Rev.,
McCain and almost every other member of congress agreed to the invasion. We are there, the question is how do we succeed and withdraw. Your guy has it all wrong and doesn't have a clue. At least McCain could see from the beginning there were problems with the strategy and voiced those concerns, regardless of the consequences politically.
And I would also like to point out that McCain doesn't "suck up" to anyone. Just ask Ben and other conservatives that are still leery of him, he does what it takes to get things done, working with both sides of the isle. You should research more before making such idiot statements like that one.

Now, you guys have a good day!

Gary is right, if Democrats are going to keep saying McCain will be Bush's third term and using trash like "McSame" then we might have to start more of the Carter – Obama name merger.

"He is not considered part of the damaged Republican brand."

Would that be the brand that McCain had to suck-up to in order to get this far? The Republican brand has been damaged by wars of adventurism which McCain fully supported and wants to expand upon. Or could you be referring to the torture part of the damage to the brand? McCain clearly supports waterboarding, but only if the president directly orders it. Or is McCain not part of the damaged GOP brand because he once voted against Bush tax cuts….but now wants them all extended?

Your sentence should have read, "He is considered part of the damaged Republican brand." Just one little word change.

The question to voters is this: Do you want Roe overturned so that female members of your family will no longer have control over their own reproductive choices? If so, vote for McCain. If not, vote Obama.

We're only one conservative Supreme Court justice away and McCain, seeking to guarantee the evangelical vote, has declared an absolutist view by saying his running mate had to be pro-life. His vision of a great justice is Stripsearch Sam Alito.

A vote for McCain is not only a vote for the third term of Bush on Iraq, foreign policy, and the economy…but it's also a vote to overturn a woman's right to choose.

A Bush third term? I'll take that over Barack Hussein O'Carter!

Gary, I am starting to agree with you on this.

Pitiful, really.

Thanks for linking to my post. There have been several comments left, of note is Ted's latest comments. He makes some good points.

There is also a comment that I think is left by one of the entrenched elitists from Alaska. So, if Palin is the choice they are going to go after her for several things. I think they are all paper thin, though. The biggest issue is the one you have already mentioned and that would be her inexperience. However, there is so much more that she brings to the table. I think the inexperience issue may become minor in the grand scheme of things.

Plus, she is H A W T ! ! !

Getting Jindal’s name out first — at Team McCain’s BBQ for instance — sets the stage for the obvious choice, Palin. For example, albeit Rush Limbaugh introduced Palin’s name, and later Jindal’s as good Veep choices, of late Rush has been praising the name of Jindal while on his very same shows discussing at great length the frustrated female Hillary voter and the global warming hysteria/need for energy development, without mentioning Palin’s name as the obvious beneficiary of those two issues. Rush walks a fine line, introducing Palin, yet can’t, at least yet, reiterate much, knowing that his praises may be counter-productive to many a swing, moderate and/or formerly Dem voter (who’s against Obama and switching to McCain). Moreover, while I feel that Palin has more real accomplishment, experience and qualification than Obama (and Hillary combined, albeit w/Obama the bar is pretty low), the only potential argument against Palin is she’s a newbie to the national scene. By having Jindal out there first as a VP prospect “passing” the “experience” and “new to the national scene” test, implicitly passes Palin as well. (For that matter Palin’s got as much if not more experience and accomplishment than Florida Gov Crist who’s only been Gov for 2 yrs — and the media has been touting Crist as a VP prospect.)

That’s my thinking at least.

Speaking of budgets… do you know that she increased the fy09 operating budget by 23%?

And what do you think of her left-wing socialist energy rebate debit card for $100.00 and utility reductions for every Alaskan resident? And people wonder why she has high approval ratings… ha! If you can’t figure that out, you’ve never been to Alaska were people love free money from the government!!!

Palin is NOT a fiscal conservative.

I am warming to the Palin idea….but like I said I really worry about the experience thing, or at least the perception of it. If she had been elected before Obama, I would for sure be for the pick.

Good points Ted.