Now I have heard many people say that they will not vote for McCain as a matter of principal, but this statement takes an extra step that makes it a first.
Posted on 02/10/2008 2:25:55 PM PST by K-oneTexas
The Case for McCain By Lawrence Kudlow
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Some things in life are quite simple. Here’s one of them: Sen. John McCain is going to be our next president.
How do I know?
For starters, McCain will have a unified Republican party -- conservatives and all -- working hard for him. He’s also going to win over the Reagan Democrats, the Bush Democrats, and the Perot independents. These folks demand a strong military, want government off their backs, and are sick and tired of growing federal deficits and out-of-control spending. McCain’s their man.
If you recall, it was the cross-over Democrats and independents who helped elect Ronald Reagan twice and put Papa Bush in office for what was expected to be a Reagan third-term. When Papa Bush waffled, they went to Perot. But they came back to support the Gingrich Congress and later stayed with George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. In 2006 they walked away again, penalizing a GOP Congress that embraced heavy spending and corrupt earmarks. But now they’ll come back. McCain is tailor-made for this group.
Just think of McCain in a debate versus Hillary or Obama. Remember McCain’s zinger about Hillary’s $1,000,000 earmark for a Woodstock Hall of Fame museum? He said he didn’t know much about Woodstock because he was “tied up at the time.” It was a killer line and we’ll hear it again.
McCain is also good news for business and the stock market. He wants to cut the corporate tax and keep dividend and cap-gains tax rates low. He’s tough as nails on restraining government spending and blowing up earmarks. On top of all this, he’s a very strong free trader who knows America can compete with the rest of the world.
Stock market fears about a new wave of tax hikes should be put aside. It ain’t gonna happen after McCain is sworn in. Neither will protectionism. So far as I can tell, high taxes and diminished free trade are the biggest worries for business and stocks. Investors can cast their fears aside.
This also happens to be a good time for the GOP to nominate someone who served bravely and courageously in the military. McCain is much more than a POW who somehow survived the Hanoi Hilton. He is a true military man. It flows through his veins, posing a whopper of a problem for Hillary or Obama. Guaranteed, there will be no chicken-hawk taunts.
And let’s not forget that military leaders who know all about war, security, and defense are exactly the people who cherish peace the most. When John McCain talks about the global terror war and how to deal with it, and how to protect this country, and how to move toward peace, voters will listen. So will folks around the world. This is all part of McCain’s character.
A short while back, I heard former Bush chief of staff Andy Card give an engaging talk at an Awakening conference in Sea Island Georgia. Card asked: What’s the most important character trait for a successful president? And he answered: The courage to be lonely. In other words, the guts to make tough decisions. Not poll-driven, politically driven, or selfish decisions, but decisions made on the basis of what is right and what is wrong and what is best for America.
McCain is no flip-flopper. Just think about his stance against ethanol subsidies in Iowa and federal hurricane insurance in Florida. (And Florida’s Gov. Crist still supported him!) Think of his duty-honor-loyalty persona, to borrow from my friend Kim Strassel of the Wall Street Journal. Duty-honor-loyalty is part of the American military code of conduct. In this most important sense, McCain is a profoundly conservative man. When he makes a promise, he keeps it.
And don’t forget his resiliency, consistency, and backbone. Here was a man moving around the country, without money and resources. He remained resolute on winning in Iraq, on the surge, and on the need to prevail abroad if we are to remain safe at home. Democrats were talking defeat. Republicans were hardly talking at all. But McCain soldiered on. Armed with courage, strength, and character, he kept his eyes on the prize. This may be the greatest political comeback in presidential history.
One of the troubles with American politics nowadays is that we don’t appreciate our military men and women enough. We don’t value their intelligence, their fitness, or their values. There was a time in American history -- especially in the 19th century -- when we held the military in great esteem. George Washington, of course, was one of our bravest generals, blessed with uncommon character and strength. Well, John McCain is a descendant of George Washington, and is a foot solder in his army. America yearns for exactly that kind of foot soldier. That’s why he’s gonna win.
Lawrence Kudlow is host of CNBC's Kudlow & Company
Where’s the barf alert? And speaking of that, Kudlow must have had a supply of barf bags available when he wrote this.
It sounds like Lawrence Kudlow is engaged in wishful thinking.
Yeah, Kudlow's pretty bad. I think he was another one of those closet Rudy lovers that jumped on McCain's bandwagon when it began looking like a sure thing.
So basically he’s a hawk, somewhat fiscally conservative (at least enough that fiscal conservatives can hold their noses and vote for him).....but what about the social conservatives?
