McCain is Anathema for 2008
Readers of this blog know, and I have been consistant, that I will not support Senator John McCain for the 2008 presidential nomination. As a leader in the local South Florida GOP, I will oppose his nomination with all the resources we have available.
The reasons are many, but this cheap shot he took at a former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is the final nail in his 2008 political coffin.
“BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday the war in Iraq has been mismanaged for years and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be remembered as one of the worst in history.
“We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement _ that’s the kindest word I can give you _ of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war,” the Arizona senator told an overflow crowd of more than 800 at a retirement community near Hilton Head Island, S.C. “The price is very, very heavy and I regret it enormously.”McCain, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, complained that Rumsfeld never put enough troops on the ground to succeed in Iraq.
“I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history,” McCain said to applause.
The comments were in sharp contrast to McCain’s statement when Rumsfeld resigned in November, and failed to address the reality that President Bush is the commander in chief.
“While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans’ respect and gratitude for his many years of public service,” McCain said last year when Rumfeld stepped down.
While were at it, the AP can shove their editorialization. When they can report the news instead of manufacturing it, then perhaps they can give a shot at editorials.
Nevertheless, McCain shows once again that he is not the man of character he would have us believe because a man of character says what he means – not behind a another back – but to his face. McCain is a “Face Politician” who only speaks to hear himself talk and says whatever it takes to get himself in the limelight.
If we wanted this kind of leadership in 2008, we could vote for John Kerry – yes, he’s that bad.
As of today, as far as we are concerned here in South Florida, he is anathema.
UPDATE: Btw, Phil Graham’s attempt at resuscitation doesn’t come close to changing anyone’s mind.
McCain is a back-stabbing media whore.
The report says that this statement was “said to applause.”
I doubt that it was an ovation or that even 1/3 of the people there applauded.
I don’t believe it; the AP hear two people clapping and wrote it down.
I believe history says that anyone who has been a Senator for x years has no chance to be President. Think it has to do with their heads swelling up to big. Will end up be right here.
Trying to be nice…..
But he & his advisors have to be #$#$#@%
McCain lost credibility when he started becoming chummy with Hanoi John. A man McCain once proclaimed to despise, he snuggled up to him during the 2004 campaign. If you remember, there was even talk of a Kerry-McCain ticket.
McCain has always played on his POW status for policital reasons. And while not trying to diminish is service, he is a far cry from Sam Johnson who has never played on his POW status.
And if you think that you have little regard for Senator McCain, ask the Border Patrol what they think of him.
McCain is nothing more that the GOPs answer to John Kerry.
A former intelligence agent who was sent back to Viet Nam to investigate reports of POWs left behind has said many times tat McCain was referred to as “Songbird McCain” by his fellow POWs because he collaborated and worked with the enemy in exhcange for better treatment, food and visist from Vietnamese women. ++++++++++and the North vietnamese erected a monument on the spot where he landed when his plane crased and his picture in hanging in their hall of fame because he was considered a hero to their cause. This agent also reported that McCain fathered several children while held in captivity.
It has been apparent that McCain has been a major thorn in Bush’s side since Bush defeated in tin the SC Primary. He tied up Congress with his disastrous “Campaign Finance Reform” to give the Dems time to talk Jeffords into changing sides and giving control of the senate to them, and thereafter he has consistantly worked to underine and block Bush’s policies. Reports are that he is a mean viscious self cenered man who never forgives anyone who gets the best of him.
Just where did he have this big gathering near Beaufort, sC. while Hillary was up there in Columbia wowing the world by demanding the removal of that “infernal Confederate Flag” off the state house gounds, at the all black Allen University? Both he and Hillary are showing their true colors.
I am perfectly willing to beg…..please, please, please do not let McCain be the nominee.
I respect his service.
If the choice is McCain or Democrats, I would be forced to vote for him. Democrats are being ruled by crazies and even worse, crazies that are truly anti-American. My list against McCain is a mile long and I added his latest against Rummy. Disgraceful.
Yep, perfectly willing to beg primary voters. Do not force me into the choice of staying home, voting Dem or voting McCain. I refuse to take the chicken way out and would be forced to vote for him.
[...] Even today many Republicans feel McCain has burned too many bridges to ever be a major force in the party. One Republican blogger wrote, “As of today, as far as we are concerned here in South Florida, he is anathema.” Richard Viguerie’s new book, Conservatives Betrayed identifies McCain, as a backstabber along with Congress, Democrats (of course), and Arnold Schwarzenegger. [...]
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