NationStates Jolt Archive


House Speaker Dennis Hastert

Daistallia 2104
21-05-2004, 03:15
House Speaker Dennis Hastert says to John McCain: "If you want to see sacrifice, John McCain ought to visit our young men and women at Walter Reed and Bethesda." (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&u=/ap/20040519/ap_on_go_co/hastert_mccain_2&printer=1)

5 years as a POW in Hanoi must not count as a sacrifice to a chickenhawk...
Incertonia
21-05-2004, 06:21
It's almost as if Hastert wants McCain to get so fed up with his party that he jumps ship and joins the Democrats. I certainly wouldn't mind if McCain did--he's too conservative for me on some key issues, but the man has gravitas and honor. He's what the Republican party should be.
Detsl-stan
21-05-2004, 10:00
It's almost as if Hastert wants McCain to get so fed up with his party that he jumps ship and joins the Democrats. I certainly wouldn't mind if McCain did--he's too conservative for me on some key issues, but the man has gravitas and honor. He's what the Republican party should be.
The Republican Party needs fewer gung-ho interventionists in position of influence, not more.