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McCain says he'd consider VP

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I just heard on NPR that John McCain said that if offered the VP spot by Kerry he'd have to consider it seriously. There's a ticket for ya. The guy I wish I'd had the chance to vote for in 2000 and the guy I'm going to vote for this year.

I think it would be great if a Democrat or Republican would nominate someone from the opposite party to be their running mate. What a way to be a real "uniter, not a divider."
 
Hexxenhammer said:
I just heard on NPR that John McCain said that if offered the VP spot by Kerry he'd have to consider it seriously. There's a ticket for ya. The guy I wish I'd had the chance to vote for in 2000 and the guy I'm going to vote for this year.

I think it would be great if a Democrat or Republican would nominate someone from the opposite party to be their running mate. What a way to be a real "uniter, not a divider."
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I have a question: Somebody told me recently that McCain used the word "gook". When was this? Did/does he do it often?
 
Senator McCain is quite a guy . I have some policy differences with him , but he is a real statesman not another politician. That Would be a unique ticket. Kennedy had advisor's from both camps. If you want to flock something up surround your self with yes men.
 
Hexxenhammer said:
I just heard on NPR that John McCain said that if offered the VP spot by Kerry he'd have to consider it seriously.
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Wow. Now there's a thought I hadn't considered.

Can they do that? If my memory serves, at the beginning of the US, the Prez and Veep were elected separately, and hence could be of different parties. But didn't they change the rules so that the P & VP are nominated as a block, on the same ticket, at the same party convention?

Do DNC "bylaws" allow a nomination of a non-Democrat?

Well, I guess if they're talking about it, then the answer must be yes...

I'd guess McCain as VP would swing enough independants and moderate Republicans to the Kerry ticket to ensure a win.
 
That's a ticket I can get excited about.

McCain has over the years convinced me he's a fair-minded person. I'd vote for that ticket in a minute, if that weren't already a foregone conclusion.
 
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sickstan said:


I have a question: Somebody told me recently that McCain used the word "gook". When was this? Did/does he do it often?
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This was an issue during the 2000 election. I can't remember the context. Pretty sure it wasn't a regular thing.
 
After McCain trampled all over the first amendment with his "lets pass a campaign finance bill just to say we did it" act I could never vote for the man.
 
Hexxenhammer said:
I think it would be great if a Democrat or Republican would nominate someone from the opposite party to be their running mate.
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I'd have to check my history. I believe that there have been previous split-party tickets, and I believe at least one such ticket was successful. But split-party tickets have not been employed in recent years.
 
That would be quite a move for Kerry to make. Am I correct in assuming this would have an ability of getting huge chunk Republican and/or Independent votes that Kerry wouldn't otherwise get?
 
It would also, assuming for a minute the ticket won, put another Democrat in the Senate as, I believe, Arizona currently has a democrat governor.
 
If serious (even as an idea), what an astounding slap in the face for Mr. Bush. Of course, there was no love lost at the time between McCain and his 2000 opponent, but still!
 
Regnad Kcin said:
If serious (even as an idea), what an astounding slap in the face for Mr. Bush. Of course, there was no love lost at the time between McCain and his 2000 opponent, but still!
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Wow, I hadn't thought that far. A stunning repudiation. Even the fact that he'd CONSIDER running.
 
I listen to an interview this morning of McCain, and, contrary to media hyperventilation, McCain certainly did not indicate that there was any chance he would be on Kerry's ticket. He said that he would "entertain" an inquiry from Kerry because they are very close friends, but that he could forsee no possible circumstances in which he would be Kerry's running mate. Furthermore, he said that he planned to campaign for Bush.

(I assume he didn't make a seperate statement elsewhere contradicting this, and that the media is commenting on the same interview I saw.)
 
headscratcher4 said:
If I am not mistaken, Lincoln was a Republican and Johnson was a Democrat....
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I'd have to research that, too, but I think this is basically correct. Lincoln originally ran as a Republican with Hannibal Hamlin, also a Republican, as his running mate. In 1864, Lincoln ran with Johnson, who might have been in the "Union" party, and the ticket might have been known as the "Union party ticket." But I ain't certain.
 
Hexxenhammer said:
What a way to be a real "uniter, not a divider."
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Actually, it would do more to highlight the fact that democrats and republicans are more alike than not.
 
you may be more correct, I don't think Johnson was a Republican until the war, at the very least.
 
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