So the rightwing commentariat is huffing and puffing and thumpin' their chests over the possibilty of McCain choosing a pro-choice running mate. Who do they think they're kidding?

After the results were in on Super Tuesday,the rightwing commentariat pleaded with Romney not to drop out of the race. When he withdrew from the race the next day,the rightwing commentariat huffed and puffed and thumped their chests and proclaimed that a McCain victory in the general election would "destroy the Republican party". This went on until the NY Times published a story about a possible McCain affair with a female lobbyist. The rightwing commentariat used that as political cover to roll over and get on board with McCain. All the while McCain was schmoozing the "evil","agents of intolerance" in the evangelical right and one by one they've rolled over and gotten on board with McCain too.

Now McCain has floated the idea of a pro-choice running mate and the rightwing commentariat is once again huffing and puffing and thumpin' their chests and threatening to bolt. Who do they think they're fooling? Have you listened to them and read their stuff the last few months? Have you seen the anti-Obama ads being run on tv by your local Republican talk radio affiliates? They all now have a monetary investment in seeing Barack Obama defeated. The last 2 months and probably this month,Republican donors have finally opened their wallets and checkbooks and started sending money to McCain,the RNC and con 527s and PACs. They now have a monetary investment in seeing Barack Obama defeated too.

If McCain chooses a pro-choice running mate,the rightwing commentariat and the evangelical right will huff and puff and thump their chests and threaten to bolt for a time. Then they'll find something in the NY Times,The Huffington Post,NBC,MSNBC,MoveOn,Daily Kos or someplace else to use as political cover and they will roll over and get back on board with McCain. They call pro-choice Dems "abortionists". They gonna call their own VP nominee that? Hardly.

Let's be honest. McCain got the GOP nod because the polls showed he had the best chance to beat Hillary as the primaries/caucuses drew closer. It's about winning,not about conservatism or ideology.

He got back on The Straight Talk Express today. He told the hard truth about how he intends to chase Osama into the Gates of Hell.

He's going to reinstate the Draft.

He announced today that it will not be a Pro-Choice candidate. He eliminated both Ridge and Lieberman.

Jack

It was never going to be anyone but Romney. McCain doesn't get any say in this decision.

"He's going to reinstate the Draft."

Say what?!!

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NightSwimmer wrote the following post at 08/20/2008 10:28 PM: It was never going to be anyone but Romney. McCain doesn't get any say in this decision.

If that's true, who is dictating that to him?

Jack

Like I said,you guys would've huffed and puffed and thumped your chests then rolled over and got in line.

she hasn't had any buzz for weeks now, and her selection would be seen as a stunt, despite her superior intellect, achievements, and credentials.

there HAS been a surprising about of buzz about lieberman, but i put his selection (if selected) into the "stunt" category too.

although its unlikely that the snake handlers and abortion clinic bombers would actually sit on their hands in november and refuse to vote, i don't think mccain has figured that out.

the snake handlers will always vote for the "more conservative" of the 2 candidates, just as the closet socialists will always vote for the more liberal candidate. its a force of habit, and everybody believes they're voting for the lesser of the 2 evils.

the last republican candidate who republicans actually believed in was reagan. the last democratic candidate who democrats believed in was JFK. all the other presidents since 1960 have been weak compromises who lacked the ability to lead, and a committment to the core principles of their party.

2008 is no different, as witnessed by obama's "higher pay grade" faux pas

...doesn't realize what viceral reaction he's going to face. It's proof of McCain's ineptness that he would even consider Lieberman. But he will nominate him because he's been shmoozing with him for months, and Lieberman has positioned himself as an independent so could when asked whether he would. Lieberman however was Gore's Democratic VP and since so many of McCain's supporters are above/below/steep-in the Bible belts and pockets, the first thing they'll think of is Judas. I dont wish Lieberman that, he's a good guy, although too beholden to policiticans of his religion, but nevertheless one of the more intelligent politicians around. And Ridge? What has he done? What voters would he bring to the table? None. But at least now the Jews will vote for McCain with Lieberman as his VP.

Ridge invented the Terror Threat Color Codes -- didn't he?

....outsourcers did long before, so their management could keep serious from frvolous straight in customer relationships. that's cause the twits couldn't keep the details straight. that's where it came from, no word of a lie.