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Ridge is an idiot. I've never seen him give a serious speech without laughing .... He has a nervous habit at laughing at the wrong time. It is annoying.

I hope that John pick Mitt or Hucklebee. Either would suit me just fine.

I can't stand Obama and his blatant lies about J. McCain. McCain is a loyal American who shares my values. We need to call a spade a spade here and support John McCain, an American who will support our values while defending our country.

Obama will raise our taxes and create a whole new industry of Welfare Queens. He is green as the corn in the fields.

EDW – I'm pro-life, pro-birth and pro-personal responsibility. Pro-choice when it comes to giving my own money to charity (and I give more than 20% with an income of less than $60,000.) If the liberal dems voluntarily gave 20% of their combined incomes we could address the issues you mentioned.

You seem to be confused about the death penalty which is used for convicted criminals and abortion which is used for innocent babies.

Magic 8 Ball says – Pick Mitt

Soldier 4 Obama:

Stay out of my neighborhood. You scare the hell out of me!

The vp that Obama picks is going to run this country because Obama does not have a clue what he is doing. That is why he hides from debating. Obama's pitiful showing at the forum should have been enough to convince everyone, but his worshipers fail to heed the warning signs, just as people did when Bush was running. He ran on change too and look what we got.

Kim Hussein Taylor, Too bad kids don't have to walk 12 miles uphill to get to school. Maybe if they did they would be too tired to have irresponsible sex that leads to unwanted pregnancy and abortion. Try promoting responsibility for a real change.

Tom Ridge is the wrong man for VP.

"John McCain is making it awfully easy for us Clinton supporters to vote for him."

Yeah. All you have to do is completely ignore that stuff about ongoing war, a right-wing Supreme Court, the end of Roe vs. Wade, the continuation of Bush economic policies, and the fact that the woman you "support" SUPPORTS OBAMA.

I'm scared. I'm scared for my fellow women. McCain is dangerous. He points fingers at Russia while the women in America are thrown back in a prison. While old gross men are given free viagra and young women are denied birth control and the freedom of choice. It's like rape. Mccain's desired violation into a woman's private life is unbearable.
I fear for the bleak, despairing dank days that would follow a McCain win. It would be a long time before women were set free again from the cold war grip of sexiam.
I wish Tom Ridge was running rather than McCain.

@Mike, Syracuse, NY-
i am always amused when men have such issues as to how a woman should treat HER body...abortion is not a form of birth control...you have NO IDEA what goes through a woman's mind when SHE is confronted with that choice...but it is HER choice...perhaps if your mother had the same option this blog would have at least 1 less moron...you Mike do not and will never know what a woman has to go through, so don't you dare try to defend McCain's disregard for a woman's CHOICE!

crook!!!!!!!!!!

of course john mccain is pro-life. this man talks war, dreams about wars and he thinks this country has to always be in a war. he needs our children to fight these wars. vote for obama!

McCain is just confused...again

Just say "no" to conservative extremism.

. The author attempts to portray McCain's actions in Vietnam as somehow heroic. They weren't. According to McCain's own words in his autobiography FAITH OF MY FATHERS — within four days of being captive, he offered and then gave valuable and valid military information to his captors in return for medical treatment he wanted but which other POWs in his position didn't get. I have seen reports (one from a man who was the chief Republican investigator for the 1992 committee on POWs on which McCain sat) which indicates that McCain was the "star" of upwards of 30 propaganda broadcasts for his captors. I have seen reports from men who were Senior Ranking Officers at the prison camp in which McCain was purportedly incarcerated who said that, at a time when McCain claimed he was tortured, no torture was happening at that camp (they said they couldn't comment directly about McCain, since no POWs were present when one of their number was being questioned, but they spoke generally about the camp's activities and nature).

I liked Tom Ridge when he was governor. I hated him as the Homeland Security color-code guy. I can't stand John McCain, and Ridge is going to make him any better, and he's not going to help McCain win Pennsylvania. As good a governor as he was, I think Rendell's more popular.

Spoken like a true politician!
Translation:
"I will deny my views about pro-choice in order to be the second in command of this country... if I have to."

