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Posted on Mar 4, 2008
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John McCain has secured the Republican nomination with a projected sweep of the March 4th primaries. He was thought by many political insiders to be too independent to pull it off, but his march to the right appears to have been successful. It is fitting, therefore, that he is expected to visit the White House on Wednesday to further tie himself to George W. Bush.


CNN:

McCain swept all four contests in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island, giving him the 1,191 delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination.

McCain will travel to the White House to be endorsed by President Bush as early as Wednesday, sources tell CNN.

The Arizona senator overwhelmingly won moderates and conservatives in Ohio, but he lost the evangelical vote to Mike Huckabee, according to exit polls.

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By Douglas Chalmers, March 6, 2008 at 3:13 am Link to this comment

Best idea you’ve had all week (all year, maybe), cyrena…... invite them to Texas and get a pic of Hagee and McCain groping each other!

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By cyrena, March 6, 2008 at 1:26 am Link to this comment

I think that this photo should be widely circulated between now and the general election. I also think that it should be embellished with McCain’s other endorsements, of which he is equally proud…specifically this whacko bigot Hagee…as described so well below.

•  “As Posner reveals, Hagee is the kind of evangelical minister who has anticipated the end of the world for decades now, even as he promises untold riches to those who tithe to his ministry. He is an ardent warmonger who, like Farrakhan, seems to imagine a Middle East cleansed by blood—except that in his fantasies, the Christians will be saved while everyone else burns. (The saved won’t include members of the Catholic Church, however, an institution he despises and denounces as venomously as Farrakhan does.)

So, seeing as how this photo made all of you guys puke/sick/whatever..and just as the words and voice of Hagee are likely to do the same, this could be McCains campaign theme for endorsements…Bush on one side, and Hagee on the other.

Now, since 70% of Americans already hate GW with a passion, how well is this photo gonna sit with the voting public? Well, it’ll probably make them as sick as the rest of your. INCLUDING the die hard repugs.

So, if McCains campaign doesn’t run it, then maybe the Dems should. They can’t be blamed for smear tactics, because I mean, hey…it’s McCain and Bush in the photo, and McCain has clearly announced, IN HIS VERY OWN WORDS, that he is proud to have Hagee’s endorsement as well.

It could say something like…vote for the successor to the Bush Dynasty, McCain promises there will be NO interruption to the wars! If you love war…vote for McCain.

(well, that sounds a little hokey, but somebody can come up with something).

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By ocjim, March 6, 2008 at 12:10 am Link to this comment

Like all other candidates in his way in elections, Bush/Rove totally trashed John McCain in the 2000 South Carolina primary. Rove’s whisper campaign accused McCain of illegitimately fathering a black child (actually an adopted Bangladesh orphan)

The picture itself is disgusting: first because McCain would hug this mediocre monster, secon, would associate with such a failure, and third, would kiss up to someone who demonized him in 2000.

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By Carole, March 5, 2008 at 9:35 pm Link to this comment
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Hillary chokes up a bit and gets slammed. I’m sure this disgusting photo of two pigs in slop will go nowhere. Their baggy shirts and pleated pants won’t get the press her pantsuits do. I’m going to go throw up.

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By Aston Wallace, March 5, 2008 at 3:11 pm Link to this comment
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Little hateful and racist don’t ya think. Is that helping anyone get anywhere?

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By QuyTran, March 5, 2008 at 10:53 am Link to this comment

....stop insulting real animals ! Both of them are below animal levels !

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By Douglas Chalmers, March 5, 2008 at 8:07 am Link to this comment

Having sex with your dog is one thing (!) but these are two pigs…. oh, its OK, they’re both just animals, uhh.

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By Aegrus, March 5, 2008 at 6:07 am Link to this comment

That photograph of John hugging Bush is so absolutely repulsive. Something about that picture shakes me at my core.

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By PatrickHenry, March 5, 2008 at 4:20 am Link to this comment

I had a dog that use to do that.

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By Douglas Chalmers, March 5, 2008 at 4:14 am Link to this comment

Do these guys have Jewish blood (no such thing, really) or do the Jews have Anglo-Celtic blood? No wonder Jesus said that the Jews were a “stiff-necked” bunch….. just like Repug’s really, uhh

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By Thomas Billis, March 5, 2008 at 3:30 am Link to this comment

Watching George Bush and John McCain hug brought a tear to my eye.I believe the picture was taken at a morons"r"us store.

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By Douglas Chalmers, March 5, 2008 at 2:01 am Link to this comment

That pic reminds me of BrokeBack Mountain…....

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