Words from John Murtha

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Oh my God. And the man still won in '04. I just don't understand anything about this world.

Have you seen McCain's recent bending-over on Bush's "I'll ignore the torture ban if I feel like it" stuff? And people think he's the best hope for the Republicans? If that flippy-floppy McCain is the best the 'Publicans can do... but then McCain has a habit of bending over for Bush, so why am I surprised?

For all of his "maverick" image he tries to cultivate, McCain has the same problem Gore and Kerry did-- he obviously wants the Presidency too much. I start to smell eau de desperate on him...

McCain knows what he is doing. I have met him and he is a good man. You have to play the game or you go nowhere. I would vote for him over Hillary, but not Mark Warner. McCain is a Teddy Roosevelt type. I believe what businesses said about Roosevelt was, "We bought him, but he wouldn't stay bought". That is McCain, he will play the game and then be a much different guy if elected.

If McCain gets the nomination, which I don't think he will, he will win easily. Right now I think Rudy Giuliani is the likely Republican nominee. The DLC (Democratic Leadership Council) is convinced it will be Guiliani v Clinton, and most think she can't beat him. The DLC is secretly hoping for George Allen, who has a shot if the right wing wackos have their way in the primaries. Giuliani though has somehow found a way to become the rightwing wackos guy. With his views on social issues I just can't believe it, but social issues have really taken a backseat to terrorism with the rightwing nuts.