It's one thing to be a "maverick" -- it's another thing to be "insane."

Nah, not gonna happen.

Wouldn't surprise me...they're close.

I'm just holding my breath.

He could do worse. Luckily, Tom Ridge is off the table - that is one of the "doing worse" options. Frankly, though, I think the whole thing over both VPs is just PR & hype to keep the enthusiasm level up.

Call me when he *actually* announces

I'd kinda like to have two who are that strong against what we are facing.

Why not? McCain is practically a JFK era democrat anyhow... On the other hand he's "just considering it" so odds are he's picked someone and this might be a ploy to make everyone *happy* when he doesn't pick Joe etc...
/hoping its a Machiavellian ploy...

Sure hope not. I like Lieberman but other than being good on the war he's not a guy I would want as president. I think a lot of Republicans look at McCain as a one term guy and I think it's too important for the next VP to be someone that could run in 4 years...and that ain't Joe.

It is more important for McCain to gather middle of the road voters than the right. No matter who McCain choses, it is hard for me to see anyone on the right voting for Barack - "kill those babies" - Obama.

re: #5 buzzsawmonkey

I hope he does not choose Lieberman. I like Lieberman, but I don't want him to choose someone who may well lose him needed votes.

Well certainly the same could be said for Romney. Romney has such a terrible reputation in much of New England over his governorship of Massachusetts that him as VP would definitely cost votes in this neck of the woods.

The reason Gore lost the South.

He does it and he's out. I was just getting where I could think of voting for him whilst holding my nose. Only Obama can be that stupid...right?

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

In other news Obama has actually chosen Satan to be his running mate based on popularity polls that show him to bring in more votes than any other democrat candidate...

re: #10 anotherindyfilmguy

Why not? McCain is practically a JFK era democrat anyhow... On the other hand he's "just considering it" so odds are he's picked someone and this might be a ploy to make everyone *happy* when he doesn't pick Joe etc...
/hoping its a Machiavellian Rovian ploy...

Machiavelli is dead.

/

Why not. It worked so well for algore

re: #17 anotherindyfilmguy

In other news Obama has actually chosen Satan to be his running mate based on popularity polls that show him to bring in more votes than any other democrat candidate...

If Satan's still dating Saddam, it may actually bring a lot more Desm to the polls.

When I heard McCain was picking a liberal democrat for his Veep, I said " No , not Lindsey Graham "

It's a shame the states were not told to prepare for a VP in the mold of a conservative.

It is only with a considerable amount of sacrifice of ideals that many conservatives acquiesce to a John McCain candidacy.

Don't push your luck, Senator McCain.

God No!

Maybe the campaign is floating this idea to make the actual nominee seem like a relief. (Giuliani?)

Mitt.

OT

I'm watching the Olympics' synchronized swimming on French CBC...the Spanish team...what an odd assortment (scary) of musical riffs going on there..(It's scarring my birds..)

re: #3 jorline

Wouldn't surprise me...they're close.

* * *
And as I've said before, McCain voted for Gore-Lieberman in 2000.

Arianna Huffington and others called McCain on it, and of course his campaign denied it.

But hey, a maverick is a maverick. And McCain's willing to tell Putin where to go. And Lieberman stood tall in the saddle on Iraq and against jihadists and leftist Koskidz democrats, which is more than you can say for many. Both are tough nuts.

That would be a colossal mistake. We don't have to become Democrats to beat them. JL adds nothing to the ticket and there are going to be a significant amount of voters that hate both of the 1st choices and will be voting strictly off the bottom of the ticket.

No To Joe

Dear Senator McCain:

Do you want to lose?

Sincerely,

Sol Roth (Green Cracker Party)

If he did do that, the destruction of the Conservative wing of the Republican party would be complete. 40 years in the wilderness, to follow.

If McCain picks a Lieberman he's basically sticking it to conservatives.

If he thinks that will work for him, that conservatives have no place else to go, he may be very disappointed.

A liberal vp pick would probably MOTIVATE conservatives to stay away. Knowing McCain's "loose" act, I wouldn't be surprised if he convinces himself a Lieberman (by appeasing the NY Times crowd) would garner him media applause. Unfortunately, McCain won't win with the media applauding him as they'll never like his liberalism as much as Obama's.

re: #7 galloping granny

He could do worse. Luckily, Tom Ridge is off the table - that is one of the "doing worse" options. Frankly, though, I think the whole thing over both VPs is just PR & hype to keep the enthusiasm level up.

* * *
Yes, and flatter the vetteds so they'll campaign harder in their respective states for the McCain team--less than 79 days left!

Lieberman has been done already...What about RUDY G?

Hannity just said that Ridge was off the VP list because of the pro abortion viewpoint. That would also remove Lieberman as well.

This is a trial balloon. The choice of Lieberman has no effect on the abortion situation, but it certainly could inflame many who are anti-abortion, as I am. It would not inflame me since I understand that tens of millions of minds must be changed before abortion can become outlawed in America. Electing anti-abortionists does nothing. Overturning Roe v Wade does virtually nothing. Only Utah and Guam (OK, Louisiana would be close) would outlaw abortion if a vote was taken in all states today. The only way to stop abortion is to convince tens of millions of Americans that abortion equals infanticide.

That will take many years.

RNC: McCain Won't Choose Abortion-Supporting Running Mate

That excludes Lieberman.

McCain is betting heavily that most conservatives will vote against Obama as much as vote for him, so why not go with a guy like Leiberman who is likely to sway middle-leaning democrats away from the (more-)socialist Obama? Look what happened to Ned Lamont...

re: #13 galloping granny

Well certainly the same could be said for Romney. Romney has such a terrible reputation in much of New England over his governorship of Massachusetts that him as VP would definitely cost votes in this neck of the woods.

* * *
But I love Romney! He's such a sunny yet tough on terror guy.

re: #36 seekeroftruth

Hannity just said that Ridge was off the VP list because of the pro abortion viewpoint. That would also remove Lieberman as well.

The talking heads have nothing to talk about without bringing up some very uncomfortable truths - like Obama's torpedo job on the Born Alive Act in Illinois, or hiding records re his relationship with Ayers.

I like Lieberman's stance on the WOT, but the guy is NOT a friend of gun owners. He needs to have a serious come to Jesus Moses moment on that one before I could enthusiatically support him for McCain's veep.

re: #35 all else failed

Lieberman has been done already...What about RUDY G?

Yankee that hates guns (big track record on that.) Great Gotham mayor, just doesn't play west of the Hudson.

re: #14 Ben Hur

The reason Gore lost the South.

* * *
Gore couldn't win Gore's own state.

Are you saying the South is antisemitic?

re: #40 alegrias

* * *
But I love Romney! He's such a sunny yet tough on terror guy.

