John McCain - Democrat Nominee?
May 28th, 2008 by
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John McCain’s appeal is supposed to be his bi-partisan approach to politics. Like his record of selling out the Republican party to work with Ted Kennedy on Amnesty for Illegals. Or his efforts as leader of the “gang of 13″ undermining Republican efforts to end filibustering judicial nominees. Let’s face it, bi-partisan in DC means sell out conservatives, join liberals and make moderates/independents feel good about the “compromise”. And McCain has excelled at this kind of politics. Democratic crossover voters in early primaries helped him secure the nomination. But apparently it’s not enough.
Howard Dean wants McCain to stop using powerful Republican political operatives on his campaign:
“But it gets worse. Charlie Black is McCain’s chief political adviser. Over the past seven years, lobbying filings show he’s used his connections with George Bush and Dick Cheney to lobby administration officials…” - Howard Dean, May 21st Email “Unfunny Joke”
Connections with Bush AND Cheney! The thought that a Republican presidential candidate would stoop to using someone that’s worked so closely with Republicans during the Bush administration is appalling. I mean a Democrat would never do such a thing!
But take heart John, for the Republican think tanks have a plan - run with a Democrat! That’s right the editor at National Review Online thinks a Democratic Veep is the way to go:
“by picking a staunch-conservative Republican, McCain would undercut his standing with the independents and swing voters he needs to win. If he picks a squishy Republican, many conservatives will stay home in disgust. But what if he picks a Democrat?” - NRO: Going Dem
Conservative Republicans commentators like Rush Limbaugh have not reacted well to the “bring Democratic voters into the Republican party by becoming the Democratic party” strategy:
“Regardless what happens, we need a Democrat on our ticket. You know, I’ve got an idea. Why don’t we quit tiptoeing through the tulips? Why don’t we just shut down the Republican Party and all become Democrats, if that’s the way to go. If McCain picking a Democrat, if unifying with Democrats, if walking across the aisle to do deals with Democrats, if that’s the way to go, then to hell with Republican Partyism. Let’s just all become Democrats, why put up a fight? Just become Democrats and end it. Because we have to end the partisan rancor. We have to end the partisan rancor and show that we have a big tent. Well, we have rancor in a democracy. Rancor is a good thing in a democracy. Maybe McCain should pick a female Hispanic lesbian Democrat running mate. That would unite us. That’s the way to go.” - Rush Limbaugh
