McCain will pledge to be bipartisan; sees most troops home in 4 years

[unhappycamper]

McCain will pledge to be bipartisan; sees most troops home in 4 years

"If I am elected president, I will work with anyone who sincerely wants to get this country moving again," presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain plans to say today during an address in Columbus, Ohio.

According to excerpts distributed by his campaign, McCain also plans to say that he will:

• "Ask Democrats to serve in my administration."

• "Hold weekly press conferences."

• "Ask Congress to grant me the privilege of coming before both houses to take questions, and address criticism, much the same as the prime minister of Great Britain appears regularly before the House of Commons."


Rest of article at: http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/05/mccain-will-pro.html

[cyclezealot]

1. McCain doing another political make over

Just who is the real McCain. The USA wants to know. Four years how nice of him. At least another 500 billion dollars and 3000 more American dead.

[blondeatlast]

12. There is no real McCain and never has been. He's been my Senator for 25 years

and he's whatever his big money handlers (esp, Mrs. Mccain) wants first, then he's whatever the polls show.

[dkf]

2. He has me all confused.

He has turned into a Pander Bear, hasn't he?

Thank goodness it isn't Hillary vs. McCain. That would be a constant pander fest. :puke:

[Elspeth]

3. Haven't we heard this song before?

*yawn*

[Virginia Dare]

4. So the repubs are cutting and running now?

or are we predicting complete and total victory within four years?

Oh goody, we'll be treated to weekly temper tantrums and endless meaningless statements beginning with "my friends"...:puke:

[NewJeffCT]

8. Don't forget, after the "Black Hawk Down" incident in Somalia

McCain was one of the leaders in fighting to bring our troops home immediately - cutting and running.

[KharmaTrain]

5. Watch Him Turn The Worm On This One...

Gramps knows he's stuck with the 100-year label and has to find some way to get out from under it. His pollsters have to be seeing how distructive his current positions are, but they were necessary to get the nomination. Now expect him to "moderate"...translation: pander...in hopes of coming off as a different candidate in October than he is now. It's so Nixonian.

I suspect we'll hear he has "secret plans" or other come-ons...playing concern troll for the flavor of the moment with little in real action behind it. For example, the current GI Bill debate...he knows he's boxed in a corner there and had to have his surrogates try to bail him out (Gomer Graham is a real joke now)...and there are many other of these landmines out there Gramps will need to navigate...any way he turns he risks pissing off his "base" or appearing like a total hypocrite.

His only salvation is the corporate media just loves themselves Huggy Bear...

[opihimoimoi]

6. I suspect he is desperate enough to say this shit. After he gets into office..he will be too busy

Never believe whot the Pubs have to say...we got burned too often in the past.

[Vickers]

7. Wow, so he's gonna be a Uniter like Wee George???

Yippee!!!

[Lasher]

9. Oh look, he's a uniter, not a divider.

He's trying to sound like he's not just another George W Bush but he doesn't to impressions well.

[liberal N proud]

10. We all know how well they remember their pledges

[NewJeffCT]

11. Bush pledged to be bipartisan as well

as long as you agreed with him and his way, he was happy to work with you...

I suspect McCain won't be too different.

[MiniMe]

13. How convenient, just in time for the next election

[jmowreader]

14. IIRC Bush asked Democrats to serve in his administration and they all turned him down

It couldn't have been anything connected to the fact that all the Democrats he asked were Senators from states with Republican governors, could it? The most prominent one was the near-DINO John Breaux of Louisiana, and even Bush-loving Breaux wouldn't do it. Perhaps he realized he'd be put in an office next to the room with the plans for the bypass.

Anyway, McCain will be certain to take a calculus of the Senate, noting how many Democrats have to be removed to flip control of the Senate into Republican hands (or, God forbid, to push it closer to a 60-seat majority so there can be no filibusters), then count the number of Democratic senators who come from Republican-governored states, and ask all those people to serve in the cabinet.

Personally...I hope that when the Democratic President is inaugurated, he/she counts the number of Republican senators who come from states with Democratic governors and offers them ambassadorships. It's a rare person who turns down an ambassadorship: you get to live, at government expense, in an Exciting Foreign Country for many years. You don't really have to do much more than socialize with the leadership of the country you're posted to because we've got real foreign service professionals to do the work of diplomacy. And when the president finishes his or her service, you get to put "former ambassador" in front of your name for the rest of your life. In fact, I hope that when the Democratic President is inaugurated, he/she offers ambassadorships to ALL the Republican senators--even the ones from states with Republican governors. The ones we have now have to go. And with hundreds of ambassador slots for a president to fill, there is enough room for all of them.

[Mz Pip]

15. Take questions from Congress?

That will never happen. That will be the first promise he would break.

McCain sure is piling it on with all the talking points that will never become reality.

Bush was all about compassion and working together, yada yada, until he got in the White House. Then he slammed thedoor and threw away the key. I expect the same from McSame.