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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 1:50 PM even when he says something and feels like a jackass about it because he felt he was misinformed... turns out he's still right. the kerry-mcain ticket idea wasn't as stupid as they thought. (highly unlikely, but still a legitimate story) Sen. McCain Open to Being Kerry's VP
Wed Mar 10, 1:01 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain allowed a glimmer of hope Wednesday for Democrats fantasizing about a bipartisan dream team to defeat President Bush (news - web sites).
McCain said he would consider the unorthodox step of running for vice president on the Democratic ticket — in the unlikely event he received such an offer from the presidential candidate.
"John Kerry (news - web sites) is a close friend of mine. We have been friends for years," McCain said Wednesday when pressed to squelch speculation about a Kerry-McCain ticket. "Obviously I would entertain it." But McCain emphasized how unlikely the whole idea was. "It's impossible to imagine the Democratic Party seeking a pro-life, free-trading, non-protectionist, deficit hawk," the Arizona senator told ABC's "Good Morning America" during an interview about illegal steroid use. "They'd have to be taking some steroids, I think, in order to let that happen." McCain gained a reputation as a party maverick who appeals to independent voters during his 2000 race against Bush for the Republican nomination. This year, McCain has campaigned for the president and said he would continue to do so. Unlike some other Republican senators, he hasn't railed against Kerry, a fellow Vietnam veteran. McCain called the Kerry-Bush contest "the nastiest campaign so far that we have seen" and said he preferred campaigning for candidates instead of against their opponents. —everybody has warts |
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 2:06 PM That reminds me of the time that Fred Durst said "I hope we're all in agreeance" at some awards show at which he was a presenter (MTV?). Everyone laughed at him for mangling the proper form of the word-- "agreement"-- but then some linguistics professor claimed Durst was technically correct since the word "agreeance" was once listed in some obscure 15th century dictionary and was therefor actually a word. In this case, Adam is "technically" correct, although wildly misinformed. Good times, though. —Agent 007 |
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 2:44 PM well i'm assuming he wasn't misinformed, it just wasn't a big story last week. why else would he drop mcain's name, out of nowhere? i think people have been throwing around the idea for awhile. —everybody has warts |
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 2:55 PM I'm just glad to see we're all in agreeance... —steve |
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 8:51 PM
Edited Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 9:06 PM "well i'm assuming he wasn't misinformed, it just wasn't a big story last week. why else would he drop mcain's name, out of nowhere? i think people have been throwing around the idea for awhile." -everybody has warts Apparently you missed the dialog that night. Adam explained that he was just mindlessly repeating what had been tossed on the table by one of the writers at a JKL writer's lunch. After he suggested it on the air and it was pointed out that McCain was a republican Adam felt stupid. He went into a rant about how you will mindlessly repeat something you heard when you normally would have realized how inacurate, implausible or misinformed the comment was. Drew said he does it a lot more than Adam. The JKL lunch was before McCain made those comments. It is also an idea that had been tossed around earlier by political commentators as on the McLaughlin Group. It is not that far-fetched to think of anyone who might make a good candidate ignoring party affiliation until looking at reasons it would not work out. Adam just felt dumb because he did not immediately catch the part about McCain being a republican.
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Thursday, March 11, 2004 at 4:51 AM his writer friends were talking about speculation that was already out there. i dont see how this makes him misinformed. —everybody has warts |
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Thursday, March 11, 2004 at 9:05 PM Adam wasn't the one misinformed. Adam repeated what someone else had said earlier. He had no way of knowing whether THAT guy was on top of things or not. It must not have caught anyone's attention during the lunch. Adam felt stupid and [therefore] appeared misinformed because he did not catch it himself before spitting it out. Geez! Does everything need to be explained detail-by-detail? —Adam's Crows |
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Friday, March 12, 2004 at 10:33 AM Okay, here's the real deal. Adam felt out of sorts, and rightly so, because he tries to be worldly and intelligent about a variety of subjects. Then he caught himself blindly repeating something that he had not put critical thought to himself - just because in hindsight he was correct didn't change the fact that he holds himself to a higher standard of thoughtfulness. —jak |
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