Ideal Running Mate for McCain

[jsteam4501s]

I wish to go on the record, without hesitation, as URGING that John McCain select as his running mate Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice. I believe that she can bring MUCH more of a positive impact to the GOP ticket than Romney, Huckabee, Sanford, etc. If the necessity arose, she would make a GREAT president and she can have a huge impact even as Vice-President.

She is a brilliant woman who is an oustanding credit to both her race and her gender.

 

[Ptichka]

Well, I am certainly looking very closely at whom McCain chooses since I'd like to vote for him, but will not do so if he chooses someone like Huckabee.

As for Secretary Rice - it's a tough choice. OTOH, I agree that she is a brilliant politician. However, I don't think it would be the best choice for McCain. He already has more foreign policy credentials than any candidate in recent history; where he is lagging a bit is on the issues of the economy (from that point of view, selecting Romney would make a very strong overall ticket). Likewise, with McCain being accused of being "out-of-touch", I doubt choosing someone whose career has been spent in either academia or Washington (notwithstanding her position on the boards of several large companies) would serve him well. Also, from the point of view of electability, he needs to appeal to social conservatives [sigh], and I don't think choosing Rice would do that.

 

[netnuts]

McCain has a good chance of beating Obama if he teams up with a young and energetic running mate. I like Rice but she won't do it for McCain since McCain does not need another 'national security' partner. SurveyUSA published a poll a while ago, he was beating Obama in MA... SurveyUSA is the most accurate polling firm this cycle.

I'm completely turned off by Obama and his race politics. This guy is surrounded by dangerous race baiters such as Jackson Jr. who threatens any African American politican supporting Clinton with revenge.

I'm thoroughly disgusted by the 'block voting' pattern of African American community. 80% have voted for the man with their color of skin, this is horrible racism and tribal mentality.

If Obama grabs the power, America may well become Rwanda mired in all sorts of crazy conflict. First there's a George W., now this crazy race baiter - Obama. Maybe the empire is indeeded headed towards its final demise?

I hope Obama can be stopped at any cost, otherwise I predict even more bumps ahead for the next four years.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

Obama will not go to war over Weapons of Mass Destruction. He will not lie that the minerals from an African nation are in a deal with Hussein. Obama will not rush in to make a deal with a defeated country over the oil for his family and friends. Obama will not approve of torture. Obama will ensure that monies available for catastrophic occurences like 9/11 will go to the people who deserve it. Dunkin Donuts got a huge sum from the appropriations because one little shop in the district was knocked out. Now Dunkin Donuts all over the city have been modernized with the windfall Bush gave them while some fire fighters have to prove that the air quality was the cause of so many deaths and illnesses.
I could go on but if the above is not enough then ask the questions.: How many innocent people had Hussein killed? How many did Bush's Invasion kill and still killing? There never was an AlQaida in Iraq until Bush's invasion.

McCain is all for a continuation of Bush's plans including running the logistics with Iraq's puppet government throughout the next 40 years. Obama wants to end it. I'm all for the latter.

Joe

 

[bronxgirl]

Obama will not go to war over Weapons of Mass Destruction. He will not lie that the minerals from an African nation are in a deal with Hussein. Obama will not rush in to make a deal with a defeated country over the oil for his family and friends. Obama will not approve of torture. Obama will ensure that monies available for catastrophic occurences like 9/11 will go to the people who deserve it. Dunkin Donuts got a huge sum from the appropriations because one little shop in the district was knocked out. Now Dunkin Donuts all over the city have been modernized with the windfall Bush gave them while some fire fighters have to prove that the air quality was the cause of so many deaths and illnesses.
I could go on but if the above is not enough then ask the questions.: How many innocent people had Hussein killed? How many did Bush's Invasion kill and still killing? There never was an AlQaida in Iraq until Bush's invasion.

McCain is all for a continuation of Bush's plans including running the logistics with Iraq's puppet government throughout the next 40 years. Obama wants to end it. I'm all for the latter.

