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1. #1
   On July 2nd, 2007 at 3:53 pm, Sir Loin said:

   This doesn’t look good at all, indeed…I’m from AZ, and local talk radio isn’t providing much support either as far as I can tell.

2. #2
   On July 2nd, 2007 at 3:53 pm, bloodhound said:

   One day after Fred Thompson announces his candidacy!

3. #3
   On July 2nd, 2007 at 3:56 pm, Gulchie said:

   In my opinion, he reached his expiration date the day he jumped on the Shamnesty bandwagon.

4. #4
   On July 2nd, 2007 at 3:56 pm, EWTHeckman said:

   I would say his campaign will actually be dead the minute Fred Thompson announces. Of course, it will probably take McCain at least a week to realize it.

5. #5
   On July 2nd, 2007 at 3:56 pm, Rabbit said:

   Couldn’t happen to a nicer RINO. And I mean that sincerely.

   I bet he will try to hang on as long as any money is coming his way.

   Does he accept pesos?

6. #6
   On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:01 pm, Cowboy said:

   RINO indeed. He’s a feingold / kennedy suck up. I hope the good people of AZ retire this man.

7. #7
   On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:09 pm, Schweggie said:

   Is 4 months ago an option?

8. #8
   On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:12 pm, bdfaith said:

   As much as I admire the man John McCain used to be I hope for his sake he gives up soon.

9. #9
   On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:15 pm, The Raging Republican said:

   One day after Fred Thompson announces his candidacy!

   I agree!

10. #10
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:28 pm, Dersu said:

    He likely will start slowing down his campaign activity a good month before he finally announces it’s end.

    The Boss asked:

    So, what will the exact expiration date of the McCain ‘08 campaign be?

    I say Sept 1, 2007

11. #11
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:30 pm, palani said:

    I never did get McCain. It seemed like the MSM only loved him because they knew he could never actually win the presidency.

12. #12
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:31 pm, leepro said:

    McCain’s campaign has already expired. He just doesn’t know it yet.

    However, in a way I agree with bloodhound and The Raging Republican. It will become official one day after Fred! announces.

13. #13
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:35 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    As a fellow serviceman, I will always respect McCain’s service to this country and the horrors he endured as a POW.

    However, I will never respect the damaging decisions he has made as an elected official. There is a difference.

    Good riddance.

14. #14
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:39 pm, SD86 said:

    Around Labor Day, perhaps just after…

15. #15
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:40 pm, get2djnow said:

    John McCain. War Hero. Senator. Twice-failed candidate to become the GOP nominee for President. Hated Republican moderate.

    I’m shocked that you people could think such things about a man who so believes in the right to his ascendency.

    I’m thinking he’ll quit on one of two dates: just before he endorses Hillary for President or just after he takes his last breath.

16. #16
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:45 pm, John Ansell said:

    McSLain and the other Rino’s will learn what happens when you go against 80% of the people. Get on the ball and build the wall.

17. #17
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 4:53 pm, Schweggie said:

    Is Condi polling higher than McCain yet?

18. #18
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:02 pm, schratboy said:

    It’s such as shamnesty that John isn’t a viable candidate…nor senator for that matter.

19. #19
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:02 pm, CS said:

    McCain knew he would never get the nomination,just as everyone else did.
    The question now is what will he do with the money he raised?

20. #20
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:04 pm, uhangtight said:

    His campaign has died, he just hasn’t realized it. His arrogance is amazing. To exact revenge on the base for the past 8 or more years; and then expect they were going to give him their candidacy to the Highest Office in the Land? To be so unbalanced and unstable to think that the gang of 14, marching in lock step with the democrats on everything but the war, and finally immigration shamnesty would be ignored by those you seek to represent. Stupidity or Arrogance? Either one he doesn’t have the ability to be a leader of this country.

21. #21
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:07 pm, huhwhat said:

    McCain’s campaign is dead, it’s just waiting to fall down and give a few short kicks.

22. #22
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:09 pm, OldGuy53 said:

    I don’t think I ever considered him a viable candidate. But it’s pretty plain that his stance on amnesty has destroyed any chance he had.
    It would be best if he just bowed out now gracefully.

23. #23
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:16 pm, Dersu said:

    This website explains why he will never be
    POTUS.

    http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/

24. #24
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:19 pm, st_james said:

    Good riddance senior McCain. Enjoy your newly found time off swilling French wine, eating goat cheese and singing the Mexican National Anthem with your bud Ted on The Vineyard.

25. #25
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:28 pm, Craig said:

    Able candidates slew McCain

26. #26
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:28 pm, shooter said:

    Ok I’ll play.

