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McCain says he'd consider VP

Michael Redman said:
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.)
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Correct. I just thought it was cool he would even say something like this.
 
I have heard John McCain twice on the radio today. Once in relation to the subject of doping in Olympic and amateur sports and the second time was in relation to PAC and indie "Issue Oriented" organizations. You know where some made up name group that sounds real, attacks the other candidate. The money controls that are in force do not cover these groups.

BTW do You know where Your Representative is?
 
Posted by Regnad Kcin

If serious (even as an idea), what an astounding slap in the face for Mr. Bush
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I agree. I think its not that McCain would run, but its as close as he can get to endorsing Kerry over Bush.

And what a great message it sends to other Republicans (and especially to all those Independents that McCain does so well with). I just hope GWB, Rove & Co. don't go all out with the retribution (this is a group that can definitely hold a grudge).
 
I just heard the McCain audio bite. I think you should hear the words out of my mouth before thinking he is seriously considering being VP to Kerry. Its pretty obviously tongue in cheek (at least to me).

McCain is the guy in charge of the Bush re-election effort in Arizona currently. He heads the committee.
 
I watched the steroids hearings today and I love the way he hammered Don Fehr at those. Right now, I'd vote him for President, King, Pope, or anything else he wanted to run for.
 
ASRomatifoso said:
I watched the steroids hearings today and I love the way he hammered Don Fehr at those. Right now, I'd vote him for President, King, Pope, or anything else he wanted to run for.
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I also heard that on NPR. That was good stuff. A million times better than Minnesota's idiot savant Dayton and Bush lapdog Coleman.
 
Michael Redman said:
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.
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Originally posted by corplinx
Its pretty obviously tongue in cheek (at least to me).
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Of course. Context.

Still, an idea filled with elements of coolness, even if it was pure fantasy.
 
Re: Re: McCain says he'd consider VP

Brown said:
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.
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As far as I know, there is no requirement that a person be a member of a party that nominates them for a public office.

In New York state, I believe the Republican and Democratic Parties used to routinely court the Conservative and Liberal Parties to nominate their candidates (i.e. the Republican candidate would appear on the ballot both as the Republican nominee and the Conservative Party nominee). Which would indicate to me (if my memory is correct on this) that some third parties, at least, have no such exclusionary rule.

As for split party tickets, there is no need to go clear back to the 19th century. Doesn't anyone else remember 1988, when the Democratic Party candidate for president, Michael Dukasis, chose as his running mate Lloyd Bentsen, a Republi--

What?!

He wasn't?

Uh, never mind...
 
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