He is an absolute disaster on the economy. Made one hell of a mess out of Massachusetts.

re: #18 OldLineTexan

Machiavelli is dead.

/

I thought he was McCain's first campaign adviser... sigh... the years fly by...

I've heard worse ideas.

Bush = pro life
GOP = pro life

Bush had a majority in both houses.

and yet abortions are still legal.

So why worry so much about the Veep's view on abortion when a staunch pro-life can't make them illegal when he has control of both houses of congress?

I care more about the Veeps position on Islamic fascism

McCain just made a pledge to Rick Warren and America that he would have a pro-life administration. If he nominates Lieberman, his word is crap.

Ain't gonna happen, but it is a crafty "leak."

To shore up Florida, Mac needs the large contingency of retired Northerners to go for him. By playing up his close ties to Leiberman, he is sending a signal to the Jewish members of that contingent that he is their candidate.

VP will be Romney. It's been a done deal since Romney stepped aside early.

re: #35 all else failed

Lieberman has been done already...What about RUDY G?

Rudy G is just Lieberman in drag.

Sometimes I wish it were already November 3rd, 2008 and this were all over. President McCain and Vice-President ...................

Never happen. So sayeth the Pirate Master.

re: #41 galloping granny

Thank goodness for radio talking heads. They, with the internet, are the ones getting the facts out to the people. The MSM too busy drawing halos around their candidate.

re: #45 galloping granny

He is an absolute disaster on the economy. Made one hell of a mess out of Massachusetts.

I call BS.
Massachusetts has been a financial train wreck for as long as i've been aware of events outside myself.

re: #50 Deafdog

Ain't gonna happen, but it is a crafty "leak."

To shore up Florida, Mac needs the large contingency of retired Northerners to go for him. By playing up his close ties to Leiberman, he is sending a signal to the Jewish members of that contingent that he is their candidate.

VP will be Romney. It's been a done deal since Romney stepped aside early.

Best analysis yet. Thanks.

re: #51 Colonel Panik

Rudy G is just Lieberman in drag.

Saturday night live- right?

I'd love to see Dick Cheney again, if only for the moonbat head-exploding factor.

/kidding -- sort of

Please tell me this is another MSM wet dream.
LIEberman brings to the table what, exactly?
Proven track record in national elections.
Mellifluent oratory
bipartisanship (puhleeze)
Connecticut (I doubt it)
Experience (puhleeze)
Fundraising prowess (actually, I don't know)
What?

Interesting idea for someone to run on both sides of the ticket in the last 10 years. He isn't my fave though.

re: #52 Nevergiveup

Sometimes I wish it were already November 3rd, 2008 and this were all over. President McCain and Vice-President ...................

But you'd miss the NY Open!

re: #56 Sol Roth

First for everything

re: #48 Shug

Bush = pro life
GOP = pro life

Bush had a majority in both houses.

and yet abortions are still legal.

So why worry so much about the Veep's view on abortion when a staunch pro-life can't make them illegal when he has control of both houses of congress?

I care more about the Veeps position on Islamic fascism

It has more to do with the supremes and getting rid of the leftys there.

re: #23 Capitalist Tool

It is only with a considerable amount of sacrifice of ideals that many conservatives acquiesce to a John McCain candidacy.

Don't push your luck, Senator McCain.

* * *
Get off your high horse.

Putin doesn't care about your ideals, McCain does.
Al Qaeda doesn't care about your ideals, Lieberman does.

Only one team is willing to stand up to these two life threatening menaces and the fifth column propping them up.

Bad, bad, bad idea. Joe L. for SecDef--NOT VP.

And in other news, "indy" Sen. Lieberman still caucuses with the Democracks. Maverick needs another talk with Goose before making this fatal decision.

Well, then say Goodbye to the White House,

re: #62 Deafdog

First for everything

Keep it up!

re: #44 alegrias

* * *
Gore couldn't win Gore's own state.

Are you saying the South is antisemitic?

The South (and the West) don't like big city northeastern anti-gun liberals.

Doesn't matter what religion they are.

I'd vote for a Pro-RKBA Jewish guy (or gal!) in a heartbeat.

Wonder if McCain returned the favor and called Kerry?

re: #64 alegrias

You think my point is moot?
Have you been paying attention?

re: #63 newsjunkie_ky

I love roberts and alito. But to get confirmed they had to basically say they are not changing previously settled cases ( stare decisus....sorry for the spelling. I'm no legal beagle )

so Roe v wade is not going anywhere.

but I do agree, packing as conservative as you get get judges is paramount in a nation where the laws seem to come from the bench lately

Perhaps McCain is really gunning hard for the middle because:

a. Obama is further to the left than any major party Presidential candidate in history, and even centrists are a little afraid, and
b. McCain figures that far-right wingers will be so terrified of Obama that they'll dutifully go to the polls and pull the lever (while holding their nose) for McCain/Lieberman.

It's a helluva gamble. Or maybe not. If it works, it will hailed as an act of pure political genius. And if it backfires, McCain loses an election that every pundit said he would lose anyway.

re: #1 Fast Eddie

It's one thing to be a "maverick" -- it's another thing to be "insane."

To my own surprise, I'm not so outraged by this.

Lieberman is strong where a Vice President needs to be strong, and where he's weak -- in my estimation -- it doesn't matter.

And more importantly than any of that, maybe, is his effect on the votership. There are a lot of Democrats out there who aren't Socialists, who are good people, and who just might vote for McCain if they like his VP.

re: #65 joncelli

Bad, bad, bad idea. Joe L. for SecDef--NOT VP.

Joe L. will have a spot in the cabinet...not sure that I'd give him Secdef though.

re: #65 joncelli

Bad, bad, bad idea. Joe L. for SecDef--NOT VP.

Lieberman has bupkis (sp) military experience.
Joe L. as ambassador to Israel. Duncan Hunter for Sec Def.

re: #13 galloping granny

Well certainly the same could be said for Romney. Romney has such a terrible reputation in much of New England over his governorship of Massachusetts that him as VP would definitely cost votes in this neck of the woods.

And this would affect the election is states that vote for Democrats anyway, how?

Romney gets McCain Michigan, which is a bigger prize than any small New England state, and could very well win McCain the election.

John McCain is seriously considering choosing a pro-abortion-rights running mate despite vocal resistance from conservatives, with former Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph I. Lieberman

NO!

/ridiculous nonsense or political suicide, take your pick

Look at this analytically. Where does McCain need to make up ground? he cannot afford to alienate the base any further. He cannot take the base for granted in order to get moderate voters (think "New Coke") so he will not pick a pro-choice candidate. Lieberman would make a good cabinet selection but not a VP.

