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Being from Arizona i can tell you that his state loves him..... So saying Arizona won't re elect him is a joke.

Reading the stories about less than perfect Republican (candidate) husbands makes me think that perhaps the Marriage Protection Amendment truly is needed – for themselves. This "family values party" is nothing more than lip- service and a sham.

Reading the stories about less than perfect Republican (candidate) husbands makes me think that perhaps the Marriage Protection Amendment truly is needed – for themselves. This "family values party" is nothing more than lip- service and a sham.

McCain will ride George Bushs coat-tails right up to The White House, but it wont get him in.

I appreciated these remarks from a Marine.
Marinepatriot:
Do some more research on John McCain with regards to his honor. He cheated on his first wife because she was in a car accident, had injuries and put on weight while he was in Vietnam. It wasn't a one time fling, the guy was partying around. He then married a much younger and wealthy trophy whose family owns a large beer distributorship that has financed his campaigns (and he took swings at Romney for Romney financing his own campaign). Finally, he was involved in a huge campaign finance scandal linked to the thrift market(which is the reason he pressed for finance reform (e.g. to clear his name) not because he is some maverick with strict principles).

I think we all owe a great debt of gratitude to McCain for his service to our country, but I don't think that translates into us needing to give him the presidency, especially not at 72 years of age.

Huckabee is such a fake idiot, is constantly screwing up on foreign policy (but no worries, foreign policy isn't particularly important to us right now, right?) and lies that he doesn't know much about Mormons when he previously spoke at the anti-mormon convention in SLC (come to think of it, he probably does not really know much about Mormons).

Guiliani is a slimey dirt-bag with mob ties and has had numerous affairs, I guess he did clean up NY a bit.

On the other side, Barack wouldn't be in the race if he wasn't black. He doesn't have the experience. If he wasn't the media's darling due to his being black he wouldn't get away with talking in vague generalities about hope and change.

Clinton, I don't even need to get started on–she's as power hungry and scary as they come.

Given all of that if, contrary to what he said/advocated in the past, Romney says he now opposes abortion, that's enough for me. I can't think of anyone better to manage this country when it faces the economic threat that China poses. The Democrats getting power and starting a bunch of social programs certainly won't make us more competitive. I haven't heard them talking much about the war in Iraq lately, I bet they are mad as hops that things are going well over there–Obama's most touted accomplishment is that he didn't vote for the war in Iraq.

McCain is truly scary. He has said the US will never surrender and will stay 100 yrs. I hope America is listening, most have said they want out of Georgie's war. But he says we Will stay, and worse his mentality is war driven. He is a War Hero and should be given respect for that but that does not give him what it takes to be the president. If you are ready for the draft by all means vote McCain you will get what you asked for. If you want another president that has followed in family footsteps and happens to be a multi millionaire, with no idea what the average American is going through financially right now, vote Romney. I think it is admirable for Huckabee to talk about McCain as a hero but he didn't say that should automatically make him presidential material. I had planned to vote dem this year, but there is not a candidate worthy of a vote there. If McCain, Romney or Guiliani are on the ticket, I will stay home this year and hear the same from most I talk to.

I can't believe any Republican would vote for Mitt Romney. He instituted government mandated healthcare in Massachusetts, which included a $50 co-pay for abortions and provided for planned parenthood to be a permanent member of the healthcare board. He raised taxes (fees) 500 million dollars on the residents without their consent. He then went to Michigan to promise 20 billion in federal aid for the auto industry. Not to mention the fact that it was while Mitt was governor that Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage (even without passing any laws!). There's not a conservative bone in Mitt's political body as far as I can see.

McCain =angry and trigger happy!
He'll bring the draft back and it won't be the illegals he allows in that will be drafted.

McCain and Huckabee are in love.
Hey have a secret deal.

McCain is a Rambo and wreckless
Huckabee releases have more to do with political connections than anything.

When Romney says JOBS JOBS JOBS I find my self warming up to him.

... wives? Rather have Rudy who dumped his second wife, in public, at a Press Conference ... didn't have the backbone to tell her personally. Probably hopped into a taxpayer paid for police car and headed out to Long Island to his mistress's love nest ... and the state trooper walked her dogs while they were – whatever ... Rudy's ad in Florida (ignoring the other states where real candidates compete) is all 911 – just ask the NYC fire fighters about Rudy.

Huckabee (and his God Group) are only concerned about the Confederate Flag (in SC) abortion and gay marriage. He mentions his unfair and unworkable Flat Tax Plan once in a while and does plan on rewriting the Constitution to include God in it more often. But as to running the country? He doesn't have a clue. You can't get by with just pardoning rapists as President ... and frankly, God helps them who helps themselves ... get a globe, Mike – see if you can find Iraq and Iran on it ... you've had 2 1/2 years of Bible School education!

