McCain's revenge eight years in coming

Jeff,

Congrats to you and your candidate (McCain).

I had fun pulling your chain for about a week but I'm glad to see the Huckster lose.

Senator (sic) McCain surely
must be feelin' proud, huh.
He has just won, by a slim margin, THE Confederacy
States Repuglicrite Primary (whatever)!!!
All those missed Senate votes...#$$$$$&*+@!~?!...
for this = 0

McCain got 42% of the vote in SC in 2000. He got 33% this time--9% worse.

Wow.

The difference from 2000 to 2008 was that the Bush 2000 vote was split among several different candidates.

Fred Thompson needs to look to support McCain, to get veep, and to STOP Romney and Giuliani!

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A reality check, from Michael Graham at National Review (who gives you the vote figures the Swamp won't):

"John McCain came out on top in South Carolina by getting the same 1/3rd of the vote in the Palmetto State that he got in New Hampshire and Michigan. But did he "win?" In 2000, running against George W. Bush and the entire Carroll Campbell machine in South Carolina, John McCain got 42% of the vote, and 240,000 votes out of 573,000 or so cast. Tonight, he got 33% of the vote in a field where his top challengers-Romney and Giuliani-aren't even running, and 135,000 actual votes. If just the same people who voted for McCain in 2000 had voted for him today, he would have won 50+% of the South Carolina vote. That would have been truly impressive. Instead, John McCain LOST the support of 100,000 people-and he's the winner? McCain had the same "success" in New Hampshire (McCain, 2000: 48%, 116,000 votes; McCain 2008: 37%, 89,000 votes) and Michigan (2000: 50%, 600,000 votes; 2008: 30%, 257,000 votes). McCain is a weak candidate by any measure. Only once in his two presidential races has John McCain ever won a majority of the vote, and that was Michigan in 2000. He has yet to crack 40% of the vote this year, and he's done even worse among self-identified Republicans (as opposed to independents and crossover Democrats)."

Floridians better think real hard about McCain and what he let slip out tonight about not changing his position.

If they/we want an Amnesty candidate to match up with a Democrat (all of them are for Amnesty), you can be certain that Amnesty Will Happen for the 20-30 million illegal aliens living here now if McCain is the republican nomination.

Better also consider what that means for the other 30-40 million that want to come here.

It essentially says that all you have to do is find a way to get into the country and you're going to be able to wait out any short term cries for deportation.
Benefits and entitlements will be yours. Free of charge. Thanks gringos!

Former SC Gov. David Beasley just took the stage, saying he's not worried about the numbers.
"We're going to have a victory here tonight," he said. "So just hang tight it might be a late night."

But it didn't happen did it. Good riddance Huckabee!

How about we expose Huckabee. He's the one who ordered all of the hard drives and electronic backup systems in his office be destroyed when he was finishing his Governorship in Arkansas (this began after a file was leaked disclosing that he and his family had used emergency political funds for personal items, such as food and expensive clothing). The new Governor had to spend $400,000 of his budget to get all new computers and other systems due to the damage.

Yeah, Huckabee's not hiding anything. Also, his FairTax plan is a joke. Just like everyone else, he raised taxes and increased spending in Arkansas when he was Governor. He doesn't believe in or understand free trade policy, and worst of all, he wants to take away freedom of religion and turn this country into a theocracy modeled after his own personal beliefs.

Huckabee is a danger, and so is anyone who votes for him, as far as I am concerned.

John McCain is a great American, who is going to win the Republican nomination. That said, I'm voting Democrat! Congrats to Sen John McCain, South Carolina owed you one.

FiCons need to pick either Rudy or Romney and get on with it. With Fred nearly out, all Fiscal Conservatives need to pick just one candidate to rally behind in Florida and beyond, to head off McCain, or we're sunk.

And Fiscal Cons will see right through McCain's veiled attempts to reach out to us, like he did in his victory speech last night. Does he really think we're that gullible?

And you Ron Paul fanatics, you need to get with the program and back Romney or Rudy. We need even the "fringe" FiCon vote to rally behind one candidate.

John McCain is a contrarion Democrat not a maverick that moderates love. He teamed up to try to kill the Bush tax cuts twice. Joined Feingold to cut off free speech to stop non-incumbents from attacking incumbents 60 days before an election. He joined Lieberman to comeout for Global Warming even though debate is far from over with some 400 scientists opposed to the idea of man made warming.He sponsored the proamnesty bill for illegals and he refuses to secure our borders.
In todays column, George Will says he belongs in the Democrat Party.
The driveby media won't tell you that Romney won 3 states and came in second in two and third in South Carolina. He is ahead of McCain in delegates.
The drivebys have made McCain and they will tear him down in time for a Clinton victory. Republicans beware of McCain he's not on our side. Jerry White, Springfield, IL

Congratulations to McCain and his supporters.

RNC Gadfly Bruce,

Who do you support for president?

Is 'revenge' really the right word to describe McCain's victory in S.C.? Revenge is taken against someone. If this is revenge for what happened in 2000, who is around from eight years ago against whom to take revenge? Nobody from eight years ago is in the race except McCain.

The correct term might be ‘vindication’ - to suggest McCain might have been the right guy eight years ago and that South Carolina just figured that out. In hindsight, he could well have been a better president than you-know-who. It's too bad we didn’t find out.

Big deal, he got one-third of the Republican vote.

McCain is a mental case.

Only yesterday he told a crowd in South Carolina that the state "was, hands down, the most patriotic in the nation."

First, what does his utterance mean?
Nothing. Empty rhetoric of the worst kind.

Two, keeping Dr Johnson's dictum on patriots in mind, who the hell cares who is most patriotic? It's a characteristic of value only to the brain-washed and feeble-minded.

