McCain: "I Assume That I Will Get the Nomination"

(CBS)
NASHVILLE, TN -- As John McCain continues to pick up endorsements his numbers in the polls continue to remain strong, McCain sounds confident about his chances for the GOP nomination on Tuesday and at times even for the presidency.
“I know that I can win the presidency once I win your nomination,” he told an audience today at a rally in Nashville.
After the event he tried to reel back on his bold statement. “I hope I am not too confident about Tuesday. I am guardedly optimistic. I think we’re doing well,” he said.
“I sense a feeling of momentum but we’re not taking anything for granted. That’s why we’re campaigning literally 24/7 between now and Tuesday. We are taking nothing for granted.”
McCain said he’d assess the overall political situation after Tuesday, but then his confidence came through again.
“I assume that I will get the nomination of the party. I assume unifying our party is a very critical item and I believe we can do that and get everybody together and working together. And I’m confident I can do that.”
While in Tennessee, McCain told residents there that they could be proud of their own for Senator Fred Thompson for running an honorable campaign. He also noted that he and Thompson are good friends and because of that he hesitates to ask for his endorsement.
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***AFTER OUR MORTGAGE/FORCLOSURE CRISIS, WE ARE NOW NOMINATING A MAN WHO INVOLVED HIMSELF WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SAVINGS AND LOANS WHICH ALMOST BROUGHT OUR BANKING SYSTEM TO ITS KNEES
*** ADMITTED THE ECONOMY IS HIS WEAKNESS
*** LIED TO OUR FACES IN LAST WEEKS DEBATE THAT HE NEVER ADMITTED AS MUCH
*** LIED ABOUT ROMNEY''S TIME TABLE
*** GREAT LEADERSHIP
*** HELLO DEFEAT/HELLO HILLARY
***AFTER OUR MORTGAGE/FORCLOSURE CRISIS, WE ARE NOW NOMINATING A MAN WHO INVOLVED HIMSELF WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SAVINGS AND LOANS WHICH ALMOST BROUGHT OUR BANKING SYSTEM TO ITS KNEES
*** ADMITTED THE ECONOMY IS HIS WEAKNESS
*** LIED TO OUR FACES IN LAST WEEKS DEBATE THAT HE NEVER ADMITTED AS MUCH
*** LIED ABOUT ROMNEY''S TIME TABLE
*** GREAT LEADERSHIP
*** HELLO DEFEAT/HELLO HILLARY
***AFTER OUR MORTGAGE/FORCLOSURE CRISIS, WE ARE NOW NOMINATING A MAN WHO INVOLVED HIMSELF WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SAVINGS AND LOANS WHICH ALMOST BROUGHT OUR BANKING SYSTEM TO ITS KNEES
*** ADMITTED THE ECONOMY IS HIS WEAKNESS
*** LIED TO OUR FACES IN LAST WEEKS DEBATE THAT HE NEVER ADMITTED AS MUCH
*** LIED ABOUT ROMNEY''S TIME TABLE
*** GREAT LEADERSHIP
*** HELLO DEFEAT/HELLO HILLARY
AS A RESIDENT OF AZ, HE WILL NOT GET MY VOTE...MCCAIN GO HOME..
Greg Neubeck
Double check and see how your choice actually voted on things.
http://votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=55463&type=category&category=22&go.x=11&go.y=1
By his own words, the seditious Hernandez supports open borders as part of Mexico%u2019s "Reconquista" of the United States. Hernandez, while on McCain%u2019s presidential campaign also holds office as %u201CAdvisor to the Mexican federal government%u201D. This Mexican nationalist lists a principal home residence in Mexico City. McCain probably offers the amigo Juan Hernandez as one of his staunch conservative supporters.
Should McCain pull off a hijack of the GOP nomination, tremendous numbers of tentative voters will either cast their ballot for the Flat Earth Banana party candidate or not show up at all. The level of revulsion held for McCain by actual conservatives is without precedent in modern American history.
He''s temporarily the darling of the main stream media, but if he gets the nomination they will slice him and dice him. We''ll see plenty of video of him saying "President Putin of Germany" as well as other gaffes and temper tantrums sufficient to demonstrate that McCain is far from the best candidate for CEO of America.
As for his "lifetime" conservative rating, the important statistic is the recent, substantially lower number and its decidedly downward direction.
Anti-Iraq War Candidates:
Ron Paul: $249k
Barack Obama: $76k
Pro-War Candidates
John %u201CManchurian Candidate%u201D McCain: $83k
Mike %u201CGomer Pyle%u201D Huckabee: $37k
Mitt %u201CSilver Spoon%u201D Romney: $24k
Hillary %u201CWhitewater%u201D Clinton: $41k
Warmongers aren%u2019t supported by the troops, so why should you support them? Bring all of our troops home now! John "bomb, bomb Iran" McCain is bad for the USA and how many more of our sons and daughters would be sacraficed for George Bush''s honor.
McCain should watch that mouth of his. I am also for the first time in my life considering voting for Hillary against McCain should she get the Democratic nomination. I mean, let''s agree - she has at least proven that she can be forced to vote more to the right on a few issues, unlike John McCain. The mere fact that he was prepared to leave our party speaks volumes to me. A vote for McCain destroys our party.
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