It is good to see McCain doing the right thing.

It was the only time those soldiers Bush spoke in front of had honest and genuine reason to cheer. Because they could celebrate McCain on the stage.

McCain holds an odd place in my political views. I admire the hell out of the fight he has made against government pork, campaign finance reform, and he publicly dismissed any notion that Kerry would be weak on defense, but that's where it ends. Other then being a likeable contraian he is, as he has said a true right-wing conservative. I never wanted him on the ticket with Kerry. Some Democrats have made a huge mistake by trying to be Republican-lite.

Read this transcript of a Bill Moyers speech.
http://www.alternet.org/stories/18954/
I want a progressive president and vp that thinks like this. F*ck bringing back the Gilded Age.

McCain, like the liar Colin Powell, no longer has any credibility.

I watched some of the shit coming out of mccain's mouth, and I really could not beleive it. I really did'nt like a Kerry/mccain tix. One reason, with the repug still in the house's, I would'nt put anything past them, if McCain was vp. All they have to do is assassinate Kerry, and we are right back to the past 3 1/2 yrs. Repug are back in charge, and we are going down again.
If I was Kerry, vp Edward's,Get Gen. Clark, Pelosi,Kucinich, even the big dog as a U.S. ambassador. Keep every important job out of reach of any repug. And hopefully, pick up acouple of seat's in both house's, and get everything back to the big dog's 8 yrs. Big dog can even throw in a bj once in awhile.

I think some of my brethren here are misreading some of this McCain stuff.

He was a war hero, in a very important sense. He showed great courage and devotion to duty and to the oath he took as a member of the Armed Forces and as an Officer (since I believe officers take a second, slightly different oath upon commissioning.)

Like John Kerry, he carried out his duties in an admirable and faithful manner. I respect him for his sense of honor.

I don't like Conservatives in general. I say that not as an evaluation of them as people, but rather as an opinion of their political philosophy. This philosophy tends to reject innovative solutions to problems, depending instead on formulaic responses. Yet, what worked 20 or 50 or 300 years ago may not be realistic today. As an quick example: consider how hard "conservatives: fought the "liberal" idea that children under the age of 12 should not be required to work 14 hours a day in coal mines, and that adult miners should be allowed to have Sunday off.

More importantly, Mr. M

That cannot be allowed.

just another brain-dead politician. a real man would deck preznit cowardly lyin' for what he did to mccain's wife.

Bush could puthim on the ticket, shoot him as many days in as Reagan was, and select Jeb to replace him...

Agreed, conservatives were status quo when there was no status for most people...

Is McCain able to salvage the burning bush without destroying himself?

Jo,

Steve Gilliard has (as usual) a very insightful and perceptive take on this that you should read before you totally write McCain off.

The Democrats are becoming very adorable, lately. For months, they've been lambasting Republicans for their lack of respect for a war veteran, John Kerry. Now a swarm of Democrats are paying a precisely similar lack of respect to John McCain.

They're just so cute when they do as we expect of them.

McCain should be honored for his service to the country. But his service to the party is not to be honored. He has backed away from all he fought for. The rule of law, the Constitution and the American Way and has gone over to the side of the fascists. Being conservative is not a bad thing but being a rightwing conservative is, it is fascism.

I never understood why anyone would want to split a ticket with a democrat and republican. It seems to me that there should be at least two good democrats out there who could handle the job well.

As much as I admire John McCain for his service and honesty I would never trust him as our chief executive. He is afterall a died in the wool Republican and never made a secret of his conservative beliefs.

We need to move on and pick a strong Democratic team. Enough of this center of the road, try to appease everyone stragity. Screw that shit. We need a liberal, left wing administration to straighten out the mess these fascist wingnuts have foisted on us. Lets get back to what is important in government, the well being of its citizen, not coorporations.

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