Senator McCain is a man of character, integrity and conviction.
He will be the ready-to-lead commander-in-chief on Day One.
His experience puts Hillary to shame.
He does listen to the American citizens on illegal immigration
so he did not vote for the Dream Act.

I may not agree with him on every issue, but I can trust him with my country.
Once we elect a president, we pretty much lose our control for four years. Thus we must ask ourselves, "Can I trust this candidate with our country?"

Rob with children,

I feel your pain.

i suppose the tropical heat eventually got to MacCain the Insane's head. or, all the butchering doen in vietnam by him and other US soldiers got to his head. or he has to lie to himself every morning when looking in the mirror that his killings were justified. or he hopes to avoid being tried in Hague with Bush / Cheney / Rumsfeld / Rice for the crimes against humanity by threatening some more countries with our abundant nuclear weapons. or all of the above.

whatever the cause, the effect is the same: he's insane, and he needs to be stopped before he brings down the entire humanity.

There's something fishing going one with McCain and Huckabee. NO politicians are that kind to each other, especially when doing battle. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they've with each other in case one of them gets the nomination the other gets picked as VP. Honestly, it's silly, especially the way they've tag teamed against Romney. What jerks. One person called them the Mac and Cheese tandem. Hilarious!

I am an Independent voter that leans Democrat . But if Clinton makes it to the General Election , i will Vote Republican. Huckabee would be my first choice , If McCain was my only Republican option , i wouldn't vote.

i am baffled that any REPUBLICAN (that knows anything about the issues), would fathom voting for mccainnedy.. he has absolutely zilch when it comes to running on a REPUBLICAN issue>> he has yet to explain any of his policies and has stated no plan on the issues>>> the only thing he keeps saying is "my friends" wink, i am a POW, feel sorry for me and south carolina owes me one !! lets see>>>mccain-feingold, mccain-kennedy, gang of 14 (look that one up, talk about sneaky), against bush tax cuts and YES, it is amnesty !!!! i am shocked that there are as many so-called GOPers that dont actually practice republican policies!!! and the reason i know that there are so many out there is because there are so many people voting for mccooky....we dont need a republicrat or a theocracy in the white house............rudy or or mitt, please !!!!

I am not behind McCain but I have to give him credit using Huckabee's own words. He will probably win SC thanks to Huckabee.

I agree with Jen, toss aside your negativity and take another look at Romney. If you really want to know what he is about, check out his web site. If you dismissing McCain and Huckabee over issues and recent marks... take another look at Romney. I am christian conservative Rep. and I like him best right now.

McCain has a screw loose. He should be running as a democrat. He is a liberal without any intellectual firepower.

Huckabee's is no more than a VP campaign anyway. If your appeal does not extend past evangelicals (and the guy didn't even win a majority of the evangelical vote in Michigan), you've got no shot in a national primary. McCain is the only viable candidate who would have any interest in giving Huckabee the VP spot, so it would be wise for Huckabee not to go on the attack at this point. All the South gives him is more general election cred as a VP that can deliver the South, but as McCain is his only shot at that anyway, attacking McCain would be biting the hand that feeds him. Although a McCain Huckabee ticket would be the media's dream, I can think of few things that would be worse for our country.

Dear Rob Js children,

Forget about voting for a Republican like your dad. Blaze your own trail, because what your dad is looking for in a Republican candidate doesn't exist!

Vote for Barack Obama!

I admire McCain for his service to our country – he is a true hero – but it will be a HUGE mistake if he gets Republican nomination.

Reasons why: McCain's opposition to Marriage Amendement, The Gang of 14, McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Bill, McCain-Kennedy Immigration Amnesty Bill, and his opposition to Bush tax cuts. McCain is more liberal than a conservative and Republicans will NOT vote for him in general. Sorry.

man,if you want to know the truth go to http://www.mikehuckabee.com

No to Clinton,

Whatever you freeper!

McCain is a Hero, with a capital H.

BUT HE SHOULD NEVER BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE US.

If Bush had done to me what he did to McCain in South Carolina, and insulted my wife and kid, I'd pulled off my my white liberal glove slapped him accross the face, not hugged him and kissed him.

Something must have snapped inside McCain at that point because all of the sudden and his ambition to become president has taken his "straight-talk express" and made him do a 180.

Unfortunatelly he is a shell of a man he was, pandering to the hypocrites such as Tony Perkins, James Dobson and Pat Robertson. In 2000 he called them "agents of intollerance" (which is true), and now he's panderind to them.
Its actually sad these people would cut his throat if he got in between them and their fraud schemes.

Its just plain sad.

I am seriously looking at all the republican running in case Hillary gets the nomination from my party.
I could never vote for Huckabee or Giuliani but I would consider McCain or Romney. I will keep watching.

