GOPers For Obama Rip McCain On Georgia, Tout Hagel As VP, page 1

Hoping to fill a void in news with Senator Obama on vacation, former Rep. Jim Leach, former Sen. Lincoln Chafee and Rita Hauser (a national intelligence expert who served in the Bush administration), offered at times sharp lines of criticism for the presumptive Republican nominee.

I wonder WHAT anyone could possibly find to complain about when it comes to McCain?

"I served with Sen. McCain, and he and I were the only two to vote against the Bush/Cheney tax cuts," recalled Chafee. "During this campaign it is a different John McCain. He is saying he would make the tax cuts permanent. He is advocating more drilling whereas he voted against drilling in ANWR. It goes to his credibility. And that is such an important issue for this country... plus his foreign policy has been consistently with Bush/Cheney and I know from my perspective that is a huge issue for the United States."

Whats that? Common sense in the Republican party? I had no idea!

"I think the little flare up we are witnessing in Georgia is another illustration of the different approach these two men are taking," she said. "McCain is bellicose: threatening to kick Russia out of the G8, use force if it is required. Obama is far more of the traditional position: turn to international institutions, call for reconciliation, call for an end of hostilities, but also be firm in his words. And that's the kind of leadership we need."

Republicans tired of endless war? Oh my, now THAT is change we can believe in!

"This is not a time for politics as usual," said the former congressman. "The portfolio of issues passed on to the next president is as daunting as any since WWII. The case for inspiring new political leadership and the social ethic has seldom been more evident. Barack Obama's platform is a call for change, but the change that he is articulating is more renewal than departure. ... It is rooted in very old American values that are very much part of the Republican as well as the Democratic tradition. ... The national interest requires a new approach to our interaction with the world -- including the recognition that a long-term occupation of Iraq is likely dangerously destabilizing."

Poor McCain, it can not feel good t be alienated by even PART of your party, but then again it IS possible he is just senile enough to not notice.

All joking aside this is a good thing for the USA. I am glad there are still some politicians out here willing to look beyond party lines and see what is actually best for the USA. My hat off to this contingent of the Republican party for doing what is right over what is best for the Republican party.

I also must say that I would be happy to Hagel as the VP.

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