Comments on: John McCain: flip-flopping on torture http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/02/15/john-mccain-flip-flopping-on-torture/ Left-wing news, opinion and activism Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Lee Griffin http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/02/15/john-mccain-flip-flopping-on-torture/#comment-5321 Lee Griffin Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:16:41 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/02/15/john-mccain-flip-flopping-on-torture/#comment-5321 I think if he's going to do this he has to do it now, early. Still, if the question comes up later will he be a flip flopper to the max or stick with his hard line? Or has Bush's view on torture allowed a GOP candidate to be pro-torture yet still more liberal than the current president? I think if he’s going to do this he has to do it now, early. Still, if the question comes up later will he be a flip flopper to the max or stick with his hard line? Or has Bush’s view on torture allowed a GOP candidate to be pro-torture yet still more liberal than the current president?

]]> By: Aaron Heath http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/02/15/john-mccain-flip-flopping-on-torture/#comment-5299 Aaron Heath Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:04:51 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/02/15/john-mccain-flip-flopping-on-torture/#comment-5299 With the GOP nomination all but wrapped up, I think McCain is playing the wrong hand in pandering to the hard-right constituency. How is he going to re-connect with the all-important middle in the general election? I also think it overplays the importance of the rightwing hackery, who, <a href="http://tygerland.net/2008/02/11/how-the-hateful-wing-of-the-republican-party-is-collapsing/" rel="nofollow">as I have pointed out elsewhere</a>, seem to be being ignored. With the GOP nomination all but wrapped up, I think McCain is playing the wrong hand in pandering to the hard-right constituency. How is he going to re-connect with the all-important middle in the general election?

I also think it overplays the importance of the rightwing hackery, who, as I have pointed out elsewhere, seem to be being ignored.

]]> By: Jherad http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/02/15/john-mccain-flip-flopping-on-torture/#comment-5279 Jherad Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:04:05 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/02/15/john-mccain-flip-flopping-on-torture/#comment-5279 Well, hopefully that'll mean he's lost more middle ground support now. Sure, he's trying to win back the die-hard right wingers, but elections are fought and won in the middle. And all that. Well, hopefully that’ll mean he’s lost more middle ground support now. Sure, he’s trying to win back the die-hard right wingers, but elections are fought and won in the middle. And all that.

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