John McCain for President in 2012? He Says No
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
No often means yes in Washington, but we hear from Sen. John McCain's posse that he is not considering a 2012 rerun of his failed 2008 presidential campaign. (W beat him in the 2000 primary, remember.) Word came this week that he is mulling over another try, but a key insider says, "Ridiculous."
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McCainiacs Know What's Right
No matter what happens, John McCain will go down in history as the best president that America never had. He was the best candidate that the Republican Party has ever --- or could possibly --- nominate, though he lost to a lesser man. For decades Senator McCain has fought corruption, the over-weaning wealthy special interests, and the waste of taxpayer money they support.
Racists and bigots within and outside the Republican Party hate him because he is not one of their own (see comment below.) That's why they mounted their cowardly anonymous attack on him before the 2000 South Carolina Primary. They had the gall to imply that his then 4-year-old Bangledeshi daughter --- whom he and his wife adopted from Mother Theresa's orphanage --- was an illegetimate child of mixed race that he sired. They lied to the voters of South Carolina with their automated "push polls," and insulted South Carolinians with "race baiting." They are still active today as internet "trolls."
The corrupt lobbyists and special interests have fought Senator McCain for decades, because he fights for the ordinary, taxpaying American. Pandering political hacks have fought Senator McCain for just as long, because he always puts our country first. Selfish and anti-social fools oppose him, because he's inspired many to serve a cause greater than themselves; and he unites many across the petty differences and divisions that lesser Americans exploit.
He has accomplished this not by abandoning his principles, but by placing them above petty political pandering. His appeal is broad not from compromising his beliefs, but because he believes in the promise of America and keeps his promise to Americans.
I found a website that piqued my interest: www.McCainiacs.com. I don't know what it is yet; apparently it's still under construction. It seems McCainiacs are starting to come together in a grassroots effort, at the very least to set the record straight. You don't often see McCainiacs on the internet, not because we aren't there, but because we don't have several hours a day to spend on message boards. We have jobs, families, responsibilites and social lives. Hopefully this website will serve as a forum for us to come together and get our message out.
Senator McCain lost the election last year because the corrupt special interests and petty political hacks opposed him, and supported his opponent, with biased media as their appologists. His opponent was and is an exemplar of corrupt Chicago politics.
From 2000 on, John McCain inspired a new generation of young voters to dare to abandon cynicism and hope for a government worthy of the people it serves. We'll support him again in 2012 if he decides to run. For now, he still fights the good fight for all of us in the Senate. He still keeps that faith, keeps his courage, stays strong, never flinching or yielding.
God bless John McCain
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No Mas Juan McPain
Rid the Republicans of Rinos! Juan McPain is really a Democrat! Why not follow your boy Specter and come out of the closet?
Angry White Dude
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McCane
John, go home and read a book. You are not Presidential material. This last election told the story. You had a dream and it turned into a nightmare. You are not mean enough and your skin is too thin for the office. We need a tough, don't give a shit, mean bastard that lives and breaths the Constitution who will do the correct choices based on the Constitution. I mean a person who has the gonads to laugh at the media and do the right thing. Is it too much to ask that there is a politician anywhere that has the stones of the sheriff of Maracopa County AZ.? Why don't we have a thousand sheriff Joes? Because they lack the balls to do the job.
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