Why "Drop Dead" FRED, Mormon MITT, and Trice Married Cross Dressing RUDI Won't be the GOP Pick !

And neither will Big Head JEB.

Because just like some are predicting that Dem voters in Iowa and New Hampshire will have the last word on our Nominee pick, and not the media.....so will those on the GOP side have their say.

So what I am saying is....don't count McCain out of the game on that side of the aisle.

Sure the MSM has stopped reporting on much about McCain......just as they had done on Kerry in 2004. But McCain is currently on the slow comeback trail, and should not be overlooked as the potential "surprise" winner. In fact, I dare say that McCain appears to have been purposely "underexposed" while the rest of the Gang that couldn't shoot straight have being "Overexposed" by the media in the last few months. The media figures by the time any vote takes place in Iowa, voters will be sick and tired of being told that Giuliani is the inevitable one...and are edging their bets that voters will "rebel" and pick McCain (the GOP don't like the MSM telling them what to do any more than we do).

You must remember that the MSM lavished praise on McCain for years! We're talking about genuine affection for his day old dirty drawers! So what made the Right Wing leaning media stop the McCain love all of the sudden? One minute they loved him, and the next minute they were saying that it was "all over" for him. I found it quite sudden and strange, actually. Sure, I always had a feeling that McCain was quite the creepy buffoon......but the media continued their Love Jones with the guy.

Keeping in mind that the MSM is today reporting that the surge "may" have worked. As you may have already heard, Troop pull outs are about to be announced, and the talk by the MSM is that Al Qaeda in Iraq has been practically defeated! This makes McCain's excursion to the Bahgdad Market with his pronouncements at the time look more reasonable (to the cross eyed voters aka the GOP).

And so.....what does McCain have that the others don't? Well, when one is shopping, if one is GOP, McCain could start to look awfully good compared to the other losers in that race.

McCain, who doesn't have a foreign sounding last name, or belongs to a weird type of religion (see fundies for was is "weird" religiously speaking) and is still a military hero to GOP Voters...and we are still at war. McCain was after all held captive in Vietnam for 6 years. McCain is not on his 3rd marriage, nor is he seen as one who "Flip-Flops" or has waivered on the Abortion issue.

The media is fickle, and so I'm just tugging on coattails here--The truth is that McCain has been down, but McCain ending up as our nominee's opponent is not out of the question.....at all.

And for those who believe that McCain has no chance, know that I didn't think Bush had a chance either....and McCain is much much more qualified (GOP Wise) for these times.

or Edwards' haircut, or Hillary's dynasty, or Obama's Blackness, or Biden's Plugs, or Fred Thompson too young wife, or Mitt's many flip-flops.

So I'd say.....no. The GOP still "like" Bush; just many don't find him particularily competent.

We are after all talking about a 2 term President, and a GOP presidential primary.

WE Hate Bush......they don't necessarily to the point of ruling out a candidate due to a pic.

He has very closely aligned himself with Shrub's policies, and it will destroy him. I really liked him in 2000. I loved the Straight Talk Express, and it was really no different than the way he spoke and voted in the Senate. He was the maverick and I liked that! So did a lot of indies. He's given all that up! I know I'm not alone when I say he's lost all his credibility. He now looks old and tired, and he's just not going to get the nomination.

If you're looking for the sleeper on the Pub side, I think you need to look to Huckabee. Rudy & Mittens just might destroy each other, Freddie was DOA, and the rest of them stand no chance at all!

But trust me on this, I believe that McCain will be resurrected in Iowa. Repugs don't think like us, and the qualities that they are looking for are not the ones that we admire.

Huckabee has too weak of a persona (important in GOP world)....although he may place higher than some believe. Huckabee is no war hero, and he certainly doesn't have any national security experience that is going to help the GOP play their famous reliable trump card (it may not work as well this time, but it won't be cause they won't try)....and they will be playing that card, don't even doubt it.

Just watch and listen to the media when it comes to McCain. It will soon become more evident....because they will start talking him up shortly prior to the Primaries...after they start flinging a whole lot of shit at the current GOP "front runners". It's a calculated strategy that has a tendency to work. Whomever the media pushes from the Git is normally not the person that are actually rooting for. Look at Dean (04) and McCain (00); they were the frontrunners, but were dogged out of the race. Now look at the underdogs; Carter (76), Clinton (92), and Kerry (04).....they ended up with the nom. Now how did that happen! :shrug:

He has no chance.

O.K., that was funny!

in 2003.

What one "wishes" doesn't always happen.

I understand what you are implying, but your one liner doesn't provide information that really makes a case to support your contention!

......good for a laugh, though!

Although he does appeal to a lot of folks, I must admit.
The repugs will not vote in MacCain unless Rudy, Mitt &
Hucky all drop out of the race, a highly unlikely event.

But I am not so sure of your conclusion....and I detailed out why in my OP.

They voted for Reagan, so age does not disturb them.
With more favorable coverage, McCain will once again become appealing to GOP voters....while the "frontrunners" will begin to disintegrate before our very eyes.

It will be interesting to watch......that's for sure!

about McCain. They will not go for an old guy ran before and lost
just 3 years ago. Reagan got in only because of how badly Carter
screwed up the conomy, double digit everything, inflation, interest
rates, unemployment.

The same few people who love him on Iraq hate him on "amnesty", which leaves him with no base of support whatever. His best hope was a VP spot in the Thompson administration, and that belly has flopped.

It will come down to Giuliani and Paul, and Giuliani will probably win. This primary isn't just about candidates though it's really about the future of the Republican party in a way we haven't seen since Goldwater.

I think the really interesting possibility is that the pro-war vote gets split by 3-5 candidates and Paul wins the nom.

and he will remain near his current polling percentages.
I just can't see him winning.