Two more FL newspapers endorse McCain

John McCain today snagged two more endorsements from Florida newspapers: The Pensacola News Journal (which also backed Barack Obama on the Democratic side) and the Daytona Beach News Journal (which also selected John Edwards).

Says the PNJ: "Certainly John McCain can't be called new leadership -- his Washington roots are deep. But like Barack Obama, McCain offers something voters are desperate for in the White House: integrity."

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John McCain has had decades to change things and it's all gone downhill. Now we're supposed to believe a guy in his 70's is going to turn things around? Give me a break. He needs to retire to Arizona and take up pottery.

c'mon, johnnie, please tell us what "VICTORY" in vietraq will look like?

people who have hated each other for over ONE THOUSAND YEARS are gonna put down their arms and hug each other to death??!!

and exactly when will it STOP costing us $3 BILLION a week to continue our occupation of vietraq?

when will vietraqi oil revenues begin to PAY for the war? chimpy and his boys assured us it would be only a matter of months...FIVE YEARS AGO!!

where's all the $$$$ gonna come from to pay for the injuries inflicted on american troops during this fiasco -- physical and emotional? not to mention our miitary that skumfeld and his goons ruined?

johnnie, hows come there are between 20,000 and 40,000 naval and air force personnel currently in vietraq, filling positons that normally are covered by the army?

could it be because the ARMY IS BROKEN??!!??

when do you plan to walk down a vietraqi street, unarmed, with no flak jacket, unaccompanied by 100 troops and half a dozen choppers?

GET REAL, FOLKS!!!!

Wasn't McCain indicted for the Keating 5?

What about the daytona beach news-journal's endorsement of John Edwards this morning? Why so quiet on that?

You folks sure are scared of McCain...guess all those millions you spent (Rudy and Mitt) were for naught!

Go, John, go! Give 'em hell.

McCain is leading in polls.

Polls show he would beat all democrat contenders too.

McCain's 'straight talk' is media fiction

Posted: January 12, 2008

By Bruce Wilson

Sen. John McCain

Here we go again.

John McCain's "straight-talk express" is miraculously out of the ditch and back on the road to the White House, thanks primarily to liberal and moderate non-Republican voters in New Hampshire who apparently can't resist the "straight-talk" Kool-Aid dispensed by McCain and served by sympathetic members of mainstream media.

Mainstream media's unwillingness to challenge McCain's veracity was on full display in New Hampshire. Consider, for example, just a few of the many questionable but unchallenged statements made by McCain in debates and campaign appearances in recent weeks.

When asked why he was one of only two Republican senators who voted against the Bush tax cuts, McCain said he voted "no" because the tax cuts were not accompanied by corresponding spending reductions. He went on to say he was proud of his record as a tax-cutting foot soldier in the "Reagan Revolution," voting "yes" on Reagan's tax cuts in the 1980s because they were balanced with spending cuts.

That's a whopper of massive proportions. Any honest assessment of Reagan's management of taxes and spending would conclude that both spending and the deficit increased dramatically throughout Reagan's two terms. And it was clear to everyone from the start that Reagan believed tax cuts would eventually generate additional revenue to offset government growth. In fact, Reagan was the first president to adopt supply-side economics, and Bush's tax cuts were a mirror image of Reagan's approach. McCain's position on the Bush tax cuts is clearly a flip-flop from his previous position and more in line with the "pay-go" philosophy of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid than it is with Reagan and Bush.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59648

Lest Floridians forget, Mark Levin sets the record straight here.

Floridians are not for anti-tax cutting liberals!!

The Real McCain Record
Obstacles in the way of conservative support.

By Mark R. Levin

There’s a reason some of John McCain's conservative supporters avoid discussing his record. They want to talk about his personal story, his position on the surge, his supposed electability. But whenever the rest of his career comes up, the knee-jerk reply is to characterize the inquiries as attacks.