His choice of a VP will have to be able to fill several roles. It may be woman, but that might smack of desperation. The GOP VP candidate will need to be young and healthy, a political and fiscal conservative, and be able to help in the battleground states. Since McCain will carry the south, it (probably)won't be Hukabee. It won't be Romney since the Mormon issue is still there and it's doubtful he'd help carry Michigan. Tom Ridge might help in PA, but the pro-life issue precludes him.

Tim Pawlenty is the most likely candidate who fits this criteria.

Don't cross the streams. It would be bad.

Joe's ACU rating in 2007 was 8. Obama's was 7.

Source: http://www.acuratings.org/2007senate.htm

re: #44 alegrias

* * *
Gore couldn't win Gore's own state.

Are you saying the South is antisemitic?

Not really.

But I don't think a Joo on the ticket is an advantage.

re: #59 Izzy Dunne

Bipartisanship and e may be able to turn Massachusetts into a swing state. That would be impressive. He also brings some multi-culti appeal that seems trendy this year.

Is Pat Paulson available ?

re: #45 galloping granny

He is an absolute disaster on the economy. Made one hell of a mess out of Massachusetts.

* * *
Taxachusetts-- after decades of totalitarian Kennedy & Kerry control, is somehow ruined by 4 years of Romney? SOrry but I'm not buying it.

How much can a one term republican governor do to UNDO a socialist state?

We don't need a ticket with two moderates.

re: #70 HelloDare

Wonder if McCain returned the favor and called Kerry?

HAHAHAHA

Talk about exploding heads. The RNC would would run McCain out of town like the villigers in a Frankenstein movie.

I have friends in low places, namely McCain's driver in one area he has campaigned. He says McCain and Lieberman are as close as they can get, but he thinks that Charlie Crist is more likely. McCain gets along with Crist and he might actually be able to deliver Florida.

re: #83 Shug

Is Pat Paulson available ?

/only in Chicago

re: #88 Killian Bundy

spew

I can't help but like Lieberman. I would have liked John Bolton or Tom Ridge, but I can live with Lieberman as VP.

re: #81 Ben Hur

Not really.

But I don't think a Northeastern Joo on the ticket is an advantage.

better.

re: #76 Colonel Panik

Lieberman has bupkis (sp) military experience.
Joe L. as ambassador to Israel. Duncan Hunter for Sec Def.

I like it!....do we still need to have the election?

re: #87 Cato

Possible, but not probable. Crist would be able deliver FL irrespective of whether or not he's on the ticket. Besides, the shot of two gray-haired white guys is a rotten image for the GOP.

please pick a woman
please pick a woman
please pick a woman or a black guy
please pick a woman or a black guy

I think it is Pawlenty and Lieberman as VP is just idle speculation.

BTW, I think McCain should choose Michael Steele. THAT would be playing identity politics.

re: #85 Sharmuta

We don't need a ticket with two moderates.

Unfortunately I think maybe we do.

Obama has already begun to paint McCain as Bush redux, and I (painfully) suspect that resonates.

Like I said, I think Lieberman is strong where it counts for a VP. And where he's not strong, it won't matter.

re: #94 DocDublU

please pick a woman
please pick a woman
please pick a woman or a black guy
please pick a woman or a black guy

Oprah!

re: #61 debutaunt

But you'd miss the NY Open!

Maybe but depending in the weather and how the games are played, I may still catch the 7th game of the World Series! Not that my Yankees will be there. Oh the horror of it all!

re: #58 Fat Jolly Penguin

I'd love to see Dick Cheney again, if only for the moonbat head-exploding factor.

/kidding -- sort of

that would be awesome...the only thing better will be Jeb Bush in '12 or '16!

re: #70 HelloDare

Wonder if McCain returned the favor and called Kerry?

* * *
I think Kerry ripped it with McCain after sliming him recently...

How quickly Kerry forgot "I wanted McCain as my Veep, before I wanted John Edwards as my veep".

re: #98 Capitalist Tool

Oprah!

Uma

re: #90 Maximu§

but I can live with Lieberman as VP.

You won't have to worry about it.

/because if McCain picks him, Obama will be President

re: #94 DocDublU

Too desperate.

To please all minorities, he would have to pick a single, black, handicapped, elderly gay woman as a running mate. No names spring to mind.

re: #83 Shug

Is Pat Paulson available ?

If he is not at the top of the ticket he won't run.

re: #44 alegrias

* * *
Gore couldn't win Gore's own state.

Are you saying the South is antisemitic?

No, Tennessee is anti-Gore.
Lieberman wasn't the problem, except for a tiny minority of voters.

re: #84 alegrias

Taxachusetts-- after decades of totalitarian Kennedy & Kerry control, is somehow ruined by 4 years of Romney? SOrry but I'm not buying it.

How much can a one term republican governor do to UNDO a socialist state?

Not much. I look at his record in the Salt Lake Olympics, and his father's record in Michigan. The Romney name is very well known and respected on both sides of the aisle in the state. And with Obama trying his luck with a potential Bayh VP in Indiana, this negates it.

New England, the South, the West is not where this election will be won or lost this year. It is in the Midwest: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and yes, even Minnesota.

re: #77 Honorary Yooper

And this would affect the election is states that vote for Democrats anyway, how?

Romney gets McCain Michigan, which is a bigger prize than any small New England state, and could very well win McCain the election.

Because of his Mornomanism, Romney also has a good organizing base in Nevada and Colorado, not to mention a lot of roots in New Hampshire. Politically, Romney is the best choice, IMO.

re: #94 DocDublU

please pick a woman
please pick a woman
please pick a woman or a black guy
please pick a woman or a black guy

How about a black butch lesbian ?

re: #94 DocDublU

please pick a woman
please pick a woman
please pick a woman or a black guy
please pick a woman or a black guy

A transsexual black guy would meet all the criteria.

re: #91 Ben Hur

Well that's a problem. That may very well be true. They won't go for Romney because of their bigotry and they may not go for Leiberman for the same reason. Maybe it's time for the GOP to seriously consider if that's the base they want. Maybe it's time to jettison them.

OT

US Army Moves ahead with mobile LASER cannon

This could save lots of soldiers lives in the near future...including my own son.

re: #69 Colonel Panik

The South (and the West) don't like big city northeastern anti-gun liberals.

Doesn't matter what religion they are.

I'd vote for a Pro-RKBA Jewish guy (or gal!) in a heartbeat.

* * *
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) of Virginia could be your man then! Kind of young but able.

re: #49 HelloDare

McCain just made a pledge to Rick Warren and America that he would have a pro-life administration. If he nominates Lieberman, his word is crap.

