As much as I disliked McCain, he would have been much better than what we have now. No matter who gets the nomination will be better than who we have now. If Sarah gets the nod, fine. If not, we will have to suffer with a RINO.
Still, a RINO is better than what we have now.
McCain is the reason we have what we have now. He thought his friend across the aisle, BO, was just fine and refused to run against him. He saved his presidential campaign funds to run against the conservative in his Arizona senate race. He always finds plenty he doesn’t like about conservatives.
The RINOs are why we have the congressional troubles we have now. We lost congress because the RINOs never met an earmark or spending program they did not like. This past lame duck session proves what backstabbing traitors they are. No way I’ll ever consider a RINO for anything again.
>>Still, a RINO is better than what we have now.<<
What makes you so sure that a RINO would not be following the same path as 0bambi? Only concerted opposition by a RAT Congress, bent on defeating anything Republican, would have stopped a RINO DeathCare, massive spending, liberal SC judges and bigger government.
RINOs are nothing but RATs in sheep’s clothing.
I'm not convinced of that. In a McCain Administration, the 111th Congress would have been even more ""productive" than the lame duck session that just wound up. We would have:
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As much as I disliked McCain, he would have been much better than what we have now.
One of the very positive aspects of Obama is that a large number of people have become active. Some are actually reading the United States Constitution, the Federalist Papers, the 5000 Year Leap and are learning how this country was founded and what makes it great. That's a good thing.
Any big government Progressive will harm this country. That's why George W. Bush was so bad. For 6 years, the Republicans had control of both houses and the Presidency, and in that time, they grew the government a whole bunch. Yes, there were wars, and those cost money. But the Department of Education basically doubled in budget during the Bush Administration. That wasn't a "war expense." That was big government progressivism. And there are many other examples.
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Still, a RINO is better than what we have now.
One of the things I'm watching for in the next few months is whether the Republicans are serious about making the federal government smaller. I'm not holding my breath, but that's what the TEA Party is about.
If the FY 2012 budget (which is the first fiscal year the 112th congress is responsible for) is higher than the FY 2010 budget (the last full year that the 111th Congress did their job for, sort of), we have lost. If they shrink the budget in FY 2012, there might be hope. And I'm talking in absolute terms. Fewer absoluted dollars budgeted in 2012 than in 2010. No "inflation adjusted dollars," or "percentage of GDP" fudging allowed. Smaller government, less money.
If that doesn't happen, the TEA Party is going to be very disappointed. Either they will need to redouble their efforts within the Republican party, or they will abandon the Republicans for a third party. Either way, the "Establishment Republicans" lose. The question is, which path saves the country?
On November 2, 2010, I couldn't vote for anyone in my Congressional race. I left that line blank. My choices were a raving socialist (D) who thought Obamacare was "a good start that needs some tuning and adjustments," and a "Republican" progressive who had "experience" which consisted of doubling the size of a rural sheriff's department in 10 years (and also supported the extension of the Assault Weapons Bill back in 2004, and I could go on). There was no "smaller government" choice on my ballot, mostly because the "Washington Establishment" dumped hundreds of thousands of dollars in our district to defeat the "TEA Party" conservative candidate in the Republican Primary.
RINO = SELLOUT/SOCIALIST = WITH AN R NEXT TO THEIR NAME
Sorry but to me this is worse because you get them elected only to be betrayed. At least with a Socialist/Communist we know what to expect.
I’ll NEVER vote for a RINO.