The McCain domestic record is a disaster. To say he fought spending, most particularly earmarks, is to nibble around the edges and miss the heart of the matter. For starters, consider:↓

McCain-Feingold — the most brazen frontal assault on political speech since Buckley v. Valeo.

McCain-Kennedy — the most far-reaching amnesty program in American history.

McCain-Lieberman — the most onerous and intrusive attack on American industry — through reporting, regulating, and taxing authority of greenhouse gases — in American history.

McCain-Kennedy-Edwards — the biggest boon to the trial bar since the tobacco settlement, under the rubric of a patients’ bill of rights.

McCain-Reimportantion of Drugs — a significant blow to pharmaceutical research and development, not to mention consumer safety (hey Rudy, pay attention, see link).

And McCain’s stated opposition to the Bush 2001 and 2003 tax cuts was largely based on socialist, class-warfare rhetoric — tax cuts for the rich, not for the middle class. The public record is full of these statements. Today, he recalls only his insistence on accompanying spending cuts.

As chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, McCain was consistently hostile to American enterprise, from media and pharmaceutical companies to technology and energy companies.

McCain also led the Gang of 14, which prevented the Republican leadership in the Senate from mounting a rule change that would have ended the systematic use (actual and threatened) of the filibuster to prevent majority approval of judicial nominees.

And then there’s the McCain defense record.

His supporters point to essentially one policy strength, McCain’s early support for a surge and counterinsurgency. It has now evolved into McCain taking credit for forcing the president to adopt General David Petreaus’s strategy. Where’s the evidence to support such a claim?

Moreover, Iraq is an important battle in our war against the Islamo-fascist threat. But the war is a global war, and it most certainly includes the continental United States, which, after all, was struck on 9/11. How does McCain fare in that regard?

McCain-ACLU — the unprecedented granting of due-process rights to unlawful enemy combatants (terrorists).

McCain has repeatedly called for the immediate closing of Guantanamo Bay and the introduction of al-Qaeda terrorists into our own prisons — despite the legal rights they would immediately gain and the burdens of managing such a dangerous population.

While McCain proudly and repeatedly points to his battles with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who had to rebuild the U.S. military and fight a complex war, where was McCain in the lead-up to the war — when the military was being dangerously downsized by the Clinton administration and McCain’s friend, former Secretary of Defense Bill Cohen? Where was McCain when the CIA was in desperate need of attention? Also, McCain was apparently in the dark about al-Qaeda like most of Washington, despite a decade of warnings.

My fingers are crossed that at the next debate, either Fred Thompson or Mitt Romney will find a way to address McCain’s record. (Mike Huckabee won’t, as he is apparently in the tank for him.)

— Mark R. Levin served as chief of staff to Attorney General Edwin Meese in the Reagan administration, and he is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host.

The more liberal newspapers endorse John McCain, the less I am inclined to vote for him.

McCain is the pick of the liberal establishment media because they know he will make a terrible challenger to Obama or Hillary. A McCain nomination all but guarantees a Democratic victory in November. Besides, even if McCain wins, his amnesty for illegals/opposition to Bush tax cuts/support for liberal climate change policies approach to DC is not much better than the Democratic alternatives.

Politico.com

Romney leads McCain in Michigan poll

By: Mike Allen
Jan 12, 2008

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who badly needs to win Tuesday's Michgian primary, has an 8-point lead over Sen. John McCain of Arizona in a McClatchy/MSNBC poll of Michigan voters to be released Sunday.

Romney had a narrower lead in a Detroit Free Press poll and was tied in a Detroit News poll.

After polls in New Hampshire failed to foresee Tuesday’s decisive win by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), campaigns and the press are reluctant to put much stock in polls. It’s clear that the races for both presidential nominations are fluid, with big swings possible in the final hours before voting.

But polls help provide morale and momentum for the final hours, and Romney could use the good news. He has cut back his advertising in South Carolina and has staked his candidacy on Michigan, his native state.

