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August 27, 2008 10:17 PM

Politico: McCain Has Selected His VP

Posted by Scott Conroy
Sen. John McCain has chosen his running mate, whom he will notify on Thursday, a senior McCain campaign official told The Politico’s Mike Allen.

McCain is planning to roll out his VP choice in a large rally in Dayton, Ohio, at noon on Friday, followed by join appearances in Pennsylvania and Missouri, sources said.

Over the past few days, the media’s focus has been narrowed to three potential options for McCain: former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman.

Romney seems to have garnered the most attention, in light of Barack Obama’s selection of Joe Biden as his number two. Romney is thought to have the ability to hold his own against the Delaware senator, who is known for his formidable debating skills. But the controversy over McCain’s failure to state off the top of his head how many houses he owns could mean that picking Romney—a multimillionaire businessman with four houses of his own—would open the Republican ticket to charges of being out of touch.

Sources close to the McCain campaign have indicated that Lieberman, an independent Democrat, is very much in the running. But choosing a pro-abortion rights senator who caucuses with the Democrats could leave next week’s Republican convention in upheaval.
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by dasfarg August 28, 2008 11:30 PM EDT
Lyndon LaRouche predicts McCain will install billionaire NYC Mayor Bloomberg to be his VP tomorrow as per oligarghy made up of international bankers and financiers. He will fulfill their agenda of privatizing U.S. government''s programs, infrastructure and jobs for big profit$$$ as the depressing economy threatens their wealth.

The country is going into a major economic depression with over 5000 banks are already bankrupt today with more day by day.

President FDR''s economic Bretton Woods policy is needed to fix current economic collapse. This policy caters to the 80% of the forgotten people and threatens the oligarghy''s wealth and whose ultimate goal is to rid of all governments, peoples'' sovereingties and Constitutions and ultimately install fascism.
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by wilder5121 August 28, 2008 10:20 PM EDT
BIG YAWN....

Who cares who it is. It''s just more of the same Bush/McCain/Republican failure of the last eight years.

ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz.......
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by misha128-2009 August 28, 2008 7:54 PM EDT
Glad he made up his mind. Now he has plenty of time to change it.
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by perrimanw August 28, 2008 7:15 PM EDT
It''s a done deal, McCain will choose crusty old hag Phyllis Schlafly, thus ensuring him the utter moron vote, as well as the self-loathing hypocrite vote. McCain/Schlafly ''08!
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by mr2258 August 28, 2008 7:12 PM EDT
Nothing wrong with a good looking smart woman.I can go for that.
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by dasfarg August 28, 2008 7:10 PM EDT
It appears that Bloomberg is on McCain''s long list. If so, this is what the oligarghy (international bankers and financiers want). Bloomberg will continue their agenda to privatize US government''s programs, infrastructure and jobs. To get rid of our sovereingty and Constitution as we know it, all for corporate big profit$$$$! Especially when their wealth is diminishing given the economic collapse going on worldwide. More and more banks are tanking every day and media is not reporting this truth... We need President FDR''s Bretton Woods financial system to fix it and Hillary would have done so and is why she was rid of.

Internet rumors are surfacing Sen. Susan Collins to be his VP to specifically take away Hillary unhappy supporters - women, the working class, Catholics, etc. She is attractive, articulate, has debate skills, etc.

What do you think?
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by mr2258 August 28, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
McCain has this election in the bag.If he picks Lieberman he is an idiot and should lose.
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by dasfarg August 28, 2008 7:00 PM EDT
Should McCain pick Sen. Susan Collins for his VP to take away Hillary supporters - women, working class, catholics, etc. - attractive, articulate, debateable skills, etc.
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by dasfarg August 28, 2008 6:59 PM EDT
Should McCain pick Sen. Susan Collins for his VP to take away Hillary supporters - women, working class, catholics, etc. - attractive, articulate, debateable skills, etc.
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by realpatriot1 August 28, 2008 6:59 PM EDT
I respect McCain''s service just as I respect anyone who serves their country. He shouldn''t be made out to be a hero or a villain.

If it''s so important to recognize McCain as a hero(or celebrity, if you will) then he should release his full military records so that the voters can determine for themselves if that''s truly the case.

Until that happens he''s no more a hero than the vets who post on this blog and are called traitors if they don''t tow the conservative line.

McCain has my respect for his service and sacrifice in Vietnam. He doesn''t have my respect for his Senate record or the sleazy campaign he''s running.

