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redstateblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:49 PM
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Why do Rush, Glen Beck et al hate McCain so much?
I don't like him either but mainly because he abandoned his integrity- they have always hated him. I don't get it- he agrees with them about almost everything
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existentialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:52 PM
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1. not immigration
besides, those bastards remember that they attacked him when he ran against W in 2000. To support him now would be to admit that they were either dishonest or made a mistake.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:56 PM
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2. Chickenhawk republicons are embarassed by honorable US Vetrans
Edited on Tue Jan-22-08 11:37 PM by SpiralHawk
That's a fact. The Chickenhawks like Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity and the other republicon propagandist chickenhawks, are shamed by the very existence of veterans...
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:40 PM
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10. limpballs did the same to powell
when he was considering running. he hammered everyday on the "little general". powells wife told him not to run because of the shit he` and her would have to take,
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:59 PM
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3. McCain is a true military hero, something chicken-hawks dream about becoming but lack the !@#$. n/t
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stravu9 Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:18 PM
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4. He's a loose cannon.
and thus less likely to follow the party line. The Man was kept in a tiger cage! Too a greater extent than most GOP drones , he thinks for himself. They want another attractive meat puppet(MITT CAN YOU HEAR ME?)they can make say or do anything. Not someone, Heaven forbid, who has his OWN ideas( HOWEVER MISLED) about how things should be done!
IMO.
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:20 PM
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5. For someone who "thinks for himself" he sure hasnt had a prob
voting lockstep with monkeyboy.:puke:
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stravu9 Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:38 PM
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9. he didn't support the tax cuts the 1st time around. Of course NOW
he wants to extend them!
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 09:53 AM
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25. He's been trying to suck up to the repub establishment
Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 09:53 AM by Virginia Dare
so he can get elected. That's his game. Like he pathetically tried to suck up to the fundies.
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toadzilla Donating Member (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:54 PM
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12. go read his website
his stance on every one of the issues, except torture, is EXACTLY the same as bush.
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stravu9 Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:35 AM
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20. I don't need too!
I'd fall on my sword before I cast a vote for him. I'm just playing "Frasier" on him!
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toadzilla Donating Member (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:31 AM
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21. oh im not saying you ever would!
its just interesting to see the extreme extent to which he has fallen right in line with the bush administrations policies.

its good to know your enemy.
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:35 AM
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19. it's interesting
that a man subjected to 5 years of torture is more sane than the current pres. How tf does that happen...

I'm voting for the puppet answer...the right-wing pres is always a figurehead whose strings are pulled by people behind the scenes, and McCain doesn't look like a good candidate for that.
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lastliberalintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:21 PM
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6. Psst- they don't really hate him
McCain has a very carefully crafted "maverick" image, one that can only be perpetuated if he is seen as being outside the republican establishment. McCain and Guilliani are probably the favorites of the Wall Street repubs who control the party machine.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:23 PM
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7. You are absolutely correct on every point there
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toadzilla Donating Member (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:55 PM
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13. yep yep. he scares me.
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Tarc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:26 PM
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8. Immigration and campaign finance reform
have forever soured true conservatives on McCain.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:40 PM
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11. He isn't one of the neocons
Batshit crazy conservative yes...neocon no.
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Rydz777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:16 AM
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14. I don't know why, but I'm convinced that McCain will not get their
nomination. That pretty much leaves Romney who seems to be acceptable to the country club caucuses.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:23 AM
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17. Yes, I'm definitely feeling its' RAPIDLY defaulting to Romney now.
Even though no one ever seems to speak of it, McCain's age and apparent infirmity/decrepitude definitely hampers his electability vs. any Democratic candidate also, it's the "elephant in the room" that no one dares speak of, apparently.
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 09:51 AM
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23. That's the way I see it falling out too...n/t
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WillowTree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:20 AM
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15. He's largely blamed for "The Gang of 14"
And he'll never be forgiven for it. Never.
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:21 AM
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16. He'e not a neo-con corporatist.
It's that simple.
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 09:52 AM
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24. Exactly..
Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 09:53 AM by Virginia Dare
and all this talk about cutting "pork" projects scares the shit out of the repubs, since most pork is essentially corporate welfare.
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lurky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:26 AM
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18. He threatened to shut off the money spigot.
That's all those guys (and their corporate owners) really care about: perpetuating the gravy train. Everything else is noise.
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Medusa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:47 AM
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22. Because he's "collaborated" with the enemy
i.e.--Dems--on some bills. Because he's not a holy roller idiot. I mean I'm not about to vote for the man or anything but I think he doesn't kiss the asses of the extreme right-wing so therefore, they are out to destroy him and put some crazy asshole like Huckabee in there.
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 09:57 AM
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26. Just because "I'm only real Democrat in the Dem party" is express daily here doesn't mean
Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 10:22 AM by RGBolen
holier than thou disease is limited to the left.
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