(2007-03-01) — Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, who used an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman to announce he's running for president, tonight plans to release his Top Ten list of why Republicans should nominate him to head the 2008 GOP ticket.
The edgy septuagenarian maverick plans to make a formal announcement in April, after completing a round of appearances on the other respected political news programs — The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Tonight Show, The Late Late Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Saturday Night Live and Larry King Live.
Mr. Letterman plans to read the list, prepared by the McCain campaign, on tonight’s show:
Your Donation Fuels Family-Friendly SatireTop Ten Reasons to Nominate John McCain for President in 2008
10. Years as POW in solitary prepared him for isolation in White House “bubble”
9. Won’t accept presidential paycheck, since at 72 he can live off Social Security
8. More exciting presidential news conferences as reporters vie to light his fuse
7. To beat him, the libs will have to get through his Gang of 14
6. Unlike senators, presidents have term limits.
5. He has a lock on the black vote because his middle name is Sidney, like Poitier.
4. Won’t surrender to anyone, since war injury prevents raising hands above head
3. No longer despises “agents of intolerance” on whacko religious right
2. Definition of “surge” starts with 200,000 new boots, and Al Sadr dangling from rope
1. Not beholden to the Republican Party and other “special interest” groups
42 responses so far ↓
1 upnorthlurkin // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:01 am
God Bless America!!
Have mercy on us if McCain’s the best we can come up with!
2 Scott Ott // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:01 am
McCain Declares on Letterman, Releases Top 10 List…
by Scott Ott(2007-03-01) — Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, who used an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman to announce he’s running for president, tonight plans to release his Top Ten list of why Republicans should nominate him to head the 2008…
3 Scott Ott // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:03 am
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4 boberinyetagain // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:10 am
Nice list Scott, sounds about right.
5 Just Ranting // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:17 am
More stupid pet tricks…
6 PreventTruthDecay // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:17 am
As an “Agent of Intolerance”, I can honestly say that I was very interested in McCain’s announcement and subsequent dialogue with Letterman last night.
When I woke up, he was wrapping up. I’ll read the transcript.
He doesn’t have a chance. He’s a panderer with zero charisma.
7 University Update // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:27 am
McCain Declares on Letterman, Releases Top 10 List…
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8 RedPepper // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:30 am
Scott: Just for the record, Senator John McCain (ĐŻ,Ariz.) also made an appearance (well, a call-in …) this morning (just before 6 a.m. EST) on the Imus In The Morning radio show, which is also simulcast on MSNBC (aka MoreStupidNegativeBombasticCrap). McCain is checking in with all the diverse elements of his base; his base being , of course, the Bi-Coastal Elite Entertainment Media (of whom it may fairly be said: “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”) Formal announcement will be made in April.
Can’t wait.
9 boberinyetagain // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:30 am
Laura for president!
10 Fred Sinclair // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:46 am
Rush states that “Conservatism ALWAYS wins” If he’s correct (98.5%) then Duncan Hunter will be our next president. Closest to a Reagan Conservative that I’ve studied since Reagan left office.
Heirborn Ranger
11 Darthmeister // Mar 1, 2007 at 11:09 am
Another Top Tenner:
If nominated, McCain wants James Garner of Maverick fame to play him in a bio-pic in hopes of garner Hollyweird support.
12 Darthmeister // Mar 1, 2007 at 11:11 am
Doh! That’s “garnering”. Otherwise pun still intended.
13 boberinyetagain // Mar 1, 2007 at 11:30 am
A man would have to be a fool to play roulette!
14 boberinyetagain // Mar 1, 2007 at 11:31 am
Do I look like a fool to you? Well do I?
15 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 1, 2007 at 11:46 am
16 Fred Sinclair // Mar 1, 2007 at 11:51 am
boberin
Psa. 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Playing “Russian Roulette” with all chambers loaded with “The wrath of God” doesn’t sound too smart to me. More like the lifestyle of a fool.
