by Mark Silva
Now that the presidential campaign of 2008 is underway and the Republican Party is rallying around a candidate, Sen. John McCain, who has wrapped his arms around the war-strategy of President Bush, wags at the Democratic Party are reminding us of that 2000 campaign when McCain and Bush stood not so much at arm's length, but rather at each other's throats.
This McCain ad from 2000 feattured the Arizona senator saying: "Gov. Bush's campaign is getting desparate with a negative ad about me.. The fact is, I'll use the surplus to fix Social Security, cut your taxes, pay down the debt. Gov. Bush uses all the surplus for tax cuts and not one new penny for Social Security or the debt. His ad twists the truth like Clinton. We're all pretty tired of that. As president, I'd be conservative, and always tell you the truth.''
Bush has not weighed in with an endorsement this year, but as his party gets close to coalescing around McCain the president appeared at the Conservative Poltical Action Convention today -- where McCain stood Thursday, and where Mitt Romney quit the Republican race -- to say:
''We have had good debates and soon we will have a nominee who will carry a conservative banner into this election and beyond. I'm absolutely confident that with your help, we will elect a person who shares our principles.''
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Watch out America McCain is another BUSH
Posted by: Ron | February 8, 2008 11:24 AM
Why has no one brought up the Clinton's real estate, etc businesses before his election where key individuals ended up mysteriously dead or missing? And files mysteriously could not be found to show how innocent they were? Also, why has no one mentioned this lady who is trying to convince folks she is keen on knowing stuff - had bimbo patrols in the White House and yet did not seem to know anything about Monica?
Posted by: Duncan | February 8, 2008 12:04 PM
"BIG POPPY SPEAKS TO JOHN JOHN"
HEY YOU KNOW ALL THAT STUFF I SAID ABOUT YOU IN 04, WELL I'M HOPING THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.
YOU KNOW ALL THAT STUFF ABOUT YOUR "ADOPTED CHILD" WELL YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT IS ALL WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.
YOU KNOW ALL THAT STUFF KARL ROVE, RUSH LIMBAUGH, ROSS PEROT CONTINUE TO SAY ABOUT YOU, WELL I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THEY ARE JUST TRYNG TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU WILL STICK TO THE CORE OF THE "GOP CONSERVATIVE VALUES" AND CONTINUE TO "TAKE AWAY THE DRIVE TO BECOME" IN AMERICA.
OF COURSE GEORGE, LIBERTY IS A RIGHT INFERRED BY OUR CREATOR, AS LONG AS I DON'T AND MY FAMILY DOESN'T HAVE TO GET ONE OF THOSE "BIOMETRIC TATOOS" THEN I'M COOL WITH YOU AND YOUR PREVIOUS CABINET.
OF COURSE I WOULD PARDON YOU IF YOU GET IMPEACHED BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
OF COURSE I WOULD PARDON THE VICE PRESIDENT IF HE WAS TO BE IMPEACHED BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
OF COURSE I WILL ELECT "SECRETARY CHERTOF" TO THE VICE PRESIDENCY AND "JOE LIEBERMAN" AS THE "SECRETARY OF EVERY HUMAN LIFE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, OR MAMMAL" ON THE PLANET.
I JUST WANT TO BE THE NEXT "BIG POPPY" IN PAKISTAN, AND AFGANISTAN, THAT STUFF IS PRETTY PROFITBALE!
Posted by: Roger Morris | February 8, 2008 12:58 PM
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Posted by: bill | February 8, 2008 1:30 PM
Americans are sick of trusting politicians we are supposed to trust.....we have been thrown aside for the goals of politicians with no consideration of the impact on our country. McCain has a long way to go before we can trust him.
Where did the money come from when the campaign was near death? From someone in the Democratic party or was it George Bush???
Posted by: Rosalyn Franks | February 8, 2008 2:01 PM
McCain will share and create legislation with such notable conservatives as Ted Kennedy and Russ Feingold.
Posted by: Wolfgang Lugauer | February 8, 2008 2:12 PM
Duncan:
It's now 2008 - the things you talk about were all looked into and found out to be irrelevant. Please tell us the names of the dead and missing from these investigations (and no, Vince Foster does not count).
Posted by: BobinATL | February 8, 2008 2:26 PM
John McCain didnt win the nomination yet. Hes NOT conservative. For all the news media reporting John McCain the winner... Watch out for Huckabee, he will be the nomination
Posted by: Ryan | February 8, 2008 3:21 PM
Duncan, I guess it is true, some people do beleive everything Rush tells them to beleive.
Posted by: pd | February 8, 2008 4:00 PM
The conservative candidates haven't exactly generated a lot of enthusiasm among the GOP voters this year, have they? Huckabee's still hanging in, and Paul is still around, but he isn't considered electable. Could it be that a lot of GOP voters are just a little tired of Bush-styled slash and burn conservatism? Maybe GOP voters are ready for an end to invasion, occupation, and empire building, and are ready to start backing people who will take care of things here at home.
Posted by: CTurner, Durham, NC | February 8, 2008 4:14 PM
"John McCain, President Bush, together again"
Yep and they're both as crooked as the day is long!