Dear lord,
Please have mercy on our country now that McCain is president. Please bless the hundreds of thousands of young men and women who have died to his warmongering ways, and when he takes this country to the grave with him, all we ask is that you give us the strength to rebuild our country and to protect our children from future tyrants.

This will be the prayer of millions if McCain EVER steps into the White House!

I do not agree with most of John McCain's policies (I'm fairly liberal). However, I will ALWAYS respect McCain for what he survived as a POW.

to Rob J; take your blinders off and look into Romney. Throw all prejudices aside and do it now.
I did and I was and still am amazed that it's taking so long for others to do so. It's hard to think past the rhetoric and bashing of his personal faith because the so-called "Evangelicals" have lied to us all for years about LDS.
Mitt is a genious and has Integrity, hard working successes behind him, bi-partisan success behind him and more.
Toss aside your negativity first and then check him out!

Romney is winning the Republican base. If anyone undecided will to listen with an open mind to Mitt speak, it will only take a few minutes to see that he is brilliant. The dems and media know that Mitt would crush any liberal socialist on the dem side in a one on one debate. Thus the dems and media are still talking up the Huckster and other losers.

McCain is just another Sr Senator war veteran who has no winning ideas like Bob Dole was a sr senator war vet in 1996. Obama/Oprah or the Clintons would have a very big victory against McCain just like Slick did against Dole back in 96.

Now that the news is out that Rudy is low on money, Mitt is the only candidate that can go the distance and win in November. If the people of Florida do not wake up and give Mitt a win that would make the dems and the media very happy indeed. A vote for McCain or the Huckster is a vote for the Democrats and economic & international failure.

Dear Friends:
If you have watched my previous comments or messages you are aware I am homeless and most recently had an injury fall from a shower in an exercise place I was trial basis. Well I also have injuries from workmans comp and now living in my car with two maltese and no insurance and though signed by a judge and accepted no settlement check has been sent to me nor response from workers comp nor my government.
I worked in the mortgage business and banking for several years and when FICO scores were introduced claimed they would be a form of discrimination. An entitity and preprogrammed information rating on your ability to pay. Right out of highschool I worked in the dental field and part of the time as office manager and bookkeeper. I would have to evaluate the ability of each person to pay. One a professional opera singer who had circumstances he was injured and unable to pay with several children and a spouse. They were put on a monthly payment and called and asked what could they pay each month or how soon when they became delinguent. He paid a tiny bit and said thank you he would bring the payments current as soon as he could. Bankers used to do this for business and sometimes land, agriculture and home loans.
There are also instances of historical barter for payment. In these times I fully understand the complexity of Doctors, professionals, hospitals and serveral others in need of timely payment just as people on workers compensation in California and other states that when not on any monthly income are also not allowed to apply for unemployment or when unemployment runs out to get their payment of settlement as agreed by the parties in writing and verbally. America needs to clean up or do away with this program the government or workers comp attorney get paid hundreds of dollars of money per hour while the injured and purpose of workers comp which also helps businesses and hospitals as such to get paid does not payout.
Well FICO SCORES DO NOT REFLECT PRIVATELY EMPLOYED THAT CAN ADJUST EXPENSES THAT CAN THEN REFLECT INCOME NOR does it reflect a person going to work which would get money and pay their bills but has lost their home, job and may not reflect an increase in need for medical care but does deserve equal treatment and application of existing laws. Nor does
any FICO SCORE SAY WHAT IS HAPPENING JOBS TO CHINA, JAPAN, MEXICO, INDIA, INDONESIA AND ILLEGAL FOREIGN NATIONALS INSTEAD OF AMERICANS THAT HAVE UNPAID MORTGAGES AND SOME VETERANS AND SOME VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND ACTIVE MILITARY FAMILIES.
OUT ON THE STREET WHERE ARE YOU AMERICA AND MY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS!!!! IN THE HANDS OF ILLEGAL FOREIGN NATIONALS. WAKE UP AMERICA AND VOTE!
JOHN MCCAIN AND HILARY CLINTON AND WHO ELSE HAS FOUGHT FOR AND INTRODUCED HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS NOT JUST MOUTHED IT OR PLAYED FOLLOW THE LEADER!
FICO SCORES IS NOT A STATEMENT OF INTEGRITY AND OR INTENTION AND NOT ALWAYS ABILITY. KEEP IT OUT OF MEDICINE.
OBAMA ALL RESPECTS FOR YOUR MOTHER IN KENYA BUT YOU WERE PER THE SACRAMENTO BEE GIVING ORDERS TO ANOTHER NATION CONFLICT OF INTEREST YOU RELATIVES AND HERETAGE
OVER OUR NATIONAL SECURITY!!! YOU CANNOT SEPERATE AND THIS IS HOW YOU WOULD BE AS PRESIDENT AND IN COMMAND WE THE AMERICAN CITIZENS WOULD HAVE SOMEONE AT THE HELM THAT COULD BRING US TO WAR AND UNDERMINE THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION. ACTIONS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT UPRISINGS ARE TO BE CONGRESSIONALLY HANDLED AND EXECUTIVELY AND JUDICIOUSLY AND MILITARILY! CAREFUL IS THIS OR COULD THIS BE AN ACT OF WAR OR TREASON. PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ABRIDGED AND VIOLATED BY A CONGRESSMAN.
AND SO TOO HAS IT WITH THE FUNDS TO THE CALIFORNIA NAACP THAT ARE TAKING AWAY FROM THE POOR CHILDREN AND PEOPLE OF THE INDIAN NATIONS AND SOVEREIGNTY OF AMERICA INTO THE HANDS OF POLITICAL AGRESSIVE AND TAKERS AS IN KICKBACK TO OBAMA???? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE NAACP IS AN ORGANIZED CRIME IF THIS IS THE CASE IN THAT THEY ARE AN UNPROFITABLE ORGANIZATION WHO IS TAKING FROM SOVEREIGNTY NATIONS PROTECTED BY TREATY AND THIS GOVERNMENT FROM PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND ORGANIZED CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
OBAMA WHAT DID YOU STUDY IN HARVARD? DISCRIMINATION AND HOW TO BEAT THE SYSTEM?

