Posted on 02/04/2008 2:39:42 PM PST by joeclarke
Yet, if he is the Repub's candidate, please, give me the strength to vote for him.
Yes, Senator McCain is better than Hillary and Obama, but has our country slidden so far left that we can do no better than this Bob Dole redux?
The NY Times loves him. Arnold loves him. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe love him. Talk about bad company. The past performance of John McCain as war hero does not indicate his future success as President of the United States.
Unfortunately, as a former Catholic and long time Bapticostal, I was mostly taught that Mormonism was a "cult." This undoubtedly hurt Mitt right out of the chute. The more, however, I delve into the doctrinal intricacies of some non-Mormon denominations, they could also be accused of doing some really weird things which I will not go into now. Would Romney bring these cultic(?) practices into the White House? Would hidden holy underwear be a great bother to his performance? Bill Clinton brought in a whole lot more in the form of his bacchanalian rituals which provoked incoming President Bush to fumigate and replace carpeting. Its fair to assume, though, that Clinton was a Bino - Baptist in Name Only. Could Romney, as has been taught by my fellow fundamentalists, really be Satan's representative? I think not, and the more I compare Romney with the Episcopalian turned Baptist (he has not been fully immersed, yet, which is obviously very important to Baptists) McCain, old Mitt is looking much better.
As of now, on the eve of Super Tuesday, I am in Mitt's corner, and not because of the shrill, super conservatives who have been boring me to death on talk radio with the McCain badgering.
Scariest of all - McCain has pledged to "reach across the aisle" to Democrats. What, the Dems can never reach across to Republicans? John McCain has too many negatives on immigration, taxation, freedom of speech retarded by McCain-Feingold, objections to oil drilling in Alaska, hoodwinked by the global warming scare tactic people, treating terrorists like "average American Joes" in Gitmo and elsewhere, allowing Dems to deter judicial nominees, and Clintonesque temper tantrums.
Despite his foibles, I generally have liked John McCain for his heroism and so-so conservative voting record. [I would take anyone over Hillary and Obama at this point]
Let this cup of John McCain for president pass, oh Lord. Amen.
“McCain: I’d ‘entertain’ Democratic VP slot”
USA Today, March 10, 2004
“John Kerry is a close friend of mine. We have been friends for years,” McCain said Wednesday when pressed to squelch speculation about a Kerry-McCain ticket. “Obviously I would entertain it.”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-03-10-mccain-vp_x.htm
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John McCain,
Boston Herald, April 2, 2004
“I believe my party has gone astray. I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have no problems with it, in their views and in their philosophy.”
http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/mccain.asp
Loose your bigotry.
Actually, when it comes to the truth, the Lord WANTS us to be downright bigoted!
LOL...
We keep pretending that a “true” conservative might someday make it to the white house. When was there ever one in the last century?
Heck, the GOP hasn’t even ~nominated~ a conservative since Goldwater, and even he wouldn’t have been conservative “enough” for this crowd.
You need to read the Bible more.
I assume you mean Huckabee and not McCain...but don't you think it is a little ironic that you think hypocrites are called to preach the gospel? Interesting point of view...
Hmm, I didn't realize you had a hidden camera in my house and could monitor my bible reading. But anyway, where in the Bible does it say we should vote for anti-Christian cult members to be leaders in our government? I must have missed that passage.
Actually, Rush, Hannity, Ingraham, etc. and plenty of Freepers would have considered Reagan a flaming liberal if he was running now based upon his record as governor of CA.
where in the Bible does it mention the Anti-Christian Cult?
dido,
Amen
Prayers that it is NOT that sleazy, lying, no good, bribing, party-destroying Massachusetts liberal Joe Isuzu Romney !
Yes, I know, you didn't like the fact that Huckabee defended his record after Thompson and Romney initiated attacks on Huckabee. The fact that he didn't just roll over and take it makes him a "liar".
He is also a hypocrite because he walked away from his calling from God to become a politician.
Ah, so your view is that the will of God for an individual is best determined by you, and not between God and that particular individual. Interesting take!
Please God, let it not be John McCain. Thy will be done. :-) I guess that covers both bases. Love your last sentence :-)
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