Three, regardless of the meaning you attribute to his statement, if you account for the historical facts, quite the opposite is true.

South Carolina was the state that started secession from the Union. It was also "hot to trot" back in Adams' day under the promptings of opposition leader Jefferson.

Recently, too, McCain told us he would still have invaded Iraq, even without the excuse of "weapons of mass destruction." He has learned nothing from all that death and misery. Nothing.

McCain undoubtedly suffered brain damage when he was shot down while bombing civilians near Hanoi.

Other brain-dead Americans regard him as a hero for surviving prison in Hanoi. But heroes do not bomb civilians.

And a hero doesn't grovel to the likes of George Bush as McCain has sickeningly done for years.

A hero doesn’t support Bush’s disgusting “torture” legislation, as McCain did.

And a hero doesn't apologize immediately for one of the only unvarnished truths he ever uttered. I refer to his year 2000 remarks about the influence of the Religious Right in American politics.

McCain also a while back made a big joke of the idea of bombing Iran.

His sometimes charm simply does not compensate.

McCain has just added more evidence of his mental instability.

He promised the voters of South Carolina he'd hunt down Osama bin Laden even if it took him "to the gates of hell."

And he swore he knows how to get him.

Good Lord, if he knows, why has he kept it secret all these years? He's either irresponsible or nuts.

'The gates of hell"? McCain in 2000 made fun of Christian fundamentalists.

And I think we know that Osama has long been dead, despite the CIA's phony periodic tapes released to intensify the public's paranoia.

The government hasn't wanted to claim credit because that would make Osama a martyr. Also, the remains are buried under a million tons of rocks in the mountains that they bombed the crap out of.

McCain might well be a more dangerous candidate than Bush. A true madman with some intelligence rather than a moron.

McCain is the Republican that can beat either Hillary or Obama. It is unfortunate for the country. McCain will fight the depression with a conventional right wing mind. John will become the Herbert Hoover of this century. This depression will last for at least ten years as we fumble in our response and pretend "prosperity is just around the corner". The average home owner has seen his home equity drop $75000 in the last two years. Many took equity hame loans that now must be paid in addition to the mortgage. These people are frightened. Everyones' taxes, insurance, and medical costs are up. Half the populations income has not kept up with inflation. Look out below.

I love it. Bruce as usual is obviously mad that he isn't backing the right candidate. What's the matter Bruce, McCain to honest for you???

There's a lot I don't especially care for in McCain's politics, but I've always admired his courage and his willingness to buck his party.

He's the best of the current Republican crop and I hope to see him in the general election.

Anybody but Huck!

McCain's Revenge.

Americas answer to Montezuma's!

Thanks, John E. I truly believe he's the man to lead this great nation. Congrats to your man, Obama, too. Although the media is reporting it as a Hillary win, savvy readers like us both know who got more delegates ;)

Chuckles:

First, I understand how someone like you would find talk about patriotism, “Empty rhetoric of the worst kind.” How could anyone expect anything more from someone who ran away when his country needed him? The patriotic thing for you to do would have been to stand and fight, even if, by that, it meant protesting against the Vietnam War and engaging in civil disobedience. Others did so because they loved this country and believed it still had enough good in it to be worth fighting for; . . . but not you.

Second, contrary to your assertion, patriotism is not “characteristic of value only to the brain-washed and feeble-minded.” A patriot is a person who loves his country and countrymen, and wants the best for them. Certainly, those who went to war were patriots. They gave dearly when their country asked them. But they were not the only patriots of their day.

Sometimes it takes patriots to go against the grain of popular sentiment to save the country from evil. In this regard, many of those who actively protested against the Vietnam war were also patriots. I am referring to those who stood up and expressed their conviction that the war was immoral precisely because they loved their country and wanted it to act morally at all times. Do you doubt that such was the case? Do you believe these people were brainwashed or feeble-minded? I don’t. Brainwashed and feeble minded people are not capable of such high-minded ideals.

Third, Senator McCain wasn’t addressing the real estate or the dead in South Carolina’s cemeteries. He was addressing the current, living, breathing people of South Carolina when he referred to their state as “the most patriotic in the nation." Thus, your interesting, but useless, references to South Carolina’s 19th Century history, and what its now-long-dead people once did, are perfectly irrelevant to whether his statement was true with regard to those living in the 21st Century.

Fourth, and finally, Dr. Johnson’s dictum wasn’t broad enough. It should have included Canada as one of the last refuges of scoundrels, especially with regard to those who spew hatred and contempt for their former country and countrymen. There are a lot of people in the Swamp, Democrats and Republicans alike, who put on their country’s uniform and served when their country called. I admire these people, and I am offended when you suggest they are feeble minded or brainwashed for loving their country enough to take up the challenge to defend it.

McCain has all the signs of a bizarre personality disorder.

He can be charming in limited exposures.

He sometimes is bluntly truthful, as when he talked about the Religious Right in 2000.

But in private, he is famous for a furious temper.

The man has made some simply absurd claims over the years, reminding me very much of Princess Diana's stuff about high people wanting to assassinate her, all the while smiling beguilingly in public.

And McCain simply loves death and killing.

My God, after seven years of the low-grade psychopath, Bush, and the destruction he leaves as his legacy, the last thing the planet needs is this smiling death's head as commander-in-chief.

Hey Canadian, if we have a question about donuts, hockey or paying 20% sales tax, we'll seek your opinion, okay?

Until then let's keep things quiet up there in the attic. We have a leader to pick and we really don't need any input from provocateurs like you.

McCain can not be allowed to win. McCain is a total disaster for America.

He will dissolve our borders, as he tried to do with the McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill.

He will undermine the constitution and its bill of rights, as he tried to with McCain-Feingold.

Romney is the choice to beat McCain and stop McCain from harming this nation.