FICO SCORES DO NOT WORK BUT BASED ON THIS THE LADY IN THE SACRAMENTO BEE ARTICLE IS RATHER WELL TO DO WITH DESIGNER EARRINGS AND JEWELRY AND HANDBAGS.

HILARY IS NOT THE BEARER OF THE SINS OF ANOTHER AND THE GRACE OF GOD IS HIS JUDGER AS OUR COURTS HELD HIM RESPONSIBLE AND DID NOT CHARGE THE BAG LADY MONI WHAT WAS HER NAME? SHE BREACHED THE RESPONSIBILITIES AS A EMPLOYEE OR STUDENT ASSISTANT BY COMING IN AFTER HOURS TO THE WHITE HOUSE TEMPTATION FELL ON HER BUT SHE GOT AWAY WITH THE BAG.

A LIGHT CANDLE IS ONE THAT FORGIVEN AND OR CONFESSOR IS TO SEE THROUGH GOD AND NOT THE HAND OF MAN. DARK IS THE SINNER AND THE LIGHT OF HIS CANDLE THAT CASTETH THE STONE FOR HIS OWN EGO AND GAIN. BILL CLINTON WALK UNTO THE PATH OF THE LORD AND SEEK NOT THE HAND OR STONING OF YOUR FELLOW MAN OR WOMAN. ANY CHRISTIAN OR BELIEVER OR JUSTICE OF ALL SOCIETIES KNOWS WE MAY BE CAUTIOUS DUE TO ONE ACT AND RIGHTULLY SO BUT THAT IS OUR INNER SELF AND IS NOT THE RIGHT TO PASS GUILT UNTO THE INNOCENT NOR TO ONE THAT HAS PAID HIS DUES AND WILL MEET GOD COME JUDGEMENT DAY!!!!

BILL THE VOTE FOR HILLARY SHOULD BE FOR HER RESPECTIVELY. SHE BRINGS WITH HER YOUR EXPERIENCE BUT MUST AND IS JUDGED ON HER ABILITY TO BE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OF STAFF ALONE AS NO ONE KNOWS IF YOU WOULD BE THERE EVERY DAY OF HER ADMINISTRATION. SHE IS LUCKY TO HAVE THIS AS NO OTHER IN HISTORY HAS HAD A SPOUSE THAT HAS BEEN A PREVIOUS EX PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THAT YOU ARE RESPECTIVELY A HISTORY OF YOUR OWN AND OUR NATIONS.
A WEALTH BUT ALSO ONE THAT OTHERS MAY NOT AGREE WITH YOUR PERSPECTIVE. RELATIVITY HAS AND IS COME INTO HILARY CLINTONS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2008.
RESPECT BUT NOT CAVE INTO GUILT NOR MISUNDERSTANDING OF A GRANDMOTHER'S WILL TO STAY IN HER HOMELAND WHEN UPRISINGS DURING THEIR ELECTION OR REVOLTS OCCUR. GOD BLESS HER AND YOUR PEOPLE OBAMA MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THEM. BUT YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS A SENATOR FIRST TO THE PEOPLE OF THE USA AND IF YOU CANNOT HANDLE THAT NOW AND NOT JEOPARDISE THE PEOPLE OF THE USA HOW CAN YOU THINK OF BEING PRESIDENT AND SHOULD YOU CONTINUE TO BE A SENATOR. MONEY TAKING FROM ILLINOIS, THE USA, THE NAACP OF CALIFORNIA AND NATIONALLY. KICK ME WAKE UP YOU HAVE ALSO ATTACKED ME AMERICA A MESSAGE WAS LEFT ON MY CAR WINDOW DURING THE NIGHT BAMB BAMB OBAMA AND MORE THAN THAT. DECEPTION!!!!
Obama ain't no Reagan!!!!!!
Obama opens his mouth and echos of the canyon come forth from the past!
Do not call me whitey predjudice are thee obama!!!!!!!! White yes I am Sam
a woman I am and sonnie go where the sun don't shine you ain't a Reagan or Kennedy nor Martin Luther King takin from the Native American Indians illegal.
See the Sacramento Bee.. Queens New York , Boston, Massachuesetts,
Los Angeles, California get ready register and vote. Equality Freedom what does it mean?

