McCain Defeats Clinton? Maybe Not Quite Yet

(www.johnmccain.com)

Supporters of Sen. John McCain got a Halloween treat in their inboxes: Their candidate has already won the White House!

Last night the McCain camp shot out a newspaper-themed E-mail with the subject "McCain Beats Clinton." Clicking on the link brings you to a page on the campaign Web site that has (what the campaign hopes will be) the front page from Nov. 5, 2008.

"Republican Senator John McCain was elected president last evening, defeating Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic nominee," the story reads.

That's a pretty confident claim from a candidate who ran third in the latest CBS News poll – 11 points behind former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and 3 points behind former Senator Fred Thompson.

Not to mention that Clinton hasn't quite wrapped up the Democratic race yet either.

But team McCain fires its salvo directly at the former First Lady, not even mentioning other Republicans like Giuliani, Thompson or Mitt Romney – let alone Democrats Sen. Barack Obama or former Sen. John Edwards.

McCain's team credits the four-term senator's hypothetical win to sticking to the message of "reforming the culture of Washington and vigorously prosecuting the war on terror."

The Web page claims that "Political experts expressed surprise that McCain was able to wrest the mantle of change away from Clinton, given that she represented the party out of power which normally lays claim to being the agent of change."

It's the second time in recent weeks McCain has taken aim at Clinton. His campaign has released two ads criticizing Clinton's proposal for a Woodstock museum as wasteful spending.

The Web page doesn't try to look like a real story, and it asks supporters to "be a part of writing history" by donating to the campaign.

And, what faux story would be complete without a quote from a faux pollster? "Lawrence Smith" told the McCain camp, "I'm not sure any other Republican could have won these voters."

Would that be the same pollster Lawrence Smith from 1947's 'Magic Town'?

Smith, a down-on-his-luck pollster played by Jimmy Stewart, finds the perfect small town with all-American townsfolk whose beliefs exactly mirror American opinions. Not a bad person to get an endorsement from.

[toldyouso21]

They should have sent it out on the first of April---it would have made more sense.

[adian1-2009]

This senile candidate has the right to his last political dream before he fades away in deserved and well earned anonymity.

[chucktruck2]

A vote fo McCain is a big vote for Hillary. I am just doing the math John .Mitt will treat Hillary with respect. He will not attack her .Mitt is not hot headed. The debate will be won in the details. Mitt believes the voters will hear a person with a forked tongue.Romney is now prolife NO FLOP .Romnney has always been for marriage betweeen a man and a woman NO FLIP .John check out " Evangeicals for Mitt " .You are an American hero.

[oldprophet]

You get the sense that the country is desperate for someone to show us the way. Not the old way. Not the same way, but a NEW WAY. Think about this for a minute. What if we pulled all of our troops out of South Korea? They''ve been there for 50 years. Tens of thousands of them. What if we quit worrying about Iran, but instead, realized that its having a nuclear weapon will not mean the end of the world? What if we pulled all of our troops out of the Middle-East, and brought them all home? What if we realistically addressed the National Debt, and paid attention to REALLY DOING SOMETHING about stopping illegal immigration? These are the ideas Republican Presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul. He''s a ten term Congressman and a physician who has delivered over 4,000 babies. Ron Paul has been married to the same woman for more than 50 years, which means he doesn''t come to the race with the sort of baggage some of the other candidates for the White House do. Paul is given to mulling things over morally. He was once a pious Lutheran, but now attends a Baptist church. He never travels alone with women, and once even dressed-down an aide for using the expression "red-light district" in front of a female colleague. I support the 2008 candidacy of Congressman, Ron Paul for President of The United States. Candidates with the high level of personal integrity and track record of adherance to The Constitution Ron Paul always demonstrates only come around once in a lifetime, if we''re lucky. Go Ron!

[oldprophet]

Most intelligent people can see right through the mainstream media''s bias against Ron Paul. "What about the polls?", you ask. As someone who''s in been the business, I know you can make a poll result look anyway you want. All you have to do is call or not call on people in a certain demographic group to achieve your desired result. You can see the man has support. He''s won all the debates he''s been in. People everywhere are in the street, and on the Net, supporting him like no other. And his campaign chest is growing daily, and not from huge corporate donations like the other GOP and Democrat candidates get, but from grass root supporters who give what little they can afford--$5, $10, whatever. Ignore what the media network giants like CBS tell you. They sold-out to the status quo decades ago. This man has some major grassroots support across this country. I support the 2008 candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul. I believe he is our only hope to restore peace, prosperity and freedom in this country. Presidential candidates with the high-level of personal integrity and bearing the positive message of Dr. Paul only come around only once in a lifetime, if we''re lucky. The stakes are too high now, and the cause of freedom is too important, to let anything stand in the way of me participation in this 21st Century political revolution. Go Ron!