McCain's Hypothetical First 100 Days: Walter Shapiro

Politics Daily:

If things had gone differently.....
John McCain, the oldest first-term president in history, is proving as rambunctious and pugnacious as the youngest one, Teddy Roosevelt.

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Comments

[mjtaylor22]

11:16 AM on 04/28/2009

there would be not economic stimulus, we would know if these banks failure woudl completely destroy our economy because mccain would have done nothing, job losses woudl be triple what hey are because witht he rnc there is no hope, only executive tax cuts and pay raises.
there would still be no money for pandemic prevention, but there would also not have been any money mentionned in a stimulus plan as the rnc had no stimulus plan, they watched the fall out and went on vacation. no extension of unemployment insurance, no home lending program or restructuring program.
it would be a bunch of him and his stepford wife standing around, no healthcare for kids of the unemployed, and what abotu that proky 100 billion for education---never woudl have happened under rnc rule, they never fund education, why do you think every child was left behind.

[tigerakabj]

10:40 AM on 04/28/2009

We would have had Mr. "Nation of Whiners" Phil Gramm (one of the authors of the Gramm-Leach Act that repealed the Glass Stegall Act in 1998, which separeted the banking from the insurance).

I'll think about it only that far b/c then I really start to shutter.

[Demo4Life]

09:51 AM on 04/28/2009

McCain is what this country needed, but we decided to throw that away and vote for a guy with little political history, shakes hands with enemies, comes from a very corrupt Illinois, wants to give tax payers money to the lazy, doesn't care about illegal immigration, and so far has yet to do anything great for this country other than take a trip to europe and visit with other world leaders just like any other president would. By the way he bows to the Royal family, horse sh.it, back in the 1906 olympics in England an American said to the flag holder not to dip the flag to the king of England or by god he kick his a.ss. Takes McCains stance on the war. Obama is bad news and its about time you mislead Democrats start realizing that you need to think for your self.

[kareemachan]

11:54 AM on 04/28/2009

troll

[Demo4Life]

01:50 PM on 04/28/2009

Just opinions and name calling is all you do. That is not the Democrat way, that is the Republican way.

[ImJustSaying007]

01:19 PM on 04/30/2009

Please,Deno4life get a life get educated!!!!!!!!!!!

[Demo4Life]

02:36 PM on 04/30/2009

Apparently I am educated and I know well enough that Obama is bad news, you ban;t see that because you beleive everything you hear and can't think for yourself. You are just worthless.

[indy girl]

08:17 AM on 04/28/2009

Oh, I can just imagine "President McCain's" First one hundred days. They likely would have gone something like this:

Days 1-99:
Try to get Sarah Palin to shut up. Tutor Sarah Palin so she understands the difference between Europe and Asia. Keep Sarah Palin from publicly bashing her daughter's babby daddy. Hire think tank to put between Sarah Palin and any interviewer, anywhere. Do spin control and PR work to explain why Sherry Johnson has a drug charge. Find bag of RNC-purchased clothes, hang in Sarah's closet. Stop Sarah and Cindy from catfighting. Find Todd Palin a job so he will stop standing around looking menacing. Retain lawyers for fighting Sarah Palin's Alaskan ethics violations, which continue to add up. Bribe Meaghan into stopping her Old-Guard GOP-bashing interviews. Hire new cook for Palins, who refuse to eat anything that isn't made of moose or polar bear. Remove Greta van Susteren from the VP residence, where she has been hanging around pretending to be a family member since the election. Find out why Piper Palin still isn't in school. Take another call from someone pretending to be French president Nicholas Sarkozy.

Day 100: take phone off hook, go on vacation in Arizona.

[ThatOne4Me]

08:54 AM on 04/28/2009

that sounds about right! :-)

[elzohoor]

11:29 PM on 04/28/2009

LMAO! You hit the nail on the head!

[barackobama4prez]

06:49 AM on 04/28/2009

thanks for reminding me again why it was O all the way!

[SSF]

03:32 AM on 04/28/2009

McCain's first hundred days? Given his health record, we could have looking forward to day 50 of the Palin Administration this Wednesday! Oh, God, the horror........

[nomobull]

03:28 AM on 04/28/2009

nightmare

[poliscibabe]

01:09 AM on 04/29/2009

You said it best!

[JumpingCholla]

02:39 AM on 04/28/2009

I refuse even to think about it. It would have been horrible. Just think what palin would have done by now. It almost makes me sick. Thank God, it didn't happen.

[just4shiggles]

01:30 AM on 04/28/2009

I shudder at the thought of a McCain presidency! But then.... he did say that IF he won he'd tell us where Bin Laden is. Oh well.

[MyGuyO]

01:22 AM on 04/28/2009

I can't even imagine he is still Senator of our great state of Arizona.

[damebee]

02:34 AM on 04/28/2009

The "SongBird" should release the records in Viet Nam, period!!!

[jesuslovesObama]

11:17 PM on 04/27/2009

McCain as President? Good bye country.

[Cosmic-Zantor]

10:47 PM on 04/27/2009

The only thing more frightening that the prospect of McCain in the White House is the idea that that ignorant Alaskan hillbilly would be the Vice President.

I don't think they ever had a shot though. Americans in general are tired of Republicans and are not interested in conservative rhetoric or conservative values. This country has a bright future thanks to declining conservative relevance.

[damebee]

02:40 AM on 04/28/2009

I have a hard time time thinking McCain was so out of touch with the electorate that he could parade a vacant and the American public would fall for it. Yea! one for our side for seeing through this blatant pandering!!!

[myworld]

10:02 PM on 04/27/2009

NOPE.........That's torture to my little brain

[shel3364]

09:58 PM on 04/27/2009

I'm sitting here trying to figure out how he'd put the swine flu on hold to deal with the economy.

Or maybe he'd put the economy on hold to deal with the swine flu.

We all know he can't multitask.

[damebee]

02:44 AM on 04/28/2009

Sorry who are you talking about, my president, who unlike Gerald Ford can walk and chew gum at the same time..Here is a robust 47 year old man fitter than most and has managed to juggle a multitude of issues, God Speed, and God Bless!

[Jamchinadian]

08:23 AM on 04/28/2009

He would just bomb the s&^t out of both LOL!

[thundermummy]

09:56 PM on 04/27/2009

Not too hard to imagine at all:

50 days complaining about scratchy towels

3 days shaking cane

4 days shuffleboard

13 days being reminded he's the President

2 days in Boca Raton

8 days looking for his keys

6 days yelling at Canada for the cold fronts

1 day scratching self

3 days tooling around White House lawn on Hoveround One

4 days angrily answering crank calls

3 days accidentally trapped in Cheney's man sized safe

2 days trying to send email with waffle iron

5 days trying to score at G 20 Summit

[AlaninElkGrove]

01:14 AM on 04/28/2009

"50 days complaining about scratchy towels"

at first I read "scratchy bowels", but it works for me anyways.

funny post, thanks...

[damebee]

02:45 AM on 04/28/2009

Only one word for you "JERK"