Ridge, Romney, Liberman, it is still McCain that matters. Senator McCain has hung his political kite on his backing of the Iraq War, his strong support for the ‘surge’ and his identifying General Patraeus as being a great field general. He has also greatly criticized Senator Obama for not sharing this enthusiasm for those things. Let’s do a bit of a reality check. First, I don’t think there is anyone anywhere that thinks the Iraq War was really and honestly justified, that it has been well run or that it has come close to providing a direct thrust against the actual terrorist threat or even that it has reasonably achieved the Bush administration’s stated objectives. Next, before the ‘surge’ was implemented, America’s recruitment, compensating, sponsoring and arming of numerous segments of the Iraqi population to fight the insurgency was in itself showing significant progress. And last, General Patraeus was the last in a string of generals who finally satisfied President Bush’s requirement for someone who reported in a politically supportive manner. A few obvious questions then are: does it seem, especially when considering the ‘surge’s’ easy go of it, that possibly the current results could have been achieved without the ‘surge’?; that we have now actually and alarmingly created a country of several small armies?; and additionally just what has been the to date and ongoing cost in American taxpayer dollars (what is our direct cost for these Iraqi warlords)?; and then have we neglected for far too long the real War on Terror?; have we overtaxed our troops and our ability to prosecute the real War on Terror or to even respond elsewhere?; has the War in Iraq, with little real value, cost us too much in lives lost, dollars spent and all while neglecting other important priorities?; and last is General Patraeus’s real value to the Bush administration just more of a political nature. One additional important question of course is, who has really benefited from all of this and what is the Bush-Cheney-etal group getting from them? … and then, are those people now supporting John McCain?

McCain isn't pro-life... he's pro-fetus. A war-monger like him isn't pro-life and is lying by saying he is. You cannot value human life AND be so quick to jump to war. McCain is for WAR and KILLING and is NOT PRO-LIFE!! Once again... he is only pro-fetus.

By the way... that is hardly a Christian stance!! Being a war-monger is anything BUT Christian. They hypocrisy is mind-boggling.

And yet you people on this blog still support him like he's doing something good by being gung-ho for war. WAKE UP, AMERICA!!

And just for the record... McCain has received 3 times as much money from Big Oil than Obama has!! Obama has received MORE from Exxon because MORE lower level employees have donated to him. I'm sure the upper level employees and management have all donated to McCain. This should be a no-brainer for you Repuglicans... but for some reason, you just don't seem to be able to grasp this simple concept.

Republicans = Proud to be Ignorant!!

The best man will win regardless of Vice-pres. that is chosen. We need a strong leader for our country and clean the White house senate and congress up. They are running the show and not doing a good jo. Hey tax payers these are our $'s doing down the dreain with all this garbage and now show.. Bet if you had a job and did not perform the way the boss expected you would be out on your rear. I say lets just start with a clean house.

i dont care what the polls say. Come November they will show Barak Hussein Obama winning in a landslide

Babies' lives are not for politics, but I am pro-choice.

Governor Ridge will make an outstanding vice president for Senator McCain.

Why don't you look him up in Wikipedia?
It's crystal clear that he will be the VP.

Is it November yet?

I'm so ready for football!!!!!

GO DALLAS COWBOYS!!
YES WE CAN!!!!

OBAMA 2008/2012

To the PUMA pack – your canidate LOST fair and square. Get over it! If you are truly a Hillary supporter, you would support HER choice for president. Mrs. Clinton would NEVER approve of the policies of MudCain so why would you ever vote for the man? He is too old and sick to handle the job. Period.

OBAMA '08 – the only rational choice.

No. I don't think McCain will choose a pro-choice vp. It's interesting speculation. He knows Obama is a weak candidate and with all the uproar on the dem side, it would be easy to vote for him. The religious right might not vote for him. Tough call. You really can't have it both ways.

In America, we are really good at electing "dumbos" to the Presidency. Just count the following:

1. George Bush
2. Bush Senior
3. Regan

Now, we are ready to elect another senile guy, rather than a presidential scholar, to the presidency!!!

To all Hillary supporters that won't vote for Obama and keep screaming that they will vote for McSame, let me show you an excerise I have found interesting.