Joe

Amen joe

 

[Ptichka]

Joe, while there are certainly more similarities between Bush and McCain than there are between Bush and Obama, I don't think your list is quite fair. In particular, you mention torture - that's an issue on which McCain has gone adamantly against his party. Other issues on which he would be extremely different from Bush include environment and immigration. I am also hoping that while he did "change his mind" on the Bush tax cuts, his original inclinations would mean he wouldn't want to cut them left and right as Bush did.

With Obama, I just don't know which Obama to believe. I rather dislike the Obama I see on the stump, spewing off populist slogans (I, for one, do believe in NAFTA) and promising way more than any president could ever deliver. OTOH, I am more or less OK with Obama's actual platform - it contains some very ingenious ideas on simplifying tax collections (people whose only income is a salary and bank interest would get their tax forms in the mail already automatically filled in by the IRS computer, as this information is reported automatically - a simple thing that would save so much money and headaches for both the taxpayers and the government), a more reasonable health care proposal than what Clinton suggests, and rather moderate trade policies.

All in all, the only way I am voting for Obama in the general elections is if I just can't live with the VP McCain chooses (such as Huckabee).

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

Ptichka - OK, I understand where you are at with McCain. But he is going to continue getting those voters who go after that only God can rule the USA, and he needs those votes because even some of them are saying Bush has been wrong.

I would hope that Obama would press to get Bush cited as a War Criminal. How many deaths and still counting for the sake of oil?

Joe

 

[Ptichka]

I would hope that Obama would press to get Bush cited as a War Criminal.

Not if he wants to keep being a "uniter"...

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

Not if he wants to keep being a "uniter"...

True the people who believe killing others is justified in eyes of their god. No way can you change them.

Joe

 

[John King]

As Jay Leno put it....

They'd make a perfectly balanced ticket. He's white, she's black; he's male, she's female; he's usually steamed, she's Rice.....

 

[skatergirl45]

I like the Condi idea.

Would we then have an Obama-Hilary ticket????????/

 

[Tonichelle]

not that I really like having McCain as president (he holds grudges and votes based on those grudges, not someone I want leading the country) but there's been a lot of talk in the 'republican circles' that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin should be his running mate. She, on the other hand, would much prefer to stay in Alaska as she made a committment to us and feels she can do more good for our state HERE than down THERE (since they don't listen to our people down there anyway why bother?)

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

I think Obama should get Hillary as his running mate because there is a spite vote going on in this primary.

Joe

 

[STL_Blues_fan]

I can't believe it, but I am actually going to vote for Nader. NY will go to the democarats so I am not "hurting" the party, but no way would I vote for Obama or Bush III. Hilary would alwyas get my vote.

personally, I think Mccain will select Huckabee to appeal to the conservatives.

 

[Grgranny]

Rice is as scary as Bush.
You vote for Nader and it gives the Republicans the vote!
:scowl:

 

[Tonichelle]

how is Nader a Republican vote? *confused*

I think if any year would be his year to win, though, 2008 would be the year for Nader... a lot of people on both sides are unhappy with their candidate...

 

[STL_Blues_fan]

Rice is as scary as Bush.
You vote for Nader and it gives the Republicans the vote!
:scowl:

NY state where i live will most certainly vote for a Democrat (regardless of who it is), so I don't think NY will become FL from 2000. I don't think that I will be instrumental (by voting for Nader) in switching NY's usual blue status to a red one. However, if I still resided in MO, then I wouldn't risk it.

 

[Ptichka]

I can't believe it, but I am actually going to vote for Nader.

I did that in 2000 (MA goes Dem no matter what). However, since then I ran into some of his rhetoric regarding Israel, and now I won't vote for him even as a protest vote.

personally, I think Mccain will select Huckabee to appeal to the conservatives.

I actually like McCain; however, if he chooses Huckabee I would probably vote for anything else, even Obama, whom I do not like at all.

 

[dorispulaski]

I was considering voting Libertarian, but this year they chose Bob Barr, so I'm without a candidate.

I will be picking between McCain & Obama, depending on what they do between now and the election. VP choice will be important to me-Huckabee would keep me from voting for McCain for sure.