Given his prior stances and statements about them, how do you motivate them to get up and go vote for him?
“McCain will have a unified Republican party — conservatives and all — working hard for him”
mclame can kiss my hiney.
“Just think of McCain in a debate versus Hillary or Obama. “
how embarrassing for our party, do I have to?
So Johnny put on his special red dress and spent some quality time with Larry.
“McCain is no flip-flopper”
Damn right!!!! he STILL plans on shoving scamnesty down your throat!!! And he still hates you!!
“And don’t forget his resiliency, consistency, and backbone. “....
to support the liberal agenda.
Kudlow obviously went to the same school of prognostication as my local meteorologist.
As a true conservative, not only will I not "work hard" for McCain, I will NEVER vote for him.
I'd like to see Lieberman as Ambassador to the UN (since McCain obviosly won't withdraw from the UN). There he will deal with Islamos all day long. SecState ought to be John Bolton. Bolton endorsed McCain and shares with him the aggressive stance towards Iran, North Korea and Russia.
“One of the troubles with American politics nowadays is that we don’t appreciate our military men and women enough”
That’s right.... so calm down, shut up, drop the soap and vote mclame!!! Don’t make him cross that isle, you WILL be sorry!
Yes. Obama already gave us his chief talking point for a debate for McCain.
All he has to do is pull out a gold watch and say, “Senator, it gives me great pleasure to award you this gold watch for your fifty years of faithful service to our country!”
He might even make use of General McArthur’s famous last words on retiring: “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.”
Obama doesn’t even need to attack McCain. He just has to act respectful and prod him a few times until he loses his temper.
Well, let's hope that McCain is good for the stock market. I think the average annual gain in the S&P 500 over the last seven years has been . . . zero percent.
Can’t do it. This guy is not the right one for the job. His record is his calling card...
:-)
I don’t support anyone who will support International Carbon Cap and Trade.
You are so right. I don’t know why I still bother with these threads. I just can’t seem to let them go by the side ubabated.
I’d love to see Obama try to say in a general election debate that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are not a terrorist organization.
That is an interesting question Dreagon, we don’t know how soically conservative he is, or even how much that matters in a President.
For me, if the SCOTUS comes out with a 2nd amendment is a individual right embracing decision in the Keller v DC case, that would be a huge issue taken off of the table.
Then “we” would have to look at gays in the military, and SCOTUS appointments, English as the only Official language type issues, and of course Amnesty.
But when I look at the Dhimmi candidates, they would be worse right out of the starting gate, but that doesn’t mean that McCain deserves support, only that the Dhimmis are worse.
2005 Social Policy rating by the Almanac of American Politics: 64% conservative, 23% liberal. 2006: 46% conservative, 53% liberal. 83% rating from the Christian Coalition.
At least he is for the overturn of Roe vs.Wade. Definitely preferable to the baby-slaugthering Hillobama.
Maybe, the Dhimmis are heading for a inside baseball meltdown, neither candidate can get to 2,100 votes, and many of the super delegates are Clintonistas, heck even Slick Willy Clinton is a “super delegate” along with Bob Shrum.
What do you think the reaction will be if Osama wins the popular vote and Hillary wins the nod?
Kudlow is one of the few who might have some influence with me. I think I heard him say that Arthur Laffer has become an advisor to McCain. If there could be enough conseratives around McCain, maybe they could control him a bit.
Some things in life are quite simple. Here’s one of them: Sen. John McCain is going to be our next president.
hahahahahahahaha, holding sides in agony, hahahahahahah
I want some of whatever Larry has been drinking!
By practice and tradition the 2A has been an individual right within the US except for DC.
I predict that the SC's opinion will be that the 2A is indeed an individual right.
However, it will strongly word the opinion so that Government can have reasonable restrictions -- reasonable being anything they can define and get through both houses.
Nothing will change except that DC will get to keep handguns in their homes.
Nothing else will come off the table.
It starts out that you are misinformed.
Then you are having a childish tantrum.
Then you are mentally unstable.
Finally you are dangerous.
By November, the establishment will be in pure terrified panic that we serfs are in revolt.
Prepare to be cast as the evil ones.
So you'd really rather have Hillary or Obama in the White House? Really?
If nominated, McCain will win. To most American voters he is a good deal more acceptable than Hillarama. The vocal group of conservatives with McCain Derangement Syndrome (defensible or not)simply don’t represent a very big number and certainly won’t by the second Tuesday in November.
I predict that we just do not know what will come out of the Keller case.
I prefer to be positive, especially with the manner in which US v Miller has been distorted.
I posted on the "Radio Talk show hosts that support McCane.
