Thursday, March 27, 2008
How McCain wins the US Presidency?
Just added this to the blogging elsewhere section (should show up in about 1/2 hour)… up to now, John McCain (with the heavy burden of the Bush presidency to carry) has not looked like doing other than being an also ran. But the Democrats are in danger of running their two best horses into the ground, leaving the old nag (no offence John) to saunter over the finish line…
Mick Fealty @ 08:46 PM
Wilde Rover, I don’t think Ron Paul’s failure is because of the military-industrial complex. I think it’s because his policies were uncosted which makes it difficult for people to trust him.
BfB:
Whatever happened to
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door” ?
I wouldn’t be in favour of an open door policy on immigration, mainly because it wouldn’t work. But your characterization of foreigners, who want work and are willing to put up with bad conditions and low pay to get it, as criminals seems to be rather wide of the mark. If you want to talk about criminals, look up to Capitol Hill and ask them to explain why half a trillion dollars are spent every year on the military. Shouldn’t at least some of that be returned to businesses and ordinary people in the form of tax cuts ?
I find it hard to get enthusiastic about either Obama or Clinton, either for or against, mainly because the guy hasn’t explained what any of his policies are, beyond “change”. At least I know where McCain stands, although it’s somewhere the USA definitely should not be going.
Posted by on Mar 30, 2008 @ 01:37 PMMerrie says: Thank goodness for McCain’s sake he did not do anything for Northern Ireland!
But maybe he did a lot more for NI than we realise. A Slugger thread by Peter Baker on St. Patrick’s Day, 2005 tells the tale of a McCain who knew exactly what the main problem in NI was, and didn’t hold back any punches. http://www.sluggerotoole.com/archives/2005/03/about_that_endl_1.phpHe was also prescient concerning Iraq.
I think McCain will make a great president.
Posted by on Mar 30, 2008 @ 09:12 PMSince the disinformers of The Ford Motor Company are now apparently dragging me on to the scene, I shall offer my two cents.
Anyone who predicts the result of this campaign with assurance is simply making a fool of him/or her self.
While it seems that John McCain - who the North Vietnamese should have left to die in one of their ponds, and I shall never forgive them for not having done so - is a clear winner if the Democrats have a fight to a finish, what happens if Hillary finally blasts her way through the Convention on a promise that she will select Bubba - who would really be a Dick Cheney in her administration - as her Vice President?
I think that it would be bye-bye Johnny.
And if Obama prevails, I think he will win.
So there!
Posted by on Apr 05, 2008 @ 08:27 PMI personally think the longer the Democrat race goes on the more chance McCain has of winning.With the Democrat race being so tight as well they could have trouble representing themselves as a united party behind their candidate.Also if Obama does win the Democrat nomination is is intersting that he didnt win swins state primaries such as Ohio and Florida,
Posted by on Apr 06, 2008 @ 12:20 AM
