Comments on: Analysis: John McCain, Party Of One

CBSNews.com's Vaughn Ververs: GOP Nominee Is Charting A Course Of His Own

[paladin777-2009]

I echo the sentiments of other posters: McCain would not be a good choice for president. Also, Dr. Ron Paul is still in the race, so McCain is still running for him (even though McCain has already secured enough delegates). But Obama or Hillary would be a much better choice than McCain because of McCain''s ties to lobbyists and his involvement in the Savings and Loan Scandal. Also, McCain has passed McCain-Feingold which effectively stiffled free speech and McCain-Kennedy which is pseudo-amnesty for illegal immigrants. And then there is the war, which McCain thinks we should be involved in for 100 years (perhaps even have permanent bases in Iraq). If you support the troops, go see "Stop Loss" and then ask how clueless politicians can ask our troops to keep fighting a no-win war that harms American troops and makes us less secure.

[danstoned]

"Who do you want to pick up the phone at 3:00AM?" Certainly NOT John McCain!

Theres a political party in the USA that now practices the same ideology as those that killed the "boys" buried in France that died to defend the freedom of Western Europe and the USA in WWII. They are the Republicon Party, Americas Fascist Party practicing the same broken idiology of Nazism, Italian Fascism, and Japanese Imperialism while wrapping themselves in the US flag..

[on_alert247]

Well RockDad,

I educated myself, watched the videos and have concluded that this is nothing more than innuendos and a disagreement on whether to declassify the debriefs of some of the POWs. I agree with the Senator on this one. Ms. Alfond seems a bit self serving. As for suggesting he got preferential treatment, the record shows only initially he did. There is ample video, interview and physical evidence that he was tortured and suffers today from the beatings.

[rockdad50]

This CHALLENGE was issued during an interview with INSIDE EDITION on January 17, 2008.

John McCain, family members of Vietnam POW/MIA(s) have been waiting for more then 14 years for you to have the courage to face them eye to eye in front of the American Public - Here is your opportunity for some "STRAIGHT TALK." Stop hiding behind your fabricated "War Hero" persona. You know we can prove your collaborations with declassified government documents . . . It is time for the American people to get to know the REAL John McCain - the John McCain that the POW/MIA families witnessed during the 1991-93 US Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs .
EDUCATE YOURSELF AT:
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/

[cfin5]

"Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know that government is no longer the servant of the people but, at last, become the people''s master. We have stood by like timid sheep while the wolf killed - first the weak, then the strays, then those on the outer edges of the flock, until at last the entire flock belonged to the wolf." - Gerry Spence, From Freedom to Slavery

[wardoglrs]

Not one of these runners are what this country needs.
Whats needed is the constitution to be followed.
Whats wrong with America is you have been dumded downed to the great works and laws that protect you from goverment. Goverment is to heavy handed let the people decide there future. I support Dr Paul and for good reason. I will not try to talk you into him You can go with the goverment or come with us and regain your freedom and future from goverment. Just look back on the past and you will see your future when goverment gets to close.

[jonbodenet]

Mr. Vaughn Ververs: What is all of this tautological verbiage about? It is true that John McCain is not representative of the center or right elements of the Republican Party. Whether or not the American opinion of the War in Iraq is as you describe is open to question. Wendell Johnson, in his essay "You Can''t Write Writing" brings the reader to the concept that "Clarity is a prerequisite to validity." It is certainly difficult to find any validity in your article. Just exactly what do you mean when you say "...the Republican Party finds itself saddled by an unpopular war...?" Do you mean that people are fed up with the way the war is being fought by politicians and media pundits instead of the military? Or do you mean that people no longer believe that Iran will overtake Iraq and create a new stage of terrorist training and exportation? Do you mean that people are convinced that an immediate withdrawal from Iraq will have no ill consequences for the security of the American people? Just what do you mean? Given the circumlocutions that attempt to create an image you may have had some difficulty in Wendel Johnson''s English class.

[cfin5]

SORRY CBS, RON PAUL IS STILL RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
YOU ARE JUST NOT COVERING HIM BECAUSE YOU DON''''T WANT
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO KNOW ABOUT HIM. RON PAUL FOR
PRESIDENT......

Posted by tylenol6 at 11:00 PM : Mar 29, 2008--------If I see his name on the ballot, that''s who I''m voting for. Could care less for party line unity. Their the ones who left to the left,.....somewhere. I don''t think that they even know where they''re at. Ron Paul knows exactly where he''s at,......still standing with the Founding Fathers. Voting for him will be better than being able to vote for John F. Kennedy again. Voting for the other three would make me an accomplice to the confiscation of my/your Constitutional Rights.

