.
Esthier on May 19, 2008 at 4:42 PM
McCain-McGovern 08.
Akzed on May 19, 2008 at 4:43 PM
How intolerant!
baldilocks on May 19, 2008 at 4:44 PM
That way lies madness.funky chicken on May 19, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Shhh… I’m hoping a Huckabot watches it. Besides, it is pretty funny.
Hollowpoint on May 19, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Esthier,
Absolutely positive. I refreshed the page after voting, and I could vote again. I’m using Firefox, so that might be making a difference.
Krydor on May 19, 2008 at 4:44 PM
There is no self righteousness for the Christian as we know that our righteousness is not of ourselves,but of Christ Jesus that lives within us.
It is the knowledge of the Truth that leads to godliness.
Lacking the Holy Spirit there is no righteousness in man.
Christianity is about having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and being filled with His Spirit.
SaintOlaf on May 19, 2008 at 4:47 PM
I’m using Firefox as well, and one time when I tried to vote again, I noticed that the total didn’t change.
Could just be me though.
Esthier on May 19, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Actually, they’re “persecuting” him because he’s an opportunistic hypocritical lying piece of crap hiding behind a crowd of single-issues nincompoops.
And being a wolf in wolf’s clothing, I’m happy to back them up.
peski on May 19, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Esthier,
Yeah, you’re right. I just tried voting again. Damn. So much for my pot stirring.
Krydor on May 19, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Wow, many many comments. I may be repeating someone, but like I don’t get how someone who is more to the left of the person people think is too far to the left is better?
- The Cat
P.S. Logic please
MirCat on May 19, 2008 at 4:51 PM
My newest T Shirt. Thanks!
ronsfi on May 19, 2008 at 4:51 PM
The “fruits” of Huckabee’s campaign are rancor, division, contention, class envy, two-facedness, and in some cases rank bigotry.
Combined with the nuts and flakes so in the tank for Huck, you’ve got quite a tasty breakfast cereal of badness.
McCain/Leiberman wouldn’t be my first (or tenth) choice, but I’d still vote for it over Obama. But if Huck’s on the ticket, forget it; I’ll write in Fred or leave the field blank.
sulla on May 19, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Could Lieberman deliver NY and Florida?
He’s better on the Long War, but otherwise a liberal Democrat.
Huckabee is funnier. Got to give him that.
But I vote for Duncan Hunter.
MrLynn on May 19, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Much of the unhinged criticism (from both Right and Left) of McCain’s service in Vietnam seems to originate with Ted Sampley, a determined proponent of MIA conspiracy theories.
That Sampley’s acolytes and/or assertions are often in evidence here has been pointed out to me by other HA posters whom I generally regard as credible.
I mentioned them in the spirit of inclusiveness. I of course use the word “cultists” broadly, and with some license.
Gilda on May 19, 2008 at 5:01 PM
For accurate political ’soulmates’, If McCain were to make a honest pick according to his greatest passions, I’d say:
but Al is making too much money on his global warming scam to go back into government.
So I guess it will have to be :
Los Dos Juans!
He might as well pick Lieberman. They are almost identical politically (on the things that matter most to me)…. If Lieberman was the Dem or independent nominee, I’d just as soon vote for him as for McCain.
As far as I’m concerned though, there is only one pick that would make me believe McCain would be anything but a disaster:
(No, I’m not sucking up to the hostess… I really mean it.)
LegendHasIt on May 19, 2008 at 5:04 PM
You mean I went to class today and missed all THIS (scans up and down the thread)?
dyslexic, agnostic insomniac… I soooo gotta use that one!
Weebork on May 19, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Owing to the fact that I believe that the next four years will be a disaster regardless, I prefer to see a D label on it so they can take the blame.
My only reason to vote for McCain is the outside hope that he will appoint good Justices to the SCOTUS.
Huchabee is unacceptable.
It appears that the moderates have defeated the conservatives (for now) in the “R” party. They will discover that they also defeated themselves in the process.
The Rock on May 19, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Please, don’t even try to associate MM with the world’s greatest peddler of shamnesty and all it’s wares.
malan89 on May 19, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Rush was talking earlier last week about possibly liking Barack Obama for this reason. I’d prefer it much more if we could still win the war in Iraq and be able to blame our domestic problems on a liberal R/moderate D presidency. If a self proclaimed “conservative” (notice the quotes) like Huckabee is VP, we won’t be able to do that. For me, it’s all about winning the War on Terror while simultaneously being able to call for a restoration of conservatism in the Republican party
ifwhen a McCain Presidency messes everything up on the homefront.malan89 on May 19, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Hyperbole on HA? Surely you jest.
(Yeah, I know your name isn’t Shirley.)
davidk on May 19, 2008 at 5:12 PM
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