If you need anymore proof that John McCain is the one Republican you should NOT vote for in this primary, its this endorsement of him by none other then the New York Times:
Still, there is a choice to be made, and it is an easy one. Senator John McCain of Arizona is the only Republican who promises to end the George Bush style of governing from and on behalf of a small, angry fringe. With a record of working across the aisle to develop sound bipartisan legislation, he would offer a choice to a broader range of Americans than the rest of the Republican field.
We have shuddered at Mr. McCain’s occasional, tactical pander to the right because he has demonstrated that he has the character to stand on principle. He was an early advocate for battling global warming and risked his presidential bid to uphold fundamental American values in the immigration debate. A genuine war hero among Republicans who proclaim their zeal to be commander in chief, Mr. McCain argues passionately that a country’s treatment of prisoners in the worst of times says a great deal about its character.
~~~ Mr. McCain was one of the first prominent Republicans to point out how badly the war in Iraq was being managed. We wish he could now see as clearly past the temporary victories produced by Mr. Bush’s unsustainable escalation, which have not led to any change in Iraq’s murderous political calculus. At the least, he owes Americans a real idea of how he would win this war, which he says he can do. We disagree on issues like reproductive rights and gay marriage.
In 2006, however, Mr. McCain stood up for the humane treatment of prisoners and for a ban on torture. We said then that he was being conned by Mr. Bush, who had no intention of following the rules. But Mr. McCain took a stand, just as he did in recognizing the threat of global warming early. He has been a staunch advocate of campaign finance reform, working with Senator Russ Feingold, among the most liberal of Democrats, on groundbreaking legislation, just as he worked with Senator Edward Kennedy on immigration reform.
hat doesn’t make him a moderate, but it makes him the best choice for the party’s presidential nomination.
Thank you Grey Lady for doing a bang up job of showing why this man is no conservative, and should never be close to the White House except for the occasional visit as a Senator.
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One clue that Romney is our strongest candidate is the fact that Democrats keep viciously attacking him while expressing their deep respect for Mike Huckabee and John McCain.
This point was already extensively covered in Chapter 1 of “How To Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)”: Never take advice from your political enemies.
Turn on any cable news show right now, and you will see Democratic pundits attacking Romney, calling him a “flip-flopper,” and heaping praise on McCain and Huckleberry — almost as if they were reading some sort of “talking points.”
This speaks volumes. The NY slimes endorsing another Democrap. Mcnasty is more Democrap than Obama.
interesting. of course bush isn’t a conservative either. maybe conservatism is just another urban myth.
I’m waiting for Huckabee and McCain to form an alliance. Huckabee is out of money and his support is somewhat localized; he simply can’t win nationally at this point, and he must be smart enough to know that. McCain *might* be able to beat Romney by himself (and if he wins Florida, maybe he’ll try), but his chances would be vastly better if he can get Huckabee and his voters on his side. And with McCain’s promise to serve one term and Huckabee’s relative youth, a McCain/Huckabee ticket would make a lot of sense. Just a question of when the best time to announce it would be. Probably after Super Tuesday, since Huckabee can win Arkansas and Georgia on that date but probably not much else after.
Of course I wouldn’t think much of that ticket.
The opinion of the Times carries weight in some neighborshoods of New York, Boston, Berkeley, Madison, Hollywood and San Francisco.
Both the polls and the betting lines all show that McCain is the stronger candidate. He his positions on anti torture, closing Gitmo, global climate change, and immigration are accepted more by Main Street.
Ronald Reagan used the tactic in 1976 of naming a vice presidential running mate during the primaries, rather than at the convention. It was meant to put incumbent president Ford under pressure for his vice president (Nelson Rockefeller).
It had one effect in that VP Rockefeller announced that he would not stand on the re-election ticket. it did not get Ronald Reagan the 1976 nomination though.
Well that’s gonna scuttle McCaine’s chances…
You are against “humane treatment of prisoners and for a ban on torture”.
You fucking piece of shit. You make me ashamed to be an American. Please continue to drink yourself to death. The world will be better off with one less ass-muncher like you.
May you, your wife, and your children be tortured nearly to death, so you will reap what you sow.
Lovely example of the leftist mind. Thanks Tommo!
Tommo my boy stay where you are I have your medication and I’m on the way. What’s the frequency Tommo.
Ah, so it would be a *good thing* to torture the innocent relatives of someone you disagree with politically, but torturing a proven terrorist to get potentially lifesaving information is off the table? This is one of the few issues where I actually agree with McCain, but it looks like your only real problem with inhumane treatment is that it’s reserved for homicidal Islamists rather than your personal political enemies…
Same old story, same old line from the NYT. Continuing the line of fiction the President’s war policies have failed, the surge has failed, he’s too stubborn, etc. And, thank god Sen McCain is coming to the rescue.
If that’s the line, and McCain embraces that line, he’s making it very difficult on himself and the rest of us. I’d rather have this President anyday, anytime before others.
What’s interesting is, in addition to endorsing the most liberal Republican, they also endorsed the most conservative Democrat. Weird centrist agenda. It’s like they want the race that the country will despise, where there’s no distinction between the two candidates.
Calling Sen. McCain a fake Republican is a violation of Reagan’s first rule — never speak ill of a fellow Republican. There is no evidence I’ve seen anywhere that Romney is a) more conservative than McCain or b) that he is electable nationally. Romney has recently converted to conservatism in his comments, but his record speaks otherwise. And, McCain has many similarities to Reagan including the fact that both of them had a blind spot when it comes to immigration. Remember the 1986 immigration act? That’s the one that everyone complains about today. Reagan signed it.