Rumors of a McCain - Kerry ticket in '08

[wyldwolf]

as the 2008 election approaches there are signs that an equally intriguing McCain-Kerry ticket could be in the works. If such an improbable thing comes to pass, its genesis might well be traced back to a one-on-one breakfast meeting July 27, when the two decorated Vietnam veterans huddled for more than an hour at La Colline restaurant on Capitol Hill.

Fellow diners said the pair was engaged in earnest conversation throughout the breakfast, although Kerry spokesman David Wade characterized it simply as a chat between two “longtime friends.”

The meeting came in the wake of McCain’s increasingly critical stance on the Bush administration’s conduct of the war on terrorism, particularly the treatment of suspected terrorists at prison camps in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. McCain, who spent years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam’s Hanoi Hilton, led the fight just before the August recess to add an amendment to the defense appropriations bill prohibiting harsh treatment of detainees held in American custody, despite personal lobbying by Vice President Cheney.

McCain rebutted the administration’s argument that the legislation would tie its hands in dealing with people who are not POWs but “terrorists” by declaring on the Senate floor that it’s not “about who they are. It’s about who we are.”

Guess it’s unlikely there will be a Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign if McCain and Kerry team up in 2008.

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/UndertheDome/081005.html

Hey! I'm just reporting it, not advocating it!

[fooj]

1. I wouldn't vote for McCain if he was the last human being on earth.

Peace.

[jrthin]

17. Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! nt

[driver8]

28. Amen to that! After what the repubes did to him, and he still has

the "nerve" to support the shrubster...

I respect his military service but he is a spineless jellyfish.

[gokar]

32. ditto.....................any democrat is better than McCain.

[flaminbats]

52. true..but Ben Nelson, Phil Bredesen, and Zell Miller are not democrats!

I could never support Phil Bredesen for President..even if nominated. I think a McCain/Miller Republican ticket is more possible than a McCain/Kerry ticket, but why worry..especially since neither will happen?

[hvn_nbr_2]

40. If McCain was the last human on earth....

and you did or didn't vote for him, would that make you an alien?

Sorry, the logician in me won't be quiet sometimes.
:toast:

[losdiablosgato]

62. Great a ticket both liberals and conservatives can hate.

[merh]

2. They can kiss that ticket goodbye.

No one wants McCain - he is a bushbot, bushasskissing traitor.

If Kerry goes for this then he is a fool.

[CountAllVotes]

3. Good thing it is a "rumor"

Because if it was the truth, I wouldn't vote for this ticket nor either one of these sell-out SOBs for anything! :grr:

:dem: :kick:

[Gato Moteado]

4. screw mccain

he had his chance to help his country defeat the fascists in 2004 and he decided to endorse them instead. the once brave and patriotic mccain has become a bottom feeder as far as i'm concerned. he knows what fighting in an unjust war is like and yet he chose not to help put an end to this one and bring our men and women home.

[BrklynLiberal]

10. Exactly right. Well said.

After the way he sold out his "principles", his own wife and daughter should never vote for him either.

[Emendator]

31. Crazy McCain

is an even bigger warmonger than Bush. Because of his military background and ability to actually speak coherently, people wouod take him seriously as a leader. He would be much more dangerous than than Bush.

[Mr Rabble]

35. Paycheck Patriotism at its worst.

When he supported * knowing full well that Roveco had attacked his wife, I lost all respect for him.

That said, I wouldnt vote for him in the first place.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. What a total sellout of every principle that we would like to see

restored to our government.
Neither one of them represents what I would like to see in a President at this point.


Edited for clarity.

[One_Life_To_Give]

6. 40% won't vote for one,

and 2/3rds of the rest won't vote for the other.

[Southsideirish]

7. Rumor has it that if there is a McCain/Kerry ticket I will go fishing.

[Goldmund]

8. Running against Hillary/Rudy?

Now that would be great. :rofl:

[dave502d]

9. I would never vote for McCain, n/t

[movonne]

11. NO, NO, NO !!!!

[LeftNYC]

12. Repugs can skewer Kerry's war record and McCains illegitimate children

at the same time. oh joy!

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. Groan.

:eyes:

[JDPriestly]

14. What a nutty idea! No way!

[blue sky at night]

15. Hope everyone can see way down here from their high horses.......

if we don't break the stranglehold the Repukes have on the country first in 2006 and then finish it in 2008, we are pretty much done. There will be nothing left to worry about by 2010 and 12. Just a friendly reality check. (I will vote for anyone running against the Bushco Crime Family)

[greatauntoftriplets]

16. Last I looked, McCain is a conservative repuke.

And an enabler of the Bushco family.

