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John McCain does the things he does.  Curious indeed.

For now, Rudy is my man.  While I'm not a one issue voter, I am a national security/strong military proponent.  That is pretty much trumping everything else right now and I think it probably will be in 2008 as well.

For now, given the field we are looking at and the field the dems are looking at, America's mayor would have my support most definitely in the general election.  As for the primaries, well, I'm not sure just yet.  Time will tell.

I'll try to find this, butin discussing his oposition to complete repeal of the death tax, he said he was against the rich being able to pass on their fortunes. Incredible.

Campbell was clearly the superior candidate on Social Security and health care reform which makes Senator McCain's choice of Congressional endorsements contrary to his legislative agenda.

Like I said, I'll never understand him.

Maybe he owed her a favor or something.  Go figure.

When he ran in the GOP primary five years ago.

If that's the case, I can respect a man who repays his debts.  I just don't care for who he "owes."

isnt that a bit much?

his voting record is straight down conservative lines.

for posting a diary decrying McCain as a media-loving maverick-turned-almost-liberal.  Now, as he meets with Cindy Sheehan, proposes amnesty with Ted Kennedy, and backs a liberal in this race, it appears that my thoughts are confirmed.

There's no reason to support this guy any more.  Come on down off of the "electability" horse that gave the Dem primary voters a ride in the '04 primaries, and let's start looking for the best candidate, not the one you believe can beat Hillary.

Because McCain can't.  And even if he somehow did, we'd still lose for winning.

is against the rich from passing on their wealth! he said that when opposing death tax repeal. Sounds like...marx?

I'm still trying to figure out why redstaters are supporting this guy.  Money issues and only money issues seems to be the cry of the day.

I really don't see why some people are infatuated with him. He couldn't survive a full primary season to get the nomination because he is way to inconsistant. The statistical difference between his and my becoming POTUS is in decimal places.

that he will skip Iowa, then go on to win New Hampshire (an open primary) with the help of independents and democrats.  Then Sanford, his buddy, will stump for him in South Carolina, possibly giving him a win there.  Wins in NH and SC are strong momentum going into the rest of the primary season.

The candidiate who wins SC is the nominee. Just so happens that Sanford and Graham are McCain's best buddies.

McCain will also almost assuredly be in the Top 2 in terms of fundraising on the Republican side.

Underestimate McCain's chances at the GOP nomination at your peril.

a Republican viewpoint.

I'm taking a wills & trusts class right now.  Even in the People's Republic of California, the ability to pass on one's wealth to family members, friends, and/or charity organizations is considered sacrosanct.  McCain could've had a bright future.  All he needed was a little horse-sense on top of his unquestionable valor.

But the lack of horse-sense is every bit as deadly in politics as a lack of integrity.

Andrew Johnson, John Quincy Adams, Jimmah Carter, and LBJ (at least with regard to his foreign policy and with how long it would take for the South to forgive his party for what it did to them) lacked horse-sense.

We don't need to back a guy like McCain who, even if he were to get elected, would make such dumb decisions in office, that he would be replaced by any leftist the dems sent against him in 2012.

We don't need that.

I should've mentioned Marilyn Brewer's battle-plan.

Since California has "open" primaries, Brewer was hoping that enough democrats would show up on the primary date (Oct. 4) that she could lock up all of their votes plus a few RINO votes and steal the nomination from John Campbell.

And McCain, by backing her, has signed onto this strategy.  If he wants to help candidates who are hoping to get the Republican nomination, largely through cross-over votes from Democrats (which also helped McCain beat Bush in Michigan in 2000), than he should not ever come to the GOP looking for their nomination to the presidency.

I've worked too hard and donated too much money to causes that I believed in to have some arrogant self-aggrandizer like McCain give his support to a RINO looking for cross-over votes in the primary.

I tolerated an awful lot from McCain, but this was THE LAST STRAW.  I'm done with him. He is dead to me now.

show up to block him.

ABM = "Anyone But McCain"

we, as GOP voters, are honest and don't vote outside of our own precincts... :)  Think anyone'll notice my absentee ballot flying in from Wyoming for the NH primaries?

was not exactly a love fest. He's enough of a gentleman to keep his comments about her vague, but she came away from that meeting condmening him as a warmonger. Mccain is a stalwart on the War on Terror. I suspect it was not a pleasant chat they had.

Just show up and pass out handouts that show what McCain does when he thinks that conservatives aren't watching.

McCain has betrayed us by helping the most liberal Republicans create dissension in the ranks.  Next thing you know, he'll be running around the White House with a sandwich board that says, "Impeach Bush! Appoint McCain as president."

Too bad that a guy as tough as McCain is doesn't have enough brains to know when to put his party above himself.  A guy who's that disloyal to the party can't be trusted with the presidency.

Knowing him, he'd use it to further silence free speech, bring back the draft, and appoint Clinton as Secretary of State.  And then try to push Hillarycare through Congress.  And start campaigning against Republicans who resisted his efforts.

I no longer trust McCain.  He can not win back my trust at this point.