"This Mindless, Paralysing Rancor. Must Come to an End." (homerun)

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[Cringing Negativism Network]

-- John McCain

Speaking in Columbus Ohio today, May 15th 2008.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I wish those here daily (er, hourly) bashing John McCain would take the time to listen to him.

He's a good guy. Give him a listen.

[kittymyrib]

Is that you, Jorge? Or Algore?

[SoConPubbie]

I wish those here daily (er, hourly) bashing John McCain would take the time to listen to him.

He's a good guy. Give him a listen.

Really?

With this kind of record I have no idea why you say he is a "good guy":


1. Gang of Fourteen (Kept some of President Bush’s best judges from being presented for a vote) See here and here
2. McCain-Fiengold (Assault on Free Speech and Pro-Life
3. McCain-Kennedy (Amnesty for criminal Illegal Aliens)
4. McCain-Lieberman (50 cents a gallon tax)
5. Total support for global warming scam, including the Carbon Cap-and-Trade system. See Here
6. Support for embryonic stem cell research (Murder of unborn babies).
7. Wants to moderate or soften the Pro-Life plank of the GOP Platform. See Here and Here and Here. 8. Wants to close Gitmo and give Terrorists access to our legal system.
9. F grade from Gun-Owners of America.
10. C grade from NRA.
11. 65% score from American Conservative Union in 2006
12. Wants to bail out sub-prime losers (many of which are either illegal aliens or lied on thier applications) with US tax money.
13. Voted against President Bush’s tax cuts (called them tax-cuts for the rich)
14. Flirted with the idea of crossing over to the Dems in 2004.
15. Wants to implement a socialist Health Care proposal that includes providing tax-coffer monies (your tax dollars) to the states to provide Health Care Insurance for those who either refuse to pay for it, or are unable to afford it (mostly illegal aliens).
16. Divorced his wife after he got back from Vietnam. The same woman who remained true to him and raised his kids while he was imprisoned.
17. Refuses to drill in ANWR. See here and here
18. Agrees with Democrats that our Foreign Policy has been arrogant and we need to be more humble.
19. Thinks and states that Pharmaceutical companies are evil
20. Has accepted funding from Soros and Teresa Heinz-Kerry for his institute
21. John McCain's Top 10 Class-Warfare Arguments Against Tax Cuts
22. "I think the Democrat Party is a fine and I have no problems with it, in their views and philosophy"
23. Strongly against Same Sex Marriage Ban Constitutional Amendment
24. Voted for Pro-Abortion Bill and Here.
25. Voted against bill that would impose sanctions against foreign governments and companies that invest more than $20 million in Iran's energy sector until the president certified to Congress that Iran had dismantled its weapons of mass destruction Here and Here
26. Voted against repealing the death tax.
27. McCain-Edwards-Kennedy    (Many Democrat inspired bad rules included in this monstrosity)

[7thson]

What unabashed arrogance you have! Do you honestly believe that after 8 years, the majority of the people on FR has not heard what John McCain has to say? We have heard what he has to say and we reject it!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

There's a word for political parties which -- when increasingly confronted by anger and rejection on the part of the electorate -- routinely blame said voters for "not getting it," rather than re-examiming their own product for warts and flaws.

That word is "losers."

[BibChr]

So you advocate an intelligent, paralyzing rancor.

Brilliant!

[mgc1122]

Sorry, can’t pull the lever for Johnny Mac.

He’s a liberal on “enviro” issues, illegals, energy and a poor economic candidate. Yes, he’s good on the WOT but when our souther border is gaping wide open, when we permit foreign terror enabling despots to dictate energy and when we allow idiot greenies to surrender American economic leadership & sovereignty — what’s the point of winning the WOT and losing everything else?

[firewalk]

I listened to him speak this morning.
I thought he did very well.

I plan to vote for him in November & truly hope that he picks a candidate for his VP that will not force me to stay home instead.

[KarlInOhio]

Take a look at the post immediately after yours:

McCain 05/15/2008 Speech - Illegal Immigration Solved

This was from the same speech: "Our southern border is now secure"? Is there more enforcement now that there was a year ago? Yes. Is it anywhere close to being able to say the "southern border is now secure"? No. Anyone who says it is secure is either delusional, lying or both.

< shaking head while watching the Republic disappear into the sunset>

[Coldwater Creek]

“ACE” is going to get my vote, and absolutely nothing else.

[bill1952]

I took time to listen to him.

From his speech today: - this is not a joke. (thanks go to ktime)

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Excerpt of speech:

“Border state governors have certified and the American people recognize that after tremendous improvements to border security infrastructure and increases in the border patrol, and vigorous prosecution of companies that employ illegal aliens, our southern border is now secure.

Illegal immigrants who broke our laws after they came here have been arrested and deported.

Illegal immigration has been finally brought under control, and the American people accepted the practical necessity to institute a temporary worker program and deal humanely with the millions of immigrants who have been in this country illegally.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016326/posts

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Thrilling guy.

[r9etb]

What unabashed arrogance you have! Do you honestly believe that after 8 years, the majority of the people on FR has not heard what John McCain has to say?

After 10 years on FR, I have learned that a lot of the loudest FReepers rarely read or listen to anything that doesn't already agree with their biases.

[LtKerst]

He’s a good guy. Give him a listen

I just did, you moron. he said the Borders are secure!!!!!

are you a total idiot???

[stockpirate]

If McCain wants the Conservative vote, which he recently said he doesn’t need, knows where to find it and what to do to get it.

Otherwise Juan McCain needs to STFU, because I will not vote for him otherwise.

What the title implies is shut up and vote for me not matter what.

Conservative’s that end up giving this idiot their vote are no different than blacks that cast their vote year after year for democrats.

Hell how many here would reward your unrepentent children with expensive gifts?

Well don’t reward mcCain or any of his fellow travelers with your vote that he has not earned.

They are starting to realize that we are needed and soon they will move to the right, if not screw them. Let them experience the results of their behaviour.

Otherwise we just enable them to continue to not listen to us.

[M203M4]

But but but...Iraq! McCain won’t cut & run!! I’ve seen it posted several times on FR that, “the only thing that really matters for this election is Iraq.” So all that stuff is trivial, as real American patriots do not care what happens in America, so long as other countries are supported. That’s the ticket...

Maybe us conservatives are just “agents of intolerance”.

[beejaa]

Something that I like about conservativism is that it realistically accepts the world as deeply flawed. Purity does not exist in politics and never will. If you aim for ideological purity and mythologize the past, you will always find the present to be unacceptable.

[mass55th]

Actions speak louder than words.

[firewalk]

are you scorched yet (:
lol!

[stockpirate]

Great list and I agree, we need to stop rewarding Socialist behaviour within our party.

You may want to put you list up on your about me page so others can access it for posting.

[Yankee]

This speech is what he hopes to have achieved by the end of his first term 2013.

I’m not a McCainiac, but can’t we leave the name calling to he DUmmy’s.

Maybe you missed the setup and don’t understand that this is a “vision thing” speech.

He is not arguing that any of this exists as of today.