I think nearly all of them will support voting for McLame if not actually endorse him.
They’re in a dilema since they’ve been bashing him pretty good but they have a way out.
They can say they want him to reach out to the Conservatives on some issues and if he does they’re in.
Such as:
Promise to pick a Conservative VP as well as SCOTUS.
Drop the global warming crap and the .50 gas tax.
Push for drilling in ANWR.
Promise to drop amnesty (which he says he was wrong on).
And there would be others as well, but if they ask for 6 things and can get at least 3, they’ll get behind him.
This is just my thoughts but it’s their only way out as I see it.
I might want to add forget about closing Gitmo.
If anyone has noticed Kudlow is working his way to prime time. And when you are on a business network, that is not a good thing. It will not be long before they will have moved what is left of his show and his insufferable cheerleading to be the lead in for all night infomercials.
Unfortunately, yes. My focus is in the House and Senate. We can stop hill from passing any social agenda she puts forward.
Once the “people”, who think it’s a great idea to get “free” stuff, actually see the bill coming to them for said “free” stuff, they will reject it.
If we get mclame in the WH, fellow repube’s will NOT stand against their “leader”. They will, however, fight hill OR obama to the end.
You must understand, to me, mclame IS just as much a lib as hill or obama. I just want the blame to be thrown into the democrats lap, not the repube’s.
I sincerely hope McCain can defeat Obama and/or Hillary. He will just have to do it without my vote.
McCain admitted to not knowing much about economics.
“What do you think the reaction will be if Osama wins the popular vote and Hillary wins the nod?”
I’m pretty sure black voters would just stay home if that were to happen. That alone would cost her the election, no?
” Promise to drop amnesty (which he says he was wrong on). “
McCain hasn’t say he was wrong. He said the American people won’t accept it at this time.
McCain stakes his claim on his opposition to Rumsfeld. Of more than some interest is the influence of the Kristol neocons on McCain’s timing to get religion.
//
NBC, MSNBC and news services
updated 11:41 a.m. ET, Wed., Dec. 15, 2004
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has come under attack from Republican Sen. John McCain and retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf over his handling of the Iraq war.
// at the same time was this from Kristol
washingtonpost.com
The Defense Secretary We Have
By William Kristol
Wednesday, December 15, 2004; Page A33
“As you know, you go to war with the Army you have. They’re not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time.”
— Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld,
in a town hall meeting with soldiers
at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, Dec. 8.
Actually, we have a pretty terrific Army. It’s performed a lot better in this war than the secretary of defense has. President Bush has nonetheless decided to stick for now with the defense secretary we have, perhaps because he doesn’t want to make a change until after the Jan. 30 Iraqi elections. But surely Don Rumsfeld is not the defense secretary Bush should want to have for the remainder of his second term.
//Look like Kristol showed McCain the Queen of Diamonds - McCain got message on the same day, December 15, as Kristol’s article - coincidence or the neo-con push was on.
Just been called a new one in post# 31, might add it to your list. LOL
Oh, and the Radio people will have to help the rest of us forget we used to have freedom of speech. But thanks to McCain that is now in question.
Now I have heard many people say that they will not vote for McCain as a matter of principal, but this statement takes an extra step that makes it a first.
It is called principle.
I would go a step further. I think cities will burn.
If hillary robs Obama at the convention—which she’s already trying to do by “adjusting” the number of delegates in the penalized states where she won—it will further inflame the black community, I should think. They are already pretty mad. They are counting on soothing them or buying them back, but it remains to be seen how long the resentment will last.
One obvious cure for all that, of course, would be to take Obama as running mate, if he would agree—and I think he would, because it positions him for the future.
One downside to electing McCain: Many voters less engaged in politics than we are will blame Republicans for amnesty when it passes under President McCain. When that happens many will see no reason to elect another one.
You strong arm, and bully them into towing the line. You make them afraid of the Bogey man.
I can hear the howls from here, “Osama was robbed now they want to throw us a bone in the form of the VP and not the Presidential Nomination...”
And to be frank, I have doubts that everyone will vote for the black guy, in MD we saw that in the Michael Steele campaign, and in Tennessee in the Ford campaign.
McCAin however, is “money” with the Senior Citizen voting block, and despite all of the buzz about Barack come election time, Seniors are the most dependable voting block to have on your side.
For example, the “Obama Girl” who went through all of the bother of making a pro Osama video and receiving millions of hits on youtube, inspite of all of that, she did not turn out and vote....LOL!
I only post that in response to the idea that Mad John cannot win, he can, he maybe can win without 100% conservative support as well, K-one is not that off base.
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