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.
AMEN
You missed the point clean. Re-read the post.
you most be a product of the NEA. Think before you speak.
Try Galatians, Chapter 1, and see what it says.
A few names that I can think of that fit Juan McPain better then Maverick, is #1 Schmuck and A-Hole. I think that fits him to a tea!
Prayers that it is NOT that sleazy, lying, no good, bribing, party-destroying Massachusetts liberal Joe Isuzu Romney !
That is romney allright, Flip Flop Chamleon man.
I will pray for you that the NEA will change their litature, so you may see clearly.
You truly have an immature spiritual understanding of how God works. There are numerous examples in the Bible where the Lord calls folks to head in different directions from where their lives have previously been.
It is incredibly silly to maintain that just because the Lord may call someone to be a preacher at one point in his life, it is prohibitive for the Lord to call him to be something else at another point. By maintaining this position, what you are actually trying to do is place limitations on the sovereignty of God, and saying that once God calls a person to do a certain thing, he is unable to call him to do something else. Think about it.
I loved Reagan and voted for him. But he wouldn't be "conservative" by today's definition. Even so-- he was the right man at the right place and time. We forget that.
His massive amnesty for illegals, his tripling of the federal budget, his nomination of liberal judges like O'connor and Souter... his abandonment of Lebanon... and more... if FreeRepublic had existed in the 80's we'd have ripped him apart as a RINO.
His rhetoric was good, and he was EXACTLY the man we needed at the time, but he wasn't even as conservative as GWB in the way that he actually governed, in many ways.
We forget sometimes that it is the times that make the man moreso than the man who makes the times. Sometimes we care too much about a candidate's past, when it is what they actually do in office that matters, and many times it may be different than we fear.
RealClearPolitics Poll Averages SM
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MCCAIN 2008
Republican Presidential NominationPoll Date McCain Romney Huckabee Paul Spread
RCP Average 01/30 to 02/03 42.8% 24.5% 17.9% 6.0% McCain +18.3%
CNN 02/01 - 02/03 44% 29% 18% 6% McCain +15.0%
Cook/RT Strategies 01/31 - 02/02 39% 24% 18% 6% McCain +15.0%
Pew Research 01/30 - 02/02 42% 22% 20% 5% McCain +20.0%
USA Today/Gallup 01/30 - 02/02 42% 24% 18% 5% McCain +18.0%
CBS News 01/30 - 02/02 46% 23% 12% 9% McCain +23.0%
ABC/Wash Post 01/30 - 02/01 48% 24% 16% 7% McCain +24.0%
FOX News 01/30 - 01/31 48% 20% 19% 5% McCain +28.0%
Rasmussen (Mon) 4 Day Tracking 33% 30% 22% 5% McCain
Frankly, I don't care how much it's been "done to death." The fact is, you can take several things from Reagan's record, like raising taxes, increasing spending, and yes - abortion - and spin the hell out of them like Rush et al have been doing to make him look bad if you so desired. The Rushes, Hannitys, Ingrahams, and folks here in like manner have also "done to death" the records of various candidates whose degree of conservatism they happen to disagree with.
This thread was never about Reagan.
Oh.
You're absolutely right. If people looked at things objectively, they would have to admit that.
The same for McCain. Amen!
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