    September 10th, 2007.

    And he’ll back? B.Hussein Obama?

    or Rudy.
    Get ready to question the timing.

27. #27
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:31 pm, Schweggie said:

    From Dersu link:

    In a 1999 interview with the Los Angeles Times, McCain admitted, “I do everything I can to keep my anger under control. I wake up daily and tell myself, ‘You must do everything possible to stay cool, calm and collected today.’ “

    Cheese Louise! Daily?

28. #28
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:31 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    “DEAD??!! But I’m on the ticket!!?? Sí se puede! He told me I could drive in the inaugural parade!!!!!”

29. #29
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:32 pm, bloodhound said:

    Michelle ~

    If you want a date, how about August 3, 2007, two days before the next Republican Presidential debate. By that time he will no doubt have drained his bank account, Fred Thompson will have declared, and he won’t risk further public embarrassment at the hands of true conservatives!

30. #30
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:35 pm, Brad said:

    I don’t know what you guys are talking about McCain 08 was DOA. Perhaps he should lay the blame on bloggers and conservative radio.

31. #31
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:45 pm, katieanne said:

    McCain has been more of a Democrat than a Republican for a long, long time. I thought it was a foolish waste of time and effort for him to run in 2008.

32. #32
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 6:02 pm, bridgetown said:

    I like McCain. Respect the man. I feel sorry for him.
    But, I wouldn’t vote for him as Leader of the Free World, anyway.
    He, to me, is like Edwards; pretty much irrelevant in the scheme of things, but loved by the media.

33. #33
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 6:07 pm, geminicontender said:

    I would never wish ill on McCain. He needs to step back and realize that his Presidential bid is not going to happen. I wish that thought on many other Republican candidates also, however I know we have a ways to go still.
    So shall we all sing along to the tune of ‘Barbara Ann’ and wish John well….
    bye,bye,bye,……. bye bye McCain

34. #34
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 6:12 pm, puhiawa said:

    Maybe he thought all those illegal aliens would make up for the 100,000,000 voters whose face he spit at with his Amnesty Bill?

35. #35
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 6:13 pm, Ron Rockstar said:

    McCain had no more of a chance than any other Senator who has been in office for longer than two terms. Too much baggage, no discernable principles. Generally speaking, legislators, left or right are not very good executives (or at least rarely).

36. #36
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 6:18 pm, DaleC said:

    His only chance of saving face is to get out before Fred comes in .I like schweggies 4 months ago but I’m going to have to go with 6 business days after Fred announces.
    I have no sympathy for anyone who was a part of shamnesty . They are all traitors to me.

37. #37
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 6:22 pm, Rick Moran said:

    My question is why he’s still in the race. He can’t be hoping for a miracle turnaround. His only hope is that Rudy, Mitt, and Fred all self destruct at about the same time.

    That will happen about the same time that pigs sprout wings.

    As far as a date…it will be sometime after Labor Day. I say Halloween would be the perfect day for McCain to fold his tent. He can go to the speech bowing out of the campaign dressed up as the ghost of Shamnesty.

38. #38
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 6:54 pm, tarpon said:

    Rode one maverick cause too many.

39. #39
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 7:29 pm, DanME said:

    Good riddance !!

40. #40
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 7:38 pm, ThackerAgency said:

    I disagree with most everything he’s done, campaign finance, talking about US torture techniques, shamnesty, he had a ‘air passenger bill of rights’ at one point. It was all bad and he was wrong on all counts as far as I’m concerned.

    He won’t quit though until after some votes are cast. My bet is it’ll be when he concedes the SC primary. He’ll be (lose) in Iowa, NH, and SC.

41. #41
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 7:39 pm, BB said:

    My prediction: Not Soon Enough.

42. #42
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 8:19 pm, Dr. Lead Based Paint said:

    McCain will be gone by the end of August.

    Unlike you Thompsonites, I am not so sure that he’s really a conservative. Also, a lot of Bushites are supporting him, so that makes me think Thompson might be an open borders, amnesty, North American Union, concede-to-Democrats type. I certainly hope otherwise though.

43. #43
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 8:32 pm, 3Steps said:

    August 4th… after the next debate.

    I know he’s not popular around here… but I actually liked him. Until the Shamnesty thing… I can’t forgive that.

    I hope Fred does declare. ’cause I don’t care for Mitt. Being from Maine I haven’t any use for Massachusetts politicians… and believe me, Mitt wasn’t screaming ‘I’m a conservative’ when he was governor of the 2nd most liberal state in the union.

