Highhopes, do you have a link or anything to that news story. I have to see that to believe it.

What if McCain picks another “moderate” as his Veep?

Do we still get the “he’s better than Obambi”?

Of, if he picks anyone less than a real conservative will that be all she wrote?

So far, he isn’t giving me much hope for making a good choice on that mark…

catmman on June 17, 2008 at 9:57 AM

McCain hasn’t impressed me with any of his decisions.

On that rape joke, it seems it nails McCain’s philosophy with conservatives…we conservatives are considered whiners and cry babies as he rapes us, we are told we need to just lay back and enjoy his rape.

rockmom on June 17, 2008 at 9:25 AM

Good post! The only thing that I would take exception to is where McCain’s hatred of the right comes from. It happened long before his amnesty scheme was shot down. Specifically it was the South Carolina primary of 2000 when he started losing the nomination to GWB on the basis of conservative voters. McCain brand liberalism played well in Iowa and New Hampshire but not so much in the deep red country. He’s been acting like a spoiled petulent child ever since and his clear snub of social conservatives and evangelicals is because of his bitterness that they didn’t deliver for him 8 years ago.

John McCain is a Nixon Republican.

rockmom on June 17, 2008 at 9:25 AM

Thread over.

McCain is an idiot.

Do we still get the “he’s better than Obambi”?

Of, if he picks anyone less than a real conservative will that be all she wrote?

So far, he isn’t giving me much hope for making a good choice on that mark…

rockmom on June 17, 2008 at 9:25 AM

Well said, and interesting. However, it suggests that McCain is out-of-touch with today’s voters. That can’t be helping him.

McCain did not move right when the rest of the party did. He thinks he is still a real Republican and the rest of us are right wing nuts who have hijacked his party, which has led directly to the disaster the party now faces. A lot of old Republicans feel the same way. McCain sees modern conservatism as having gone haywire and leading to the hyper-partisanship that he deplores. He thinks it is tough to be proud of America now, because America cannot seem to come together to tackle our big problems anymore – all we do is try to score political points on the opposition by blaming them for the problems. He is still pissed at the right for blowing up his amnesty bill. This should not surprise anyone.

I’m not saying I agree with any of this, but I’ve been involved in Republican campaigns since 1971 and I know where McCain is coming from. It isn’t hard to figure out and shouldn’t be that vexing to people.

If you are going to spend your entire days on your computer, attacking people…
Shay on June 17, 2008 at 9:21 AM

Wow. I asked the question, “So McCain got more liberal in 8 years?” and that was an attack? Thanks for the explanation, Shay. Thanks ever so much!

So McCain got more liberal in 8 years?

wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 11:31 PM

Actually, he did it over a span of about 26 years. You made the same mistake we made in AZ. You assumed someone from the military, especially a war hero, was going to be conservative. And he did sort of start that way. But about half the upper echelon of the state RP – including Barry Goldwater – had reservations we should have listened to. The description of “maverick” was already heard back then, along with “loose cannon.”

If you are going to spend your entire days on your computer, attacking people in forums who don’t agree with you, you should take the trouble to know what the hell you’re talking about. But since throwing mud is easier, you probably won’t.

That is the reality of Obama and McCain that you claim that neither one is adequate.
You are seriously mistaken.
wise_man on June 17, 2008 at 12:08 AM

No, I’m not mistaken. Just because one is worse than the other doesn’t mean that the better of the two is adequate to the task. Sean Penn is probably worse on national security than Brad Pitt but Neither one is adequate.
FloatingRock on June 17, 2008 at 12:15 AM

Yes, you are mistaken. Perhaps you didn’t read the comment at 12:08 AM. I suggest that you do. You might learn something. I’ll summarize it again.

Obama actually wants the terrorists to attack us, so we can do the police work after the fact and get the two-bit thugs into jail,

McCain doesn’t want to take us back to the failed policies of the past, and does not want to treat attempted mass murder directed against our civilian population by a international terrorist organization to be allowed to occur in the first place, and then acted on in Obama’s example of the first world trade center attack.

Do you understand now?

That senile piece of worthless crap… that decaying putz.
I hope they boo him off the stage.
TexasJew on June 17, 2008 at 1:13 AM

It’s official now. HotAir has jumped the shark.
(As an aside – this is the conservative base? No wonder McCain wants to distance himself from it, and you. You conservatives have certainly earned, and well deserve, your marginalization. I am glad to see you shunted off to the inconsequential fringe. About time.)
Gilda on June 17, 2008 at 5:57 AM

HotAir has not jumped the shark, but it is rampant with idiot so called conservatives who are acting like disgruntled hillary supporters. In addition to them, there are others who have signed up here with the seemingly single purpose to advocate the cause of not voting for McCain. I would like to see how many of them drop off the radar after the election, their job done, and go back to comment full time at their favorite liberal blogs. I really don’t care if these two groups are a 50 – 50 mix, or maybe 90 – 10 percent, or whatever, I think we should treat them the same, because what they are advocating is the same.

…this is the conservative base? No wonder McCain wants to distance himself from it, and you. You conservatives have certainly earned, and well deserve, your marginalization. I am glad to see you shunted off to the inconsequential fringe. About time.)

Gilda on June 17, 2008 at 5:57 AM

Isn’t it incredible? Hard to believe they’re conservatives, ’cause they’re acting like the liberals do…whine and pout.

And it’s not John McCain who has distanced himself from conservatives, it’s more that these so-called conservatives have done the “distancing”.

No worries about me “staying home” come election day. Americans have fought and died defending my right to vote. I will always exercise my right to vote. I will vote for McCain simply because he is the best chance we have to minimize the damage caused to country. Obama would be a disaster of all ages, of this I have no doubt.

Our country is in for some dark times ahead. Damn…

Something to brighten the morning. Guess what the local John McCain story was? His cancelled fundraiser with the guy who, when running for TX governor, made the comment about rape that if you couldn’t stop it you might as well lean back and enjoy it. Yep. That guy. McCain defends the fundraiser by saying it was 18 years ago…….

Wonder if all the pissed off feminists McCain is courting feels the same way. Wonder why there isn’t one person on McCain’s staff with the internet skills to google this stuff up so that it doesn’t come to bite the candidate on the rump?