Posted on 01/23/2008 7:59:05 PM PST by jacksonstate
Call me a sell out or whatever but in this day and age with all in front of me I am voting for McCain because he can win and keep hope alive.
Sell out.
If McCain wins, we lose.
keep what hope alive?? Illegal alien hopes? govt censorship hopes? fairness doctrine hopes?
McCain:
— adamantly against the Bush tax cuts (he now says that it was b/c there were not enough spending cuts, but when he opposed them, he took the Dem class warfare lie that it was “tax cuts for the rich”) (former Senator Santorum said that McC was “leading the charge” against the Bush tax cuts),
— led the fight in favor of amnesty for illegals (McCain-Kennedy),
— leader in evading the first amendment & getting the first substantial restrictions on political speech in U.S. history (McCain-Feingold, aka, the Incumbent Protection Act),
— ignoring the second amendment, McC sponsored the McCain/Lieberman gun show bill, which would have given the federal government the administrative power to prohibit all gun shows, and to register everyone who attends a gun show per http://www.trugop.org/Editorials/2ndAmendment.htm,
— sponsored the McCain/Lieberman Cap and Trade System to Reduce Greenhouse Gases, which would hurt consumers, drive up business costs, and drive business to China and undeveloped countries that don’t restrict carbon dioxide emissions (McC, willing to pay any price to fight GoreBull Warming, foolishly believes that such regulations create “green” jobs, in total ignorance of the famous Broken Window Fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window),
— a key RINO in the Gang of Fourteen, thus undercutting GOP fight against Dem improper filibusters of conservative judicial nominees,
— promises to close GITMO the first day that he is president so that he can move the world’s worst captured terrorists to the U.S., possibly to a neighborhood near you,
— is against waterboarding of even the most vicious terrorists, even when interrogation experts believe it is necessary or advisable to get info in order to save innocent American lives, and despite the fact that it is not torture, it is done routinely on some U.S. military during training, it has reportedly only been used 2 or 3 times against terrorists, and McC’s critique plays into leftist smears against the U.S. for torture,
— using the language of the socialist left, he now attacks the pharmaceutical industry, one of the crown jewels of the U.S. economy, and is trying to force drug re-importation (those vicious people in big pharma, who actually want to make a profit by helping cure people and alleviate pain, were the “big bad guys” per McC),
— is against drilling in ANWAR, McC comparing ANWAR to the Grand Canyon (ANWAR is “what hell would look like if it froze over” per the IBD) ,
— wants an economic stimulus bill, but incredibly says that it should be “paid for” by spending cuts in total ignorance of the theory behind any stimulus which is to increase govt spending and borrowing, thus to increase economic activity (”paying for” a gov stimulus bill negates the purpose, it means that it is no longer a stimulus),
— curries favor with his friends in the liberal media, even as they trash conservatives in McC’s own party, and
— toyed with the idea of accepting the VP nomination of his good friend, John Kerry (Kennedy, Feingold, Lieberman, Kerry, all liberal Dems, see any pattern?).
I probably left something out, but that will have to do.
Considering this atrocious record, no conservative should support McC in the primary.
McC is a true American hero for his war service. He was been strong and steady relative to Iraq and the surge. He should be given a medal & sent home to a rocking chair. Or he could be cast in a remake of GRUMPY OLD MEN, along with Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, and Robert Byrd.
McC is not the right person to lead the country.
BillF
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1958293/posts?page=19#19
McCain is a loose cannon, IMO. All over the place on the issues. :-(
He sure as heck does not keep my hope alive!!!
Put down the crack pipe, son.
McCain’s the candidate of amnesty for illegal aliens.
McCain supports embryonic stem-cell research.
McCain has said “I would not support repeal of Roe vs. Wade”.
McCain opposed the Bush tax cuts, and refuses to sign the “No New Taxes” pledge.
McCain supports legislation that would increase taxes on energy.
McCain was the ring-leader of the Senate “Gang of 14”, which kept the then Senate Republican leadership from ending the ability of Democrats to filibuster Bush’s judicial nominees.
McCain supports legislation to grant due-process rights to terrorists.
McCain sponsored the legislation which restricts free-speech rights of those involved in the political process, (the McCain/Feingold bill)
McCain is the guy who called evangelical-conservatives an “evil influence” on the Republican Party.
McCain was a member of the Keating 5 that caused a bipartisan scandal during the S&L meltdown.
McCain had a recall election ran against him by the conservatives in Arizona. Unfortunately it failed.
McCain blocked the investigation into whether Viet Nam and the Soviets were still holding over 600 of our missing POWs in 1990.
Mogollon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1958293/posts?page=52#52
Can’t decide if you’re really, really brave for posting this or really, really stupid.
A GOP Jimmuh Carter. Yipee.
Today, your only choice is which one.
You and I disagree.
Its not like we have a choice anymore.
I’m voting for that bastard too.
The terrorist bill of rights, no tax cuts, and suspension of First Amendment rights, obedience to the Global Warming cult. That is what you get with McLame.
8 years is not too late to Zot, is it ?
I don’t usually post to people with no principles, but I’m making an exception this time.
If he is the nominee, I’d have to vote for him....but he is way too old and feeble looking to win in November.....that will be his biggest downfall. Reagan did not look his age, but McCain looks even older.
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