Biden said it best; "We don''t need a good soldier, we need a wise leader."
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by watching_you August 28, 2008 5:56 PM EDT
ARYAN SKINHEADS, RACIAL BIGOTS AND WHITE SUPREMACISTS TAKE NOTE:

Obama will win for several reasons:

1. First off, mitochondrial DNA studies establish that ALL H. Sapiens ----- yes, you KKK morons, too ----- originated 200,000 years ago in sub-Saharan Africa. Face it, %u201Cwe all the same, brother.%u201D

2. Most of you prejudiced whack jobs are too stupid to vote or will forget.

3. McCain was a POW collaborator, not a %u201Cwar hero.%u201D (Read his co-authored book: Faith of My Fathers ----- apparently he was too stupid to write it on his own). BTW: McCain didn%u2019t %u201Cchoose%u201D to remain a POW, as he hypes ----- he was mandated by the military to remain a POW or face court martial. Standard procedure.

4. McCain believes Iraq shares a border with Narnia.

Incidentally, it doesn%u2019t matter who McCain picks, although Lieberman does show a definite homoerotic fascination with him.

Hey, that%u2019s fine, though. *** are cool people. It%u2019s my fellow Caucasians who are the problem: You know, the wealthy white warmongers like Cheney, the corporate fascists, the homophobic evangelicals and the trailer park xenophobes ----- they%u2019re the ones that cause most of the problems in our country.









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by mattcat25 August 28, 2008 5:28 PM EDT
Anything is better than GEORGE W. BUSH who FOR MANY YEARS WAS using illegal drugs. He seems to have suffered brain damage...


Rush Limbaugh - Drug Addict

George W. Bush - Drug Addict and alcoholic.

Cindy McCain - Drug Addict


mr2258 - hypcrit
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by mr2258 August 28, 2008 5:03 PM EDT
Anything is better than Obama who admitted on national TV to using illegal drugs.He seems to have suffered brain damage...
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by beaujolie1 August 28, 2008 4:07 PM EDT
I read the republican platform includes provision for the continuation of the Bush administration''s abusive interpretation of executive power which allowed them to lie to us, hide the truth, and then hide from penalties for their misdeeds. If McCain were truly a maverick he would not allow this, but he has shown, once again, he is just a continuation of Bush, Rove, and Cheney.
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by liberalme August 28, 2008 2:43 PM EDT

McCain is a hero......

Posted by edabel2 at 04:26 AM : Aug 28, 2008

I''''ve heard this before but specifically how is McCain a "hero", and btw I''''m speaking as a non-hero ex-serviceman who served the same time McCain served.

McCain crashed 5 military planes at enormous cost to taxpayers. That tells me he is incompetent.

Yes he spent over 5 years as a POW but that doesn''''t make him a hero. He claims that he refused offers of freedom from his captors. Actually had he taken their offer he would have faced court martial charges for disobeying a standing order. The senior ranking officer at the camp had already issued an order that acceptance of offers of freedom will be only on the basis of seniority.

VietnamVeteransAgainstJohnMccain.com
Posted by cbsblogger

If one can win an election by being a POW, then McCain will win--however there are thousands of troops from WWII to current who have been POW''''s and some walking around without limbs, with brain injuries and a vast array of medical problems, BUT they are''''t using that to promote themselves.
My uncle got shot up in Korea, had a purple heart---he had silent pride--as do many.

So you go ahead and vote for someone because he keeps repeating his POW experience (Songbird John), I''''ll vote for someone who has plans and ideas for all Americans to make us the USA we have always been proud of!!!


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by walt1944-2009 August 28, 2008 2:27 PM EDT
It has been reported that John McBush McCain has chosen his VP running mate and will reveal that person to expectant neocon Fascist Nazi Republicans everywhere on Friday.

It is rumored that he has chosen Phyliss Diller!!!!

Believing that since Obama is such a "celebrity" (according to McCain''s own ads!), and that McCain himself is already somewhat of a "celebrity" appearing on every late night show in production, that his VP should also be a "celebrity" who is also well known!

Besides, since he is running on the usual reliable neocon Fascist Nazi program of "FEARRRRR!!!", the addition of Diller on the ticket would strike FEARRRRR into the most fanatical "terrrrrrorist" out there, as well as any Liberals, Progressives, Whimpo-crats, and anyone else interested in preserving the environment and protecting the Constitution from neocon Fascist Nazi "improvements!"!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!
sig heil, THE GREAT CELEBRITY, McCain!!!!
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by mattcat25 August 28, 2008 2:14 PM EDT
"Mitt, keep on eye on John...if you will."

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by blkpresident August 28, 2008 2:01 PM EDT
Doesn''t matter who the old man picks ''cause the Obama Shuffle will steamroll him anyway. Toss in the white-towel old man or get KO''d beeootch.
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by wdrussell1 August 28, 2008 2:00 PM EDT
Romney would be perfect to replace chickenhawk Cheney.
They both love war as long as it isn''t their family doing the fighting.
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by gop_fornever August 28, 2008 1:29 PM EDT
why did mudrose change his screen name to wellhell?
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