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DEL.ICIO.USHe doesn’t understand you like I do, John McCain tells Hillary Clinton supporters
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Denver rift between Obamites and the Clinton clan remains wide and deep, according to thepolitico.com.
Bill Clinton’s assigned topic is national security. Says Politico:
The former president is disappointed, associates said, because he is eager to speak about the economy and more broadly about Democratic ideas — emphasizing the contrast between the Bush years and his own record in the 1990s.
Meanwhile, that ol’ John McCain, he just keeps smiling his best come-hither smile at Hillary Clinton followers. Here’s one of his new ads:
In the hours before the first evening session, the Clinton-Obama split is the hot topic. Whether things are patched up by Friday will be a key measure of the convention’s success.
Here’s the take in The Fix at the Washington Post site:
Polling seems to suggest that the rift is deeper than simply a clash of personalities. In a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, roughly two thirds of self-identified supporters of Hillary Clinton in the primary are now backing Obama while 27 percent say they will vote for John McCain in the fall. A survey done last week for NBC and the Wall Street Journal showed an even clearer divide with only 52 percent of Clinton backers siding with Obama in the general election.
And what did Hillary Clinton say about the above ad? According to the Associated Press:
“I’m Hillary Clinton and I do not approve that message!”
Comments
By Jill
August 25, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this
What a load of crap. McCain’s against everything that Hillary has stood for her entire career. This is just more Republican party misdirection. There’s no way McCain gets my vote. No Hillary, fine, Barack Obama will do just fine.
By dittohead
August 25, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this
As a conservative, I would partly agree with Jill. McCain should not pander to the looney Hillary supporters at all..There are more consertatives VOTEs than HRC votes to win. HRC voters are socialists & pro-abortion. McCain stands to loose more than he gains in moving further to the Left. Stop trying to be both left & right McCainBy dittohead
August 25, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this
McCain, in a recent poll of voters, 20-percent said they were very conservative...40-percent were somewhat conservative. There is your 60-percent to win...Forget trying to court Hillary's angry army of Amazons.By dittohead
August 25, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this
McCain, in a recent poll of voters, 20-percent said they were very conservative...40-percent were somewhat conservative. There is your 60-percent to win...Forget trying to court Hillary's angry army of Amazons.By dittohead
August 25, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this
McCain, in a recent poll of voters, 20-percent said they were very conservative...40-percent were somewhat conservative. There is your 60-percent to win...Forget trying to court Hillary's angry army of Amazons.By dittohead
August 25, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this
McCain, in a recent poll of voters, 20-percent said they were very conservative...40-percent were somewhat conservative. There is your 60-percent to win...Forget trying to court Hillary's angry army of Amazons.By dittohead
August 25, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this
McCain, in a recent poll of voters, 20-percent said they were very conservative...40-percent were somewhat conservative. There is your 60-percent to win...Forget trying to court Hillary's angry army of Amazons.By dittohead
August 25, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this
McCain, in a recent poll of voters, 20-percent said they were very conservative...40-percent were somewhat conservative. There is your 60-percent to win...Forget trying to court Hillary's angry army of Amazons.By dittohead
August 25, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this
McCain, in a recent poll of voters, 20-percent said they were very conservative...40-percent were somewhat conservative. There is your 60-percent to win...Let them fing their own way home...Forget trying to court Hillary's angry army of Amazons.By Aaron Burr V. Mexico
August 25, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this
The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
No 3rd Bush Term thank you.
By Blog Police
August 25, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this
A vote for McCain is a vote for four more Bush years, which is like a hundred in Dogs-of-War years, man.
What WAS the mission of US troops in Iraq? Is our agreement to withdraw a surrender timetable? Did the terrorists win? Is Bush correct when he claims our troops died in vain if we withdraw on a surrender timetable?
What was the mission of US troops in Iraq?