The Veep isn't really "administration." Essentially they wait around and bang a gavel now and then over at Congress. No power, no authority, no portfolio, no nada.

re: #97 Cognito

Unfortunately I think maybe we do.

Obama has already begun to paint McCain as Bush redux, and I (painfully) suspect that resonates.

Like I said, I think Lieberman is strong where it counts for a VP. And where he's not strong, it won't matter.

The thing that's starting to resonate is Obama being Carter redux.

re: #97 Cognito

Unfortunately I think maybe we do.

Obama has already begun to paint McCain as Bush redux, and I (painfully) suspect that resonates.

Like I said, I think Lieberman is strong where it counts for a VP. And where he's not strong, it won't matter.

Anyone one who believes that McCain is a Bush redux is either a political novice, or intellectually dishonest.

Seeing that Bush supporters can't stand McCain, and vice-versa.

The whole attempt is a BS marketting campaign.

re: #109 Shug

How about a black butch lesbian ?

Obama's running against McCain silly.

I'd rather see Mitt as VP, and Joe as SecDef.

Wouldn't bother me to see the two link up.

The VP doesn't do a whole lot. And Joe ain't a bad guy either.

Plus, it has the added benefit of placing a stick squarely in the eye of Democrats who claim that they run an inclusive, non-ideological party.

People like to think that Obama is a once in a generation candidate when it is actually John McCain.

If Obama picks Joe Biden it will be a gaffe fest.

re: #111 Killgore Trout

Well that's a problem. That may very well be true. They won't go for Romney because of their bigotry and they may not go for Leiberman for the same reason. Maybe it's time for the GOP to seriously consider if that's the base they want. Maybe it's time to jettison them.

I don't know if it's bigotry because Southern Joos didn't have any problems (relatively) until them Yankee Joos came down.

re: #73 Lizard by the Bay

Perhaps McCain is really gunning hard for the middle because:

a. Obama is further to the left than any major party Presidential candidate in history, and even centrists are a little afraid, and
b. McCain figures that far-right wingers will be so terrified of Obama that they'll dutifully go to the polls and pull the lever (while holding their nose) for McCain/Lieberman.

It's a helluva gamble. Or maybe not. If it works, it will hailed as an act of pure political genius. And if it backfires, McCain loses an election that every pundit said he would lose anyway.

Jeb 2012!

re: #118 Ward Cleaver

I'd rather see Mitt as VP, and Joe as SecDef.

Now that's a hell of a place for Joe. It'd drive all the Dems nuts to see it.

re: #71 Capitalist Tool

You think my point is moot?
Have you been paying attention?

* * *
You have no idea how hard I'm holding my nose either, but COUNTRY first. YOu'd have to tie me down to keep me from voting, though holding my nose & crossing my fingers.

McCain puts COUNTRY FIRST, and that seems best right now.

re: #116 Ben Hur

Anyone one who believes that McCain is a Bush redux is either a political novice, or intellectually dishonest.

Doesn't matter. All those people have the right to pull the lever, just like you and me.

When Lieberman ran with Gore all his principles went straight out the window. Maybe his pro choice position would change like his anti affirmative action stance did. I remember him kissing Maxine Water's.............ring.

re: #94 DocDublU

please pick a woman
please pick a woman
please pick a woman or a black guy
please pick a woman or a black guy

We are an affermitive action nation, after all.

re: #105 newsjunkie_ky

If he is not at the top of the ticket he won't run.

He's running six feet under the ticket.

re: #120 HelloDare

If Obama picks Joe Biden it will be a gaffe fest.

I think he'll choose Bayh at this point, even though it would be an Illinois-Indiana ticket. This election will be won or lost in the Midwest.

re: #123 Honorary Yooper

Lieberman for Secretary of Driving the Dems Nuts.

re: #84 alegrias

* * *
Taxachusetts-- after decades of totalitarian Kennedy & Kerry control, is somehow ruined by 4 years of Romney? SOrry but I'm not buying it.

How much can a one term republican governor do to UNDO a socialist state?

He didn't try to undo it. I'm afraid that the only way to undo it is to start all over again. Huge numbers of former MA residents have moved to NH to get away. And BTW, Kennedy and Kerry are Senators - federal level. Neither of them do or ever did have much of anything to do with or say about local level. Truthfully, they are probably in Washington to keep them the hell out of local politics.

The McCain campaign is just feeding the masses tidbits of information regarding VP choices to get a feel for how people are reacting (or not reacting). We may end up being very surprised at who he picks.

/keeping fingers crossed

Gee, if McCain works really hard, maybe he can alienate every constituency he needs to win the election.

/there's still time left

re: #73 Lizard by the Bay

Perhaps McCain is really gunning hard for the middle because:

a. Obama is further to the left than any major party Presidential candidate in history, and even centrists are a little afraid, and
b. McCain figures that far-right wingers will be so terrified of Obama that they'll dutifully go to the polls and pull the lever (while holding their nose) for McCain/Lieberman.

It's a helluva gamble. Or maybe not. If it works, it will hailed as an act of pure political genius. And if it backfires, McCain loses an election that every pundit said he would lose anyway.

* * *
Best summation. It would be nice if a McCain victory weren't close, but whatever works.

re: #102 jorline

Uma

Uma?

You mean as in "Mia Wallace" Uma?

re: #96 Cato

BTW, I think McCain should choose Michael Steele. THAT would be playing identity politics.

I like the guy, but he couldn't win Maryland (with a high % of African Americans). Playing the race angle is a questionable strategy.

Heck at this point he could pick Hillary and it would still be better than Obama.

re: #94 DocDublU

please pick a woman
please pick a woman
please pick a woman or a black guy
please pick a woman or a black guy

Black transsexual?

re: #134 Killian Bundy

Gee, if McCain works really hard, maybe he can alienate every constituency he needs to win the election.

/there's still time left

Not true, Killian. He needed the far right to win the nomination.

Now he needs to win the center.

{reine}

I feel your presence and I feel your dings, but I can't find you.

re: #137 Deafdog

I like the guy, but he couldn't win Maryland (with a high % of African Americans). Playing the race angle is a questionable strategy.

Michael Steele is not an African American. He is a conservative Republican.

/sarc

re: #113 alegrias

* * *
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) of Virginia could be your man then! Kind of young but able.

He's been mentioned as a possibility.
But McCain has the conservative and thinking Jewish vote; Obama has the loony left reflexively Democrat Jewish vote. Lieberman could help with the latter. Could Cantor? Would it matter?

This Jew is voting for McCain no matter his VP pick.

re: #112 Maximu§

OT

US Army Moves ahead with mobile LASER cannon

This could save lots of soldiers lives in the near future...including my own son.

