I Hear One Name Come up as McCaine's VP That Makes Me Nervous *Newt*

[romantico]

What if Rove Order's McCaine to pick Newt as his running mate (or even Jeb?)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. Of course, Newt has been the biggest promoter of this.

why else are his buddies in the media pushing McCain so hard?

[thunder rising]

2. so? Do we give a shit what Rove and the Pugs do for their own party

[Beetwasher]

3. Why Would Newt Make You Nervous? He Was Run Out Of Congress

What makes you think he would help McCain's ticket? :shrug:

People don't like Newt. Jeb would be even worse. I hope McCain picks Newt or Jeb. Either one would be another iceberg to McCains titanic.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. and how many reaganauts (or is it nuts) are back in power

or in the glow of the loving media eye?

Unless you use a really long oak stake, harden the point with a coal fire, and use a sledge to hammer it in the middle of their heart during a full moon, these criminals keep coming back.

[Beetwasher]

13. None Elected

n/t

[mac2]

19. Politicians put out of power or never elected in the first place

just can't give it up. They join organizations such as the Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, etc. These organizations should be declared illegal since the citizens have no idea what plans they have for our country behind our backs. It's not just to exchange ideas.

In the Bilderberg Group, David Rockefeller, Kissinger, and EU royals divide up the world. Kissinger should have been tried for his lies and treason during Vietnam. How dare this little criminal represent America in any way shape or form. No one acts in our best interest when you see what they have done to us for their own power.

You can add the PNAC to that list. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4498250#4498383

There is a law on the books making it illegal for any unelected citizen to act as a representative with any foreign group or country in our interest behind closed doors, etc. When are they going to declare those groups illegal instead of allowing them power behind the people's backs? Since our Justice Department and President allows them to hold meeting without protest, they are part of the problem.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

21. and AIPAC, Heritage, and other orgs, (like today's State Dept)

(or Cheney's secret staff)

[mac2]

23. State Department staff who sell off our common resources

for their own profit. Congress thinks this is OK?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

25. under the current leadership (if we call it that)

we might, just might, get a joint, sternly worded letter form Nancy and Harry.

[havocmom]

35. Wasn't Cheney voted outta Congress too?

VP is the new power slot for GOP megalomaniacs who can no longer actually get elected on their own.

Office of VP used to be 'worth a bucket of warm piss'. Not anymore. Just get yerself a somewhat prgesentable, but basically disinterested front man and away you go- and all under the radar.

[bunkerbuster1]

4. ...the Hell? Why would that be scary?

Newt is a legend in his own mind. Newt's never been elected to ANYTHING outside of his stupid, pig-ignorant GA congressional district.

Please, John--pick Newt! I beg of you! The guy has more documented psychoses than Ghouliani.

[notadmblnd]

6. I don't know.. it kinda looked to me that Lieberman was attaching

his lips to McCain's ass. I think he's waiting to be the pick.

[Lex]

7. Newt would be great! His negatives have to be sky-high.

He would remind everyone what a disaster the Repub party has been, just by his face appearing.

[onenote]

8. There is a reason newt didn't make a presidential bid: he has little support

Why would Newt make you nervous. Last spring, when it was rumored that he might get into the presidential race, CBS and Gallup both took polls about how people felt about Newt. In the CBS poll, Newt got a whopping 16% favorable rating and a 43% unfavorable. He did much better in the USAToday/Gallup poll, scoring 30% favorable, but still ending up with 48% unfavorable.

McCain is virtually certain to pick someone who appeals to the fundie/far right conservative base of the repub party. Whether its Newt, Huck, or someone else, it really doesn't matter.

[OnyxCollie]

30. Plus, Newt couldn't stand the heat

of taking callers' questions on the Diane Rehm show. He split halfway through the show.

Diane was PISSED.

[radfringe]

9. plus and minus to Newty as VP

It may draw in a few repubs who otherwise wouldn't vote for mccain, but it would also drive more dems to ballot box

I'm just wondering if newty's ego could take being second fiddle, can he keep his mouth shut and follow mccain's lead? doubt it.

[scarletlib]

10. JEB BUSH

How's that name for a scare? JEB as VP and McCain (old fellow that he is) croaks in his first year as president. Ta Da! Another Bush in the White House. And believe me when I tell you JEB is even worse than Dubya.

[mac2]

14. There is no worse than Bush brother

They are all the same mentally ill, arrogant, corrupt brats.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

16. No way.

Jeb Bush is all in McCain's house with disease.

[Warren Stupidity]

11. We are doomed!!!!!1111!11!1!11

We might as well concede right now. A friend of mine who is a reliable progressive told me that she would absolutely vote for McCain if Newt is the VP. It is all over.


Ooops. I just threw up in my mouth.

[mac2]

12. They come back

That's why we should put them in jail. Has Tom DeLay served for his crimes or Hastert? When they leave office (like Dole and Newt) for crimes and never get punished, they come back to power like people have forgotten it.

Dole was on Jon Stewart show the other day. Why? To white wash his image?

The gang in power today are the same as under Reagan and Bush criminal activities.

The Ehtics Committees in Congress just can't do it themselves. They just allow them to resign. It's "change of face law".

[DavidDvorkin]

15. Either Newt or Jeb would be a gift to the Democrats

Jeb will always be Dubya's brother, and that's the kiss of death.

Newt did well only with his constituents. On a national scale, he quickly came to be seen as a fool and a blowhard with delusions of intellectual grandeur. A McCain-Gingrich ticket would inspire derision.

[splat]

17. Family values ticket! Trophy wives!

[alfredo]

18. If Newt, Jeb or any other virulent Rep is named veep, we can point out

the selection was made by the party to ensure McCain toes the party line. He will be McCain's Cheney.

[Windy]

20. after the sucess of the contract for america during the clinton years,

that is a serious concern.

I think it all depends on the evangelical vote. If Huckabee continues to draw them and he wins more primaries, he will be the VP nom. I don't think that the evangelicals would support Newt based upon his personal life.

[DiamondJay]

33. what success of the contract?

balanced budget amendment:no, congressional term limits:no, require 60 votes for tax hike:no most of the important stuff was a complete bullshit failure. sure they got welfare reform, but that was already in clinton's platform in 92, and was coming anyway. most people probly forget the contract, except as Gingrich grandstanding his fat corrupt ass around. Don't forget Newt's personal problems, of infidelity, divorcing his dying wife, etc. especially when he was impeaching a president for sex

[area51]

22. Why would Gingrich need V.P. status

when Hillary Clinton is pushing his GingrichCare plan of forcing people to buy private health insurance?

[mac2]

24. When exactly did Hillary go from national health care to

private when she knows insurance companies are ripping us off?

[JVS]

26. Ewwwww!

[cascadiance]

27. Then Feingold could be VP selection for us!

His current marital status would certainly be no worse than Newt's would, for those that would attack him on that!

[CK_John]

28. I think he will bypass the hacks and be given Lynne Cheney as a deal for support. n/t

[Mz Pip]

29. Newt would be a gift

Newt would remind everyone of the contract on America and every mean spirited short sighted GOP policy since 1994.

It would ensure the final nail in the coffin of that agenda. A lot of those congresscritters lost their seats in 2006. I don't think the GOP is foolish enough to revisit that thumping again. We could hope, though.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[rocktivity]

31. I'd love it

We'd have no problem laughing that clown act off the stage! Talk about Bush Administration The Sequel!

:headbang:
rocknation

[Evoman]

32. Rove?

Rove doesn't have that much power. Rove is a bitch, not a big dog.

[Doctor_J]

34. He might be the only man in the US more passionately hated than Smirk

he's certainly within shouting distance.