[blue sky at night]

21. so last i looked if he runs against Cheney in 08 with Kerry

You would vote for?

[greatauntoftriplets]

22. FDR.

n/t

[blue sky at night]

25. you can do that.......????

I would too.

[wyldwolf]

26. well.since we're fantasizing...

FDR for President
JFK for Vice President
Bill Clinton - Sec. of State.

[geek tragedy]

38. Wait, you think McCain would run as a DEMOCRAT?

That's funny.

[roguevalley]

58. Voting against anyone who ran against the Bushco crime family:

we did that last time. See how it worked? I would never, ever vote for McCain and if Kerry turned out to be that cynical, I would never vote for him.

[Davis_X_Machina]

18. McCain is just Orrin Hatch 2.0....

...with an improved biography module and an upgraded media interface.

[nosmokes]

19. rove would love it - refried weasels, no huevos

or maybe rudy has his own shit slinger?

[TankLV]

20. Put this stupid idea to rest.

Anybody who actually believes there is any good to that concept, has lost ALL respect from me and will their views will never be taken seriously by me.

The guys's a complete asshole and sellout.

A repuke first and foremost. He smeared a fellow vet - agreed with the swift liars.

No thanks.

[Adelante]

23. "He smeared a fellow vet - agreed with the swift liars."

Somehow I missed this. What happened? Thanks.

[Leilani]

56. That is a Lie.

[TankLV]

65. Try looking it up - McCain's performance was inexcusable.

Just wishing it were a lie does not make it so.

He refused to condemn the adds, while at the same time said ONLY that THE DEMCRATS should stop attacking bunkerboy's war record.

NOT ONCE did he come to the defense of Kerry. NOT ONCE!

[Leilani]

70. He wrote an editorial in the NY Times defending Kerry

& wrote another article somewhere.

When asked if Kerry was able to be Commander-in-Chief he said yes.

He remained completely neutal about Kerry & did not mention him in his speech at the RNC convention.

He said countless times Kerry was his friend, but he would support Bush because of policy differences.

AS a result, the Freepers & other cons detest him more than they did before.

Hate him all you like, but don't lie.

I'm so tired of the vitriol & lies from both sides.

Those in politics who try to be pleasant are disappearing.

[Booster]

24. I would never vote for McCain and am not that thrilled with Kerry

since I threw myself into his campaign, donated time/money, and he threw it all away with a poorly run campaign. This ticket will never fly - don't even get me started on the wimp McCain.

[KoKo]

27. Good Gawd Ahmighty! Can't believe that anyone would post this as possible

:rofl:

[TheFarseer]

29. I thought there was a legitimate chance

in 2004 but no way in 2008. The thing McCain and Dems could have rallied around was bush and he won't be an issue in 2008. I say, no way it will happen.

[liberalpragmatist]

30. Um. Who says?

I see absolutely no evidence of any such pairing. The two are long-time friends and they were having lunch together once. Is that it?

This has absolutely no basis in reality. And while there may have conceivably been some chance of McCain joining a Democratic ticket (friends said he has long considered switching although he most likely contemplates running as an independent conservative, not a Democrat) there's absolutely no chance that Kerry would ever join a Republican ticket and the Republican base would NEVER accept Kerry on a Republican ticket.

This is just inside-the-beltway rumor-mongering of the worst kind.

[Guaranteed]

33. That's doubley not good. nt

[sendero]

34. More bullshit..

... I don't believe this crap for a second. Who comes up with this stuff?

[lojasmo]

36. Well, I won't vote for either one on any ticket.

They both voted for the IWR, the patriot act, and NCLB

[geek tragedy]

37. What would he do, run as a Green party candidate?

I mean, the Republicans would never go for Kerry as a VP candidate, and Kerry would never run on a Republican ticket.

John McCain would maybe get half as many votes as Joe Lieberman did in his primary run if he ran as a Democrat.

[lastknowngood]

39. Good that will leave the ticket open for a dem to run

n/t

[TankLV]

66. Good one!

[MGKrebs]

41. What primaries would they run in?

[pocomark1]

42. What primaries would they run in?"

whocares it wouold be rigged anyway, mccain is not what he seems to be. snake is what comes to mind. cliton/dean would get us the next 16 years!!!!!!!!!!

[LittleClarkie]

43. Geez, all they were doing was having lunch

and the press turns it into a bid for 2008. Oh please.

I bet they were just making nice as two old Vietnam vets. Kerry's classy that way.

Damn reporters.

[FreedomAngel82]

55. Isn't it funny how 2008 is all the press talks about?

Anything to ignore the other issues. :eyes: I'm getting so tired of 2008!