Not if Obama makes good on his promise to slow development of future weapons systems.

re: #75 Deafdog

Joe L. will have a spot in the cabinet...not sure that I'd give him Secdef though.

* * *
Lieberman has no military experience, for one thing.

re: #120 HelloDare

If Obama picks Joe Biden it will be a gaffe fest.

Pleeeeease Obama, pick Biden.

/I still agree with the commenter from yesterday that said "Obama/Biden sounds like a German hemorrhoid cream."

re: #133 Maui Girl

The McCain campaign is just feeding the masses tidbits of information regarding VP choices to get a feel for how people are reacting (or not reacting). We may end up being very surprised at who he picks.

/keeping fingers crossed

I don't really think this is even coming from the campaign. I think it is just the media spinning a tale to give themselves something to talk about.

re: #136 Capitalist Tool

Uma?

You mean as in "Mia Wallace" Uma?

Hell no.

/"Beatrice Kiddo" Uma

Let's hope Obama won't be reading from a teleprompter when he makes his VP choice.

If McCain only serves one term, the VP is going to have the inside shot in 2012.

re: #120 HelloDare

If Obama picks Joe Biden it will be a gaffe fest.

Yeah, just get him started about convenience stores and Indians. Oy.

Late to thread....

This been posted?

RNC: McCain Won’t Choose Abortion-Supporting Running Mate

As speculation grows around who John McCain will select as his vice presidential running mate next week, Republican National Committee officials said Tuesday that McCain is no longer considering former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge.

If not Mitt, two words: George Allen. Yeah, I know the "macaca" bullshit cost him the election to James "melon-head" Webb. It won't bother the vast majority of republicans, and would alleviate the fears that a lot of conservatives have about McCain.

re: #112 Maximu§

OT

US Army Moves ahead with mobile LASER cannon

This could save lots of soldiers lives in the near future...including my own son.

This will be more awesome when it can walk instead of roll.

Buy your son a beer for me...and his mates.

re: #140 Cognito

Not true, Killian. He needed the far right to win the nomination.

Now he needs to win the center.

McCain IS the "Center". Its MaCain's job to convince the Right that he's not totally in bed with the Dems. A right of center VP pick would help.

re: #94 DocDublU

please pick a woman
please pick a woman
please pick a woman or a black guy
please pick a woman or a black guy

This gal?

re: #139 Ward Cleaver

Black transsexual?

This guy? would be a lock!

re: #144 Capitalist Tool

Not if Obama makes good on his promise to slow development of future weapons systems.

We'll be buying Sherman tanks back from third-world countries. Not good.

Palin. She's hot.

Bad idea. Lieberman is good on the war and that's all. There's more to the office than that.

re: #151 Ward Cleaver

Yeah, just get him started about convenience stores and Indians. Oy.

Even if Obama picks Biden and it is a gaffe fest, the only place we will hear about it is on these radical right wing websites.
/sarc again.

I'd heard buzz about McCain picking the governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.

re: #148 Killian Bundy

That would be Beatrix Kiddo if I'm not mistaken.

re: #27 J.S.

OT

I'm watching the Olympics' synchronized swimming on French CBC...the Spanish team...what an odd assortment (scary) of musical riffs going on there..(It's scarring my birds..)

Scarring or scaring? Or both?

re: #148 Killian Bundy

Hell no.

/"Beatrice Kiddo" Uma

Now, Bill, I mean Kill...
HahAA

MOOSEBURGERS!

re: #155 RTLM

McCain IS the "Center". Its MaCain's job to convince the Right that he's not totally in bed with the Dems. A right of center VP pick would help.

What about someone not in politics? Like the gal who founded eBay and just retired from that?

re: #155 RTLM

McCain IS the "Center". Its MaCain's job to convince the Right that he's not totally in bed with the Dems. A right of center VP pick would help.

Again, no. McCain has already done all the convincing of the right that he needs to do. They'll vote for him because he's the only choice. Now he needs to convince the center.

re: #157 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

This guy? would be a lock!

Nah, he's just a transvestite.

/not like i really know

Ron Paul/RuPaul 08!

re: #114 galloping granny

The Veep isn't really "administration." Essentially they wait around and bang a gavel now and then over at Congress. No power, no authority, no portfolio, no nada.

And they go to funerals of former dignitaries. What would happen if Lieberman, who is Orthodox, was sent to a funeral in Saudi Arabia, and had prayer books with him? It would drive the Saudis nuts. They couldn't refuse or they'd piss of the US, and they'd be polluting their precious holy to Allah sand letting him (and the books) in.

I will say this much - if you really wanted to take Obama's "Hope/Change/New Politics" and shove it back up his.......(use your imagination) then there is NO better candidate then the former Democratic nominee. Not to mention if you wanted to show the world/america that he's the candidate of 'moderation' then yeah Lieberman's the best choice for the job. And because its so close and because the Republicans have pushed so hard for the middle and to paint Obama as a hard left radical, Lieberman makes the most sense. Not to mention (as someone said above) the Jewish vote is seriously wavering for the first time in decades - a jewish candidate might finally push the vote into the Republican column.

But yeah I can't imagine many conservatives or evangelicals really backing McCain if he does such - I'm voting for McCain and I'll be real happy with Lieberman on the ticket (my American Jew side kicking in) but its not the best thing for the party.

re: #142 kansas

Michael Steele is not an African American. He is a conservative Republican.

/sarc

Again, I like the guy, but it sure would be hard to argue about BHO's inexperience if Mike Steele was on the ticket.

Cindy Garrison gets my vote
but I would settle for Sarah Palin

re: #110 HelloDare

A transsexual black guy would meet all the criteria.

RuPaul!

re: #136 Capitalist Tool

Uma?

You mean as in "Mia Wallace" Uma?

David Letterman's ill-fated stint as Oscar host. Neither his live audience nor his television audience found Letterman's now famous Uma-Ophra routine amusing.

re: #7 galloping granny

He could do worse. Luckily, Tom Ridge is off the table - that is one of the "doing worse" options. Frankly, though, I think the whole thing over both VPs is just PR & hype to keep the enthusiasm level up.

And only the surest, most closely guarded polls of all - the GOP's internals - will tell them whether the peel-off of the base has a good chance of being overcome by the added votes of Obama-shy independents. As far as picking the 'right' candidate, it is the Republican Party that's running, NOT the Conservative party... so I know a lot of us here will be disappointed if they choose to sacrifice principle for power.

For me, it's just No-Bama.

re: #172 Deafdog

Again, I like the guy, but it sure would be hard to argue about BHO's inexperience if Mike Steele was on the ticket.

I like Mike Steele a lot.

re: #160 HBob

Bad idea. Lieberman is good on the war and that's all. There's more to the office than that.

