Common sense conservatism
The Official McCain Platform: Human Dignity & the Sanctity of Life
Posted on 02/19/2007 11:42:10 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Four years ago I decided to quit while I was ahead and concluded my 24-year political career. When I left the Senate, I also left the public policy debate and talking-head role to those actually in the arena. However, because I believe that the 2008 presidential election will be the most important election since 1980, I have decided to rejoin the national debate and exercise my right as a private citizen to express a strongly held opinion about who should be elected, and why.
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Today's mortal need is for a leader who trusts our people enough to tell them the truth about the festering domestic problems that have been swept under the rug for a quarter-century. We need a president who can face up to these problems even as he leads an increasingly reluctant country in a war against a dangerous enemy that will follow us home from any battlefield on which we are defeated.
Where is such a leader to be found? American history gives us a clue where to look: When the times have required great leaders in the past, they seem to have been there all the while, just waiting to be called. John Adams wrote in his diary in 1774 that "We have not Men, fit for the Times. We are deficient in Genius, in Education, in Travel, in Fortune -- in every Thing. I feel unutterable Anxiety."
Yet, at that very moment, the greatest assemblage of leadership the world has ever known was emerging all around him. We seem, for some reason, to be able to see greatness only in the rearview mirror.
I believe the man we need to meet the mortal need today is here. He is experienced, but has not lost his common sense or his ability to be outraged.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
If McCainiac is the answer it's a damn stupid question!
The problem with that argument is that it simply isn't true.
If Hillary is elected, we will have a gun grabbing, baby killing, gay pandering flaming liberal President that has at least some opposition from the GOP.
If McCain wins, we will have a gun grabbing, baby killing, gay pandering flaming liberal President that has the full support of the GOP.
The time for Senator McCain's leadership has past. Gone are the days when he could have supported the Bush administration with his good counsel, etc......
Senator Graham's WSJ splash fails to heal the wounds made by McCain's self-serving brinksmanship. Both are old men.
They need a porch for: SITTIN', STARIN' & ROCKIN'.
Those wishing to read the entire Gram article can go to http://www.nationalreview.com/ and look for the WSJ article link near the top right of the page. (I wasn't sure if we're allowed to post WSJ links.)
And how about GWB? Did he get your vote after signing it into law?
How about the president who signs it into law?
....or the Congress that passed it in the first place, or the Supreme Court that affirmed it?
The United States was an terrific experiment, good while it lasted.
That makes me glad he can't run for a third term. Between CFR and his stance on immigration and his drug entitlement program, he has damaged this party almost beyond repair. I support him in the WOT, but disagree with almost everything else domestically. BTW, I did hold my nose and vote him for him in 2004.
It's still the best game in town. You just can't count on politicians for anything except bs.
I don't know who first, but when McCain drops out (and he will be forced tto do so, I want to buy a ticket for that show. It will be worth the money. You can't beat that man for freaking out when he doesn't get his own way. They will need one of those old vaudeville hooks to get him off the stage. Can't wait!
Well - here is a McCain semi-supporter. What do we do now?
Why should you do anything other than think about what I say?
There are more McCain supporters and "semi-supporters" around here than you think.
Believe it or not, there's a McCain PING list here. BARF
I think people are getting nervous that McCain is getting real, credentialed conservative endorsements. If Reagan were to come back and endorse McCain, I suspect more than a few would tell Reagan to "Shut...up," claim that they never liked him, and that he was never a "real" conservative anyway.
So did Bush die to you when he signed it?
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