Lets just hope Thompson wins South Carolina and really revs up the race, giving the first 4 major primary states 4 diffeerent winners. I dont think a brokered convention would be such a bad thing for the Republicans. Anyway, the conventions end up re-enforcing party solidarity anyway, but at least it would make it a bit more interesting.

mcain is a hero,now if we canchange his immigration stance,he would be the one to beat. as a gambler,john is favorite to win it all. DOMINIC

Dear Rob Js children,

Forget about voting for a Republican like your dad. Blaze your own trail, because what your dad is looking for in a Republican candidate doesn't exist!

Vote for Barack Obama!

And tell me now who is the real good one! Character matters, it simply matters! Gov. Huckabee, just keep going, continue on your right path, be nice and positive. People are not dumb. People have their own brain and can think and analyze for themselves. And it is my opinion that if America loses the opportunity to choose Mike Huckabee, a rare talent, a rare all-rounded strong leader, as the president, then I truly feel sad for America. I consider it a loss for the country. It's so obvious who is the strongest candidate who can beat the Democratic nominee and win in general election, and yet so many so-called conservatives would still rather vote for McCain/Lieberman ticket or Romney, or vote for Thompson even if it really translates into a vote for McCain in reality. South Carolina, you have our country's future in your hand. Vote according to your innermost heart please, don't just listen to ads. Check out each candidate's website to make sure you know exactly where they stand before you cast your vote and don't send America down the path you really didn't mean to send. Thank you!

Jeremiah Grant, Phoenix, AZ -

LOL, all the republicans are saying whatever it takes to win. Romney was a liberal governor in Massachusetts...now he claims to be a conservative icon. Rudy...well we all know his record on the social issues and the guy dressed up in drag. Huckaby wants to replace the Constitution with the Bible as the law of the land. You far right wingers that demand ideological purity don't have much to choose from, do you. Maybe you should just pick the candidate that has the best chance of winning in November and go from there.

"And the blind shall lead the blind and they both shall fall into a ditch"

You know what the great thing about McCain is? He's independent. He won't compromise his own values so they will fit with the "traditional GOP principles." This election is supposed to be about change and unity. McCain is the only one willing to work with the Democrats and end the partisanship.

He knows what it takes to win in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has a plan to help the economy. Although I was initially against the Immigration reform bill, I have come to see it is the best solution offered. What is the alternative, round up all illegals and ship them home? McCain's plan will charge the illegals a fine and put them on the path to citizenship. As citizens they will no longer be apart of the underground economy and they will be forced to pay taxes.

The immigration problem should have be fixed decades ago, but it wasn't. It is too late to deport them. Secure the boarder and deal with the 12 million in the country now.

In McCain's words: The surge is working and we are succeeding in Iraq. His examples are, "Iraqis had a New Year's Eve celebration and danced in the streets". "Iraqis competed in a 12k marathon".

I don't think that this equates to success or winning anything. With this kind of thought process, it is my opinion that Mr. McCain is simply unfit to be President.

Again, this is my opinion only.

Rob J – Who would you rather have ruling the world? The Taliban? Do you think we would have peace then? I suppose we would after they murdered everyone who wouldn't convert to Islam. Freedom is worth fighting for. That's why so many brave servicemen fought in the previous wars. We need to honor them and stay the course for the sake of our children

“Sen. McCain, no matter what anyone may say, is a genuine conservative. … John McCain is a hero in this country. He's a hero to me."

Well said.

JOHN EDWARD'S REMARKS ABOUT REGAN ONLY SHOW THAT EDWARDS IS NOT ABOUT CHANGE, BUT ONLY ABOUT PARTY POLITICS AS USUAL........

HE CAN'T EVEN ADMIT THAT A DECEASED PRESIDENT HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS.

That's one way to get a competitor's endorsement I guess.

The truth is that Huckabee and McCain are both good guys and they like each other. Thompson also likes McCain, therefore it's harder for either of them to criticize McCain, than perhaps each other. You can't use "low blows" against your friends–it's got to be about the issues. Quite a paradox for presidential candidates.

