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Bush hints at McCain endorsement (Roundup)
Feb 8, 2008, 16:42 GMT
Washington - US President George W Bush hinted Friday that he endorses Senator John McCain as his Republican Party's candidate for the November 4 presidential election.
McCain appears assured of the party's nomination after his toughest competitor, millionaire businessman and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, dropped out of the race Thursday.
'We've had good debates and soon we'll have a nominee who will carry a conservative banner into this election and beyond,' Bush told a conference of conservative activists in Washington.
Bush's choice of words was significant because many socially conservative Republican core voters mistrust McCain's independent streak and centrist public image, which may help him win swing voters in November.
The White House insisted that Bush's remarks were not an endorsement because other candidates remain in the Republican race.
'But we are approaching a time when we will have a Republican nominee and we will have a conservative running against a Democratic candidate who will have vastly different views,' White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said.
In his speech, Bush urged the Republican right to unite behind the party's eventual nominee, saying the stakes in the election were high.
'So with confidence in our vision and faith in our values, let us go forward, fight for victory, and keep the White House in 2008,' he said.
The Republican candidate will be formally confirmed at a September 1-4 national party convention in St Paul, Minnesota. Bush's term ends in January and under the US constitution he cannot seek another four years in office.
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'...johnny!...quit sobbin Johnny....ah knooow...h f--ked outa th job once...ah'm not tryin twahce....jes let mee knoow what ya want Johnny...an fer God sakes, say sumpin nahce aboot thim conservatives fer a switch, eh boyh?...watch ya six noow....best o luck! Ah'll leave sum o thim salmon falvored cee gars o Bill's here in th desk fer ya...or that bowlegged wahfe o Bills...which ever of ya thit shooows up...!'
More crap!!!! Anyway, what choice does Bushie have at this point. Maybe he'll mistaken one of the Democrats for a Republican and endorse them..........Ha!
has laid his plan out for all to see. The best plan on the table yet. He has all the bases covered and the country and her citizens best intrests at heart yet both parties and the media act as if he doesn't exist.
Ron Who?
Yeah, I've seen that one before too. Usually from a Bush/McCain junkie who doesn't know any better.
But like I was saying, Ron Paul is the right medicine; just getting the country to take it is another matter. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
...it's already over for Ron Paul...and Mitt.....and the Huckster....and the Tooth Fairey. So go home, pour yourself a drink, and realize its over...
any of you seen a better, more decisive plan than that of Ron Paul?? If so, by whom and let's hear it.
It's over for Ron Paul.
O-V-E-R
from sp4.........girl.
It is also o-v-e-r for John McKennedy. The bible thumpers will split the party.
..McCain has it sewn up.....he has most of the votes.....or didn't you hear......? Johnny's goin to the show! I can't wait to see the debates.
Which one is against the war???
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SP4...when I say it is over, I mean in November you dum-dum. John McKennedy is the end of this right wing mess. Thank god.
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John McCainFeb 8th, 2008 - 17:15:13
'Wave off! Wave off! Wave off!'
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