By Churchill
August 25, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this
The mission in Iraq for our troops was to remove S. Hussein. After years of Deomcrat and W. European impotence and after S. Hussein ignored 16 separate UN resolutions and given Hussein’s proclivity for supporting Islamo-facist, terrorist thugs, action was called for. Bin-Biden, your plagiarizing Veep nominee, suported the war. Pres. and Sen Clinton supported the war. Harry Reid supported the war. Tom Daschle supported the war. John F’ing Kerry was for the war before he was against it. Chris Dodd was for the war. Sen. Nelson (D-FL) was for the war. Countless other libs supported the war. When it got tough, they bailed.
As for time tables, it is now an appropriate issue to discuss. It is because the surge worked. 15 of 18 benchmarks have been met. The Islamo-facist are on the run. The Iraqi military is now much stronger than before. Lastly and most importantly, the political progress and stabilization is occurring, to the disdain of the left. If the Democrat Party had its way, none of these things would have ever happened. Instead they would have prematurely with withdrawn and left the country to implode.
As for McCain. McCain does agree with Bush on some issues, he is a republican after all, but McCain had bucked the party too many times to be viewed as some sort of Bush clone. You guys have just been running against Bush so long it is about all you can do. Most Americans know John McCain and they know him to be a heroic maverick. The lib media used to love McCain, before they had to prop up Obama, and helped cultivate his “Maverick” image. The McSame argument is McLame.
You libs have completely McGovernized yourselves. You have managed to tick off the Hillary base. You are nominating a novice and you only have yourselves to blame. Peace.
By Hillarysmygirl08
August 25, 2008 5:06 PM | Link to this
I am sorry but I am a Hillary supporter one who has no intention of voting for a racist and sexist that would be Obama.
Hillary and Obama are not alike we have no idea what he stands for because he has no plans of his own. McCain is smart to go after these women that would be what the Democratic Party deserves for stealing this election from her by giving him delegates that were hers and not standing up for her when Obama made sexist and racist remarks. Lets see who stuck up for her I would say that would be McCain. I look forward to the fourth of November when Obama looks at that map and it is all red then perhaps he will learn not to call people who disagree with him racist. Course his career will be done. He will never be able to run again. He will join the other Democrats in the loser club.
By Aaron Burr V. Mexico
August 25, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this
That’s OK Hillary supporter. We’ll still be waiting in 2012 to make sure doesn’t win then. And we’ll also be contributing to any election she ever runs in again to fund her opponent just like we’ve funded Obama….
And if you’re a female, when you can’t get birth control (because they’re calling the Pill abortion now) and your daughter dies because she used a coat hanger, I am sure you’ll blame Obama for preventing Hillary from winning.
By Aaron Burr V. Mexico
August 25, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this
The mission in Iraq for our troops was to remove S. Hussein. After years of Deomcrat and W. European impotence and after S. Hussein ignored 16 separate UN resolutions and given Hussein’s proclivity for supporting Islamo-facist, terrorist thugs, action was called for. Bin-Biden, your plagiarizing Veep nominee, suported the war. Pres. and Sen Clinton supported the war. Harry Reid supported the war. Tom Daschle supported the war. John F’ing Kerry was for the war before he was against it. Chris Dodd was for the war. Sen. Nelson (D-FL) was for the war. Countless other libs supported the war. When it got tough, they bailed.
And Bush lied and manipulated intelligence to get us into it and to justify it by claiming WMD’s. The irony is that those same resolutions that you mention gave him absolute and full authority to go in without the U.N. passing another resolution at all.
We went in because Bush wanted to save the family legacy, and anyone who says anything different doesn’t know Bush.
As for time tables, it is now an appropriate issue to discuss. It is because the surge worked. 15 of 18 benchmarks have been met. The Islamo-facist are on the run. The Iraqi military is now much stronger than before. Lastly and most importantly, the political progress and stabilization is occurring, to the disdain of the left. If the Democrat Party had its way, none of these things would have ever happened. Instead they would have prematurely with withdrawn and left the country to implode.