[jonbodenet]

Mr. Vaughn Ververs: What is all of this tautological verbiage about? It is true that John McCain is not representative of the center or right elements of the Republican Party. Whether or not the American opinion of the War in Iraq is as you describe is open to question. Wendell Johnson, in his essay "You Can''t Write Writing" brings the reader to the concept that "Clarity is a prerequisite to validity." It is certainly difficult to find any validity in your article. Just exactly what do you mean when you say "...the Republican Party finds itself saddled by an unpopular war...?" Do you mean that people are fed up with the way the war is being fought by politicians and media pundits instead of the military? Or do you mean that people no longer believe that Iran will overtake Iraq and create a new stage of terrorist training and exportation? Do you mean that people are convinced that an immediate withdrawal from Iraq will have no ill consequences for the security of the American people? Just what do you mean? Given the circumlocutions that attempt to create an image you may have had some difficulty in Wendel Johnson''s English class.

[codetoad]

Mr. McCain, why can''t we open the POW/MIA records? Families of POW/MIA want to know.

Sen. John McCain warmly greeted Vietnam Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet during a 1992 visit to Hanoi. Kiet was a ranking communist party member of the secret Central Committee of the former National Liberation Front (Viet Cong), and was part of the elite clique responsible for setting policies and directing the communist war waged against the pro-democracy Vietnamese as well as U.S. forces in South Vietnam.
As a senior Central Committee member, Kiet ordered American POWs to be punished by execution and helped formulate the Vietnamese communist policy which resulted in the murder of thousands of pro-U.S. South Vietnamese in Hue during the Tet Offensive of 1968. Communist Party henchmen executed over 5,000 men, women, and children, burying many of them alive in mass graves during the brief time North Vietnamese troops held that historic ancient Vietnamese city

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/cin_mysticalmccain.htm

[jonesforch]

Ok when was the last time a Democrat ran and was elected president?.. With miltary experince? Jimmy Carter.. President of the United States from 1977 - 1981. So lets vote in another President with no experince.

[jonesforch]

Ok when was the last time a Democrat ran and was elected president?.. Jimmy Carter.. President of the United States from 1977 - 1981. So lets vote in another President with no experince.

[hawksprings]

This is just so bizarre that McCain is the GOP candidate.

Why doesn''t he just come out of the closet and admit he''s a Democrat and make it a 3 way race for the nomination?

[lochlan-2009]

The guy is too old. If he actually served two terms, he would be about 80 years old when leaving office. He''''s an old guy with old ideas.

Posted by Kenbomc

A point our informative media insist on completly avoiding. How much wear and tear and stress can a person take at 72 in something as mild as running for president of the United States? I''m picturing him proped up like in the movie "Weekend at Bernies" if the guy even makes it to November.

One thing is for certain, who ever he chooses as his running mate will eventually become our next president, if he wins in November, when McCain either dies from the stress or resigns due to health.

[tylenol6]

SORRY CBS, RON PAUL IS STILL RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
YOU ARE JUST NOT COVERING HIM BECAUSE YOU DON''T WANT
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO KNOW ABOUT HIM. RON PAUL FOR
PRESIDENT......

[sgtrds]

"In 1996, the Republican Party nominated a war hero as its standard bearer. But Bob Dole was also the very embodiment of the party, a loyal servant whose ascendance had more to do with rank seniority than anything else. Republicans in that election began deserting the Dole campaign almost the minute they left San Diego%u2019s nominating convention."

McCain is this election''s Bob Dole. This is the GOP version of handing him a gold watch as he heads for retirement. They know he hasn''t a snowballs chance in hell of winning, so he''s the token candidate. Next year at this time he''ll be a pitchman for Viagra or Depends.

[sgtrds]

He''s senile.

[kenbomc]

The guy is too old. If he actually served two terms, he would be about 80 years old when leaving office. He''s an old guy with old ideas.

[Stratmaster7]

If it wasn''t for the fact that he is too hawkish on the war, too volatle in his approach toward Iran, clueless on any issue other than the war, and from recent comments seems pretty clueless on that too... if it wasn''t for all of that he would be a good candidate. Yeah, I could vote for him... if it wasn;t for all of that.

[irliberal]

There are three choices for president: Hillary, Obama, McCain.

Hillary and Obama''s platforms are nearly identical and both would end the Iraq war.

McCain quote: "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran".

Vote for Hillary. Vote for Obama. If you want an endless Iraq war and a new Iran war (that makes a war on THREE - count them THREE fronts, folks) then, by all means, vote for McCain.

The rest of this is all hype, distraction, and partisanship. Nothing more need be said.