Ehhhh…do you think most Americans split that hair?
I personally like Jindal very much and I think he’d make a fine choice. That he adds some diversity to the ticket can’t really be denied.
My point was that Lieberman and Jindal were the most likely to win the election as McCain’s running mate. Romney reminds me of Lurch.
I have to say I second this idea. I’m against his whole Amendment 1 deal, but otherwise I’d like to see him stick around for another few term.
-B
McCain’s biggest strength against Obama is his experience…to choose Crist or Jindal weakens his “strength card”. Dems will counter that if inexperience works against Obama, McCains running mates aren’t more qualified than their candidate.
Liberman won’t be chosen, I believe Republican party rules state the candidates must be Republican…Liberman is an Independent.
Romney would bring conservatives back that McCain offended and would also add to his fund raising. Romney has a strong organization team in states that will be needed for the general election. It also places Romney in a very strong position in 4-to-8 years to superceed to the top of the ticket. None are perfect, but Romney has more to offer the ticket than any of the others.
I think McCain needs to get someone w/ solid conservative credentials as Veep. He doesn’t need another moderate on his team - he already has that base covered himself. If I HAD to pick one of the four, it would be Lieberman.
As to the race issue and the veep slot it is a catch 22 for McCain. If he chooses a white guy, it will be exploited as more domination by whitey. If he chooses a minority, I think it will illicit scorn as a lame attempt at butt kissing. He just needs to chose a guy with good credentials and forget the race thing because it will blow back on him no matter who he chooses.
Mac should dust Jesse Helms off, if he’s still with us - that would be thinking outside the box!
In one breath McCain needs a solid conservative, and in the next breath you want the Liberal? Lieberman is a nice guy. I have not met him personally but he seems to have personal ethics. But he is a liberal when it comes to almost everything. The fact that he understands the threats we face better than most politicians does not change that.
Lieberman is honorable, but not a conservative (and where does he stand on the 2A?)
Chad
Lieberman (former Democrat) ran as an Independent…Republican party rules state you have to be a party member to be eligible for the ticket. Even if Lieberman were a Republican, (which he’s not), he’d need the support of at least five state delegations to even get on the first round of ballots at the convention. Got a better chance of raising Jessy Helms from the dead than Lieberman getting on a Republican ticket.
I said what McCain NEEDS (paging Hawkeye) is a solid conservative. Of the Four choices I would take Lieberman, not because he I think he is conservative, but because he isn’t a flip-flopping whore like Romney. I don’t particularly think Lieberman is acceptable or suitable, but I could say the same thing about McCain.
I just hope Obama picks Crappy Napy… er Janet Napolitano as his VP candidate so we can finally get rid of Governor No.
If its a woman, it will probably be Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
Well, you could listen to the entirety of Wright’s speech and you could then see where he was coming from as opposed to most soundbytes and knee jerk responses I’ve heard/seen/heard being spoken about. But that’s a separate issue; maybe you have listened and read the transcripts and still disagree.
However, let’s look at the twisted Reverend Hagee who is closely affiliated to and endorsed McCain - who also spoke highly of him. Take the time to delve into his background. It should make you cringe. Yet no big media binge for weeks on end about that… He made some comments recently and McCain “distanced himself” from him and still no media outcry. Odd.
For the record, I’m Black and I’m a Ron Paul supporter for his Constitutional stance on just about everything.
I stated over a year ago that it will be Ron Paul (assuming the country woke up…) or Obama (the lesser of three Monsters).
We will see; time uncovers all.
You’re certainly correct there, he IS the lesser of the three in both experience and ability, now if that were only true in regards to evils as well…
Sound-bytes?? My friend, let’s please not go there. Wright is a disillusioned, inflammatory hater. If you disagree with that, then all I can say is that you have a serious judgment issue. With all due respect.
As far as Hagee, I know absolutely nothing about the man. If he is half as bad as Wright, then he deserves to be condemned as well. And please don’t try to tell me the liberal media would not expel more energy to expand on this (if it were so viable) than they did to squash the Wright controversy (before Fox’s coverage was too much to ignore any longer).
Obama is bad news. I can just feel it.
So what is it in Pastor Hagee’s background that would make a person cringe? Ive watched him for years and have never “cringed”. There is a reason there was not a “media binge”, lack of any real substance. Pastor Hagee is a great American and a man of God.
The worse thing you can advise is for anyone to listen to more of Reverend Wright’s anti-American sermons cause all that does is get most people more stirred against Obama. Now lets not stray any further off topic.
Pastor Hagee:http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Default.asp
Hagee’s recent comments about Judaism were taken completely out of context. Hagee has long been one of the staunchest supporters of Israel in the US Christian community and is truly a friend of Israel and the Jewish community. Just curious, what about Hagee’s background makes you cringe?
I don’t find anything strange in McCain distancing himself from Hagee; he has tended to distance himself from the conservative Christian right for some time now.
Get out of here with that. I cant stand McCain, but the ties between Hagee and McCain are thin, unlike the deep roots between Wright and Obama.
Lets not try and play the liberal moral equivalency game, and turn Hagee into something he isn’t, because no matter how you package it, there are no parallels here.
Exactly right variablebinary…intellectual dishonesty to equate the two as Mjolnir did. Difference between the two is that it was Hagee who threw his endorsement behind McCain. McCain did not receive spiritual guidance or mentoring from Hagee, nor did he attend Hagee’s church for over 20 years and donate money to his ministry…to do so would have been McCain’s endorsement of Hagee.
Certainly not the same as what Obama did which was an error in judgment by linking himself to Wright on many levels. Showed bad judgment and immaturity.
Now we have this genius, Pfleger, stepping up at Obama’s church.
This man is clearly disturbed, and there is something way wrong with that church.
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65625
I know it is a bit off topic, but also somewhat related. It should not matter who is running for VP, Obama should not even be running a close race regardless with close connections like this wack job.
All you have to do is say gibberish in a church building and it takes on some sort of authority. I have watched some of Farrakhan’s sermons and the first 20-30 minutes are rhetorically entertaining. Thankfully, I can change the channel and miss the remaining 2-3 hours of incoherence, unlike his conregation goers.
His Biblical exegesis, much like Wright’s and Plfegers is selective to put it mildly.
Romney is anti-gun. Signed Massachusetts assault weapons ban as guvnah.
Lieberman is also anti-gun. Voted for Brady Bill and fed AWB.
Bobby Jindal has a solid track record of being pro-RKBA.
I don’t know about Crist.
Jindal gets my vote.
Jindal, assuming he’s a real conservative and not a neo-con weasel 