Comments on: What’s Next for John McCain? http://www.bloggernews.net/118558 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:37:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: President Story » Democrats reeling in Oklahoma after McCain romp http://www.bloggernews.net/118558#comment-790574 President Story » Democrats reeling in Oklahoma after McCain romp Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:31:00 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/118558#comment-790574 [...] What’s Next for John McCain? Blogger News Network ,November 10, 2008 Charles Krauthammer Watching John McCain’s concession speech was a sad end to a sad campaign. Yes, he was running against history. … [...] […] What’s Next for John McCain? Blogger News Network ,November 10, 2008 Charles Krauthammer Watching John McCain’s concession speech was a sad end to a sad campaign. Yes, he was running against history. … […]

]]> By: Rich http://www.bloggernews.net/118558#comment-754545 Rich Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:35:21 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/118558#comment-754545 Mark why feel sorry for McCain and make him out to be a victim of his campaign? He made a calculated choice and lost, simple as that. Mark why feel sorry for McCain and make him out to be a victim of his campaign? He made a calculated choice and lost, simple as that.

]]> By: AnotherMark http://www.bloggernews.net/118558#comment-753799 AnotherMark Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:51:26 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/118558#comment-753799 It is very sad that John McCain decided to team up with the very folks that unfairly destroyed him in 2000. He chose to abandon his 'Maverick' ways and take a very lowbrow one... he let his campaign and his party each quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) fan the flames of hatred, bigotry, and racism in an effort to scare folks away from Obama. You could see the deep deep embarrassment he had in his concession speech when his followers were booing the president elect... you could see it cut right through McCain... perhaps the first glimpse of the real McCain we had all election season. I have a feeling many will be surprised about how many republicans are asked to join in and help with the Obama team. I don't think McCain will be one of them. He went a few steps too far in his rhetoric to be able to just let bygones be bygones. I think this is the same reason why Hillary was not asked to run on Obama's ticket for VP. You chose to kick shit around you end up with shit covered shoes. One question about the article... "aboot"? It happened twice. Are you Canadian? It is very sad that John McCain decided to team up with the very folks that unfairly destroyed him in 2000. He chose to abandon his ‘Maverick’ ways and take a very lowbrow one… he let his campaign and his party each quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) fan the flames of hatred, bigotry, and racism in an effort to scare folks away from Obama. You could see the deep deep embarrassment he had in his concession speech when his followers were booing the president elect… you could see it cut right through McCain… perhaps the first glimpse of the real McCain we had all election season.

I have a feeling many will be surprised about how many republicans are asked to join in and help with the Obama team. I don’t think McCain will be one of them. He went a few steps too far in his rhetoric to be able to just let bygones be bygones. I think this is the same reason why Hillary was not asked to run on Obama’s ticket for VP. You chose to kick shit around you end up with shit covered shoes.

One question about the article… “aboot”? It happened twice. Are you Canadian?

]]> By: Paddy Briggs http://www.bloggernews.net/118558#comment-752219 Paddy Briggs Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:00:52 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/118558#comment-752219 Sentimental claptrap! McCain ran a pretty squalid campaign. If he had been the man of principle that some of his supporters wanted us to believe that he was would he have chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate? Would he have tacitly allowed the offensive and ignorant abuse of Obama by many of his supporters to continue? Would he have allowed the barely hidden suggestion that Obama is not a real American to gather pace under Palin’s support? Would he have compromised his supposed values in order to adopt nakedly populist positions on a range of issues? Would he have discourteously referred to his opponent as “That one” in a TV debate? He was less a maverick and more the scoundrel and that was his undoing. It just isn’t true to say that it was a “valiant race against impossible odds”. McCain could have won if from the start he had been convincing as a President in waiting. Obama did this despite his comparative inexperience. Sentimental claptrap!

McCain ran a pretty squalid campaign. If he had been the man of principle that some of his supporters wanted us to believe that he was would he have chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate? Would he have tacitly allowed the offensive and ignorant abuse of Obama by many of his supporters to continue? Would he have allowed the barely hidden suggestion that Obama is not a real American to gather pace under Palin’s support? Would he have compromised his supposed values in order to adopt nakedly populist positions on a range of issues? Would he have discourteously referred to his opponent as “That one” in a TV debate? He was less a maverick and more the scoundrel and that was his undoing. It just isn’t true to say that it was a “valiant race against impossible odds”. McCain could have won if from the start he had been convincing as a President in waiting. Obama did this despite his comparative inexperience.

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