Place your hand, palm down in front of you. Then close all fingers but your fore finger and thumb. Then lift the back of your hand to your forehead, keeping the fore finger and thumb extended. Now look in the mirror. Do you see that BIG L on your forehead staring at you in the mirror? Do you? That's right! Your a big LOOSER!!!!! So go and vote for the second worst politican (next to W) and the only Republican dumb enough to run against any Democrat this election cycle.

Oh! Let me just say one thing about Hillary, she sucks and is a giant LOOSER!!!!

SOUNDS LIKE HE ASKED OBAMA HOW TO APPROACH THIS. MAN WANTS TO BE VEEP SOMTHIN TERRIBLE. BEADIE EYED AND FOX IN THE HEN HOUSE SMIRK. NOBODY HERE BUT US LIBERALS!! STEP INTO MY PARLOUR SAID THE SPIDER TO THE FLY. IS THAT A SNAKE HISSING OR THE VOTERS. NICE TIE THOUGH.

Hey EDW–
It's called preparing for the birth of your children and being responsible enough to take care of them WITHOUT Gov't interference
You should use birth control or wait until the time is right-
But you DEMs want to rely on People who have been successful to help just anyone-
I believe that people who really need the help should get it-That doesn't mean a handout-
One of the reasons we have so much Crime by the poor is because they wait for their subsidy and then have no goals in life-so they feel depressed and unaccomplished - so lets compound the problem instead of making people contribute to society and feel better about themselves-not trying to scare them from the other side by telling them we are going to take their program away–

I like the way he bit McCaskill the other night but I do not think he would be a good choice for the vp.

If it is Tom Ridge, then pro-life Republicans will have strong reason to suspect McCain's commitment to pro-life issues.

The traditional wisdom is that VP choices "don't matter". This year, that is wrong. McCain will likely serve only 1 term if elected.

His VP could conceivably be President from 2013-2021.

To answer a prior post, the "difference" is that, this would cast doubt on McCain's intentions to appoint pro-life judges. His successor would likely get the opportunity to appoint more than McCain himself. Social conservatives are getting tired of empty promises from the GOP on this issue. Many of them vote based on this issue, because it is important to them. Picking a pro-choice VP would indicate that it is not all that important to McCain.

EDW is right. But why stop at killing babies, why not kill every child that is not wanted. Why stop there, why not kill all adults that are over 70. Everyone knows that they have nothing more to contribute to society. I vote that EDW is the first chairperson of the panel that decides who gets to live and die.

Why are we Christians in Americaa so gullible?

All along Republicans have been claiming pro-life; what have they done to to support it?

Only during election times; they drum up the pro-life issue to decieve us and after that, nothing!
For more than 7 years of Bush, there has been no legislation towards pro-life even though he used that plattform to rally the evangilacals.

How long shall we be decieved?

MCCAIN IS ON A ROLL AND GAINING ON OBAMA THE MEDIA DARLING. THE 3 NETWORKS HAVE FAWNED OVER OBAMA ALL THRU THE SUMMER AND THRU OBAMA'S OVERSEAS TOUR WITH THE MOST COVERAGE THAN ANY CANDIDATE. YET HERE WE ARE
A WEEK BEFORE THE CONVENTION AND OBAMA'S MEDIA MANUFACTURED LEAD IS ERODING . AMERICANS HAVE AT GRASPED THE MEDIA BIAS IN FAVOR OF OBAMA AND FINALLY REALIZING HOW INEX[ERIENCED HE IS AND HOW THE MEDIA
HAD NOT FULLY REVEALED WHO OBAMA REALLY IS.

Mr. Ridge, you are not from the mainstream Conservative. You do not need to justify that John McCain is strong pro-life. You have to consider John McCain's age. VP may have to take over. You are not fit to be the VP> If you John McCain gives you the ticket, we will stay at home and I am sure it will be the end of the Republican party. Stay away from these comments. You just ahve to be behind John McCain and take care of your state (PA) so that John McCain can win there. I hope Mitt Romney gets the ticket. He deserves it.