The McClatchy/MSNBC poll puts Romney at 30 percent, McCain at 22 percent, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at 17 percent, former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee at 7 percent, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at 6 percent and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas at 5 percent.

McClatchy Newspapers reported: “Romney led McCain by 2 to 1 among voters who ranked the economy and jobs their top concern. He led Huckabee by a slightly greater margin among those voters. He also led McCain by 2 to 1 among likely voters who called themselves Republicans.”

The analysis continued: “McCain owes his solid standing to independents and Democrats, taking 38 percent of their support, while Huckabee had 22 percent and Romney had 18 percent. ... Evangelical Christians represented 46 percent of the likely primary vote in the poll, and Huckabee got 31 percent of their support while Romney got 23 percent.”

The poll of 400 likely Republican primary voters in Michigan was conducted by Mason-Dixon by telephone from Wednesday through Friday. The margin of error was plus or minus 5 percentage points.

The Detroit Free Press/Local 4 Michigan poll has Romney at 27 percent, John McCain at 22 percent and Mike Huckabee at 16 percent. The poll found that Romney's core of support is in the Detroit metropolitan area, where he has a 2-1 advantage.

The Free Press reported: “Of the 40 percent who named the economy as their top concern, Romney had a 42 percent-25 percent advantage over McCain. McCain wins by about the same margin over Romney among the 24 percent of Republican voters whose top issue is the Iraq war.”

The analysis continued: “Huckabee is a favorite among GOP voters motivated by faith. Thirty-eight percent said it matters if the next president is a devout Christian, the highest number among attributes. Among that 38 percent, Huckabee leads Romney by a small margin. Voters who identify themselves as evangelical comprise 29 percent of the Republican primary vote, and they favor Huckabee almost 2-1 over Romney.”

The telephone survey of 600 people who said they definitely will vote has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points, and was conducted Wednesday through Friday, according to the newspaper.

The Detroit News found Romney and McCain dueling for the lead. The Detroit News/WXYZ Action News poll shows McCain with 27 percent, Romney at 26 percent, and Huckabee at 19 percent, according to the newspaper.

The newspaper reported: “The poll of 604 likely GOP primary voters, conducted Wednesday through Saturday, suggests Tuesday's result likely will depend on who treks to the poll. The error margin is four percentage points. Even now, the Republican race remains fluid. Just over half of likely voters in that race say they are very certain of their vote; the other 45 percent are undecided or could change their preference.”

"McCain-Kennedy — the most far-reaching amnesty program in American history."

That still somehow sounds like an understatement. McCain-Kennedy was a betrayal, and proved that John McCain is not qualified to lead this country.

3:27 We could rename the MCCain-Kennedy bill "Borders Unlimted" true?

Below is yet another anti-Republican example of John McCain; the candidate the liberal media is trying to anoint.

BUT

Floridia voters are not "ignorant poor and easy to command!"

We know the facts of their record and listen to Rush.

And as his father used to say:

Don't listen to what they say watch what they do!

McCain to Pharmaceutical Innovators: Drop Dead

By Timothy Lee
Friday, January 11, 2008

Speculating whether aliens have somehow captured Senator John McCain, nominally a Republican candidate for President, and replaced his mind with that of Democratic class-warrior candidate John Edwards.

http://townhall.com/columnists/TimothyLee/2008/01/11/mccain_to_pharmaceutical_innovators_drop_dead

Rudy and Mitt are running scared...all those millions they spent for nothing. All they have left is to try and tear a good man down.

John McCain is an American hero. He fought for our country and endured torture and privation. Which of you feckless posters can say the same?

He is a man who seeks real solutions to real problems. Immigration is one. We can't just deport 12 million people. We DO have to conrol our borders and enforce the rule of law. That would have been accomplished by his plan.

We also need someone who can work well with those who think differently. Anything else and we devolve into partisan bickering which gets us nowhere. Like for the last 8 years.