[txindy]

71. Senator Kerry probably asked McCain...

if the rash he got on his arms from hugging Junior ever went away.

But I suspect your scenario is far more likely.

;)

[elshiva]

44. Nope will never fucking happen. eom.

[wisteria]

45. This is a very imaginative article.

All this speculation and all they did was have lunch.

[Wabbajack]

46. As what? Indies?

Third Place Finish.



VP is a powerless office. Niether of them would want it.

[sellitman]

47. I won't waste bandwidth replying.

Now back to the real issue....

VERIFIABLE PAPER BALLOTS!!!!!!!!!!

[Stinky The Clown]

48. These are two men I used to hold in high regard

But no more.

Flame me if you will ....... but I feel neither man is worthy of my precious vote, although one has gotten it and one almost did.

In 2000, I was not in love with Al Gore. Before idiot son laid waste to McCain, I was actually considering voting for him (recall the climate in the early stages of the 2000 primary season ...... we were still living in peaceful Pollyannaville). I decided to go for Gore even before McCain dropped out .... but the fact is, I considered it. I now see the man's true colors ... and they're not nearly the brave red white and blue they once appeared to be. More toward yellow, these days.

Kerry was my first choice early on in the 04 season. I then went to Clark, but when he dropped out, I was back to Kerry. He's my contemporary. I remember him live on Dick Cavitt. I recall so very clearly his decimating that fuckwad O'Neill. I recall him as a hero. A leader. A man with passion and drive, intelligence and courage. Then the campaign. he showed me his ass and I was supremely dissappointed. On election night, at 2.30 AM I called headqaurters in DC (its a local call for me). I BEGGED them to promise me he wouldn't fold.

You know the rest.

So for me ... that breakfast at La Colline ....... ? I have to believe the menu was scrambled eggs, pancakes, fresh cantalope, and orange juice .... you know the menu ...... The Yellow Special.

Two once great men who are now so complacent they just phone it in.

[ArtVandaley]

49. Loser/Loser, great ticket

There would be something really really pathetic about this ticket.

[wisteria]

51. Kerry is fine with me, but he doesn't need McCain.

That said, I think this is just a real ridiculous piece.

[AlCzervik]

50. Oh dear God!! There is no way this will happen! It better not!

[Corey_Baker08]

53. This Is A Completely False Rumor

The Author has nothing to back evidence of this besides that they had a breakfast meeting together. They were more than likely working on bipartisan legislation to be unveiled after the fall break.

Just another reason for people to unintelligibly bash Kerry on DU

[FreedomAngel82]

54. I thought Biden was talking about running with McCain on the Daily show??

And he said he was the one who asked McCain to run with Kerry in 2004.

[karynnj]

68. Biden asked McCain?

That's interesting - and might explain the differences in McCain's claims to have been the first and only choice with Kerry's comment that he never offered McCain anything that neither he or McCain thought it was workable.

Could the whole story have been blown up by Biden?

[burrowowl]

57. McCain!

HELL NO!
I restrain myself and won't post what I think too many explicatves!
What do people see in McCain?

[d_b]

59. Mccain

Will always be the shithead in that Bush-hugging photo.

[Skidmore]

60. The "Lead Balloon Ticket", the "Hell Freezes Over Ticket",

the "Pigs Do Fly Ticket"....

Need I say more.

[enough already]

61. Utter nonsense

Who would be at the top of any such ticket? You think either one of them wants to be VICE-president? No way. These rumors are nothing more than a media circle jerk to entertain themselves.

[fujiyama]

63. I have to say

it's ummm....creative to say the least.

Actually, it's not all that creative either. It's just stupid. It was ridiculous to think McCain would be on a ticket with Kerry just as it's idiotic to believe Kerry would be vp for McCain.

Who makes this shit up anyways?

[enough already]

64. Who makes it up?

Media people with WAY too much time on their hands.

[TankLV]

67. Repuke moles who come here to ruin the Democractic Party?

Just guessing...

[karynnj]

69. David Wade's comment is the only sensible line in this whole thing

The only facts here are Kerry and McCain has breakfast together. This article actually pits as contradictory - 2 people engaged in earnest conversation and Wade's a chat between two "longtime friends".

If they wanted to come up with things they could have been speaking about it could range from some piece of legislation one wanted the other to work with him on or even they might have felt the need to get past last year for the good of what they could do together. They both just wrote cancer survivor stories for Armstrong's website - so maybe Kerry (who just saw Armstrong) got McCain involved. It's easy to come up with ideas all more likely than discussing 2008 at a public restaurant.