You cannot be: VP. But don't you really want to be, just a player...
Get on the Board, and place your chips...

EDW-right on

I still don't see Ridge being the choice. I think the conservatives don't trust McCain and this might be a big mistake that will keep many at home. Besides, his time at Homeland Security was a mess.

So, yeah, John, pick Ridge.

Ridge..smidge....sounding like his buddy Georgie Peorgie!!

John McCain is making it awfully easy for us Clinton supporters to vote for him.

I bet with Ridge on the ticket, he would polish off Obama and whatever messiah worshipper he picks to follow him around throwing rose petals.

Good thinking, McCain – I'm really hoping for this one!

I had rather vote for George Bush again than to ever vote for John McCain.

McCain is not a leader. What war has he won? I know the one he vote to get us in one. What experience does he have? NONE.

Hello Jack I had to make a comment and I figure who better than you. Instead of republicans questioning Mr. Obama's patriotism they better look at Mr. McCain closer. I think people had better watch out for McCain because he was abused in Vietnam. Most Doctors say if a person was abused in any kind of way they will abuse somebody as well. I think he will find a war to start, they say that Obama is meek and to diplomatic. Well I think sometime it is better than going to fight a war we may not need to be in. Like the war we are in right now and trying to get out of. Thank you for your ear Jack, even if you do not use this on the Situation Room.

Go ahead and pick him for anything my friend and complete your police state image for the future.

Haven't you taught that slimy rush limbo and lou dobbs from CNN are the same. One is a druggie and the other is a toothless shining veneers guy that talks a lotta pup. I can't understand why a station like CNN has become so dumb. The only person there with any sense is Jack Cafferty. The wolf man and the lou doggs are stupid, stupid, stupid. If I cannot hear from Mr. Cafferty to hell with CNN – another fox.

When Ridge gets chosen will he get asked the question:

"When does life begin? And will he get asked in a church?

I hope McCain chooses Ridge or Romney. It would seal the fate of the GOP.

Tom was dodging the direct questions regards to attack on Obama's patriotism. and Wolf wasn't quoting McDumb to make it any harder.

He denied it and gave examples that wasn't the attacks. The attacks included putting his political interest 1st against the country. Thats the real definition of questioning his patriotism.

instead wolf said he came close to questioning him instead of stating an example.

he also couldn't name one energy policy achievment since Mcdumb been in the senate for 26 yrs.

McCain has made it clear that he is pro-life, so what does it matter if his VP is also? If the conservatives do not want to vote for a pro life person then they just will not vote for McCain. ???

Well spoken Mr Ridge. If we are a nation that has promised to protect the life and liberty of all then certainly the unborn deserve the same right to their own life. However, life has recently become difficult to define. I think if we should turn to anyone for an opinion it should be the Congressman from Texas Dr. Ron Paul. He is an OB/GYN and Jane Roe of Roe v Wade supported his candidacy.

Pick a hard-line social 'conservative' and you lock up the Religious Right but alienate moderate voters who will likely not vote for you.

Pick a moderate VP, help your reputation with moderate voters and gain a few points there but piss off the religious right, who's going to vote McCain anyway because he's running GOP.

Wow, though choice.

The Republicans will offend somebody with almost all of their top V. P. candidates. The best candidate for McCain for vice president would be Dan Quail who has the experience and knows the price of potatoes!!! This intelligent man is just what Republicans need to capture all of the Fox news watchers and all of right wing radio listeners. The Democrats stand to lose all of the lunitic voters that are followers of Quail and his followers. This election is in trouble if all of the nuts vote Republican but they always do!!!

Rush Limbaugh wants this guy Tom Ridge gone with the quickness and he ain't waiting for McCain to change his mind.

To hillybilly's post above. Ridge was not the Director of Homeland Security during Katrina. Chertoff was.

McCain 2008 NoBama

He didn't drop bombs he he was an interceptor pilot or wild weasel he flew into n.vietman to have his fighter lit up by radar and then the bombers would bomb the sam sights as if you really cared he got shot down, was tortured,brain washed,starved and finally released after 7 years in a vietnamese gulag. You don't have to vote for him but give him the respect he deserves.