I would be pleased to see a McCain/huckabee ticket, too. Whoever wins the nomination is going to have to hug the center to get elected so perhaps Huckabee might be a little too far off from the center for a VP.

Rob J–why don't you vote for Ron Paul? I don't agree with him on lots of issues but he has great conviction and is really smart. If not for McCain I would absolutely support him.

The media's love affair with McCain is sickening. They don't even begin to discuss McCain's liberal stance on crucial conservative issues. He was one of 2 Republicans to vote against Bush's tax cuts, saying "they're just tax cuts for the rich." He has since changed his rationale (aka, he's lying) and is saying that he was for tax cuts, but only if they were accompanied by cuts in wasteful spending. That's not what McCain calls "straight-talk", it's double-talk. He's still for de facto amnesty, he just wants to secure the border before he allows illegals de facto amnesty. His proposed energy tax, co-sponsored by Lieberman, is a big government, liberal monstrosity. He blocked the Republican senate's attempt to appoint conservative justices when he joined the "Group of 14" with several Democrats. These are just some of the main ways in which McCain has rejected conservative ideology.

While he has earned the endorsement of Democratic senators, look to what conservative thinkers and figures are saying about McCain. In short, they despise him and consider him a RINO (Republican in name only). Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, Ann Coulter, Hugh Hewitt, Pat Buchanan, the list goes on- most every serious conservative thinker has rejected McCain's pro-amnesty, anti-free market record.

McCain is too old, too liberal and too embedded in the liberal, big government philosophy to be a conservative leader. It's about time the media looks at his record with a critical eye.

Figures, they're both liberal on so many issues – it takes one to know one.

Gov. Mike Huckabee is the best person in the whole bunch of candidates! He's just pure good and kind! He has the right experience, right tax plan, both short term tax cuts and long term fair tax plan, he has the right heart that truly cares for American people. John McCain is a fine guy, true, but he's only good on defense issues and can serve as a military adviser to Huckabee. President Mike Huckabee, clearly and simply the best choice for United States. McCain is too old, 71 years old should be retiring age if you ask me. He will NOT stand in the general election. I'm sorry I won't vote for him, because this nation needs a young and energetic leader, not an old man grandpa! He should just be a consultant or adviser to the president, drawing into his past experience. He's not suitable to be the president. It's just very clear to most common sense people. Would you put your grandpa upfront to lead everyone at your house when a situation rises, or put the middle aged dad to come out and solve the issue at hand? Answer is always, get the dad, not the grandpa!

Whoops.

You know whoever shot that footage just got promoted.

The Republican Party are a bunch of liberal spenders compared to the fiscally conservative Democrats. Seriously look at the national debt since Herbert Hoover and then look who is in office at the time. The rhetoric of Republicans being fiscally conservative has no basis in reality. They cut taxes and then balloon the government and spend even more money. The result is a National debt that has DOUBLED since Bush is in office. Democrats are the party of fiscal responsibility. We can't afford another Republican in office....we literally can't afford it.

Bush is still peddling the delusional trickle down economics employed by Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush. Um, now that we have a debt of 9 trillion dollars, can we finally give up?

Huckabee is the most dishonest guy running, lady. Neither one of those guys is gonna make it to the big ballot.

Rob J,
Please show me where McCain want's to spend 100 years in Iraq. No one wants to stay any longer than we need, but people like you cannot understand that leaving would create a power vacuum in which collapse of all our soldiers have fought and died for would be imminent. That would be followed by the area being a safe haven for additional terrorist network development, not to mention we would be seen as traitors to our allies. Whether you agree with how the war started, there is no one with an ounce of intelligence that can say pulling out immediately is a good idea.

Oh, and the only reason Huckabee was blowing sunshine was to try to join forces with McCain to take down Romney in Iowa. I'm glad they actually made a commercial out of it because Huckabee sure hasn't said anything that nice about any of the other candidates that he likes to rip on. There's a real honorable man for ya! Does the dirtiest work and manages to come out looking squeaky clean.

MCCAIN IS RIGHT DOWN THERE WITH LOVER BOY GIULIANI. CAN'T THE REPUBLICANS FIND A CANDIDATE WHO HAS NOT CHEATED ON AND DIVORCED HIS WIFE (IN LOVERBOY GIULIANI'S CASE IT'S "WIVES")?
VOTE FOR A MAN WHO HAS THE MORALS AND CHARACTER TO BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
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HOW ABOUT HUCKABEE OR RON PAUL FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT?

this is funny. So is Rob J's comment.

WAKE up SC!!

McCain is winning votes from Independents and Democrats. What does that tell you? They like him better than Hillary or Obama– but do they have Republican ideals?

