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  • Posted By: hyoung1480 @ 01/31/2008 2:14:59 PM

    Why is it that the republican voters can not see that this guy is still mentally affected by his war past. He constantly expresses his love for the continuation of the Iraq war. Simply because he has been brainwashed from the days of his p.o.w. affair. The world needs to open their eyes and ears to this guy. He is not what we need as a President. He is entirely to paraniod. Why am I the only one listening? God help us please!

  • Posted By: Dan Maloy @ 01/31/2008 12:38:59 PM

    Why is the media so quick to label McCain the absolute front runner? When Romney was leading McCain and the rest of the GOP-contender crowd, he was leading by MORE delegate votes than McCain's lead now and yet all the media could say was "there is no front-runner". It's McCain's endorsements, you say? Nice try, but endorsements don't equate to delegates. Delagates win the nomination, not endorsements. You're biased nature against Romney is disturbingly evident to anyone who looks beyond the fluff you put out.

  • Posted By: htachtac @ 01/31/2008 12:25:43 PM

    Might as well take down the borders now. I'm sure they are thrilled to hear that they will be getting great rewards for breaking the law and entering the country illegally. Now all of our kids and everyone else can pay for it. Thanks a lot Florida, all of the liberal media (which is pretty much all of you), and everyone else who would rather pay out of their pocketbook then vote for a "mormon". Great job folks!!!

  • Posted By: arizzo @ 01/30/2008 6:46:07 PM

    Mitt Romney is the only intelligent and honest candidate running for president. McCain is a lying piece of trash. The only reason why he won Florida was because he attacked Romney with a blatant lie. Even the liberl New York Times said McCain was dishonest in his attack on Romney. I will NEVER vote for someone who lies to Americans to get ahead. What else is this man capable of?

    I am voting Mitt Romney! if McCain gets the nomination I am voting for Hillary. I will NEVER let my vote go to McCain. That would condone his lying attack of Romney.

    • Posted By: gonzalez13 @ 01/30/2008 9:37:02 PM

      Romney was born on a wealthy house, he didn't have to fight for anything since his childhood, He does not know about serving in the mlitary, being torture, being hungry, or jobless. He is one of the few in this country that represent wealth only. A person out of touch with the realities of life can never be a good president!

      • Posted By: Dan Maloy @ 01/30/2008 11:16:51 PM

        In reference to his claim that Romney wanted "timetables" to leave Iraq, MCCAIN COMPLETELY AND REPEATEDLY IGNORES THE CONTEXT OF ROMNEY'S ENTIRE QUOTE AND THEREFORE THE TRUE INTENT OF ROMNEY'S STATEMENT. Romney said he thought that Pres. Bush and the Iraqi government should have secret "benchmarks" (in other words, "goals") that would lead to the U.S. finally getting out of Iraq. Who doesn't want to get out of Iraq at some point? Even McCain wants out eventually. How in the heck does anyone think that they can successfully get from point A to point B without goals? Get real!, you don't even go to the bathrooom without "goals". First, you get up off the couch. Next, you walk to the kitchen. After that, you pass through the laundry room and into the bathroom. ANY leader of ANY organization HAS to have benchmarks or goals to be successful. The U.S military already had "benchmarks" in place BEFORE they dropped the first bomb in Iraq in 2003. And.....McCain knows full well as a former U.S. Navy officer that one of the very FIRST things he'll do if elected President is sit down with his Secretary of Defense, the military Joint Chiefs of Staff and the top U.S. military officer in Iraq and discuss the "benchmarks" in Iraq, as in, "Gen Paetreus, how the heck are we doing on our goals in Iraq?" That stinks to high heaven of hypocrisy by McCain. Beside those points, McCain completely ignored the second part of Romney's "benchmark" comment! Which is, IMMEDIATELY after Romney spoke about having benchmarks he was asked if he were elected President would he veto a bill that proposed a "get out of Iraq date" AND ROMNEY UNEQUIVOCABLY SAID "YES!" How are both parts of Romney's answer compatible with each other? Because all he was saying was "let's set some goals (secret ones, he said, so that the enemy would not know our steps) to get out of Iraq but if the goals prove to be unrealistic, we'll have to set new ones and STAY UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE!" McCain knows this but is so desperate that he'll smear a man's reputation to get elected. As an active duty U.S. Air Force pilot I admire McCain's military service but his integrity and class have been severely diminished by the lie that he is whole-heartedly perpetuating. Is that the kind of man you want leading YOUR country?

  • Posted By: gonzalez13 @ 01/30/2008 9:28:37 PM

    There seems to be some kind of ganging up against McCain from the small republican oposition, based on mostly one premise: "Immigration". Those who despise McCain for being his own man and not a puppet, try to pin him up against the whole republican base for thinking, saying and doing what he believes in. Since when being compasionate toward other more vulnerable race became a reason to despise the one who could be the only one capable of reaching, independents, latinos, minorities other than latinos, republicans, and yes even democrats?

  • Posted By: Paul Douglas @ 01/30/2008 6:48:40 PM

    When independents and moderates examine Senator McCain's voting record over the past quarter century, they will see that John McCain was, is and always will be a conservative Republican, with all the values that appertain thereto! More tax breaks for America's wealthiest citizens while the rest of us struggle to fill our gas tanks. More death and destruction in Iraq while we remain in denial, refusing to understand that the "surge" only works as long as we stay there. More caving in to the Religious Right on issues like stem cell research, abortion, birth control, Federal support for religious charities and schools and a whole host of issues too numerous to go into. THAT is what Senator McCain is all about. As Lincoln said so eloquently, "You can fool all of the people some of the time and you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time." Let's hope this wisdom extends to the 2008 Presidential election.

  • Posted By: misterharban @ 01/30/2008 5:30:27 PM

    Note To True Conservatives: Is there a way that you could more explicit about your disdain for moderates than to simply denigrate every candidate who might garner their votes? Every election cycle you rely on moderate votes for your margins of victory, much the way the Democrats rely on the Black community. At least the Democrats refrain from using the time between elections to tell that constituency how stupid they are. I cannot remember a cycle where you all have been so loud and bold in declaring that the views of moderates were misguided and unimportant. Your demands for conservative purity have seemed to rise as the quality of you ideas and candidates have fallen.

    Why don???t you do away with pretense and simply tell everyone straightaway that you know that moderates are so incredibly ignorant that they will share their votes with you even as you abuse them?

    Incredible. Who is crazy here?

  • Posted By: babau @ 01/30/2008 4:54:36 PM

    The Real McCain :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl6gCcG0ntg
    http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com

  • Posted By: babau @ 01/30/2008 4:54:13 PM

    The Real McCain :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl6gCcG0ntg
    http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com

  • Posted By: JDLonestar @ 01/30/2008 4:51:03 PM

    iT HAS BEEN BEAT TO DEATH, BUT WHY CAN'T WE FORGET ALL THIS "PARTY" STUFF, AND HAVE THGE FREEDOM TO VOTE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL WE MOST IDENTIFY WITH....REGARDLESS OF HIS AFFILIATION WITH A POLITICAL PARTY

  • Posted By: Saltydog_0 @ 01/30/2008 4:01:56 PM

    How can you consider McCain the frontrunner? Last I checked, he was a republican.

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