Posted on 02/04/2008 10:53:49 AM PST by TinaJeannes
The prospect of John McCain as the likely Republican presidential nominee has produced a squall of anger on the right. Normally reserved columnists and usually ebullient talk-radio hosts vie to express their disgust with McCain, and their disdain for the Republicans who are about to nominate him. The conservative movement as a whole appears disgruntled and dyspeptic.
Now I have nothing against a certain amount of disgruntlement and dyspepsia. The ways of the world, and the decisions of our fellow Americans, occasionally warrant such a reaction.
But American politics tends to be unkind to movements that dwell in anger and relish their unhappiness. In the era from Franklin D. Roosevelt to John F. Kennedy, liberals tended to be happy warriors — and that helped their cause. The original civil rights movement succeeded in part because it worked hard to transcend a justifiable bitterness. Liberalism faltered when it became endlessly aggrieved and visibly churlish.
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Lame. Or else you can’t read.
A little hyperbole, huh?
ANY Republican is better than Clinton. I’m not expecting you to be happy about it, but don’t act like it’s not true. Witholding support from McCain helps her chances whether you like it or not. It is tantamount to supporting her and the Dems. I refuse to do so, even though my preferred candidate (Thompson) is out. I’m not taking my ball and going home because my guy didn’t win. I’m being a realist and saying the best I can do now is keep Hillary out of office. That is a noble goal that everyone should support.
Why is this so hard to understand?
In the general election it will be very important to get crossover votes. I am sorry to say this But Romney can not get those voters as easily as mccain can. he can grab up a lot of independents and cross over dems. This election is so crucial.I do not want hillary back in the whitehouse and bill ! and I dont want the extremely liberal Obama either !
It won't happen.
I dont have the links from 7 years ago !
IOWs your blowing smoke. Just what I thought.
you are acting so extremely childish
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McCain and the Supreme Court
By STEVEN G. CALABRESI and JOHN O. MCGINNIS
February 4, 2008; Page A14
The conservative movement has made enormous gains over the past three decades in restoring constitutional government. The Roberts Supreme Court shows every sign of building on these gains.
Yet the gulf between Democratic and Republican approaches to constitutional law and the role of the federal courts is greater than at any time since the New Deal. With a Democratic Senate, Democratic presidents would be able to confirm adherents of the theory of the “Living Constitution” — in essence empowering judges to update the Constitution to advance their own conception of a better world. This would threaten the jurisprudential gains of the past three decades, and provide new impetus to judicial activism of a kind not seen since the 1960s.
[John McCain]
We believe that the nomination of John McCain is the best option to preserve the ongoing restoration of constitutional government. He is by far the most electable Republican candidate remaining in the race, and based on his record is as likely to appoint judges committed to constitutionalism as Mitt Romney, a candidate for whom we also have great respect.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB120209536777639949.html
I don’t believe it. It runs counter to all I know about McCain.
I have to go you calm down u hear? *L* if mccain wins it wont be the end of the world and will help republicans all over the country
There a lot of very opinionated non conservative newbies these days
Regards
Exactly, and his narcissistic tendencies suggest he won’t.
I do hope you are going to take a writing class. Reading your teen-chat shorthand is tedious.
I was quoting the article SO EVERYONE COULD SEE IT!
I will not vote for McCain. period.
“Leftie amateur inexperience is safer than crazy”
I agree.
It’s Bristol, but I agree that it IS a horribly overwritten screed.
TV talk show hosts?? HUH??
I’m not sure you get it Tina. McCain has no chance of winning the presidency: none, nada, zero, zilch chance to win against either hillary or obama, regardless of whether we conservatives vote for him in the primaries or not. Anybody who believes that still believes in the tooth fairy. I won’t be voting for McCain. I might vote for Obama if he is on the ticket. Otherwise, I will leave that line blank. I consider my vote to be a promise that I will support the person for whom I am voting. In the case of McCain, I cannot and will not make that promise.
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