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blaseblasphemener
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 Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:37 am Post subject: CNN's Michael Ware Biatch-slaps John McCain! |
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Michael Ware is the best field journalist out there, and this is absolutely classic television. Oh, McCain, you really oughta know better...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=06hR2EGpl4o |
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jaganath69
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Repeat the mantra, 'the surge is working, the surge is working'! |
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indytrucks
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Michael Ware is first class. What I really enjoyed was his reporting from the RWC. You could just tell they guy was having a blast. |
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blaseblasphemener
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
| Michael Ware is first class. What I really enjoyed was his reporting from the RWC. You could just tell they guy was having a blast. |
He also has a f!@#ed up nose, so he looks like he's been in a few scraps. I love how he doesn't hold back, just tells the unfarnished truth. |
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indytrucks
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| He was a former rugby player himself, I believe, which might explain the nose. |
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Pluto
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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I think the Republican Party should take another look at John McCain.
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10251179
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| THERE are all sorts of reasons to be puzzled by the state of today's Republican Party. How did the party of fiscal responsibility become the party of out-of-control spending? How did a party that prided itself on its foreign-policy skills become the author of the fiasco in Iraq? But from the narrow point of view of the election, an even more pressing question arises: how did the Republicans lose their ability to spot star power? |
I think part of the problem is that the Republican Party has taken on too many constituencies. We've got everyone from Christian conservatives, the pro-sovereignty/anti-immigration wing to big government neo-conservatives. The Republican Party is indeed a big tent; everyone is welcome. However, the party needs to get back to its basic philosophy of small government, low taxes and strong military.
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| Mr McCain's qualifications extend beyond character. Take experience. His range of interests as a senator has been remarkable, extending from immigration to business regulation. He knows as much about foreign affairs and military issues as anybody in public life. Or take judgment. True, he has a reputation as a hothead. But he's a hothead who cools down.e does not nurse grudges or agonise about vast conspiracies like some of his colleagues in the Senate. |
This is typical of anyone with military service. It's not about holding grudges; it's about getting the job done!
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| He was the first senior Republican to criticise George Bush for invading Iraq with too few troops, and thefirst to call for Donald Rumsfeld's sacking.He is one of the few Republicans to propose sensible policies on immigration and global warming. |
McCain is also criticized for not going along with the Bush tax cuts. He believed we should get spending under control first. I tend to agree with that position.
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| Mr McCain's qualities are particularly striking if you contrast him with his leading rivals. His willingness to stick to his guns on divisive subjects such as immigration stands in sharp contrast to Mr Romney's oily pandering. Mr Romney likes to claim that his views on topics such as gay rights and abortion have �evolved�. But they have evolved in a direction that is strikingly convenient�perhaps through intelligent design. Can a party that mocked John Kerry really march into battle behind their very own Massachusetts flip-flopper? |
If Romney is given the nomination, it will indeed be a huge irony.
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| Mr Giuliani gets good marks for character. His record as mayor of New York bespeaks toughness. His performance on September 11th 2001 proves that he can take charge in a crisis. But what about judgment? He chose Bernard Kerik to run the NYPD, made him a partner in his consultancy, and persuaded the White House to nominate him as head of the Department of Homeland Security. Mr Kerik is now facing serious corruption charges. The Democrats will be happy to remind people of other lapses in Mr Giuliani's judgment if he wins the nomination. |
It means that Giuliani lacks integrity.
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| The weakness of the two front-runners is persuading many Republicans to turn to Mr Huckabee. Mr Huckabee is indeed an attractive candidate�a good debater and a charming fellow. But he is woefully lacking in experience. He knows next to nothing about foreign and military affairs, and his tax plans are otherworldly. A presidential debate between Mr Huckabee and Hillary Clinton would be a rout. |
He also criticized Wall Street and Fiscal conservatives. Another Republican who supports big government. 
