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   Theresa M said on 2/17/2008 @ 12:56am PT: [Permalink]

   Great, because the American primary process doesn’t have enough problems!

   Dear John McCain,
   Any GOP candidate who wants to “consolidate” the party, and who refuses to
   use a nationally televised debate v. other GOP’ers to do so, is either:
   1. too weak and/or too lame
   2. giving lip service to the idea of “consolidating” the Party, and is so
   foolish that he actually believes he can win the National Elec. w/o
   consolidating it
   3. is lying when he says he will out-campaign, out-debate and out-perform
   the Dem’s – if you can’t do it in your own camp, you can’t do it against
   the opposition.

   “Good luck” with your continued attempts to pressure the thinking American
   public & smart Republicans into backing you without you doing the actual
   work. BTW, I’m not an evangelical, I’m more of a New Age spiritualist who
   disagrees w/Huckabee on his family values platform, so you’ve gotta ask
   yourself, “Why isn’t she voting for me?”

   Maybe you should give me the decency and respect of telling me why I
   should vote for you – in a debate v. your only true opponent – Huckabee –
   without the Romney static. In my eyes, along with all of my friends – who
   were former Rudy & Mitt supporters & who STILL don’t like you & yet
   believe Mike won’t make it – you never won any of the debates.

   John, if you fail in a Feb 08 GOP Debate, you sure as heck are going to
   fail in the Fall. So, you might as well debate now and reach a conclusion
   of:
   1. You’ve got to improve your debating skills
   OR
   2. You’ve got to withdraw because you’ll cause the Party to fail in Nov.

   Think of it this way: If Huckabee should drop out now because he won’t win
   in upcoming primaries, or he won’t win in a Contested RNC, then logically,
   you should drop out now because you won’t win in November – against either
   Dem candidate. Hillary will out-debate you on substance, and Obama will
   out-debate you as a communicator and inspirational speaker.

   With regard to your debate style & discussion of substance beyond the
   bullet points & national security – the line of “just ask my friend _____,
   he’ll tell you how tough I am on ____, ” – As Dr. Phil says, “How’s that
   workin’ for ya?”

   Not too well for you, John, not too well for either you or the Party.

   [And, woe to the “king” who is deluded by the “yes-men” with whom he
   surrounds himself.]

   Wishing the Great USA All the Best,
   Theresa Markham, Esq.
   [divorce atty]
   Hamburg, NJ

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   BTW, in case you think John McCain would, in part, retort with the idea that he’s not asking Huckabee to withdraw, here’s a quote from an actual memo sent to his supporters on Feb. 12, 2008, from Rick Davis, his campaign manager, which, of course, is a blatant lie:

   “With only 774 delegates left on the table after tonight, Governor Huckabee cannot win the Republican nomination for president.”

   A very loud, public retraction, complete with a copy to all of his supporters, is in order.

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   Dredd said on 2/18/2008 @ 6:37am PT: [Permalink]

   Dkos won’t do anything either because anyone who questions their immaculate conception of electioneering is a “nutter”.

   Progressive dKos, they are not just for bad elections anymore.

   Religious dKos, high priests of the “what election problems” religion.