Posted on 06/04/2008 4:51:27 PM PDT by Thom Pain
Like many people I am very conflicted about casting my precious vote for Senator McCain this November. I want to suggest a way to send an irrefutable signal to him that we are voting for him as the least of the evils and NOT because we think he is the Conservative leader we had hoped for.
I think that if Conservatives voted for him by using the Write-In vote as a signal that we demand that he adopt, and actively promote and defend CONSERVATIVE principles and our U.S. Constitution a very strong message would be sent loud and clear. It would alert him that we will be actively pressing him and Congress to stem the growing tide of Leftist policy and that we will not give him and them any rest if they try to ignore the message.
Among the policies (I support) are:
Strong defense, including our borders
Strict constructionism in the courts AT ALL LEVELS
United Nations
Lower and greatly simplified taxes (personal, cap gains, and corporate)
Total ban on earmarks
Fiscal sanity for Social Security
End subsidies and set-asides
Full Value School vouchers
End NPR and similar programs
End non-profits and the abuses they promote
Enforce laws against treason & sedition
If you vote for the man as a write-in rather than as a party nominee, I fear your vote might not count toward getting electoral votes for him. Not sure of how the law works on that, but at the very least you would seem to be leaving a loophole for Demonrat lawyers to exploit, a la Florida in 2000.
he just wants to go down in history with the title. it is all vanity and feels he deserves it.
he will take us down.
That should be interesting since it used to be the McCain/Lieberman bill.
EIA's Analysis of the Lieberman-McCain Climate Change Bill Human Events
McCain's Nose-Under-the-Tent Strategy - McCain's "Climate Stewardship Act" (S. 139), co-sponsored with Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.)
Kyoto Through the Back Door? A Debate on the Lieberman –McCain Climate Stewardship Act - Heritage Foundation
My suggestion to get McCain’s attention.
Make your contribution check out to the McCain campaign and send it to a third party—— maybe Rush could be the third party. After the third party collects a substantial sum, the checks would be given to the McCain campaign. Maybe McCain would get the idea of our dissatisfaction with some of his positions. Its better than just sending the check to McCain with no message at all.
just trying to find a way to salvage SOMETHING from the next 4 years. Better than just conceding, IMHO.
Why not send him a voided check with the message “close the borders” or “drill our own oil” in the memo line.
As much as I disagree with McCain, I am truly scared on an Obama presidency. Obama’s speech last night was frightening. We need to send McCain a message without increasing the probability of an Obama presidency.
Not rewarding McCain because of his stance on global warming, or open borders, ad nauseum, is the same as a vote for a Democrat?
But you're absolutely right, of course. Some people are too breathtakingly stupid to reason with.
I think the gop and mcnutts are one in the same and that is rino.Its the country club for those people and more gubment control over us and this from the gop.I think you are just beating a dead horse.We need a new horse in this race but it will take time.
I absolutely agree. I’m just cautious of labeling everything that might seem seditious as such because people can get very worked up about it. Obviously treason offends and disgusts most Americans (especially conservatives), but one of the reasons I am so careful about it is because of Woodrow Wilson. Under his leadership and with his support, hundreds (many Republicans) of people were imprisoned for speaking out against the war and Wilson was a Democrat. But I agree that laws must be enforced and repealed (if deemed necessary) through legislation. I was not at all trying to argue that we should ignore the law, just that we as citizens should be careful to call certain things treason/sedition.
Vote for him. And send him money.
he will take us down.
You are so right. Another Hillary.
Why vote for the lesser evil, vote Cthuhlu in 08!
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