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Mr. McCain would beg to differ with that, since he's still very much vertical and suckin' wind.
All we have to go on was his actions during the beginnings of the bank collapse late in the 2008 campaign. McCain suspended his campaign for several days, ostensibly to help lead the Republican efforts at damage control, but didn't do a damned thing except show up and silently listen during all the meetings.
He admitted that budget and govt. finances were weak points with him. I think that, if he had been elected, he would have allowed others to do all the work and would not have involved himself much. And it would have been disastrous.
I like John McCain a lot, and I think under normal circumstances he would have made a very good president. The problem is that we're not in "normal" politics as usual mode. The teavangelicals have taken over the R party, they're radical extremists, and I don't trust them to do much beside walk the country off a cliff. If you question that, take a look at Kansas this year. The radical religious right controls the state there, and when more moderate elected officials stood up to them, the STATE PARTY ran more far right evangelicals against their own leaders in the primary. Who does that? There's zero room for diversity or differences of opinion. It isn't the republican party I grew up in--they're republicans in name only--and I have zero loyalty to a bunch of extremist nuts.
McCain was willing to at least attempt to stand up to them, but his choice of Palin as VP was a disaster. I think the republicans in the House would have run over him like a steamroller if he had won, and Palin would have gone rogue and publicly backstabbed McCain through the entire process. Now we have Romney, who WONT stand up to them (he flip flops whichever way the wind blows) and Ryan, the band leader for radical right wing extremists, as his running mate. Romney is probably a nice enough man, but he has zero backbone, and the likes of Paul Ryan, Grover Nordquist and the teavangelicals will be calling all the shots if he wins. That scares the living poop out of me.
This is from someone who'll repeat the same mistake of voting for Obama again.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein
I like the results! Employment has steadily risen. Obama had not quadrupled the debt, as Reagan did, and has not doubled it, like Bush did. His recovery plans are the only ones that have balance and do not favor only the ultra-rich.
Insanity is believing that the richest man who has ever run for President will totally abandon every thing he has ever learned and everyone he knows to help the working guy. He is not one of us, and never will be. Furthermore, he has offered nothing at all in any plan to help the United States get back on track. All we get is 'trust me.'
That's insanity for ya. The guy is nothing but an empty suit. The more you look, the more invisible he is.
And Einstein never said that anyway. If you're gonna quote him, at least find an actual quotation.
The deficit and debt would still be sky-high, because Republicans only care about those things when they're not holding the Presidency.
The economy would have sucked EVEN MORE.
There would probably be no financial reform enacted.
Healthcare would be failing fast, and your insurer could dump you for any long-term illnesses.
We'd probably have troops on the ground in both Iran and Syria, leaving our soldiers to die for a bunch of people who wouldn't turn them over if they were drowning in a puddle.
OR
McCain would have died from the stress, and
SARAH PALIN WOULD BE PRESIDENT.
Really, do we wanna take a chance on these guys?
you don't have a clue, nor do I or anyone else what would be the case if he were Pres..more than that, he isn't so your reasoning is a moot point...but thanks for giving us your personal opinion, that is all you have done...
oh, and taking a chance of those guys: what guys? Last time I checked McCain and Palin were not on the ballot. guph
You forgot that every country in the world would have lost respect for us, the auto industry would have been lost for good, and the draft would have been reinstated.
actually that has happened under this administration: talk to people who actually do business with some of the countries in the mid east, Asai and Europe...I don't know about Australia and New Zealand.
you aren't serious? You need a link? It has been all over the news in the past few weeks and months. Or if you want to just google and you will see for yourself. I think the last figure (a few days ago) was actually 69% but close enough....
Would Osama bin Laden be dead? I don't know, would McCain have reopened the hunt for bin Laden like Obama did? Let's assume that he would have and that if he had been elected bin Laden would have been killed. I can tell you exactly what would have happened in that case. Sarah Palin, Sean hannity, and the rest of the rightwing would have given him full credit. There wouldn't have been any of this "anybody would have given that order" or "He was just following Bush policies" bull****. President McCain would have been praised to high heaven and lauded as a hero. It would also be asserted, by the entire rightwing, that if Obama had won bin Laden would still be alive. They'd be snide remarks about how Obama would have read him his rights and given him a civil trial.
you don't have a clue, nor do I or anyone else what would be the case if he were Pres..more than that, he isn't so your reasoning is a moot point...but thanks for giving us your personal opinion, that is all you have done...
Says the woman who thinks that rapes don't result in pregnancy.
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There's zero room for diversity or differences of opinion. It isn't the republican party I grew up in--they're republicans in name only--and I have zero loyalty to a bunch of extremist nuts. 
JT got pwned