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| So why have so many Republicans written off Mr McCain? There are two reasons�one bad, the other more reasonable. The bad reason is that they worry that he is not really one of them. Mr McCain has broken with Republican orthodoxy on everything from tax cuts to campaign finance to immigration. But look at his record more closely and you discover that he is a Republican in good standing. His fights with his fellow Republicans have been driven by his (usually justified) conviction that they were betraying Republican principles. He opposed Mr Bush's tax cuts because he thought they would create a deficit. |
And they have created a huge deficit.
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| He led the charge against pork-barrel spending and lobbyists such as Jack Abramoff because he thought they undermined the principle of small government. |
You'd think the front runners would say something about this. They seem to support this type of spending from what I can tell.
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| There are signs that Republicans are swallowing their doubts about Mr McCain. He is gaining some momentum in New Hampshire (he is barely campaigning in Iowa because he has long ridiculed the absurd ethanol subsidies with which many farmers there line their pockets). The New Hampshire Union Leader gave him a ringing endorsement this week. He is creeping back up the polls nationally, and is now coming second to Mr Giuliani. Republicans need to keep swallowing. Mr McCain is surely worth another look. |
Interestingly enough, Ron Paul is McCain's biggest threat to his constituency. Pitfalls, of course, include Iraq. The endgame is a liberal democracy in Iraq. The means to that end is not purely a military solution. McCain has got to a better job of clarifying that. |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I might vote for McCain in the CA primary. That's assuming he's still in it by February. |
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sundubuman
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| McCain has my support as well. And Michael Ware makes me physically nauseous. |
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Kuros
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| I might vote for McCain in the CA primary. That's assuming he's still in it by February. |
You're registered GOP? |
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VanIslander
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Michael Ware has done many insightful reports from the ground in Iraq. he is connected to the U.S. military in the right way: very close but not a mere parrot for them.
That was a very funny rebuttal of the obvious absurdity coming out of McCain's mouth. |
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Pluto
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| I might vote for McCain in the CA primary. That's assuming he's still in it by February. |
California's primaries will be on Tuesday 5 February, aka Super Tuesday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Duper_Tuesday
Here is John McCain's strategy for winning the Republican nomination.
http://www.johnmccain.com/electability/
I really don't think he will get a delegate out of Iowa. However, a Huckabee win in IA and with Rudy and Romney falling in the polls a McCain nomination could be very likely.
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loose_ends
Joined: 23 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| I might vote for McCain in the CA primary. That's assuming he's still in it by February. |
You're registered GOP? |
while you are on the subject.
can someone become a registered GOP in a relatively short time frame? |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| loose_ends wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| I might vote for McCain in the CA primary. That's assuming he's still in it by February. |
You're registered GOP? |
while you are on the subject.
can someone become a registered GOP in a relatively short time frame? |
I wouldn't waste any time.
http://www.gop.com/RegisterToVote/ |
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loose_ends
Joined: 23 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| loose_ends wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| I might vote for McCain in the CA primary. That's assuming he's still in it by February. |
You're registered GOP? |
while you are on the subject.
can someone become a registered GOP in a relatively short time frame? |
I wouldn't waste any time.
http://www.gop.com/RegisterToVote/ |
so one could potentially become a GOP to try to vote a candidate in. If that candidate doesn't win but then decides to become an independent, that same person could vote for that person as an independent...right? |
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loose_ends
Joined: 23 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| loose_ends wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
| loose_ends wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| I might vote for McCain in the CA primary. That's assuming he's still in it by February. |
You're registered GOP? |
while you are on the subject.
can someone become a registered GOP in a relatively short time frame? |
I wouldn't waste any time.
http://www.gop.com/RegisterToVote/ |
so one could potentially become a GOP to try to vote a candidate in. If that candidate doesn't win but then decides to become an independent, that same person could vote for that person as an independent...right? |
and could one unregister with another party to register with GOP and then try to vote a candidate in? |
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