44. #44
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 8:39 pm, runningonfumes said:

    While I disagreed mightily with McCain’s unfortunate support of Shamnesty, he was always consistent and not a flip-flopper.
    Moreover, NO OTHER CANDIDATE in EITHER PARTY has a MORE CREDIBLE stand against the terrorists than this man. McCain will make a great VP pick in my view. Additionally, I do have serious concerns that — apart from charming good looks and a deep voice — Fred Thompson may well yet prove to be largely an empty suit who will be trampled into the dust by the Democrats in the general election, should he win the nomination. Thompson is no great conservative (CHECK HIS RECORD!) and has two lobbyists for sons — and he warns against the “dangers” of “protectionism” — hmmmmm. Sounds like the Son of NAFTA and the Father of the NAU to me. Moreover, Fred is clueless about revising the tax code and eliminating the IRS.

45. #45
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 9:31 pm, Dersu said:

    While I disagreed mightily with McCain’s unfortunate support of Shamnesty, he was always consistent and not a flip-flopper.

    Your right, he has always been like this.
    And pray tell, why would FDT want a loser on his ticket. And a old one at that.

    McCain is a angry person, he seems to think that he had some right to be POTUS.

    Get out of the way John, there is a train coming and Fred is on it.

46. #46
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 9:50 pm, Leatherneck said:

    He will not bow out until he gets the phone call from the NVA. You know, some type of music, or code. Then he gets the 1000 yard stare, moves like a robot towards senior Edwardo,(the swimmer), Kennedy, and senior J.F.,(the rat),Kerry, places his finger on the cell phone to trigger the bomb. Boooooommmm! All three Gobalist agents gone.

    The NVA does not suffer failure, or treason.

47. #47
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 10:06 pm, emjem24 said:

    Good riddance to bad rubbish!!! Let the looney bird go already. No one will miss him except the poor deluded few who think he’s got a shot.

48. #48
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 10:07 pm, 29Victor said:

    One less person to not vote for.

49. #49
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 10:15 pm, Pixel_Dust_1776 said:

    Ok, Arizona, who will be running against citizen McCain for senator of your State?
    Time to send those RINOs into retirement!
    Rio
    Semper Fi!

50. #50
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 10:41 pm, ScottW said:

    All this talk of Fred Thompson.

    I heard his talk of fair trade and he appears to have failed to realize the depth of our nations bleeding our manufacturing base.

    We need someone to stand up to the Chinese and demand a market currency now.

51. #51
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 10:43 pm, ScottW said:

    BTW….
    sign the recall petition for Mel Martinez here.

    http://www.recallmel.com/

    No need to wait for the next election in many states.

52. #52
    On July 2nd, 2007 at 11:05 pm, Independent Conservative said:

    Joe Lieberman ran as an Independent and he won, it’s time for John McCain to run as an Independent, maybe he can finally fulfill his ambitious dreams before dying and put his name on the ballots of the general elections.

    That way, history books will remember him:

    1- as a guy who tried till the end but didn’t make it because he thought he can be on all sides at the same time and

    2 – that being a “maverick” can also mean an “idiot.”

53. #53
    On July 3rd, 2007 at 11:00 am, LuxEternam said:

    McCain will make a great VP pick in my view.

    WHAT???? The idea of the VP candidate is that he is supposed to HELP the ticket….Check with John Kerry about his super-duper choice of John “$400 haircut” Edwards.

    The thought of McCain being a heartbeat away from the presidency gives me the willies…..

54. #54
    On July 3rd, 2007 at 11:46 am, USMCgramma said:

    He should drop out gracefully with a shred of dignity…as for Fred Thompson, his political record is not exceptional. If McCain were to give his support to him (or any other R-candidate), it could hurt! Here’s hoping Bill ruins things for Hill ASAP.

55. #55
    On July 3rd, 2007 at 12:00 pm, terrig said:

    I’m also thinking shortly after the announcement by Thompson as well but he may wait a month or so so it’s not so obvious.

56. #56
    On July 3rd, 2007 at 12:04 pm, gregorystephens said:

    Maybe McCain will wake up and have a Lieberman-like realization that he belongs to the wrong party.

57. #57
    On July 3rd, 2007 at 12:54 pm, serfer62 said:

    The senator-from-AZ has never been a conservative but rather a dolt whose only interest was himself.

    He had hoped by creating chaos to be the natural selection but instead cost the GOP judges, SS revision, catered to terrorists, harmed the national defense, split the GOP senate, linked up with trent-the-hairdodo-lott, and in general spread grief like candy at a muslim funeral.