Heirborn Ranger
17 boberinyetagain // Mar 1, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Fred, just an obscure James Garner quote. Betting that Hank gets it
18 Bill's Bites // Mar 1, 2007 at 12:56 pm
McCain-Feingold announces he’s a candidate…
Oh, did I spell that wrong? It’s hard to stop typing after just the first last name. (I guess I can still get away with saying that. I mean, they haven’t repealed the First Amendment yet, have they?)McCain Declares on…
19 mig // Mar 1, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Feingold going to be VP? Wow. That’s the ticket! Maybe he’ll reach across the aisle and let Biden be his Sec. of Defense and Schumer can be Sec. of State. Boy, McCain can really stretch!
20 Darthmeister // Mar 1, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Sorry, boberin, that ain’t ringin’ the bell in my noggin.
But 72 year old James Garner did have to say this about his Hollyweird peers and their foolishness in dating or marrying much younger women. Mr Garner has been married to his wife Lois for 45 years and admits when he sees old friends with 20-something girlfriends it “sickens” him. “I can’t say I agree with those May to December romances, yet I see it happening all the time. It’s not unusual for a 65-year-old producer or director to be dating a woman who is only 30. Even if I were single, I still couldn’t see myself dating a younger woman. To me, it’s embarrassing. There’s no fool like an old fool, and these old goats don’t even know how foolish they look. I feel sorry for them.”
Mr. Garner is apparently an old school traditionalist which I admire in a man, particularly one who has to put up with Hollyweird … well, weirdness.
21 mig // Mar 1, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Letterman is asked to be McCains speech writer:
“HATE BUSH blah blab blab blab blab Hate Chenney blab blab blab Hate Republicans Except the MAvericks HATE BUSH blah blab blab blab blab Hate Chenney blab blab blab Hate Republicans Except McCain HATE BUSH blah blab blab blab blab Hate Chenney blab blab blab Hate Republicans HATE BUSH blah blab blab blab blab Hate Chenney blab blab blab Hate Christians “
22 Darthmeister // Mar 1, 2007 at 1:20 pm
mig,
Maybe the Dhimmiecrat administration that has Feingold as VP would also make William Jefferson the Secretary of the Treasury and John Murtha the Secretary of Defense.
23 gafisher // Mar 1, 2007 at 1:31 pm
5. He has a lock on the black vote because his middle name is Sidney, like Poitier.”
And on the Plumbers Union because … well …
24 Darthmeister // Mar 1, 2007 at 1:47 pm
UFO Technology Key to Addressing “Climate Change”
I kid you not. And the scary thing is … this fellow used to be the Defense Minister of Canada! [cue Twilight Zone music]
Now how long has Global Warming been a religion? In that short period of time Global Warmism already has spawned a cult!
25 GnuCarSmell // Mar 1, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Does he also have a lock on voters who need to use the bathroom because his name is John?
I could not abide this man, considering his anti-free speech record and his passive-aggressive personality. He strikes me as bi-polar.
26 boberinyetagain // Mar 1, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Hank, either “Support your local sheriff” or “support your local gunfighter”, both funny but nearly identical movies.
Every time James walks through the saloon the roulette spinner (croupier?) asks him ig he wants to place a bet and his response is both comments I wrote earlier.
Then, once in a while, he actually has some money in his pocket and, he puts every cent on #23 (no reason given) and loses every time (he might win the last bet, I forget) but it’s anamusing scenario.
His comments on marriage I can agree with, most other stuff (non-acting) that he spews just sounds like a doddering old man spouting nonsense but, hey, whatever!
27 Harry Daschle // Mar 1, 2007 at 2:16 pm
I wonder, will Letterman have him back when he declares he is dropping out?
I would pick Guliani over McCain, and I will NOT pick Guliani!
