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Topic: McCain Moving to the Center

#	Author	Message
1	ecdc Fri 5/2/2008 4:27p	http://blogs.abcnews.com/polit...s-o.html You knew it would happen. Good for him, I say. I hope he continues to move to the middle and distance himself from the far right. First he said that all level of government, including Bush, bungled Hurricane Katrina (which is equivalent of saying 2+2=4) and now he's saying we'll get rid of our dependence on foreign oil so we don't have to send troops to the Middle East again. There's just enough room for some plausible deniability, but that sounded like he's saying we wen to Iraq for oil.
2	SuperDry Sat 5/3/2008 1:03a	What remains to be seen is his choice in running mates. That will be the true measure as to just how centrist (or far-right pandering) he is.
3	WilliamK99 Sat 5/3/2008 1:35a	I honestly think if he chose Leiberman as his running mate, he'd win in a landslide... But, it won't happen...
4	planodisney Mon 5/5/2008 2:35p	I couldnt give a flying you know what if his running mate is a centrist, has a big capital L or a big capital R beside his name. I want a fiscal genious on the ticket. I am so sick of demonizing people and labels used to discredit everyone.
5	ecdc Mon 5/5/2008 3:27p	>>I am so sick of demonizing people and labels used to discredit everyone.<< You mean labels like "Shrillary?" Or online rumors that say a candidate attended a madrasah and is a strict Muslim? But those aren't the same thing as labels like left, right, or centrist. While they're certainly oversimplified, they can be an accurate reflection of how a candidate leans. And of course, some demonizing always took place, but it seemed to get really out of control when some conservatives decided that anyone who didn't think like them wasn't patriotic or a real American.
6	DlandDug Wed 5/7/2008 12:30p	And have you seen the the latest direction that discussion of McCain's running mate has taken? Bobby Jindal, the 36 year old Indian-American Governor of Louisiana is the latest name to be floated: http://opinionator.blogs.nytim...=opinion Curiouser and curiouser...
7	DlandDug Wed 5/7/2008 12:36p	If you haven't heard of him (I hadn't), here's Bobby Jindal talking with Jay Leno: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...DD_3gxvs

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