HAHHHAAAA I love it. The GOP.. the Gallons of Poo..! Republicans are full of baloney. Listen Maverick, Limbaugh says 'No' on Ridge. Listen to the 'Gobble On Pills' messiah.

The bottom line is that Democrats, this is our election to lose!! We need to fix this disaster they have done to our country.

Vote DEMOCRAT!!!

wow, this blog is nothing but liberals. you guys are so pissed off you cant see straight. if obama does or says something wrong, you cant see it cause you wont let yourself. its pathetic. we republicans know bush made mistakes and the economy is awful. however, mccain is not bush and thats why the far right has not 100% pushed him. in these troubled times, your best option is a one term senator that has basically served 1.5 years in the senate (due to campaigning) why didnt yall pick hillary or someone else with more experience? makes no sense at all. the dems should be up by at least 10 points right now, and obama is losing ground in swing states.

"John McCain doesn't question anybody else's patriotism," he also said.

So I've been hallucinating all the times the McCain camp has subtly, and not so subtly, questioned Senator Obama's patriotism?

EDW – Awesome comment! And don't forget that it says, "thou shall not kill", not "thou shall not kill, unless you want the oil in the country your victims live in"

Oh, and can someone explain why McCain has missed 20 straight votes on the environment before telling us he was an environmentalist? His last vote was two years ago. Why has he missed 13 straight votes on energy issues? His last vote on energy was two years ago, too. Does he really simply not care? Or was he playing politics, so he could come back later and say he was either for or against anything? Why would we vote for someone who has totally shirked his duties as a U.S. Senator? Please say no to Senator AWOL!

Perhaps its another sign of more Republicans moving away from people who use this issue as a litmus test above things like the war and the economy. Gay marriage is the other bugaboo. But it seems the country is slowly deciding that its not that important in the grand scheme of things these days.

Oh and I read the latest political argument about whether or not abortions went down the last 8 years and the answer is yes. Not because of any kind of morality but because birth control is more widely used so there is less need for it. But then... birth control is a taboo as well, isnt it?

@EDW-

Again, check your facts about Exxon donations and Obama please.

At this point a miracle wont save the republicans.It dosent matter who McCain picks.

Thr GOP are pro-birth; pro-death penalty; pro-war 9except for their kids); pro-guns; pro-wealth; pro-immoral's; pro-unethical; pro-BS and pro-poverty. Now when will America realize that Pro-Life is a Faus and that to be prolife means to be against WAR, to support the poor, to Kill the Death Penalty and support Life all Around! The GOP/RNC like to use wedge issues, but how many lifes have they save once they are born?

@Ardnuas

Do you realize that more Exxon employees have donated to Obama than McCain?

When will you Dems realize that big oil is in the pocket of BOTH parties.

Ridge would be a great pick for Mccain.

Hillary would be a great pick for Obama.

Obama would be a great pick for Hillary.

Hillary 08!

If McCain tells us he is pro-life then I take him at his word. I REALLY don't want to ask that Obama man a other SERIOUS questions. It just might be above his pay grade. Or he might have to look to his wife or grandmother for the answer... That guy is lost in the woods. He never thought he would get this far in this election and now he is in wonder of – what would happen if he really got the job. That would be a horror story that I wouldn't want to read! ! ! He might be a (nice guy) who doesn't want to make his mother mad, but NOT presidential material.... GO McCAIN ! ! !

Please, Please, Please pick Tom Ridge or that Jew!

EDW, you're right. There are a lot of challenges you face in life. Much better to be aborted, than to have to go to a substandard school, or live in a slum right? I suspect that just about everyone dealing with one or more of the problems you cite would rather be alive to face them than have been aborted. The time for choice is before getting pregnant. Only 1% of abortions are the result of incest or rape. The rest are because of failure to engage in responsible sex.

The GOP thinks life begins at conception and then treats it like it ends at birth.

Pick Ridge, and Rush will sulk and pout forever.

