A first(?) thread on 2008: McCain,Giuliani & the Republicans

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

okie wrote:

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

And that will be a vote for the Democrats okie. You know you can't do that to America. I have faith that you'll take one for the team in November.

McCain has to prove he is a member of the team first, before I can vote for the team, something he hasn't done too well up to now. And I want to see if I think he is going to throw the game before I decide to play or not.

As I said before, the decision is yours to make. Just keep in mind that there are some very old liberal justices on the Supreme Court. John Paul Stevens is 88 and if Clinton or Obama wins, he will almost certainly retire during their term.

Just one more conservative judge will make a huge difference.

Scalia is 72
Kennedy is 72
Ginsberg is 75
Breyer is 70

I wish all of these people continued good health and long life, it would be surprising to see at least two of them needing to be replaced in the next 8 years.

And how old is McCain, Finn?

Finn, have you been watching the results. McCain the so-called frontrunner lost Kansas very bad, he may be losing Louisiana, although too early to tell, and even in Washington, he barely has an edge in early results. This could be pretty embarrassing if he loses 2 out of 3 today, or could it be 3 out of 3, that would be a total embarrassment.

I haven't heard anyone suggest this, but what if McCain has sort of a ceiling of around 40% and with a reduced field in the primaries, he loses more of them in the future. It aint over until the fat lady sings. I think she will sing for McCain, but it may not be as easy as projected.

Hey, if McCain loses, you won't have a dilemma anymore. I'm not trying to convince you to support the man or vote for him in your state's primary. If, as everyone believes - notwithstanding tonight's results - McCain wins the nomination, that's when I would like to influence you.

I think the guy you need to worry about is John McCain.

I am not at all convinced he will pick good supreme court judges, just one example.

Obviously not.

Huckabee's lead down to 4 points in Louisiana with 78% counted.

And Washington is stuck on their count for a very long time, almost an hour now.

Apparently unless someone gets over 50% in Louisiana, no one gets the delegates, and they are free to vote how they please at the convention.

georgeob1 wrote:

I agree. She is an entertainer, not a political commentator. A writer & stand up comic whose shtick is parodying & mocking "liberals" (conveniently defined). About as "profoundly insightful" as Bill Maher, but funnier (however, that isn't saying much).

I watched Bill Maher last night and he was Coulteresque as respects the comments he made about conservatives. At one point he made the comment "Why couldn't he (Rush Limbaugh)have died instead of Heath Ledger."

I thought the comment to be off putting, especially since it certainly seemed genuine, but I was only watching because Jonah Goldberg and PJ O'Rourke were among his guests. I'm hardly going to launch a campaign to have him put in the stocks or suggest he is somehow undermining civilization which seems to be the common response to Coulter by our friends on the left. And it's not just me of course.

I don't remember Maher being so rabid back in the Politically Incorrect days. Perhaps he's trying to immitate the success of Coulter. He's also clearly a kook. At one point he had his guests looking at each other with startled embarassment as he went on a lengthy rant about how prescription drugs are poison and no one should take them.

I haven't watched Sat Night Live in some time, but they should be having a field day with these primaries.

Thats hardly comedy when somebody suggests somebody should die, blatham. I would label that person sick instead of a comedian.

Is this anything but a slap in the face for McCain, or am I overlooking something?

okie wrote:

Thats hardly comedy when somebody suggests somebody should die, blatham. I would label that person sick instead of a comedian.

Unless they are Muslim?

Yes, even Huckabee wipes out the great John McCain. Even in a Republican primary, McCain can't even win make a good showing in Kansas, or looks like in Louisiana either, as the fat lady is taking the stage there now with almost all the votes counted with Huckabee ahead by more than a couple thousand votes. Even if the delegates are not given to Huckabee in Louisiana, it is still rather embarrassing for McCain it would appear.