McCain for President!

[Paragon]

;-) Well, he sure sounds like he's running for the Dem nomination:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&e=2&u=/nm/20031130/pl_nm/congress_mccain_dc

"The numbers are astonishing," said McCain, an Arizona Republican. "Congress is now spending money like a drunken sailor. And I've never known a sailor drunk or sober with the imagination that this Congress has."

"The president cannot say, as he has many times, that I am going to tell Congress to enforce some spending discipline and then not veto bills," McCain said.

"We are laying a burden of debt on future generations of Americans. ... Any economist will tell you, you cannot have this level of debt, of increasing deficits without eventually it affecting interest rates and inflation," he added.

"There was no policy initiatives in the energy policy. It was just one pork barrel project larded onto another," he said. "... And the administration is still saying it is one of its highest priorities, I don't know how you rationalize that."

[phillybri]

1. He was awesome on Faux News Sunday...

I don't always agree with him, but he's got big stones...

[AntiCoup2K4]

2. McCain's been his old self again recently, but he's no Democrat

I'd rather have him right where he is, challenging the BCE agenda as a moderate Republican, and encouraging other Republicans to do the same.

Of course if he jumped into the Republican primary for 2004, I wouldn't complain about it ;-)

[LoZoccolo]

3. He supported that GOP ad...

...that said that some are now attacking the former governor for attacking the terrorists. Sometimes this guy will be moderate on a bunch of issues but come time for the Republicans to do something really bad he'll be in lockstep. If the party itself sponsored an ad like that, and the members didn't do a thing about trying to get it off the air for being a bunch of hookum-spookum, then maybe it's time for the Republicans to end up like the Whigs and Federalists and get completely voted out.

[trumad]

4. McCain-Lieberman---now that's the ticket.,.

:eyes:

[roughsatori]

5. First DUers promoting Repug-lite candidates now full on Republicans

for our candidate. And then the almost daily attacks on "fringe leftists." I thought this was the Democraticunderground.com. That name does not seem to accurately reflect the general tenor of many posts lately.

[prolesunited]

11. He was winking in his post

I think it was meant quite tongue in cheek.

[davhill]

6. He may be no Democrat

But he is probably the only one who could bridge the terrible divisions in our nation today. He is someone both Democrats and Republicans, Liberals or Conservatives could at least respect even if they disagree with him.

[roughsatori]

8. His voting rank is 85% with the American Conservative Union

No real Progressive could vote for him. Here is a link to the Intellectual Conservative: http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article1004.html

Frankly this whole topic is counter to the stated goals of DU and should be deleted. Unless we now want to promote Republicans over Dems--if that becomes the case, I'm out of here.

[HuckleB]

7. One never knows what's in the back of his mind.

If Iraq turns out to have doomed Bush by Spring, McCain may put his hat in the GOP ring. I know it's unrealistic, but that doesn't mean he hasn't thought about it.

[2cents]

9. He lost his cherry to Bushco. in 2000 ...

...when he didn't fight back -- just mention the "Wiley Bros." and watch him grab his ankles.

[leesa]

10. Folks. He has supported every little thing the Fuehrer Chimp has

done. He is a sleeze. He is responsible for the enormous deficit, he helped Bush push it through.

[HuckleB]

13. Yes.

But let him criticize Bush, anyway. It's not going to hurt the Dems.

[Old and In the Way]

12. I'd encourage McCain to run......

Gene McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy's decision to run against LBJ helped him decide not to seek a 2nd term. If enough moderate Republicans got behind McCain it could possibly do the same for George. More likely, it would open political wounds within the Republican Party that would negatively impact on Bush's chances in 2004.

[Unknown Known]

14. McCain voted against the Harken amendment (overtime)

Why would you want someone like this as President?

[BigMcLargehuge]

15. I am locking this

:eyes: This is even pushing the envelope as a lounge topic...


Thanks

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[dusty64]

16. McCain is often

a thorn in our regime's side from time to time, but I honestly do not think you'd really want him as a Democrat.