BATON ROUGE, La. - With disappointed women supporters dealing with Hillary Clinton’s imminent exit from the Democratic primary race, Republican John McCain is seeking their votes.
McCain, an Arizona senator, said on Wednesday Clinton’s backers would find a lot to like in his candidacy and signaled he would not cede their support to rival Barack Obama, who has won enough delegates to beat Clinton for their party’s White House nomination.
Some women who backed Clinton have said they will not fall behind Obama, an Illinois senator, though the former first lady has long emphasized her own differences with McCain.
Here are some of McCain’s comments about the subject:
“I would welcome any of Sen. Clinton’s supporters’ vote,” he said.
“I believe there are those who want genuine reform, not just talk about it.”
He continued:
“Sen. Obama has the most liberal voting record, most partisan voting record, of any senator in the United States Senate. He really is not, well, I’ll stand on my record of reform, which I am very proud of. I think that could attract some of Sen. Clinton’s voters.”
“I also think that there are many of Sen. Clinton’s supporters who believe that I am by far best qualified to secure this nation’s future,” McCain said.
Obama has said before Clinton would be on “anybody’s short list” for vice president, but there are certainly no guarantees.
So, ladies for the former first lady, anyone convinced by McCain’s entreaties?
Photo credit: Reuters/Lee Celano (John McCain greets supporters in Louisiana)
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You can call us names. You can try to demean us. You can say whatever you like…. WE ARE NOT VOTING FOR OBAMA…period. I like my sisters who support Hillary will be voting for McCain. We don’t trust Obama, we never elected Obama, and we will never support Obama. We think McCain is closer to Hillary’s ideology than Obama ever will be. Obama is a radical liberal, nothing new, old Chicago style of politician. He is sleazy and so are his “friends”…. I want nothing to do with this man and neither does any other “true” American. Take your liberalism and shove it!
- Posted by mdr22102Mark these words:
The “Obama is sexist, so I’m voting for McCain” campaign has Karl Rove’s fingerprints all over it.
- Posted by LauraIf you truly don’t wish to vote for Obama, don’t vote for him. But if you have any decency, check your facts before you attempt to ‘inform’ others. Obama spent nearly 8 years in the Illinois Legislature and has been a US Senator for 3 years. Hillary Clinton, as much as I respect her experience, has only been an elected official for 7 years. This would suggest she has less experience than Obama. Of course Clinton witnessed her husband’s work as governor and president, that’s worth something and so is Obama’s experience as a community organizer and as a constitutional professor.
- Posted by TomAs far as I can tell, the experience factor is about even.
As for the post claiming that they know Obama is a Muslim, please share with us your special gift that allows you to discern a person’s religion by merely observing how he looks or walks! The republicans would love nothing more than to point this out but even they are satisfied that a person who attends a Christian church for 20 years is probably (guess what?) a Christian. The fact that there is no evidence that he has ever participated with any Muslim organization or attended any mosque would also be useful evidence for those of us without your divine gift to see beyond the facts.