McCain's problems
Oh, this will not help McCain.
So, let's review the McCain positions: An over the top Iraq war supporter, he spearheaded an immigration effort that is hated by the vast majority of his party, and is now accused by staffers of not embracing the "faith-based" community.
Wow. How did it go so wrong?
Later: "The campaign plan to get the [religious] vote is to rape and pillage the church [membership] lists, and we didn't want to do that," said Judy Haynes, the other fired staffer.
Two former aides hired to spearhead religious outreach for presidential candidate John McCain say that they were virtually ignored by the campaign and that McCain's top campaign strategists are intent on winning votes of religious voters without having to develop serious ties to faith communities.....
"In the end, you came away with the strong sense that they had contempt for the faith-based community," says Marlene Elwell, one of those fired staffers.
So, let's review the McCain positions: An over the top Iraq war supporter, he spearheaded an immigration effort that is hated by the vast majority of his party, and is now accused by staffers of not embracing the "faith-based" community.
Wow. How did it go so wrong?
Later: "The campaign plan to get the [religious] vote is to rape and pillage the church [membership] lists, and we didn't want to do that," said Judy Haynes, the other fired staffer.
posted by mikevotes at
8:08 AM
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At one time I had a lot of respect for McCain.
I still admire the guts he shows for his stand against torture while being in a party that idealizes the actions of Jack Bauer.
You just know it steams him to stand on the same stage as his opponents. Debating people who have never served in the military and yet they casually toss around euphemisms like 'enhanced interrogation techniques'.
I just don’t understand his strategy; he lost the independents starting in 2004 by attempting to woo the social conservatives who have never really trusted him.
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Anonymous, at 2:36 PM
I actually was once a McCain supporter.
His desire to be president grew stronger than anything else and he started compromising.
I see it epitomized in that famous hug picture with Bush on the 2004 campaign trail.
In 2004, the Swiftboaters were attacking Kerry and for about a week, everyone looked to MCCain to see if he would step forward to condemn it. He could have ended it. Instead he went on the campaign trail with Bush.
He sold his soul in that decision, and has never been the same since.
(And I don't see the torture stand as being an example of the old McCain, but instead of the new McCain.
He stood up, and fought and fought until the end, when he quietly caved to almost every White House demand. They let him declare victory but if you read what actually got passed as the Detainee Act, the administration got everything it wanted.)
Mike
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mikevotes, at 3:12 PM
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