28 upnorthlurkin // Mar 1, 2007 at 2:36 pm
I will pick Rudy over any dhimmocrat though. He would be a tough law and order president and he would pick strict constructionist judges. He also knows the threat we face in the WOT. As for his lib views about guns, gay marriage, abortion, etc…..none of that will matter much if we get nuked. We need another tough “cowboy” who realizes you can’t negotiate with insanity.
29 boberinyetagain // Mar 1, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Heck, I’m ok with Rudy, if he runs it would be a tough choice indeed.
30 Darthmeister // Mar 1, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Guiliani will be ten times better than any Dhimmiecrat. As president he would have little power to advance abortion or gay marriage issues since he is in no real position to do anything about them. I also get the impression that even though he altruistically “supports” said positions, he would NOT have any real reason to be the vanguard in re-engineering society any further on those issues since he’s intelligent enought to know they are divisive issues that only the individual states should settle, not the federal government or the president.
Though as president he is certainly expected to have some kind of social and economic agenda, he is anti-tax (to one degree or another), is no dhimmie when it comes to the GWOT, says he is opposed to activist judges and would appoint a “strict constructionists” as earlier noted by upnorth, and would certainly be a magnet for the so-called swing voters.
Guiliani is a lot better than McCain in that he is far more emotionally stable and is no “maverick”. Like Clinton, I think once Guiliani got in office he would surprise people by tacking to the right instead of sliding to the left on anything of national importance. His self-effacing humor makes him a VERY attractive candidate to “conservative” Reagan Democrats and so-called “moderate” voters.
If it came down to Giuliani vs Hillary/Obama, I’d have absolutely no problem casting my vote for Guiliani … or even McCain. But I think McCain is toast because Giuliani has already staked his ground and is sucking all the air out of McCain’s sails. In my estimation McCain is dead in the water even before he officially throws his hat in the ring.
Giuliani/Romney 2008?
31 Fred Sinclair // Mar 1, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Re: #20 Darthmeister - There was very little comment when Kathy Lee (30) married Bing Crosby (61).
At the time her mother was interviewed and stated how wondously happy she was that Kathy Lee has actually found true love! At the time I wondered if mama would have been so estatic had he been Sam Jones, pumping gas at the local filling station? I think not.
Heirborn Ranger.
32 Fred Sinclair // Mar 1, 2007 at 5:01 pm
DUNCAN HUNTER - 2008
Heirborn Ranger
33 gafisher // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Harry #27: “… will Letterman have him back when he declares he is dropping out?”
Yeah, him and that Vilsic, Vlasik, Vlasco, whatever guy.
34 RedPepper // Mar 1, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Darthmeister #30: We would do well to remember that President Bush has not exactly been ideal either when it comes to his “social agenda” ; & I’m not at all sure that Guiliani would be any worse. IMO, he could easily be better.
Beyond that, we are also in need of a leader who will fight back when he is being demonized by his opponents. I think Rudy can fill that bill!
35 Fred Sinclair // Mar 1, 2007 at 11:58 pm
DUNCAN HUNTER - 2008!!!!!
Heirborn Ranger
36 Fred Sinclair // Mar 2, 2007 at 12:11 am
Why Hunter for 08?
1. Duncan Hunter is the “National Security” candidate. He served with the 173rd Airborne and the Army Rangers in Vietnam, and was, most recently, the Chairman of the Armed Services Committee in the House of Representatives. Duncan Hunter knows defense.
2. Duncan Hunter originated the fence along the Mexico-U.S. border decades ago in order to cut down crime against illegal immigrants. Today, that fence (a double fence) is 14 miles long. It has cut smuggling (people and drugs) over 90% and has drastically reduced the 10/year murder rate of illegal immigrants by removing the mobility of the cross border criminal gangs. It has eliminated the major cross border drug automobile chases. The crime rate in San Diego as a whole is 44% as compared to the pre-fence crime rate. A large scale extension of the fence (700 miles long) was authorized in the 2006 bill “Secure Fence Act of 2006”. His efforts over some 20 plus years have brought the fence to be considered as a major instrument of immigration policy and border control.