McCain will do NO better than Bush as reaching out the international community to work on terrorism and Iraq. He will go against the grain and be bull-headed, but that is only good when it's your specific interests (ie:veteren's affairs). We need someone who is NOT one-dimensional and McCain is. He has admiral qualities but he doesn't have the temperament and breadth of knowledge to be the Commander in Chief.

All the Dems want McCain to win because they know he will not truly reflect the Republican party. In November it will be the war– how and when to pull out that determines the next President and the Dems will win over someone who has said they need to be there forever. Most people in America want out– but not in a way to undo the progress that has been made and to make it all in vain.

McCain is a politician who has been in Washington too long. His state of Arizona won't re-elect him. His bill on illegal immigration DOES offer a type of amnesty. People will pay fines, but they don't have to leave and get in the BACK of the line. They have broken OUR federal laws. If they get a slap on the wrist that does not deter others from doing the same. Illegals are draining us– taking advantage of all our tax-payer funded programs.

McCain should NOT be the Republican nominee. If he has a conservative record on votes it's because he didn't vote or was absent on some!

Come on SC– do your research of each candidate and take it seriously.

To Rob J and any other Republican, Democratic, or Independent voters looking for a candidate to support:
I have chosen to support Rudy Giuliani for his domonstrated leadership ability.
Leadership is the primary yardstick by which we must measure the qualifications of a would-be President. Before 9/11, Guiliani had already demonstrated outstanding leadership in bringing New York City back from the brink of both financial ruin and social disintegration. Crime statistics from before, during and after his administration as Mayor clearly demonstrate the changes he produced. The numbers of visitors to New York City were already climbing higher before 9/11 because people all over America – and indeed throughout the world – saw it as a safer city to visit than it had previously been. Giuliani's calm and steady demeanor on 9/11 were not a contrived display for the media – but a reflection of what kind of man he is. As a person born and raised in New York City, and one who has personally set foot in four of the World Trade Center buildings that were destroyed by enemies of our freedom, I view the war on terror as our highest priority. None of the Democratic candidates has shown that they understand the danger we still face, or that they have the individual leadership skills to pursue the fight wherever it may lead. As for the allegation that McCain wants us in Iraq for 100 years – I've never heard that one before, and doubt that any man who has personally experienced war as intensely as McCain has wants it to continue for any purpose other than preserving our freedom from tyrrany. McCain clearly understands that the war in Iraq is just the current phase of a conflict that may emerge in other places and in other circumstances for many years to come. It is preferable by far to fight terrorists on their home territory than to wait for more of them to attack us on our territory. I would support McCain if he were the nominee of the Republican Party, and I believe he is one of the only two Republicans who might prove to be "electable" because he is the "second choice" of so many – even of Mike Huckabee. He is also mine.

To Rob J's children,

Despite what your father is saying to you, please know that Senator McCain used the 100 year reference to say that our troops in Iraq could be there for 100 or 1000 years if our presence is similar to our deployments overseas in Japan, Germany, etc.

Please know that your father is misguided and may not realize the courage of John McCain and what he has already done in service to his country.

That is why I call your dad Rob the snob.

Children, please listen to your ipods, lest you be drafted into the irrational plans of your misguided father.

Some one please find a parental guidance counselor who is all about the truth, security and parental wisdom.

THe McCain/Huckabee or Huckabee/McCain Campaign is doing everything they can to win.......scary stuff.

Mitt, hold to the rod, keep up the good work and beat these boys in Nv and FL.

We need more than the Preacher and the General, we need a leader!

Romney 08, maybe fred will start supporting you, and maybe Hunter can come on board as well.

That is a good way of doing things, these two people are friends, so what would you expect from one another.

Go Mitt!

rachel lanore January 11, 2008 10:15 pm ET

What does all this say about McCain's character? These blurbs are from goggling his wives…. Carol, Cindy… wow…

According to the newspaper, McCain returned to Jacksonville in 1973 after more than five years as a prisoner of war to find that his wife was a different person. Carol McCain, once a model, had been badly injured in a car wreck in 1969. The article recounts that her injuries "left her 4 inches shorter and on crutches, and she gained a good deal of weight."
By 1979, McCain was concerned that his Naval career was not advancing and pondering his future. He met Cindy Hensley, an attractive 25-year-old woman from a wealthy Arizona family. McCain courted her and married her in May 1980 — a month after getting a divorce.
Carol McCain waited for the return of her husband from his Vietnamese captivity for five and a half long years; as McCain idolator David Grann put it in the New Republic, she was "a kind of modern-day Penelope to McCain's Odysseus." She carried her burden with nobility, and resolve, staying faithful to the man she refused to believe she had lost – even in the face of her own tragedy. It was Christmas Eve, 1969, while driving along a snowbound street, that she went crashing into a telephone pole: the impact hurled her through the windshield. She lost her left leg, ruptured her spleen, and went through a long series of agonizingly painful operations. Before the accident, she had been a statuesque beauty who worked as a model; she came out of it with four inches subtracted from her height, broken in body – but not in spirit. Her love for her war hero husband forbade her from letting him know anything of her condition: he knew nothing of the accident, and she refused to write him about it since it would only make his burden heavier.