EDW is exactly right... McCain is pro-birth, not pro-life. He supports the fact that every conception should lead to a birth, regardless of the economic condition, mental condition, family stability, age of the mother, the detriment it would cause to have a child in a hostile or unfit environment.. those things should all be considered before bringing a child into this world. Unfortunately, they're not.. which is why we have so many impoverished people out there. But you know... pro-life doesn't necessarily mean you're pro – good life.

Ridge is a good man, but McCain would be wise to not play with fire and choice a pro-life VP.

Speaking of VPs, I see Obama is planning an event in his home state before rolling into the convention and might have his anounced VP on stage with him. Obama and his potential VP should probably make the best of this opportunity. Once the DNC covention gets started and the Clinton machine rolls into town, Obama and his VP may never step up on a stage again this election season.

Tom Ridge would make McShame fail...more than he was goin to

I truly fear what will happen to this country if McCain is elected. I have supported the Republican party for many years, never afraid of giving a fair amount of money to the cause, but this year, I gave my hard-earned dollars to Barack Obama.

He is the ONLY one who has the ability to unite this country.
He is the ONLY one who can bring about change necessary to keep our country as the best in the world.

Good luck and godspeed, Senator Obama!

I totally agree with EDW's post above:

"The GOP do not advocate pro-life issues: childcare, healthcare (including birth control), and education."

Nor would we be in wars that cost us the lives of so many.

what about his failures as head of the dept. of homeland security?remember katrina?

Ridge – orange, red, pink? anyone?

Wrap your houses in saran wrap and seal it with duct tape so no oxygen gets in. Live there for 5 to 10 days. Abortion problem solved.

obama needs eletoral votes not clinton supporter

Pathetic that the Republican party has come down to this. Instead of prioritizing urgent matters that effect all Americans, the Republican base wants to dwell on the wedge issues that bitterly divide people and have no real business in government.

EXXON MCCAIN bumper stickers online...

Ridge says quite clearly that,"He also believes that you shouldn't be judgmental on other people's (this means anybody, don't ya think)point of view with regard to this and other very difficult issues".

Then why is he being judgemental on Obama?

Go figure. What' good for the goose is not good for the gander, I guess.

EDW – (2nd post) -
Well said!

I really hope that McCain picks Ridge. He sounds like a real idiot, and it would lock up an Obama win.

Obama '08

I thought McCain was pro-abortion – I figure some of those bombs he dropped in Vietnam hit women, and some of those women were pregnant. So, why shouldn't his VP be pro-abortion as well?

No Hillary then no Obama!

"John McCain, is strongly and forever pro-life,"

yet ANOTHER reason mccain should NEVER be POTUS!! we want our country to move FORWARD, not back in time, grampa!! your days are OVER--kids no longer have to walk 12 miles, uphill, in the snow to get to school and dinosaurs no longer roam the earth!!!!

i'm going to the bathroom to PUKE.

Well heck McCain... if you're going to go center go all in....

Pick HILLARY.... it would be in the bag... and the DNC can cry me a river.... LMAO...

Want to rock the boat.... heck ya.... McCain/Clinton 08... a truley united ticket!

"Exxon" John is a warmonger..... he says he is pro-life- what a JOKE
Wake-up voters ( PLEASE)

Tom Ridge's words regarding a pro-choice Vice President are truthful. True the President's Vice Pres. functions as an advisor and publicly parrots the President's stance. Trouble is Mr. Ridge, your pro-choice views will alienate the religious right and that, sir, will prevent you from getting voted into office.

Catch-22.

The GOP are NOT pro-life, they are pro-birth. There is a huge difference! They advocate that all pregnancies should go to term and the baby be born alive. What they do not advocate is the real pro-life issues: childcare, healthcare (including birth control), education, safe environment, clean energy, etc. The religious right are wrong. They support taking life (death penalty) and abusing and degrading life (institutionalizing foster, adopt and mentally & developmentally challenged people), but they stand for this false mantra of every conception should result in a birth. If they were truly pro-life, then we would not have a 50% dropout rate in inner city schools, the highest rate of incarceration of any industrialized nation (mostly minority), the worst sub-standard housing and schools for many of our nation's children, crumbling roads and bridges, homeless vets and mentally ill to be stepped over or cross the street from, no healthcare at all for millions, etc.

Okayeeeee....................