Ole Joe did considerable backpedaling of any of his "construed as conservative" ideas during his VP run with All Gore, if people would remember...

re: #163 Lizard by the Bay

That would be Beatrix Kiddo if I'm not mistaken.

/right, listed in the credits as "The Bride"

re: #162 right_wing2

I'd heard buzz about McCain picking the governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.

Beat you to it, by 6.

re: #167 galloping granny

What about someone not in politics? Like the gal who founded eBay and just retired from that?

I think that would scare the crap out of everyone, including me.

So McCain kicks over with a heart attack. Meg Whitman ascends to the Presidency, with her finger on the proverbial button but no experience whatsoever in politics or international affairs... Yikes.

re: #98 Capitalist Tool

Oprah!

The thought of that gives me hives.

When will the Ronald Reagan clone be 35 years old?

re: #153 Bob in Breckenridge

If not Mitt, two words: George Allen. Yeah, I know the "macaca" bullshit cost him the election to James "melon-head" Webb. It won't bother the vast majority of republicans, and would alleviate the fears that a lot of conservatives have about McCain.

Let me get this straight. McCain is running against Obama, a man with a full deck of race cards to play, and you want to saddle him with a VP who the press will paint as a racist by playing "Macaca" 200 times between now and November, and you think that will help him in the general election? Admit it, you want McCain to lose, don't you.

re: #120 HelloDare

If Obama picks Joe Biden it will be a gaffe fest.

And if he picks Tim Kaine (who actually said the reason the Russians pulled out of Georgia was because Obama scared them out of there), it will be the least experienced (aka the worst) ticket in US history. So be it Biden or Kaine, we win either way.

re: #170 Kosh's Shadow

And they go to funerals of former dignitaries. What would happen if Lieberman, who is Orthodox, was sent to a funeral in Saudi Arabia, and had prayer books with him? It would drive the Saudis nuts. They couldn't refuse or they'd piss of the US, and they'd be polluting their precious holy to Allah sand letting him (and the books) in.

That there is reason enough to pick Lieberman - though knowing how we kow-tow to the Magic Kingdom, the President would likely go instead & save the Saudis the embarassment.

And on that note, it's time to say good night!

I think Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii would be an excellent choice. She's economically savvy, persistent when it comes to having to deal with an old boys school mentality, Democrat dominated legislature. And she knows Pidgin!, brah!

re: #171 Defector01

I will say this much - if you really wanted to take Obama's "Hope/Change/New Politics" and shove it back up his.......(use your imagination) then there is NO better candidate then the former Democratic nominee. Not to mention if you wanted to show the world/america that he's the candidate of 'moderation' then yeah Lieberman's the best choice for the job. And because its so close and because the Republicans have pushed so hard for the middle and to paint Obama as a hard left radical, Lieberman makes the most sense. Not to mention (as someone said above) the Jewish vote is seriously wavering for the first time in decades - a jewish candidate might finally push the vote into the Republican column.

But yeah I can't imagine many conservatives or evangelicals really backing McCain if he does such - I'm voting for McCain and I'll be real happy with Lieberman on the ticket (my American Jew side kicking in) but its not the best thing for the party.

My personal opinion is that this is one election where the good of the party is the very least of anyone's worries.

re: #170 Kosh's Shadow

And they go to funerals of former dignitaries. What would happen if Lieberman, who is Orthodox, was sent to a funeral in Saudi Arabia, and had prayer books with him? It would drive the Saudis nuts. They couldn't refuse or they'd piss of the US, and they'd be polluting their precious holy to Allah sand letting him (and the books) in.

Guess we'd better pick someone the Saudis approve of, then.

re: #150 Son of the Black Dog

If McCain only serves one term, the VP is going to have the inside shot in 2012.

Another reason that Romney stepped aside so early in the Primaries. I'm telling ya, it's been a done deal for Months now. Everything else has been just MSM chit-chat and calculated "leaks" from McCain to try to expand his base.

re: #179 Killian Bundy

/right, listed in the credits as "The Bride"

I prefer Poison Ivy from that crappy Batman incarnation. Hell, even Cosette's mother in Les Miserables works for me.

BTW - based on the cross tabs from the most recent Quinnipiac poll, it is women that are in Obama's camp that McCain needs to get defections from.

The "security mom" has gone away and now seems to be the "Kos Mom" who drinks, shits and pees the Kool Aide.

Lieberman would get many to take a second look.

As for abortion, in the general election that is one of those issues that the GOP always tries to downplay while the Dems raise money and create panic among women using NARAL et al to send out the "emergency plea" mailings.

Lieberman as VP doesn't get a Supreme Court pick. Doesn't even get consulted. Furthermore, he isn't in the Senate anymore (except in a tie - and he won't vote against a McCain nominee).

Looking at this from a pure political standpoint, it is a winning move.

re: #175 jorline

David Letterman's ill-fated stint as Oscar host. Neither his live audience nor his television audience found Letterman's now famous Uma-Ophra routine amusing.

Letterman said they came very close to stopping the Oscars altogether.

re: #153 Bob in Breckenridge

If not Mitt, two words: George Allen. Yeah, I know the "macaca" bullshit cost him the election to James "melon-head" Webb. It won't bother the vast majority of republicans, and would alleviate the fears that a lot of conservatives have about McCain.

If not Mitt, how about Rick Santorum!

re: #187 Maui Girl

Didn't the Hawaiian GOP agree to send money to the Democratic Party for fundraising purposes a few years ago?

re: #81 Ben Hur

Not really.

But I don't think a Joo on the ticket is an advantage.

* * *
Imagine how it would mess with the Caliphate, however! Splodey all over the place.

re: #177 kansas

I like Mike Steele a lot.

He would be an awesome veep pick, as far as I'm concerned.

re: #167 galloping granny

What about someone not in politics? Like the gal who founded eBay and just retired from that?

McCain, if he gets elected will likely be a one-termer. He needs a VP pick that has the name recognition and credentials to help get him elected and then run and win in 2012. I think Mitt fits this bill.

The ebay founder lacks the name recognition this close to decision day. Maybe Secretary of Commerce...

I would love it, for the same reasons that many here have stated, but don't see it happening. If he wants the same dynamic, but someone more ideologically in the GOP camp, he can choose Eric Cantor, Rep from Virginia, GOP Minority Whip. Young, solid on all the issues Lieberman is solid on, and more mainstream conservative on the issues Lieberman is not solid on.

He lacks the name recognition that the other names bandied about have and is only in the House, not the Senate, which may work against him.

re: #177 kansas

I like Mike Steele a lot.