McCain Loan Could Violate Donor Privacy
http://www.politico.com:80/news/stories/0108/7837.html
McLame's Immigration Insanity
http://www.borderfirereport.net:80/letters-from-readers/mclames-immigration-insanity.html
Video: Liebs says McCain did not support amnesty for illegal aliens
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/05/video-liebs-says-mccain-did-not-support-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens
McCain: "We Are Not Going To Build Fences And Barriers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5G3kH1PvvU
Tom DeLay Disses McCain, Calls New Hampshire Win ‘A Blip’
http://youdecide08.foxnews.com:80/2008/01/09/tom-delay-disses-mccain-calls-new-hampshire-win-a-blip/
John McCain and Our Second Amendment
http://www.gunowners.org/pres08/mccain.htm
John McCain's Skeleton Closet
http://www.realchange.org/mccain.htm#keating
The Conservative Case Against McCain
http://thenextprez.blogspot.com/2005/12/conservative-case-against-mccain.html
A Vote For McCain Is A Vote For Amnesty, Open Borders and Never Building A Fence
http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2008/01/a_vote_for_john_mccain_is_a_vo.php
#%&@# You McCain's Unstable Temper Raises More Doubt from Arizona News ( This site will not post actual title. Search Arizona News for John McCain. It's worth the effort to find it. )
Conservative Group Campaigns Against McCain: He's No Ronald Reagan
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Conservative_group_campaigns_again_McCain_Hes_0301.html
Former Senator Rick Santorum sees a lot of problems with John McCain's credentials
http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/talkradio/transcripts/Transcript.aspx?ContentGuid=e96c3803-c542-4a57-98bd-68635a744540&comments=true
John McCain's Temper Preceded Vietnam
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/8/30/123006.shtml
John McCain's Record of Economic Issues
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/03/arizona_senator_john_mccains_t.php
McCain Would Vote Against The Bush Tax Cuts All Over Again
http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/301ccb6c-32b0-4ba7-8330-68d560f67dd8
McCains Stand On Detainees May Pose Risk For 2008 Bid
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR2006091801353.html
Democrats Contributed Heavily To McCain's Effort in District 11 Election
http://www.azconservative.org/McCain_Discord.htm
The Conservative Case Against Huckabee And McCain
http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/019929f6-5799-479e-a86b-e2e2601330ab
McCain Walks Into Conservative Clothesline
http://www.baltimoregroupblog.com/2007/03/19/mccain-walks-into-conservative-clothes-line/
John McCain Is No Hero
http://www.usvetdsp.com/bengmcan.htm
U.S. Senator John McCain Is No War Hero
http://www.namvets.com/Reading/john_mccain_is_no_war_hero.htm
Flashback: The Real John McCain
http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/43aba933-6972-4a36-a25f-a2973e69e4ee
Wife of POW Navy Pilot, Who Had Husband's Remains Sent Home By North Vietnamese in 1989, Was Lied to by U.S. Officials For Years About His Whereabouts And POW Status
http://www.arcticbeacon.com/articles/31-oct-2005.html
Defending America by David Hackworth
http://www.hackworth.com/25jan00.html
IT'S TIME TO GIVE THE U.S. ARMY A GOOD SHAKE
http://www.hackworth.com/19nov01.html
Why Vietnam Vets Split on McCain
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_12_16/ai_61487324
Luck Of The Admiral's Son Not For "Grunts"
http://www.usvetdsp.com/smith_mc.htm
ARIZONA'S JOHN McCAIN: A Fraud, "Rhinestone Hero," and National Security Risk
http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/mccain.html
MSNBC questions McCain's temper; Reporter says McCain vexes Senate colleagues
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/MSNBC_Does_McCains_temper_hurt_presidential_0707.html
Posted by: John E | February 8, 2008 4:50 PM
"CONSERVATIVE MEDIA GIANTS SPEAK"
SENATOR RUSS FEINGOLD AND SENATOR TED KENNEDY ACTUAL FATHERED THE GREAT WAR VIETNAM HERO JOHN MCCAIN.
SENATOR RUSS FEINGOLD, AND SENATOR KENNEDY FIGHTING OVER WHO FATHERED ONLY "VIETNAM" VET THAT THE SWIFTBOAT VETERANS REMEMBER STANDING BY THE "HO CHI MINH TRAIL" YES, CONGRESS' AND ARIZONA ONLY ABSENTEE GOP FRONT RUNNER "AT A TIME OF WAR" WITH THE EVIL DOERS JOHN (COMEBACK CONSERVATIVE) MCCAIN.
ONLY THE GOP DELEGATES CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE AND WILL ELECT WHO THE FRONT RUNNER THAT FATHERED JOHN MCCAIN!
COMING SOON TO "FOX RUN VOTING STATION" NEAR YOU.
Posted by: Roger Morris | February 8, 2008 6:05 PM
Let's see--The Bush/Cheney total disaster mis-administration told 935 lies about Iraq. Is that ok with John McCain? Oops!--John McCain told a whopper standing in the Baghdad market surrounded by the heavily armed American forces and wearing his bullet proof vest. He basically said--It's ok, It's ok America. This was before the 'surge'. Yes he is truly John 'Baghdad Bob' McCain. Baghdad Bob was the Iraqi propagandist that was saying everything was ok and at the same time American forces were entering Baghdad. Chalk up a big one for McCain. More of the same????
Posted by: 91ghostcommander | February 8, 2008 7:37 PM