McCain shows his 'foreign expertise' in Jordan

[shinerbock]

Pawlenty would be fine, I'm a fairly strong supporter of his. I would prefer someone a little further outside of McCain's circle, but I wouldn't be upset if he's the guy.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

Charlie Crist is the man... that is all

I would actually really like it if Charlie Crist is McCain's running mate. In fact, I would vote for a McCain-Crist ticket over a Clinton-??? one. The only downside of that is that he wouldn't be Florida's governor anymore.

Bobby Jindal is another possibility that I'm open to as well.

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I would actually really like it if Charlie Crist is McCain's running mate. In fact, I would vote for a McCain-Crist ticket over a Clinton-??? one. The only downside of that is that he wouldn't be Florida's governor anymore.

Bobby Jindal is another possibility that I'm open to as well.

Don't take this as an accusation, but why would Jindal on the ticket be something you'd support? From the McCain/Crist v Hillary scenario it sounds like you'd prefer someone a bit moderate, and Jindal is one of the most conservative potential running mates mentioned.

[bowsandtoes]

I really don't see the appeal of Obama aside from the fact that he can give a good stump speech. Most of his platform is just adapted from other candidates, his immigration policy for example just McCain's proposal with his name on it, even though McCain was the one who took all the heat for it when it was on the floor, mostly from his own party. He also doesn't have the voting record to back up anything that he's talked about doing. Call me naive but I think there's a big difference between saying you're going to change something (like earmarks or pork barrel) and actually consistently voting against it for years.

As for other types of experience, I can't see how its even a contest. While McCain was a prisoner of war in Vietnam Obama was doing lines of coke and smoking weed in Hawaii. Again, call me old-fashioned but I would call things like that a reflection of character.

[moe.ron]

Originally Posted by bowsandtoes

While McCain was a prisoner of war in Vietnam Obama was doing lines of coke and smoking weed in Hawaii. Again, call me old-fashioned but I would call things like that a reflection of character.

I thought Obama was doing those thing while he was in grade school in Jakarta?

Wasn't he a Muslim and attended a militant Islamic madrassah while in Jakarta?

[nittanyalum]

^^^LOL.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by bowsandtoes

As for other types of experience, I can't see how its even a contest. While McCain was a prisoner of war in Vietnam Obama was doing lines of coke and smoking weed in Hawaii. Again, call me old-fashioned but I would call things like that a reflection of character.

IMVHO a better comparison would be what McCain was doing vs Bush.

[bowsandtoes]

Originally Posted by jon1856

IMVHO a better comparison would be what McCain was doing vs Bush.

That comparison works just as well, I was too young to vote in 2000 but my family all went McCain and then refused to vote in the general election. We've been riding this bandwagon for quite awhile and its great to see him finally get a shot. Hopefully he'll make the most of it.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Don't take this as an accusation, but why would Jindal on the ticket be something you'd support? From the McCain/Crist v Hillary scenario it sounds like you'd prefer someone a bit moderate, and Jindal is one of the most conservative potential running mates mentioned.

I would prefer someone a bit moderate, which is why I like Charlie Crist. But, if Jindal was McCain's running mate, then I think that would actually help McCain with his base, since so many GOP folks feel McCain is too liberal (and I don't like his views on illegal immigration). Plus, Jindal has managed to get Louisiana a budget surplus, which I didn't think could happen in my lifetime.

[jon1856]

A McCain Moment: Do You Want Four More Years
of This?
Arianna Huffington 3/26/2008
If our polarized country can agree on one thing, it’s that the greatest danger facing America over the next decade will not be Islamic extremism and instability in the Middle East, but rather Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. That’s just “common knowledge,” right?

So it only makes sense that the media have focused nonstop on this looming threat while paying scant attention to the fact that the presumptive Republican nominee for president apparently doesn’t have a clue about what’s going on in the Middle East.

And with the U.S. death toll hitting 4,000 (with 25 American soldiers killed over the last two weeks, the deadliest fortnight for our troops since September 2007), and with another 57 people killed in Iraq on Sunday, John McCain’s tenuous grasp on what is happening in the region becomes all the more worthy of attention.
http://www.caglepost.com/column/Aria...s+of+This.html

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by jon1856

A McCain Moment: Do You Want Four More Years
of This?
Arianna Huffington 3/26/2008
If our polarized country can agree on one thing, it’s that the greatest danger facing America over the next decade will not be Islamic extremism and instability in the Middle East, but rather Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. That’s just “common knowledge,” right?

So it only makes sense that the media have focused nonstop on this looming threat while paying scant attention to the fact that the presumptive Republican nominee for president apparently doesn’t have a clue about what’s going on in the Middle East.

And with the U.S. death toll hitting 4,000 (with 25 American soldiers killed over the last two weeks, the deadliest fortnight for our troops since September 2007), and with another 57 people killed in Iraq on Sunday, John McCain’s tenuous grasp on what is happening in the region becomes all the more worthy of attention.
http://www.caglepost.com/column/Aria...s+of+This.html

Thumbs up to that column....

[nittanyalum]

Co-sign, here's the best line from it:

We already know what it’s like to have a president who just assumes that whichever way he wants things to be is “common knowledge.”