So do I, but I cringe when I think of all the Oreo cookies he'll get pelted with, by the moonbats.

re: #150 Son of the Black Dog

If McCain only serves one term, the VP is going to have the inside shot in 2012.

Like Gore? Like Nixon after Ike? Like Mondale?

VPs rarely get elected to POTUS. Bush got in because Reagan was a phenomenon rarely seen in politics.

re: #181 Cognito

I think that would scare the crap out of everyone, including me.

So McCain kicks over with a heart attack. Meg Whitman ascends to the Presidency, with her finger on the proverbial button but no experience whatsoever in politics or international affairs... Yikes.

But not quite as scary as having Obama president.

re: #181 Cognito

I think that would scare the crap out of everyone, including me.

So McCain kicks over with a heart attack. Meg Whitman ascends to the Presidency, with her finger on the proverbial button but no experience whatsoever in politics or international affairs... Yikes.

She has as much experience in things like management and administration as Obama does. And far more expertise.

re: #194 Deafdog

If not Mitt, how about Rick Santorum!

No, I want Rick on SCOTUS.

re: #157 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

This guy? would be a lock!

Nah, he wouldn't, no, he couldn't, pick anyone prettier than Michelle My Belle.

re: #200 Ward Cleaver

Steele lost his last election.

re: #143 Kosh's Shadow

Me too.

re: #189 Cognito

**** the Saudis and their faith. I would kill to be on that plane to Saudi Arabia for a meeting between Lieberman and the King. I'd even love to see that stupid 'hand-holding' picture - that would cause the whole freakin Muslim world to go nuclear and me I'd laugh until I had a seizure.

If its THIS crucial to prevent an Obama presidency at this point in 'history', then in the words of Al Davis "Just win baby!". And if that means Lieberman, then so be it. He's better then Ridge and he's better then Graham and that's with him remaining a 'democrat'.

re: #178 Capitalist Tool

Tool...see my #175 for the Uma answer.

re: #203 galloping granny

She has as much experience in things like management and administration as Obama does. And far more expertise.

Of course, but we weren't comparing her to Obama. Just other VP possibilities.

re: #185 Bob in Breckenridge

And if he picks Tim Kaine (who actually said the reason the Russians pulled out of Georgia was because Obama scared them out of there), it will be the least experienced (aka the worst) ticket in US history. So be it Biden or Kaine, we win either way.

So who was it anyway, that started all of this 'experience" palaver?
I have "ZERO" political experience and consider that I'd be a president far greater than anything that Obama could muster.
If it weren't for my sordid past.
and present...

re: #181 Cognito

I think that would scare the crap out of everyone, including me.

So McCain kicks over with a heart attack. Meg Whitman ascends to the Presidency, with her finger on the proverbial button but no experience whatsoever in politics or international affairs... Yikes.

How can you not trust her? She managed Mr. Potato Head! (i loved my Mr. Potato Head).

re: #87 Cato

I have friends in low places, namely McCain's driver in one area he has campaigned. He says McCain and Lieberman are as close as they can get, but he thinks that Charlie Crist is more likely. McCain gets along with Crist and he might actually be able to deliver Florida.

* * *
Crist's fake tan just isn't right. Something's not right there. Not a worthy Veep.

re: #206 HelloDare

Steele lost his last election.

He might be better as GOP chairman.

Sombody needs to come up with a better acronym for the Supreme Court. Every time I read "SCOTUS" I have horrible flashbacks of a certain image on Zombie's website...

re: #193 debutaunt

Letterman said they came very close to stopping the Oscars altogether.

At least you caught the Uma/Oprah comment. ;)

re: #200 Ward Cleaver

So do I, but I cringe when I think of all the Oreo cookies he'll get pelted with, by the moonbats.

They are already quite literally threatening to make sure that the streets of America "run red if Obama is denied his POTUS." What's a few cookies?

re: #168 Cognito

Again, no. McCain has already done all the convincing of the right that he needs to do. They'll vote for him because he's the only choice. Now he needs to convince the center.

The irony of McCain's Saddleback performance is that it creates space for a Lieberman pick.

re: #147 galloping granny

Good point. The media is trying (and succeeding somewhat) to influence this election but then, they tried with Bush/Kerry and look what happened. I have faith in the voting intellect of the average American.

re: #213 ploome hineni

0%

re: #125 Cognito

Doesn't matter. All those people have the right to pull the lever, just like you and me.

Did I say otherwise?

As much as I'm not especially thrilled with McCain, I figured I'd hold my nose and vote for him. If he picks Lieberman, I'll have to seriously reconsider that decision.

re: #216 Colonel Panik

Sombody needs to come up with a better acronym for the Supreme Court. Every time I read "SCOTUS" I have horrible flashbacks of a certain image on Zombie's website...

So FDR's attempt to bump the number to 15 was "SCOTUS inflation"?

Yes, by all means - let's have someone on the ticket who has supported the killing of 40 million infants in the last 30 years. Given the demographic trends of some of our enemeies, that 40 million less countrymen and women to draw from in any future world wars. 40 million less payers to our future social security obligations. Suicidal stupidity.

re: #213 ploome hineni

At least 40% - and if you factor in the moonbats anti-semetic raving while Lieberman's on the campaign trail, it might shoot past 50%. Lieberman is highly respected in Jewish circles for being the first jewish VP candidate and for being a respectable guy who's tough on the middle east. This isn't Diane Feinstein or Chuck Schmuer who's respect in the community is name only.

re: #203 galloping granny

She has as much experience in things like management and administration as Obama does. And far more expertise.

I have a Boy Scout troop with 19 boys in it that have as much experience as Obama does.

;)

re: #217 jorline

At least you caught the Uma/Oprah comment. ;)

I loved Letterman when Clinton was president.

re: #204 Ward Cleaver

No, I want Rick on SCOTUS.

That would be good, too.

Rick has all of the characteristics one needs to be VP. He's won two state-wide elections in PA, he's a bona-fide conservative, a great debator, and an attack dog. I guess the Ridge-balloon siphoned all of the oxygen for a PA candidate, but Rick needs to stay on the national radar.

re: #218 galloping granny

They are already quite literally threatening to make sure that the streets of America "run red if Obama is denied his POTUS." What's a few cookies?

re: #224 Ward Cleaver

So FDR's attempt to bump the number to 15 was "SCOTUS inflation"?

I'm glad I'm not drinking anything right now or you'd owe me a new keyboard.

ROFLMAO!

yougottabefukkinkiddinme.......................... ...............................

re: #219 karmic_inquisitor

The irony of McCain's Saddleback performance is that it creates space for a Lieberman pick.

Very possibly.

