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WA98296 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:19 AM Original message |
So, how do we spin this: Biden urged Kerry to select McCain as his running mate? |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. "That was a different McCain." |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Also it shows Biden's willingness to work across the isle and |
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endthewar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Plus it points out to the conservative base that McCain is more liberal than them. |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Aack! Nowhere west, please! |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Same way Kerry's handled it |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. This tack reinforces... |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. He has not changed at all |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Torture? Offshore drilling? Wrapping his arms around the Christian Right he once disdained? |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. I lost all respect for him when he called Chelsey Clinton |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. That was the other McCain.. the one who actually bucked the party line.. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. "Pre-Flop McCain." I love that. It says so much about him so quickly. nt |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. That was when Mccain was considering leaving the GOP and when he opposed Bush the most. Then Karl |
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mtpnbc (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. EASY |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Exactly -- Biden wanted to engage in a "different kind of politics" before Obama! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. McCain used to be a maverick. Remember when he voted against Bush's tax cuts? |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. Eight years ago McCain wasn't senile. n/t |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. Blind ambition has warped McCondo's integrity |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. McCain won't touch this with a ten foot pole. He has trouble enough with the GOP base. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. Four years ago, different McCain, etc. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
14. Biden has been wrong on a lot of things. n/t |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. No excuse, that is why Biden needs to be on a short leash |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. "There was once a man of principle named John McCain. He bucked his party |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. One question about the "different McCain" strategy. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. That quote in the article about Kerry making McCain Secretary of Defense is spin |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
21. Simple: McCain in 2000 and 2004 wouldn't even vote for McCain in 2008 |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. ding ding ding! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. How very, very true! (Although the Bush hugging 2004 McCain might be arguable). nt |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. I guess it depends on which John McCain we're talking about. n/t |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. McCain even flip flopped on himself |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
26. same way we spin the fact that Lieberman actually WAS a VP candidate |
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Ron Paul- voting BO (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. From "straight talk express" to "watch for turns ahead" |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. John McCain chose to endorse Bush instead. That's bad judgment |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. that McCain has proven himself to be a complete partisan hack sell out |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
32. since then mccain has voted with bush almost 100% |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
33. we'll see |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. You point out all the flip flops.. Joe Says... "When I suggested that, John was against off shore |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. Luckily, Biden will be best able to explain how much McZombie has changed. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. McCain has changed all those positions since 2004 |
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