Who can do this? JOHN McCAIN - FOR PRESIDENT.

Yes Mitt is running scared as he is ahead of all Republican candidates with the delegates and also in fundraising

PLEASE! straight talk only.

Kirsty (yes, Kirsty) is working overtime on this one...not going to do her or her candidate any good...

New CBC/New York Times poll have McCain & Obama leading.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/13/opinion/polls/main3706599.shtml

that link says Clinton has a double digit lead over Obama

my bad:
corrected

New CBC/New York Times poll have McCain & Clinton leading.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/13/opinion/polls/main3706599

McCain-Thompson

[timesout]

John McCain was caught by a country that he was bombing from 20,000 feet. Killing defenseless people from the air does not a hero make. A hero is usually someone to look up too. John McCain is a lot of things, but he's no hero. If being a prisoner is criteria for hero status then we have 3 million heroes in jails today, maybe they should run for pResident, they most likely killed less people than McCain.

The only reason McCain is showing up the the radar today is because he has found new financing from an Oil Tycoon in Texas.

[rivendellknight]

To jan 13 4:10:
Well said! Seems like all the hard core republicans want to just deport all the illegals. Did they break the law ...Yes but there is a huge logistical problem with deporting 13 million people. Imagine how much tax payer money that will take. We should take in the ones working and willing to become citizens and add them to our tax rolls. The criminals and undesirables yes deport them (2 million is a number i've heard).

Right now that is not the greatest issue facing this country though.

There are a lot of independant voters (myself included) in this country... due probably to our general distaste for party politics. We want people you are willing to work together to see a better america. We all have ideas on what that is but until you start working together for the people nothing positive will happen. Which brings me to campaign reform (for which McCain has actually sponsered bills) getting corporate money out of politics will get politicians working for us again.

Jan 14 3:52:
McCain was a hero because he stuck to his principles in vietnam. When he was offered to be released early as a propaganda boon to the vietnamese. He said he wouldn't go unless all the men captured before him got released. This cost him several more years of brutal torture. I doubt you or any of the other candidates running would do the same.

You republicans are going to need help in the general election and at least to this independant John McCain looks like the only one who could work across party lines.

Ideal ticket for me McCain/Lieberman

[Joe]

Hard to find schedule of Rudy`s appearances on his web site, but I see he is at Tucsons. 13563 Icot Blvd in Clearwater today (Monday 14 Jan) at 5pm (Pinellas GOP regular meeting) SPT says Steve Forbes will also be there. I really liked how Iowa and NH got up close to the candidates, so I may head down there. But I have no intentions of voting for Rudy...my goodness.

Why is Romney trying to tell us he opposed McCain-Kennedy...he was for amenesty before he was against it... the man flip flops and panders worse than Charlie Crist

If Romney wins Michigan, Giuliani still has a shot in Florida. If McCain wins in MI, it's over for both Romney and Giuliani.

[Rivendellknight]

Weve had a president for eight years (I voted for him twice ...sorry on the second one). Who was unwilling to work across party lines. Romney, Guiliano and Huckabee would be just more of the same.

Wether people like it or not we are at war with terrorists. I personnally rather have that war fought in Iraq than here.

Immigration and the war are two problems that are here. It doesn't do any good pointing fingers at this point. We have to deal with them logically now.

People want to say we shouldn't be in Iraq so lets bring everyone home. Agree or not we are there and leaving now doesn't do anything but let Iraq digress into a training ground for terrorists.
We just can't turn it over to the U.N. The U.N is to weak to see the job through.

Deporting people now for the inaction of previous government failings isn't right. Build a wall then deal with the people here in a humanitarian manner. I believe most would become good tax paying citizens if allowed. We as americans should allow them to do so. It's funny to me that it is all the christian right who want to deport them. That just seems hypocritical to me... where is your compassion for your fellow man.

McCain will be a great leader.