Posted on 07/24/2008 6:57:21 AM PDT by ZakCarter
I would agree with that, but it is important to differentiate between the two. A conservative is not always a republican. Right?
WOW! You flamed yourself???
Is this the same Bob Barr who has endorsed Al Gore's idea that would essentially require the nationalization of the American economy? I'm sure the LP is proud of him!
You are clearly suffering from Ed ZAKery disease:
Your HEAD looks exZAKery like yo AZZ!
Good riddance troll, soon you will be zotted, and the rest of us will still be here.
AMF!
Same here.
Despite the man’s Opus, he’s sorta correct. The party has drifted into being nothing more than socialism lite. 20 years ago, somebody like John McCain would have been laughed out of the primaries.
Pass the kettle corn.
Cool! I’m never IBTZ anymore.
Buddy, you ain’t nuthin’ but a zotwanker.\\
so:
ZOT - you Wanker
You signed up today to pick your nose and eat it?
Wow, that’s pretty lame.
Any other talents you can showcase?
I did the latter once, 25 years ago from my church. I know what's involved -- the RINO party hasn't quite crossed the line but it's close.
“...such as Barry Goldwater, who said “ A government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it all away.”
I think this quote originated with Thomas Jefferson.
I’m with you on some things, and others I think McCain is getting a bad wrap.
The Keating 5 thing is old news. No one knows whether he actually did anything wrong, and a situation like it certianly hasn’t happened again. I think it’s a reach for people who aren’t into him to try to attack him with it because there simply is no proof that it means anything at all.
McCain is indeed wrong about global warming and cap and trade is wrong. In any event we can’t afford for the government to take more money out of the economy, especially to curb a phenomina that there are still major questions being raised to its cause, and is now being refuted by major scientific organizaitons. We need to put an end to the debate by actually deterniming the cause of warming, rather than spending tons of money and hurting the economy for most likely no particular benefit. Until we know beyond the shadow of a doubt, spending any money on reducing global warming is a kin to stockpiling snake oil, the real expensive imported kind at that.
I understand McCain’s desire to be compassionate about illegals. I don’t like the idea of rounding them all up regardless of their situaition and sending them back. It appears rather brutal to me. The bill he had with Kennedy was simply a bad bill because it actually provided protections to people caught crossing the border, did nothing to strengthen enforcement against the employers, and let way too many people stay here. That bill deserved to die.
The heart of the immigration debate for me is that these people somehow manage to vote. Frankly, if they are peaceful and don’t bother other people I don’t have any problem with them staying here, but they should never be allowed to vote in any way, shape or form, and they should not be able to get any kind of government aid except for public education though high school. No welfare, no health benefits, no higher education grants. If they want to be here they have to pay their own way or it’s time to leave.
Any kind of compassionate immigration bill must include restrictions on voting and must mandate to states that any federal election must follow new voter identification rules. We simply cannot have them impacting our national politics.
On a positive note, McCain has promised to reform failed bureaucracy, veto pork, clamp down on corruption (he was the one who blew the whistle on the DeLay bunch — part of the party that left me). These things are very important to me. I want a government that works for average folks, is worth the money we spend on it, and is more concerned with common sense solutions than playing games. These are, to me, the main things that are wrong with government and because of that I will vote McCain.
If he wins, however, I will have to do my part and pay attention to what is going on, and become as vocal as possible about the things he might be contemplating that I don’t like.
IBTZ !!!!
"I haven't been in before the zot this much since I was a Boy Scout leader!"
So, you’ll be voting for George Washington this fall? As a write in? If not, why not?
So, you’ll be writing in George Washington on Election Day, right? If not, why not?
So, you’ll be writing in George Washington on Election Day, right? If not, why not?
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