While Clinton and Obama fight, McCain quietly racks up the anti-endorsements
By Minnesota Monitor - Front Page on March 13,2008
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John McCain has many reasons to relish the continuing street fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and one is the relative inattention to a growing Republican backlash against John McCain. I speak not of the religious righters who think McCain lacks a Christian heart. We heard about them ad nauseam during McCain's if-nobody-else-wants-it slog to the nomination. I'm talking about the establishment GOP elements who think he's got bats in his belfry.
Yesterday John Aravosis at Americablog noted that longtime Republican consultant Don Ringe has launched a new stop-McCain site, NoJohn.com. (See their promo video by clicking Read More below.) Ringe explained: "I have always taken a low, or no, profile in campaigns, as I learned long ago not to become an issue myself. But as I approach 62, the impact of another Republican in the White House on my 9-year old daughter, my 39-year old son, and 1-year old grandson, drives me ever deeper to the radical center."
Past McCain testimonials:
"I decided I didn't want this guy anywhere near a trigger."
--US Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), Newsweek, 2/21/2000 [Domenici has endorsed McCain in 2008.]
"The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."
--US Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), Boston Globe, 1/27/2008 [Cochran also later endorsed McCain, but declined to take back these words.]
"'I like McCain. I respect McCain. But I am a little worried by his knee-jerk response factor,' said retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, who was in charge of training the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004 and is now campaigning for Clinton. 'I think it is a little scary. I think this guy's first reactions are not necessarily the best reactions. I believe that he acts on impulse.'
Continued: Click on Read More "'I studied leadership for a long time during 32 years in the military,' said retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, a one-time Republican who is supporting Obama. 'It is all about character. Who can motivate willing followers? Who has the vision? Who can inspire people?' Gration asked. 'I have tremendous respect for John McCain, but I would not follow him.'
"'One of the things the senior military would like to see when they go visit the president is a kind of consistency, a kind of reliability,' explained retired Gen. Merrill McPeak, a former Republican, former chief of staff of the Air Force and former fighter pilot who flew 285 combat missions. McPeak said his perception is that Obama is 'not that up when he is up and not that down when he is down. He is kind of a steady Eddie. This is a very important feature,' McPeak said. On the other hand, he said, 'McCain has got a reputation for being a little volatile.' McPeak is campaigning for Obama."
--Mark Benjamin, "Military leaders on John McCain's temperament," Salon, 3/6/2008
"'I studied leadership for a long time during 32 years in the military,' said retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, a one-time Republican who is supporting Obama. 'It is all about character. Who can motivate willing followers? Who has the vision? Who can inspire people?' Gration asked. 'I have tremendous respect for John McCain, but I would not follow him.'
"'One of the things the senior military would like to see when they go visit the president is a kind of consistency, a kind of reliability,' explained retired Gen. Merrill McPeak, a former Republican, former chief of staff of the Air Force and former fighter pilot who flew 285 combat missions. McPeak said his perception is that Obama is 'not that up when he is up and not that down when he is down. He is kind of a steady Eddie. This is a very important feature,' McPeak said. On the other hand, he said, 'McCain has got a reputation for being a little volatile.' McPeak is campaigning for Obama."
--Mark Benjamin, "Military leaders on John McCain's temperament," Salon, 3/6/2008
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John McCain has many reasons to relish the continuing street fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and one is the relative inattention to a growing Republican backlash against John McCain. I speak not of the religious righters who think McCain lacks a Christian heart. We heard about them ad nauseam during McCain's if-nobody-else-wants-it slog to the nomination. I'm talking about the establishment GOP elements who think he's got bats in his belfry.