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My theory on what's going on with the conservative media, for what it's worth.
1 posted on 01/30/2008 2:22:42 PM PST by Antoninus
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To: Antoninus
What MeCain said to Tx Senator John Cornyn!

I for one will not vote for a President should you and your kind vote MeCain the nomination.

2 posted on 01/30/2008 2:26:51 PM PST by TexasCajun
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Probably because they can read and do not rely on the MSM for their news!


3 posted on 01/30/2008 2:29:06 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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My reasons I don't trust him. Still has Rudman as a key advisor who architect the Souter nomination and probably advised McCain to attack evangelical Christians in 2000. McCain-Feingold, worst attack on the first Amendment ever. Gang of 14, which helped filibuster consservative court nominees. Amnesty for illegals. Against Bush's tax cuts. And my #1 reason, McCain is gonna sell the US interests out in the name of global warming.

Forget the conspiracies, McCain's dislike by conservatives is well earned.

4 posted on 01/30/2008 2:29:38 PM PST by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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>> I don’t recall too many media conservatives holding a similar long-standing grudge against the President for his part in limiting their speech.

Really? You must not have spent much time on FR over the past seven years.

McCain-Feingold, NCLB, and Medicare pt D were the three colossal errors of GWB’s first term.


5 posted on 01/30/2008 2:40:08 PM PST by oblomov
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Otherwise, all this vitriol about how awful and liberal McCain is and how conservatives need to rally around an even bigger liberal like Mitt Romney makes no sense...

The truth: the choices for presidential nominees are limited in 2008. Yes, Romney has flipped on issues, but he hasn't flopped back. His conversion could be sincere - so there's hope. He seems not to have a tin-ear and who can be persuaded to stay with conservatives agendas. At the very least, he probably will not actively support many of the liberal issues as president. McCain on the other hand has shown for decades his disdain toward conservatives. McCain has proven that he will consistently and actively support liberal issues on the national level. This explanation may clear up some of the confusion for this author.

6 posted on 01/30/2008 2:53:01 PM PST by Red Steel
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at least with McCain, you know what you're getting and we can gear up for a serious fight after he gets elected.

Yep. He is just like Obama and Hitlery, all right.

7 posted on 01/30/2008 3:03:32 PM PST by San Jacinto (John McCain thinks algore in a scientific genius.)
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To: Antoninus

Remember Nixon?


8 posted on 01/30/2008 3:19:39 PM PST by GoLightly
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Regardless of the motivations of the talking heads, I will support none of the above. My motivation is to promote conservatism. The lesser of two evils days passed me by long ago.


10 posted on 01/30/2008 4:07:11 PM PST by pissant (Time for a CONSERVATIVE party)
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“We must not only have a free flow of goods and services, but also start working for a free flow of people.”

11 posted on 01/30/2008 4:13:15 PM PST by jwalsh07
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There’s no conspiracy. McCain is nearly the spitting image of Hillary Clinton on issues. A conservative doesn’t vote to extend amnesty to illegals, suppress free speech and vote against tax cuts.


12 posted on 01/30/2008 4:15:25 PM PST by mgc1122
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>Come out and say it publicly and make it clear that you are not simply making a political case for “anyone but McCain” but are also lobbying to preserve your livelihood.<

So what if they’re trying to protect their livelihood?

By doing so, they are also fighting for free speech.

It won’t just stop at talk radio, you know.

Once they get rid of talk radio as an alternative to the mass brainwashing known as MSM they will come after people like us on sites like this.

The only information we get will be what we’re allowed to get, in carefully measured, thoroughly sanitized doses. It won’t be much different than what MSM gives us now, but we will have no other means of obtaining information.

Information is power. They are always holding back on us in order to render us powerless.


13 posted on 01/30/2008 4:28:37 PM PST by Califreak (Hangin' with Hunter-under the bus)
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McCain has an R after his name only to give cover to the Democrats,he caucuses more with Ted Kennedy and Russ Fingold the two biggest liberals in the senate then with any conservatives. He's the spitting image of jump’en Jim Jeffords.Romney is a typical northeastern Rino,and the Huckster is a big nanny stater who wants to decide how you should live your life,all of them want "immigration reform".The Republicans in congress are no better since they want to increase spending and and taxes.I'm tired of the "were your only choice Mr.Conservative take it or leave it where else are you gonna go?"I'm gonna vote for a real conservative and if you're not then I've got a feeling that the 3rd party movement it's going to be a whole lot stronger!
14 posted on 01/30/2008 6:38:07 PM PST by bonehead4freedom (Where's the conservative candidate?)
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I do agree that Hannity looked like a stupid high school cheerleader in his support of Guiliani. The rest is some kind of effort to minimize and marginalize conservatives or try to force us to vote for the “Democrat Nominee for Republican Presidential Candidate”.


15 posted on 01/30/2008 6:53:07 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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You seem like a really sharp fellow, how about this theory?.....If McCain is willing to impose the “fairness “ doctrine on talk radio, which is nothing more that gov’t imposing speech controls, and Romney is not (in fact no other Republican anywhere has suggested as much), then .. could it be.. for example.. that McCain is more LIBERAL than Romney?!! Could it, huh? Is it possible? Given his sucking up to liberals across the board on almost everything else? And his absolute antipathy to conservatives in general? (antipathy means hatred, BTW).


21 posted on 01/31/2008 11:29:37 AM PST by Nonstatist
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Bush signed CFR, stupidly believing the SCOTUS would do its job and quash the thing, as it is so in the face of 1A that how could they not?

Well, they did, as government employees are wont to do.

W’s a rotten conservative, and I’ve said so many time here. I’ll also say this though: in comparison, any of the people running for the WH are going to make W look like Reagan, and probably like Churchill for his stand on the war.

The UK right now is LIVING this in the form of Gordon Brown. He’s the pasty, even more liberal, version of Barack Obama over there, and in less than a year he’s signed away the UK’s sovereignty, even to the point of removing the seal of the UK from the pound coin.

Our party was done in by Hastert, Frisk AND W. All the spending and the explosion in Gov’t.

I think Rush is doing the right thing and letting the party twist. As for the rest of them, they were pimps anyway. Hannity became to terrible to listen to about two years ago.

Rush, and Mark Levin (his recent endorsement of Romney notwithstanding) seem to be the only sane talkers left.


22 posted on 01/31/2008 12:09:45 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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But at least with McCain, you know what you're getting and we can gear up for a serious fight after he gets elected.

The same could be said about Hillary. Should "media conservatives" get behind her?

25 posted on 01/31/2008 12:29:42 PM PST by Sloth (I feel real bad for deaf people, cause they have no way of knowing when microwave popcorn is done.)
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ping


26 posted on 01/31/2008 12:32:17 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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Ok. So you believe, in essence, that it’s all about money?

Wow.


27 posted on 01/31/2008 12:38:34 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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