Hypothetical Race: McCain vs. Lieberman

[JohnLocke]

This would be a tough choice for me.

[Exultant Democracy]

1. McCain would win in a walk

but I would vote for Lieberman.

[poskonig]

2. McCain is uberconservative.

At least with Lieberman we still have affirmative action, a woman's right to chose, progressive taxation, and so forth.

[GreenArrow]

5. all too true,

and often forgotten. It's too easy to jump on the McCain bandwagon just because he doesn't like Bush. That does'nt make him worthwhile on a whole host of other issues.

[JasonDeter]

3. I would never vote for a right wing republican like McCain

Lieberman hands down. McCain endorses bush* and in fact will campaign for bush*! How can anyone vote for someone who endorses bush*?! Thats as distasteful as voting for Zell Miller! YUK.

[anti-NAFTA]

4. McCain is hardly a RINO.

I voted for him because I don't trust Lieberman one bit on foreign policy. I still hate John McCain because he kisses Bush's ass too much and repeats FOX News anti-French talking points.

[Salviati]

6. Before a few months ago, this decision would have been harder...

I probably would have voted for Joe in any case. After seeing McCain stump for the shrub though, he lost what respect I had for him as an honorable opponant. He's just another republican whore, putting party politics above what's best for the country. In this contest, I'd be rooting for more Joe-mentum...

[BL_Zebub]

7. McCain for me

Because he's not a PNAC'er. And if it was McCain vs Kerry, same answer.

[FARAFIELD]

8. MCAIN

Mcain is conservative YES. However, unlike a lot of conservatives i feel has both pragmatic and compassionate stands on some issues. As a democratic i could argue that so does Liebermann, but McAin IMHO gives off a sense that he BELIEVES in what he is saying. ANd that goes a long way in Politics and winning votes. In short i feel he is motivated more than lieberman to do the right thing.

[MINEMAN]

9. Lieberman

Lieberman is a great guy. He stands for what he believes in. I hate to say in the age of t.v. he just doesn't look the part.

[last_texas_dem]

10. Definitely Lieberman

I know Lieberman is one of DU's most popular targets but it's important to compare the records of the two. Lieberman has an ADA record in the 70's while McCain has an ACU record in the 80's- based on the last Congress and Lieberman hasn't drifted that far to the right and I don't believe McCain has drifted to the left at all since then. Besides, my main grounds for disagreement with Lieberman stem from his hawkishness on Iraq, which McCain is possibly more hawkish than Lieberman on. Over the last couple of years I've started to sense that McCain excels far more at talking the "moderate" talk than actually walking the "moderate" walk. I've also lost quite a bit of respect for him in seeing him kiss the ass of the man who destroyed his campaign and attacked his character back when they were running against each other in the 2000 SC primary.

[JackRiddler]

11. Third party

duh.

[JohnLocke]

12. Hey, that's not an option!

[MrSlayer]

13. I would go with Uncle Joe.

[DaisyUCSB]

14. It's a moderate liberal vs. a moderate conservative

this just shows how messed up the extreme ideologues screw with their constituancies minds.

Because most liberals like McCain and Hate Lieberman, and most hard right-wingers these days(not back during the 2000 election) like Lieberman and hate McCain.

It shows the destructivness of pure party-mindedness.

Lieberman does not deserved to be called a DINO and McCain does not deserved to be called a RINO. I apreciate them both more than the extremists in either party

[angryinoville]

15. Sad to say...

probably carzy ol' Uncle Joe. I still don't know enough about McCain, except that he makes great french fries.

[JohnLocke]

20. French fries?

[JohnLocke]

16. Kick

:kick: :kick:

[OKNancy]

17. McCain is not a moderate

Oh, he's got a good demeanor, but he is a conservative.
He is anti-choice and votes with the Republicans 95% of the time.

[mndemocrat_29]

18. Lieberman

McCain is far too conservative for me.

[Clark4Prez]

19. Joe by a mile

Joe has said he would fight Bush to get him out of the White House, and McCain is campaigning to keep him in. Not even a hard choice for me.