And honestly there's something in the idea -- the unexpectedness of it -- that could deflate Obama's claim to be the hip new thing.

re: #28 alegrias

* * *
And as I've said before, McCain voted for Gore-Lieberman in 2000.

Arianna Huffington and others called McCain on it, and of course his campaign denied it.

But hey, a maverick is a maverick. And McCain's willing to tell Putin where to go. And Lieberman stood tall in the saddle on Iraq and against jihadists and leftist Koskidz democrats, which is more than you can say for many. Both are tough nuts.

Couldn't agree more...both are mavericks. Hell Lieberman leans more to the right at times than does McCain.

re: #184 Lizard by the Bay

Let me get this straight. McCain is running against Obama, a man with a full deck of race cards to play, and you want to saddle him with a VP who the press will paint as a racist by playing "Macaca" 200 times between now and November, and you think that will help him in the general election? Admit it, you want McCain to lose, don't you.

The only ones concerned about that are LIBERALS and democrats, who are consumed by race! Let'em play the race card 24/7. They'll regret it.

They'll turn off millions of white voters, especially white males. And it's white male voters who decide elections, and it always has been.

Libs and dems are not going to vote for McCain, anyway. And the vast majority of republicans detest the MSM, and are aware of their bias.

re: #189 Cognito

Guess we'd better pick someone the Saudis approve of, then.

Actually, I'd like to see the Saudis squirm for a change, instead of making us dance.

re: #228 karmic_inquisitor

I have a Boy Scout troop with 19 boys in it that have as much experience as Obama does.

;)

Well yes. I was trying to be kind. Truth be told, she would wipe the floor with Obama on a resume with both hands tied behind her back.

OT: Not to be missed, Ralph Peters-interview at Frontpagemag today:
[Link: www.frontpagemag.com...]

re: #14 Ben Hur

The reason Gore lost the South.

As a southerner, I disagree. Gore lost the South because of gun control and the fact he's a gutless liberal moron.

re: #229 debutaunt

I loved Letterman when Clinton was president.

I use to like him as well..never missed him, but I haven't watched him years now.

re: #219 karmic_inquisitor

The irony of McCain's Saddleback performance is that it creates space for a Lieberman pick.

McCain was good, but not that good. There is no way in heck that Leiberman will be the pick. It's just a talking "leak" to generate interest. It will be Mitt. Get used to it.

re: #218 galloping granny

They are already quite literally threatening to make sure that the streets of America "run red if Obama is denied his POTUS." What's a few cookies?

Hopefully they'll kill themselves.

/like in that movie the happening

re: #233 Cognito

Very possibly.

And honestly there's something in the idea -- the unexpectedness of it -- that could deflate Obama's claim to be the hip new thing.

It would also take every last scrap of the "working across party lines' and "unity" message right out from under Obama's nose.

re: #215 Ward Cleaver

He might be better as GOP chairman.

He lost because this is Maryland, home of the yellow-dog democrat.

re: #244 Catttt

Wtf is a yellow dog democrat?

re: #239 maddogg

As a southerner, I disagree. Gore lost the South because of gun control and the fact he's a gutless liberal moron.

Toss in the fact that he was from Tennessee in name only. He's been a Beltway insider his whole life.

McCain/Lieberman
with the emphasis on the /

re: #236 Kosh's Shadow

Actually, I'd like to see the Saudis squirm for a change, instead of making us dance.

Yes, I was just being sarcastic.

re: #228 karmic_inquisitor

I have a Boy Scout troop with 19 boys in it that have as much experience as Obama does.

;)

And they love their country much more than Obama does.

re: #233 Cognito

Very possibly.

And honestly there's something in the idea -- the unexpectedness of it -- that could deflate Obama's claim to be the hip new thing.

At Saddleback, McCain said that he would have a pro-life administration. He made that pledge. How can you have a pro-life administration if your VP is pro choice?

re: #218 galloping granny

They are already quite literally threatening to make sure that the streets of America "run red if Obama is denied his POTUS." What's a few cookies?

I predicted blood in the streets following an Obama loss the moment he seemed certain to clinch the Dem nomination. The creepy hero worship, the adulation and devotion of his "followers", his tendency (and the media's) to act like he's already President, it all builds up to a gigantic (and unearned) sense of entitlement that will burst with violence if not fulfilled.

Any non-gun owning lizards who have not bought self protection come November may be wishing they'd planned ahead. God, I hate being alarmist, but I can't help the dread I'm feeling about the days immediately following a McCain win. The left is just too unhinged to accept another loss. And this time they'll whip the urban minorities into a frenzy like never before.

re: #162 right_wing2

I'd heard buzz about McCain picking the governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.

Please Please Please

re: #230 Deafdog

That would be good, too.

Rick has all of the characteristics one needs to be VP. He's won two state-wide elections in PA, he's a bona-fide conservative, a great debator, and an attack dog. I guess the Ridge-balloon siphoned all of the oxygen for a PA candidate, but Rick needs to stay on the national radar.

I lost some respect for Rick when he supported Specter over Toomey in the GOP primary.

re: #249 Kosh's Shadow

And they love their country much more than Obama does.

And they are under attack from all of Obama's proteges.

re: #113 alegrias

* * *
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) of Virginia could be your man then! Kind of young but able.

I've heard good things about him.

re: #211 Capitalist Tool

TOOL FOR PRESIDENT!

re: #250 HelloDare

At Saddleback, McCain said that he would have a pro-life administration. He made that pledge. How can you have a pro-life administration if your VP is pro choice?

Fair point, but the VP does nothing. Unless by some incredibly unlikely twist of fate he is casting a tie-breaking vote in the Senate, and then wouldn't he vote as he is instructed?

re: #225 sbvft contributor

Yes, by all means - let's have someone on the ticket who has supported the killing of 40 million infants in the last 30 years. Given the demographic trends of some of our enemeies, that 40 million less countrymen and women to draw from in any future world wars. 40 million less payers to our future social security obligations. Suicidal stupidity.

40 million less likely Democrats, by my count. (Women who choose abortion aren't overwhelmingly Christian Conservative, after all.)

re: #250 HelloDare

At Saddleback, McCain said that he would have a pro-life administration. He made that pledge. How can you have a pro-life administration if your VP is pro choice?

Doesn't matter. The Vice President has no say-so on the appointment of Justices, etc.

re: #256 MandyManners

get them panties off...

re: #218 galloping granny

They are already quite literally threatening to make sure that the streets of America "run red if Obama is denied his POTUS."

Okay, again... that was one comment, at one Obama forum thread. I really would not play it up much.

re: #245 Defector01

Wtf is a yellow dog democrat?

Yellow dog Democrat.

I've had some in my family.

re: #256 MandyManners

TOOL FOR PRESIDENT!

We've already had LOTS of those.