    We do have 3 good top contenders for Prez…

58. #58
    On July 3rd, 2007 at 12:55 pm, Ron Rockstar said:

    USMCgramma: We don’t have to hope that Bill screws it up for Hillary. We can defeat them with our ideas if we could just get someone to present them.

59. #59
    On July 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm, twoninerkilo said:

    Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out , John.

60. #60
    On July 3rd, 2007 at 1:16 pm, Timothy S. Carlson said:

    It can’t happen soon enough.

    But – the big problem is he will then revive his involvement in his senatorial duties (which he has sorely neglected).

    Maybe I should cheer him on so he will continue to run for President. That would keep him out of Arizona politics.

61. #61
    On July 3rd, 2007 at 3:23 pm, namvet527 said:

    McCain you are a TRAITOR as a politician!! You can’t ride on your war heroism all your life. Most war heroes don’t. They put it behind them.

    Ha Ha Ha!!! You will NEVER be president!!!

    This all comes from a fellow Nam vet. I hate to have to come out like this but your treason as a politician is deplorable.

62. #62
    On July 3rd, 2007 at 4:55 pm, i b squidly said:

    As Charley Keating will tell you, “You don’t get what you pay for with McClain. I’l be happy when this carpetbagger is no longer on Az ballots.

    Further reading:http://www.etherzone.com/2002/fahe041902.shtml

63. #63
    On July 4th, 2007 at 12:08 am, Ombre Rose said:

    On July 2nd, 2007 at 5:16 pm, Dersu said:
    This website explains why he will never be
    POTUS.

    http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/

    AAA-MEN!

    There is far more than ONE black mark on McCain’s record – and how easily we all forget!

64. #64
    On July 4th, 2007 at 12:24 am, Ombre Rose said:

    On July 2nd, 2007 at 8:19 pm, Dr. Lead Based Paint said:
    McCain will be gone by the end of August.

    Unlike you Thompsonites, I am not so sure that he’s really a conservative. Also, a lot of Bushites are supporting him, so that makes me think Thompson might be an open borders, amnesty, North American Union, concede-to-Democrats type. I certainly hope otherwise though.

    Fer a minute there, I thought you were calling McCain a lead paint head – which would have explained everything!

    Maybe Thompson makes you feel that way on account of that 1 in 4 GOP Senators who voted Bill Clinton NOT GUILTY of PERJURY in a deposition taken LIVE ON AIR before an INTERNATIONAL audience, then a few weeks ago, declared that perjury a “TRIVIAL MATTER” that would not rise to the level of impeachment in the view of the Founding Fathers, whom he claimed in the same breath to have studied intensively.

    Now, when SOME heard that news, they though he was just too green to DC to know better.
    Even though he was no Spring chicken to being an American!
    But when it is revealed he was a prosecutor who had no trouble prosecuting the participants of WATERGATE…

    Jis’ sorta makes ya feel ya’d be leaving the Judiciary choices in such FABULOUS hands —- so phllyppin’ NOT.

    He seems to have the HILLARY STANDARDS about PARDONS, I’d say.

    So I already held YOUR view of Fred.

    And I will not EVER even CONSIDER voting for him. Just like McCain! And Rudi.

65. #65
    On July 4th, 2007 at 1:11 pm, sherlock said:

    The MSM loved McCain because he would crap on Bush on cue, anytime they wanted to show that Republicans were deserting the President. Now Republicans are returning the favor. Sweet.

66. #66
    On July 4th, 2007 at 9:10 pm, BuckRedington said:

    He should blame the Republicans! They just don’t know what is good for them. As for McCain being consistent, lemmings consistently jump off cliffs in mass suicide. Why should consistency be a good thing when you are consistently wrong?

67. #67
    On July 6th, 2007 at 3:51 pm, El Chupacabra said:

    ABC news via Drudge: Ron Paul has more cash that McCain. Ron Paul! How about Paul/McCain as running mates?

    /rofl

68. #68
    On July 10th, 2007 at 2:00 pm, Ombre Rose said:

    For those who hate McCain and love Fred (who managed his 2000 Presidential run), I have one word for you, regarding McCain/Fred – “Doppleganger”.

    I don’t take it lightly that FRED propped up Clinton in the middle of his impeachment hearing, during the “removal” segment in the Senate.

    And that the only part of McCain Feingold that he has a problem with, of this nightmare which he supported and promoted and voted for, is the FINANCING RESTRICTIONS DIDN’T ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY HOPED (Voices of Vietnam Vets could still return!) – nothing about the UNCONSTITUTIONAL restrictions on Religion and POLITICAL Speech.

    6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other.