Straw ballot?

[Kalian]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11764084/ <br /><br /> Can someone explain this to me? I'm confused. I thought presidents were limited to 2 terms. Why would Mccain ask people to vote for Bush instead of him? Is it a symbolc show of suport for bush? I think I must be missing something obvious here. Maybe this flu medicine is too strong!

 

[Drowned Rat]

Re: Straw ballot?

And so it begins. Looking forward to 2 years of mud-slinging to follow. <br /><br />Refering to the article Kalian.

 

[JB]

Re: Straw ballot?

Pretty simple. The "Straw Ballot" is meaningless except to throw preliminary support to potential candidates.<br /><br />What McCain is doing is registering his disdain for the so-called rebellion in the party by turncoats seeking to distance themselves from GWB in hopes of elevating their own possible candidacy.<br /><br />We have a President who is being deserted by political opportunists for their own political gain. McCain doesn't do this sort of unethical stuff.<br /><br />Like him or not, John McCain is his own man and true to his own values. This move proves the point.

 

[Kalian]

Re: Straw ballot?

Thanks. I understood the "straw ballot" I just missed the point that McCain was making a symbolic gesture. Whew! Gotta lay off the cold medicine!

 

[bootle]

Re: Straw ballot?

Originally posted by JB:<br /> Pretty simple. The "Straw Ballot" is meaningless except to throw preliminary support to potential candidates.<br /><br />What McCain is doing is registering his disdain for the so-called rebellion in the party by turncoats seeking to distance themselves from GWB in hopes of elevating their own possible candidacy.<br /><br />We have a President who is being deserted by political opportunists for their own political gain. McCain doesn't do this sort of unethical stuff.<br /><br />Like him or not, John McCain is his own man and true to his own values. This move proves the point.

You nailed it JB