3. Duncan Hunter is Pro-Life.
4. He is a strong proponent of fair trade. He notes that recently the head of the Federal Reserve Board declared China’s 40% devaluation against the dollar by the government illegal. Today, China has a 17% subsidy for its manufacturers, a 17% tax on U.S. imports, and this 40% artificial currency control to put U.S. manufacturers at a 74% disadvantage. Many nations have enacted less dramatic, but very significant, unfair taxes and practices that give them a large advantage. In the case of China, its surpluses so generated are being used to buy and develop weaponry targeted against the U.S. He wants fair trade so the U.S. may be on a level playing field, and does not want the fruits of unfair trade practices to be used against the U.S. economically and militarily.
37 mig // Mar 2, 2007 at 7:22 am
Get the word out Fred!
38 Right Mind : McCain Declares on Letterman, Releases Top 10 List // Mar 2, 2007 at 7:50 am
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39 Darthmeister // Mar 2, 2007 at 8:20 am
“Religion of peace” at it again with its kangaroo courts and vigilante justice. Kidnap and possibly murder 18 innocent Iraqi civilians and soldiers in retaliation for an ALLEGED rape? Yep, sounds like Koranic justice to me. Oh, that’s right, it’s Great Satan America’s fault and while the Muslim Sunnis are at it, they should at least toss in a mention of Abu Ghraib and GITMO.
That ought get the lib Donks to sympathize with your “blessed operation”, dear Sunnis.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - An al-Qaida-linked Sunni group claimed Friday that it kidnapped 18 government workers and soldiers in retaliation for the alleged rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shiite-dominated police force.
The claim by the Islamic State of Iraq was posted Friday on a Web site, accompanied by nine pictures showing up to 18 men. “This blessed operation is a response to crimes carried out by those infidels in their fight against the Sunnis,” the statement said. “The latest of the crimes committed by these traitors was to rape our sister in religion.”
40 conserve-a-tips // Mar 2, 2007 at 8:32 am
Good morning all.
A little off topic here and going back to another of Scott’s great pieces, The Right Reverand “Let ‘em eat cake” Algore arrived in our fair city yesterday to hold an Algore Crusade. He held an invitation at the end, after admonishing the crowd that Global Warmism - the religion of choice - is a “moral, ethical, and spiritual issue.”
Previous to his arrival, Algore skirted authorities in the Nashville airport and was led past all forms of security by an American Airlines official so that his precious Kingly time would not be subjected to the same delays that the average Joe must endure.
I have a question. If there must be a separation of church and state, according to the liberals, why is Congress considering laws establishing Global Warmism as the State Religion? And why is the Right Reverand AlGore, appearing on state property?
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42 Darthmeister // Mar 2, 2007 at 9:45 am
PAUL at PowerlineBlog observes:
This is a bizarre and irony-rich situation. If the Democrats are convinced that the war can’t be won, then their best strategy is the one they’ve accidentally adopted thus far — doing nothing serious to end it — minus all the false starts that make them look bad. Why? Because if the war is perceived as going badly, the country will be inclined to vote for Democrats. So there’s no percentage in shutting the war down and no need to drift left on the issue, since the anti-war vote has nowhere else to go. Interfering with the president’s ability to prosecute the war is politically advantageous for the Dems only if they think we can win in Iraq.
Again, what is the strategy that Dhimmiecrats fell into by accident - simply do nothing. Now how politically cynical is that? Do nothing, hope that the effort in Iraq fails, if it doesn’t fail, in 2008 the Dhimmies’ can crow how their majority in Congress changed the dynamic in Iraq in some manner eventually leading America to victory! So doing nothing is a win-win for Democrats … unless Americans who haven’t been hit with the clueless bat too often eventually see through this Machiavellian politicizing of the war by the Dhimmies and vote the charlatans out of office. Of course in blue states this means an electorate capable of true patriotic indignation and must liberals I know aren’t up to that task.
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