You’re right, they would never have happened because we didn’t need to go into Iraq because there was no weapons of mass destruction. And even if there had been, we wouldn’t have screwed things up so badly in the post planning. Gore wouldn’t have gone in in the first place, but if he had, he would have had post war planning that was better than putting Rephuklycan interns in charge of billions of dollars, no bid contracts and all the other idiotic Bush things he did to screw it up.
I don’t want to hear about how the democrats were wrong about the surge, when Bush was wrong about the war, wrong about the post war and wrong about the post surge.
Saying the “surge worked” is insulting to the army, because they can DO their job, its Bush that can’t do his.
As for McCain. McCain does agree with Bush on some issues, he is a republican after all, but McCain had bucked the party too many times to be viewed as some sort of Bush clone. You guys have just been running against Bush so long it is about all you can do. Most Americans know John McCain and they know him to be a heroic maverick. The lib media used to love McCain, before they had to prop up Obama, and helped cultivate his “Maverick” image. The McSame argument is McLame.
Name one argument that Bush and McCain disagree on NOW. There are none.
Republicans do not believe in holding Bush or the other people in his administration accountable, therefore there is absolutely no reason to believe the policies of the last 8 years will change AT ALL.
You libs have completely McGovernized yourselves. You have managed to tick off the Hillary base. You are nominating a novice and you only have yourselves to blame. Peace.
The Hillary Base are petulant children. So if electing a president means pleasing them then I’d rather have a Redumblican in office.
And for the record, Hillary is the novice. She has less political experience than Obama unless you include being First Lady.
And if that’s qualification, I’d rather have Laura Bush.
By American Woman
August 25, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this
“He doesn’t understand you like I do…” How lame! Don’t tell me that’s actually worked before.
“McCain’s against everything that Hillary has stood for her entire career.” Repeat as necessary. I may not have what I wanted, but I don’t need McCain’s s—t.
“…looney Hillary supporters…” Do you wonder why whatever little bit you get is less than enthusiastic? Go away. You’re dead to American women. Lalala! Cant hear you!
“I am a Hillary supporter one who has no intention of voting for a racist and sexist that would be Obama.” Don’t tell me you’re surprised. The more things change, the more they stay the same — for US anyway. We’re women. Our choices are never easy. That we can even choose the lesser of the evils on election day is the best we can hope for. Don’t blow it; McC-word called his wife the McC-word in public, and that’s enough for permanent banishment. Permanently. No votes for McC-word!
By Charles
August 25, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this
A vote for Obama is a vote for a second Carter term.
A vote for McCain is FAR from a third Bush term. Some of you are forgetting who proposed the Iraq counterinsurgency strategy in the first place - McCain. And I’m sure it’s hard for Liberals to admit the stategy is working. McCain won’t be a Liberal-appeaser like Bush and sign pork filled bills.
Just ask yourself - would Bush have even CONSIDERED a Joe Lieberman as his running mate? The Bush-McCain similarities only go as far as the party they belong to (or, in McCain’s case - claims to).
By Rush Limbug
August 25, 2008 7:03 PM | Link to this
Watch out Hillary everybody knows old man McLame got a thing for younger blondes
By Aaron Burr V. Mexico
August 25, 2008 8:57 PM | Link to this
A vote for Obama is a vote for a second Carter term.
Better Carter II than Bush III.
And Obama is not as wimpy as Carter. Otherwise he wouldn’t have chosen a V.P. who likes to fight.
CARTER would never release an ad showing how McCain doesn’t even know how many houses he has. CARTER would be too nice.
Bad president. Great ex-president.
Bush is just bad all around.
A vote for McCain is FAR from a third Bush term. Some of you are forgetting who proposed the Iraq counterinsurgency strategy in the first place - McCain. And I’m sure it’s hard for Liberals to admit the stategy is working. McCain won’t be a Liberal-appeaser like Bush and sign pork filled bills.
Name an issue they currently disagree one. Name ONE.
So McCain can implement a basic military text book. Gee, that’s impressive. So can all of the other people in the army.
