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Leaving Patriots country, McCain takes a Giants step

Posted by Sasha Issenberg February 4, 2008 01:34 PM

HAMILTON, N.J. – John McCain has insisted that his visit to Boston was not intended to tweak Mitt Romney in his home state, but his rally this morning did not stint on the Massachusetts imagery: Faneuil Hall, praise for the Patriots, and Romney’s two Republican predecessors on Beacon Hill.

“We thought it would be good to come back and thank the people of Massachusetts for their support over many years,” said McCain, flanked by Jane Swift and Paul Cellucci, who called McCain to offer an endorsement late last week after his first candidate, Rudy Giuliani, withdrew from the race

McCain reassured Patriots fans that they had a right to be proud of their team’s season despite their Super Bowl collapse and said that Bill Belichick, a longtime McCain favorite, remained “the greatest coach in the United States.”

But at his next stop, in central New Jersey, McCain offered congratulations to the New York Giants -- and Giuliani said that voters should identify the triumphant team’s upset victory with McCain’s comeback campaign.

For his part, McCain spoke with the confidence of a heavy favorite as he promised victory on Super Tuesday. “We’re going to take New Jersey and we’re going to take this nomination and we’re going to do it tomorrow,” he told a more rambunctious crowd than he had encountered in Massachusetts.

3 comments so far...

  1. Why even bother "stopping" Democrats in November if we're going to appoint an angry liberal who habitually strawmans the Republican base to do so?

    McCain has never recanted his position on amnesty, a position that would dramatically and permanently shift the pool of voters to the left. If there were ever a single issue to rally around, it's stopping McCain from handing the Democrats about 20 million registered voters!

    Please join me in voting for Romney tomorrow to STOP MCCAIN!

    Posted by Matt Parrott February 4, 08 01:54 PM
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  1. Ok, if you think that handing 20 million registered voters to the Dems is worse than handing Iraq to terrorists (remember them? the people who rigged bombs onto two retarded women last week and blew them up by remote in pet stores?), which is what happens if Romney's the nominee, 'cause there's no friggin' way he can win, then all I can say is that you need to re-examine your priorities. Anyway, one of the reasons Latinos tend to vote Dem is because of hardline immigration policies in the GOP -- why don't we see if actually get some of those votes, instead of just surrendering them to the Dems without a fight?

    Also, I've just seen an email suspiciously like this on the WaPo's website. Is there a memo?

    Posted by Derannimer February 4, 08 04:50 PM
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  1. Psshh. McCain will do anything to please the crowd, including amnesty bills. I agree with him when he says he gets work done that is across the aisle. I'm amazed he exists as a potential GOP. People are being Nixoned again these days, just when one thought it didn't happen anymore. I used to believe in the “Straight Talk Express", but now I know I've been deceived by a trustworthy, honorable “hero” named McCain. I'm glad that I did a little research. I know now that I will never again be deceived by the "Straight Talk Express". If McCain wins, here comes President Hypocrite Hillary, who once said she didn’t wear badges.

    Posted by Darrell Tenney February 4, 08 07:21 PM
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