The Simple Reason Why McCain Won't Get The Repub Nomination

[Yavin4]

He is not trusted by the power elite of the Republican party. That's why the love dim-witted, stupid Republicans because they will do as they are told. Reagan and Bush are cut from the same cloth. All the party elite has to do is get them to remember the talking points of the day while they go off on their merry military ventures (See Iran/Contra and Iraq).

They will never allow a president that can actually ask intelligent questions and tell them to "fuck off" every now and then to be the leader. Sure, McCain has done a lot of sucking up recently, but in the end, can they trust him? These people don't take any chances.

[AX10]

1. George Allen will be the nominee.

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Bite your tongue.

It's bad enough that he governed here and is now a senator. I hope he doesn't run...he is as much an imbecile as Bush if not more so.

[mattclearing]

4. Sorry, it's true.

McCain might as well be a Dem to the Republican base. Allen is one of them. He is a textbook Freeper.

[WI_DEM]

8. Not if he's defeated in November

He's going to have a much more difficult race now that Webb got in.

[Midlodemocrat]

13. Agreed. I think Webb will give him a run for his money.

[wisteria]

12. Nope, I don't agree with you at all on Allen. A Bush clone is not

going to be appealing to a majority of Americans. Beside, the moment he opens his mouth and tries to come to the point or answer a question, he will have lost.

[Yavin4]

19. Yep. He's Textbook

Big, dumb, stupid, and willing to do as he is told.

[UrbScotty]

23. I think you're right (nt)

[Perky]

26. I think you may be right. My Dream Scenario is Allen

Allen's politics what the base of the GOP wants. The wuestion is whether or not the GOP will be so fed up with BushCo that they reject the insider label and go with yet another governor.

All we have to do is repeatedly touch on how much like Bush, Allen is. He is a idiot and would not carry Virginia if Warner is on the ticket.

[AX10]

31. Allen vs. Clark

Clark wins hands down. If Allen is defeated this November, then Allen is done with.

[BuyingThyme]

3. And he's CRAAAAZZZZY, with BASSSTARRD babies!

[bryant69]

5. I kind of agree

But not for the same conspiracy-ladin reasons. I suspect that they could work with McCain - he's certainly played ball on Iraq. Rather the base won't go for him. Conservative Pundits hate him (like Rushbo) and have spent the last 6 years whipping up their base into hating him.

Look at how successful Rush and his buddies were, after 5 years of whipping up hatred for muslims, in convincing the base that this ports deal was a good idea.

Bryant
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[mattclearing]

27. He's going to get victimized the same way this ports deal did.

A victim of Bush propaganda...just as Republicans were told not to trust Arabs, they were told not to trust McCain.

They will vote against their best interests (McCain is easily the strongest candidate they could find) because of people like Rush and Hannity.

I think it's hilarious.

[WI_DEM]

6. I think he will be the nominee

If he comes out of Iowa and NH (and remember he did win NH by a huge margin in '00) he will steamroll it. He has made peace with the right wingers and embraced Bush (literally). He even has picked up powerful allies in SC. In the end they want to win in '08 and right now I think the only candidate the GOP has running in '08 who has even a remote possibility of winning is McCain.

[Crankie Avalon]

7. The religious right doesn't like him, either...

...no Repug can win nationally without 'em.

[WI_DEM]

9. McCain has a better chance of winning a general election

than the nomination because of his strengths with Independents and yes, democrats. But I don't discard that he will be the nominee either.

[Crankie Avalon]

15. Maybe. He seems vulnerable in all those southern primaries...

...against the more "born-again" types. But what do I know. This is such a long way off to try to predict. Besides, isn't McCain already pretty old? He'll be even older for 2008. Maybe 2000 was his only real chance.

[Atman]

10. The SIMPLE reason?

Yours had too many words to be "simple."

The "simple" reason is because he is a whore and a freakin' nut job.

[Inland]

14. In fact, that's going to be the bumper sticker. nt

[wisteria]

11. Not to much to lose if he strays once in a while. They have already

achieved much of their agenda.

[Poiuyt]

16. The simple reason why McCain WILL get the nomination

The media loves him. They can build up whoever they want. Most people don't vote on issues, they vote for image. They vote for who they feel the most comfortable with. And an acquiescent media can do more good for a candidate than any PR or advertising campaign.

[Yavin4]

29. The Media Was On His Side In 2000

How'd that work out for him?

[FreedomAngel82]

17. And he isn't trusted by the fundies either

He has been trying though.

[Johonny]

18. I thought it was the basic reason

that he is getting older, balder and thicker. He could survive one of these faults but I don't think he can over come all three. He will lose to a younger, thinner person with more hair.

[Crankie Avalon]

20. He's short, too...

...you need to be at least 5'10" to be president. ;-)

[UrbScotty]

21. And he "fathered an illegitimate black child" (nt)

[Burning Water]

22. It's not the elite

Republicans that will keep McCain from the nomination. They would love to have him as the nominee. He's "electable". What he isn't is "nominatable". He will never get the Republican nomination because the rank-and-file Repukes just can't stand him. Too liberal for them. They feel about McCain much the same way that Democrats feel about Lieberman.

They may be dim-witted, or even stupid, but such minds as they have are their own, and they will never give the nomination to McCain.

So, if we can avoid Hillary, Kerry, and Gore, we might have a real shot at the White House in '08. For my money Clark is the only candidate that can win for the Dems.

[DinahMoeHum]

24. I dunno, McCain's given Bush too many big wet sloppy ones. . .

in the past.

Even the most rock-ribbed Repuke can't be too happy with that.

:smoke:

[Ksec]

25. I agree . Hes a lone ranger

Not good when youre dealing with a party that has great discipline with staying on point.

[lectrobyte]

28. he seems to be able to kiss *'s ass as required, so no problemo

from what I can see if I were making the call for the Repubs. I guess I'm having trouble seeing where McCain has been the rebel and telling anyone to f-ck off -- wasn't he one of the Keating five in the S&L scandal?

[Yavin4]

30. The Power Elite of the Republican Party Does Not Take Chances

Esp. when they have a better alternative in George Allen. Allen will do what he's told. McCain may or may not. That's the key difference. For example, McCain didn't vote for Bush's tax cuts. They don't trust him.