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Words I thought I'd never say: the security of the United States might now depend on electing a Democratic Congress in 2018.
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NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)aquamarina
(1,865 posts)This entire thing is horrifying.
skylucy
(3,749 posts)I'm glad he said it. Any other patriots out there?
Feathery Scout
(218 posts)I'm just so happy to see there are people out there. I'm on the verge of giving up hope.
Wonder if this new found religion influenced his vote on the apparently unrelated issue of methane gas regulation.
If he'd decided to be the fly in the GOP ointment, might as well go all in.
LisaM
(27,863 posts)I don't think McCain's constituents would mind if he declared himself an Independent, and I don't think Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski's voters would, either.
They don't have the guts, IMO. Jim Jeffords did.
wryter2000
(46,136 posts)She just needs to start acting like one.
LisaM
(27,863 posts)Her biggest problem is that she's in the pocket of the NRA and the energy companies.
wryter2000
(46,136 posts)And lost the nomination. So she ran and won as an independent.
LisaM
(27,863 posts)I feel that I see her listed as a Republican, though I know she's broken a couple of times.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)We're already on it!
Bucky
(54,094 posts)I wonder how long it'll take McCain to flip flop on this.
wryter2000
(46,136 posts)Just a few R Senators to do the right thing, and the horror ends. I am so effing sick of his words and no action.
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)McConnell is the real leader of the GOP. McCain just likes to talk.
LisaM
(27,863 posts)Also, don't forget, he sicced Sarah Palin on an unsuspecting public.
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)He was big into campaign finance reform and ran a strong insurgent campaign against GWB until they pulled some really dirty tricks in the SC primary.... But since then, he lost himself. Ambition got the best of him, I guess.
Oh well. I hope he proves me wrong. He will not run again. Not like he has anything to lose at this point. But for now, he seems to be Mitch McConnell's bitch.
LisaM
(27,863 posts)If he really cared about getting money out of politics, he wouldn't have rubber stamped Bush's (and now Trump's) Supreme Court picks.
herding cats
(19,569 posts)If I recall correctly they parted ways after the 2008 presidential election loss.
wryter2000
(46,136 posts)Got carried away. It's so frustrating that some of them sound reasonable and do nothing.
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)that would solve the problem now. 2018 could very well be too late.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)The few Republican defenders of Trump I've heard on the news have pretty weak defenses. They will bail on him.
If Democrats project an image of party unity and strength (which they are currently doing), we will win the midterms.
Jarqui
(10,131 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029037495
voters rights, etc,
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029035234
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10697240
one can get just as worried about the 2018 election as the one that was just stolen in 2016 particularly when the GOP controls all three branches of government.
Wednesdays
(17,487 posts)I called it first.