From Justin's website;
THE RETURN OF THE INGRATE
Any man would be lucky to have such a fierce, unbending love: she stuck by him, agitating for his release, and living for the day of his return. Her devotion was repaid with rejection. He learned of her accident on the plane home, and wasted no time in getting rid of her. He was soon back to his old tricks of playing the field – "just as he had at the Naval Academy," says Grann – and soon sought a divorce. He openly acknowledges that his behavior was solely responsible for the break-up of his marriage, and seems to glory in the macho role while simultaneously professing at least some sense of remorse: "I think she has reason to be bitter," McCain told one interviewer.

I think this is going to be a problem again for Him, plus the Keating Five
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If McCain is the nominee, I will hold my nose and vote for Barack Obama; if Billary Clinton is the nominee of the Dems, I will stay home on election day for the first time.

Rob J. Please do not vote for McCain. I will and so will millions more. He is a true American Hero!

Just goes to show what a gentleman Mike Huckabee is. I admire both men, and wish them both well in their quest for the presidency. I would strongly support a McCain/Huckabee or Huckabee/McCain ticket.

Rob J,
It sounds like you might want to check out another party if you're not into the whole 'insane' thing.

If you want the truth about McAmnesty, why don't you ask people in his own state – like me?

He is the absolute poster child of a Washington insider. Nobody in this state dares to speak out against him because he is widely known for being very vindictive. Arizonians have been secretly clamoring for years for someone to run against him for his Senate seat, but nobody dares. Just like the Clintons have a political machine, so does John McAmnesty and he'll ruin anyone who doesn't support him or who runs against him.

I find it laughable that John says "I know how to fix borders. I'm from a border state." Huh? If you know how to fix them, why haven't you done anything about them? More illegals cross into the US in AZ than any other state in the nation.

He flipped his finger to the 1st Amendment with that garbage McCain-Feingold legislation he wrote with the left....but now wants to waffle on that and play word games.

He co-authored the biggest amnesty bill ever with that drunk from the left.

He voted against the federal ban on gay marriage.

He voted against the Bush tax cuts twice...but now wants to waffle on the issue.

He cost the GOP control of the Senate with that despicable Gang of 14 crap. He wants to tell you how he'll put conservative judges in place and yet he was the ring leader of the very undoing of Bush's attempts to put conservative judges in place.

WAKE UP REPUBLICANS! – McAmnesty IS NO CONSERVATIVE. Just look at the exit polls. He can't win conservative voters. How on earth is that supposed to excite the base in November?

Amen to Rob!

I ahte the idea that somehow liberal McCain could become the standard bearer for our party, but this ad does make me laugh. It looks like Huckabee's kissing up is now coming back to bite him. He kissed up to McAmnesty to take down Romney, but now Romney has left the sandbox to win NV in another trouncing of McCain. Now what's the Huckster to do? If he wants to win, he's got to go after McCain hard for the myriad ways McCain has pissed off conservatives over the last ten years.

McCain is a war hero, but he is no true conservative. I'll bet doughnuts to dollars he picks Lieberman to be his running mate. What does that tell you about how deeply McAmnesty values GOP principles?

Huckabee's honest. I'd love to see a Huckabee/McCain ticket!

Someone should explain to Huckabee that "Conservative" does not mean he has to be from the dark ages! This guy does need to get out more....but I don't think he should leave Arkansas just yet.

He has a solid record of "proposing" change....then allowing the proposals to be watered down to uselessness...yeah....I want a president who will say "well...it was a good idea when I first had it"

We don't need any "conservative" right wingers like McCain...

We definitely don't need any left/socialists like the Democrats are running

We need a moderate – Giuliani (social liberal/fiscal conservative)

To my children,

I will do all I can to make sure that "McCain the Insane" will not reach a higher office. I will write blogs, letters, commentaries and run him down in every conversation of a political nature I can.
A man who truely believes in his heart that 100 years in Iraq is a good thing for America should not even see the vice-presidency as an option.

McCain would sell out all our souls to get what he wants. He would spend what ever he can get to see that we the American People are rulers of the world.

That is why I call him "McCain the Insane".

South Carolina please hide your sons, lest they be drafted to fight in an illegal war.

Some one please find a Republican I can vote for who is all about peace, security and financial wisdom.

Poor Huckster,
He teamed up with McCain to try and knock Romney out with the 1-2 combination of Iowa/New Hampshire, Romney didn't hit the mat, and now McSheister is using all those comments against him.

Quality Ad. I am a Huck supporter. I am a McCain supporter. I hope we have a McCain/Huckabee ticket. Unbeatable.