So can Obama who only needs to listen to someone who knows basic military strategy. McCain, on the other hand, voted for the Iraq war in the first place.
You losers keep bringing up the surge, and its just garbage. You disservice the men in uniform by taking credit for the MESS they cleaned up that the Redumblincans made.
You don’t get to take credit for the mess they cleaned up, because you made it in the first place. And so did Clinton and so did McCain.
*Just ask yourself - would Bush have even CONSIDERED a Joe Lieberman as his running mate? *
Joe Lieberman is a weasel. And yes, he would have considered Lieberman if that meant winning the white house. Prove he wouldn’t.
The Bush-McCain similarities only go as far as the party they belong to (or, in McCain’s case - claims to).
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH!
Then name an issue where they differ NOW.
By ghostwriter
August 25, 2008 11:42 PM | Link to this
John McSame’s courtship of Hilary is a diversion of the true issues. More important news is that Sen. McSame’s son was forced to quit his bank job for his failed investment policies. Wow, first Neil Bush, now Andy McCain. It appears that if a GOP offspring or sibling can’t earn a job in the free market, a sympathetic bank or S&L president seems to find a place on a board of directors to help tank the place. Note also that al-Qaida is resurgent in Afghanistan. That policy of defeating terrorists where they are really worked didn’t it?
By Real Issues
August 26, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this
It’s amazing to me that very few of the former Hillary supporters that will now vote for McCain have a clue as to what is in the GOP’s platform at it relates to issues pertinent to their concerns.
It appears that they are willing to sacrifice their supposedly major concerns just to cast a protest vote. If Hillary had been the Democratic nominee, the Republican attack ads would even be more vicious than the ones against Obama. Remember the video of Hillary and Chelsea dodging sniper fire in Bosnia at the reception?
Many folks are talking about McCain’s involvement in the surge. What will be said of the accomplishments of the military surge once the US troops leave the Middle-East? It’s a temporary fix to a very complex on-going problem. The Middle East has been in turmoil (not stable) since before I was born.
John McCain will be 72 YEARS OLD this week (Friday)….enough said!!! In this country, we don’t even appoint 72 year olds to be the CEO of a company, let alone be the President of the USA.
By The Truth Hurts
August 26, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this
Oh yes she does….Hillary wants you to Vote McCain…She does not like the fact that Obama has disrespected her and her supporters just because she is a woman…he has treated us all like dirt and has not reached out at all…Now he expects her to reign in her supporters and make them Obama lovers…while not doing a thing to make it happen… VOTE MCCAIN OBAMA IS A EMPTY SUIT!!
By The Man
August 26, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this
A vote for Osamabama is a Vote for the worst president in the hiostory Jimmy Carter…Do you really want 4 years of the Carter Admisistration again? We cannot afford Osamabama/Carter in this country…the man is a liberal and cannot cover the fact he has no experience just like Carter….the WORST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME……Vote McCain!!!
By The Man
August 26, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this
A vote for Osamabama is a Vote for the worst president in the history Jimmy Carter…Do you really want 4 years of the Carter Admisistration again? We cannot afford Osamabama/Carter in this country…the man is a liberal and cannot cover the fact he has no experience just like Carter….the WORST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME……Vote McCain!!!
By iris952
August 27, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this
Why would Hillary supporters vote for John McCain? They are like oil and water. The only reason a HRC supporter would vote for McCain is that they have no knowledge of McCain’s positions.
By Chruchill
August 27, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this
The reason Hillary supporters will vote for McCain, Iris, is because a McCain victory would assure her and her supporters another chance in 2012. She will have a harder time getting the nomination in 2012 if Obama is the sitting President. Iris, you are either new to politics, or you do not know the Clintons. Peace.
By Hillary2012
August 27, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this
Sen. Clinton was wonderful last night. I can feel the wave of buyer’s remorse rolling across the Democratic Party. Hillary was truly presidential. Obama used the sex card and reverse race card to steal the nomination away from Hillary and I will not vote for him in November. I will vote for McCain and support Hillary in 2012.