John (kerry) John (mccain ) ticket BEWARE

Naturally, a Kerry-McCain ticket is a long shot. However, the ABBers (Anybody But Bush) out there should take note.

Come November, if John is John's running mate, you will need pinch your nostrils extra tight to fend off the pervasive stench. Consider:

McCain was one of the Keating Five. He was investigated on ethics charges for taking contributions (a generous $112,00) from the swindler Charles Keating who was convicted of racketeering and fraud in both state and federal court. Total cost to American taxpayer: $3.4 billion. McCain hung with Keating at his extravagant Bahamas pad and flew on the racketeer's airplanes at least nine times. McCain's wife and father-in-law invested heavily in a Keating shopping center in Arizona described as a sweetheart deal.

In addition to associating with bank swindlers, McCain is fond of mobsters. He sent birthday cards to Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonano, the head of the New York Bonano crime family, after the notorious mobster retired in Arizona. I guess sun birds of a feather flock together in the Grand Canyon State.

John's in favor of allowing corporations to do whatever the heck they want -- especially when it comes to raiding the till to support political candidates such as himself. He opposed legislation that would have forced companies to get permission from stockholders before using treasury funds for political activities.

Republicans like to say Democrats have loose morals -- recall how they so mercilessly lambasted Clinton for his juvenile dalliance with an intern -- but the Republican John M. also had a WD40 lubricated zipper. McCain readily admits his first marriage crashed and burned due to his fooling around with women other than his wife.

Republicans have zero tolerance for drug abuse -- or they did until it was discovered Rush Limbaugh had an obsession for munching pain pills like M&Ms. It seems McCain's wife Cindy, the daughter of a wealthy Budweiser beer distributor, was addicted to prescription drugs. Mrs. McCain even stooped so low as to steal drugs from a medical charity that she ran.

But when it comes to the drug abuse of other people -- especially poor people unable to hire fancy lawyers or acquire country club memberships -- McCain is about as flexible as reinforced concrete. "Of the four major candidates, McCain has expressed the most hawkish positions on drug policy," explains the Issues 2000 website. "He wants to increase penalties for selling drugs, supports the death penalty for drug kingpins, favors tightening security to stop the flow of drugs into the country, and wants to restrict availability of methadone for heroin addicts." No word if McCain finds it necessary to shut down doctors and pharmaceutical corporations that allow rich talkshow hosts to squirrel away thousands of pain pills and turn the domestic help into couriers.

McCain fully supports the neocon way of reacting to the world. He believes al-Qaeda and Saddam were in cahoots and urged Dubya to invade Iraq way back in December, 2001. He mindlessly declared the invasion justified even as a mountain of evidence began to surface indicating Bush and the neocons had lied through their teeth about Saddam and his illusory WMD. McCain supports the so-called missile defense system -- even though the thing is an immense failure and will result in flushing billions of dollars down the rat holes of gluttonous defense contractors. For McCain, our future is one of never-ending war and aggression. According to McCain, the job of the United States is "not simply to contain rogue regimes, but to drive them from power."

Finally, McCain is determined peace will never exist in the Middle East. Like Bush and Kerry, McCain is all agog over the Butcher of Beirut, Ariel Sharon. He likes to tell the accused war criminal what a fine job he's doing turning the Palestinians into impoverished prisoners on their own land. Last August McCain said "there should be no linkage of the route" of Israel's apartheid wall to the $9 billion in loan guarantees the US planned to bestow on the scofflaw Zionist state. McCain told Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom that "the Oslo Accords failed because they were based on the premise that Palestinians and Israeli could live peacefully together. The fence is an effort to see if Israelis and Palestinians can live peacefully apart." In other words, Palestinian Bantustans are fine by John McCain and John Kerry. "Israel's security fence is a legitimate act of self defense," Kerry believes. "Israel has a right and a duty to defend its citizens. The fence only exists in response to the wave of terror attacks against Israel." No mention of the additional land Israel has stolen in the process, much of it valuable agricultural land.
http://counterpunch.com/nimmo05172004.html

But we don't need no stinking Republicans on our ticket.

I will be VERY upset if this happens.

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and by the way... any vote for nader is a vote for bush

Any nonn vote is a vote for bush

Bear in mind that when voting for bush, you are voting for Al Qaida's man... yep they're on the record

I like him okay for a goper, but just don't think it will hapen.

it ain't gonna happen!:hi:

I know it's a fun topic for the freeps and the pro-Nader crowd, but ???

Hey, anyone care to wager? I'll bet 2-1 that McCain won't be on the Democratic ticket.

to democrats. We don't need a republican for the VP slot, we have plenty of GREAT democrats to choose from!

Though it does shed some light on the thinking of a few who obviously don't understand the process very well just yet ? :freak:

I guess that explains the lack of pragmitism on the part of some?

The whole McCain as VP story is nothing more than Kerry's way of getting some free media attention. It makes Kerry look more moderate and bipartisan, as well as stronger on defense. In addition, everytime they mention McCain, they mention his record of military service, and whenever they do that, it's followed by a description of Kerry's military service in Viet Nam where he was "highly decorated"

So keep being vocally concerned about this. The moderates find it very reassuring.

Excellent info.

McCain's anti-choice. That alone should eliminate him from contention.

The party would never do this. This discussion is over.

Kerry's camp never suggested it and McCain has categorically said it's not happening over and over. McCain has the respect that he has because he's straightforward and apparently honest, whether you agree with him or not. So take him at his word. He's not considering it and he's not being asked and this is all just silly speculation based on absolutely nothing.

First the Keeting Five - McCain has repeatedly acknowledged and apologized for his role - in fact it served as inspiration for McCain Feingold campaign finance reform law. McCain brings up the subject when he wouldn't have to.

Second - It is despicable to slam a politician based on a personal failing of his/her spouse - besides, Cindy McCain has apparently acknowledged her addiction and sought treatment and is sucessfully living drug-free.

I am ignoring the rest of the piece based on the belief that if an author is willing to distort one part of a person's record they are willing to distort all of it.

Not all Republicans are evil people and not all Democrats are saints. McCain should not be Kerry's running mate because he is a Republican and Kerry is a Democrat. Leave it go at that. There is no need to demonize McCain.