What if McCain wins?
Straha
his first term by Obama saying/doing an EPIC gaffe and he gets his
second due to a more moderate libertarian party siphoning off a few
bedroom dems(yes, a left challenger is more likely but this is IMO
more interesting)) How does America and the world change because of a
2 term McCain presidency 2009-2017?
Dan Goodman
I think the Democratic Party could nominate Dick Cheny and win, this
time around. Or rather, the Republican Party woud find a way to lose.
But if McCain does win? That would depend largely on who was running
the Executive Branch.
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Straha
> the Executive Branch.
>
Don't you mean legislative branch?
Dan Goodman
No, I do not. I mean that someone other than McCain would be running
the Executive Branch -- as distinguished from being nominally in charge.
Kevin Cherkauer
snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. My friends, every day that goes
by, my friends, I see President McCain, my friends, looming larger.
Utopia in Decay -- The future is coming to get you.
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Kevin Cherkauer
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Dan Goodman
> I thought it was the Democratic Party that had the most practice at
> snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
You're thinking only of relatively recent times. Both parties have had
periods in which they seemed incapable of winning the Presidency or
gaining Congressional majorities.
I don't think either will go the way of the Federalists and the Whigs
anytime soon. But I do think the Republicans are in for a dry spell.
Which will last till the Democrats figure that staying in power is a
no-brainer, and act on that.
Power stupidifies. The illusion of absolute power stupidifies
absolutely.
> My friends, every day that
> goes by, my friends, I see President McCain, my friends, looming
> larger.
>
> Utopia in Decay -- The future is coming to get you.
> http://home.comcast.net/~kevin.cherkauer/site/
>
> Kevin Cherkauer
>
>
> "Dan Goodman" <dsg...@iphouse.com> wrote in message
> news:483b42b6$0$68541$8046...@auth.newsreader.iphouse.com...
>
> > I think the Democratic Party could nominate Dick Cheny and win, this
> > time around. Or rather, the Republican Party woud find a way to
> > lose.
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>
> No, I do not. I mean that someone other than McCain would be running
> the Executive Branch -- as distinguished from being nominally in charge.
>
>
I am puzzled. Are you claiming McCain is going to go all senile any
day now, or what?
(And I can see a President McCain. He polls pretty well vs Obama,
there is no sign the press is planning to disengage their lips from
his buttcheeks, and PT Barnum's dictum remains in force.)
Bruce
Dan Goodman
> On May 27, 1:21 pm, "Dan Goodman" <dsg...@iphouse.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > No, I do not. I mean that someone other than McCain would be running
> > the Executive Branch -- as distinguished from being nominally in
> > charge.
> >
> I am puzzled. Are you claiming McCain is going to go all senile any
> day now, or what?
No. It doesn't require senility to leave messy details like making
decisions to underlings, while you enjoy having a high-prestige job.
> (And I can see a President McCain. He polls pretty well vs Obama,
> there is no sign the press is planning to disengage their lips from
> his buttcheeks, and PT Barnum's dictum remains in force.)
>
> Bruce
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Straha
> No, I do not. I mean that someone other than McCain would be running
> the Executive Branch -- as distinguished from being nominally in charge.
Presume he picks Mike Huckabee for this.
Dan Goodman
What makes you think _he_ would do the picking?
I don't believe that McCain would be in charge if he were elected
President.