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FoxNews: Laura Ingraham Declares She WILL Vote for John McCain if Her Candidate Loses
Ingraham on Fox ^ | 5 Feb 08 | Ingraham on Fox

Posted on 02/05/2008 4:56:49 AM PST by xzins

She clearly stated:

I'm not one of those folks who will say that I won't vote for him.

She earlier said that she just didn't think this was the time to turn to party over to the Dole/Ford wing of the Republican Party.

She called McCain an amazing man, and that she deeply respected him.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ingraham; mccain; partytrumpsperson; rino; romney; supertuesday
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To: misterrob

The voters have no clue who is out there outside of what they see on the MSM.

The party hacks don’t control everything, but they have a tremendous amount of power by setting the boundaries of who is a “mainstream candidate,” and thus gets media coverage.

They use unethical tactics, like the cheating that went on in Florida, to give their establishment candidates a leg up.


41 posted on 02/05/2008 5:13:54 AM PST by B Knotts
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To: xzins

She never said anything else.

Rush has made a cogent argument against voting for McCain. Basically having McCain as president would tie the hands of Republicans in Congress in fighting liberal bills because it would mean going against a Republican president.

Dennis Prager gave a very good argument why we would be would vote for McCain.

Hugh Hewitt denies the possibility that Romney could lose :)


42 posted on 02/05/2008 5:14:07 AM PST by Hugin (Mecca delenda est!)
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To: misterrob
Sounds like she’s not willing to hand the WH to the democrats.

Dear Ms. Ingraham: Does the phrase Pyrrhic victory mean anything to you?!

43 posted on 02/05/2008 5:14:16 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: nina0113

All liberals spit on the Constitution.

There is nothing better about any of these candidates. There’s no way to choose the “lesser” of 3 evils.

Besides, as one man says, “When choosing the lesser of 2 evils, you’re still choosing evil.”


44 posted on 02/05/2008 5:14:29 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain! True Supporters of Our Troops Support the Necessity of their Sacrifice!)
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To: misterrob
Sounds like she’s not willing to hand the WH to the democrats.

That's fine. She doesn't need to justify herself to me.

I just don't see much difference between McCain (I'd be Kerry's running mate) and the democrats.

45 posted on 02/05/2008 5:15:11 AM PST by ksen (Don't steal. The government hates the competition. - sign on Ron Paul's desk)
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To: xzins

You learn about people when they face difficult questions. A lot of pundits and politicians will decide that walking away from the GOP plantation, even just for one election cycle, is too frightening a thought to be contemplated.

Sam Adams said it well: “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, — go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”


46 posted on 02/05/2008 5:16:51 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: xzins

I’m holding my nose for Romney, but there aren’t enough clothespins on Earth to hold it for McCain. If he’s the nominee, I’ll either write in Reagan, Hunter, or Cthulhu.


47 posted on 02/05/2008 5:17:09 AM PST by nina0113 (If fences don't work, why does the White House have one?)
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To: Fred

LOL! It didn’t take very long, did it?

I realize that people can take a very high-minded, self-righteous stance on the internet, where they are anonymous. But I wonder if, as Laura honestly admits, when they get into the sanctity of the voting booth, and they look at the choice of an (R) who SAYS he’s gotten the message on enforcement, or an identity (D) candidate who openly panders open borders for votes, what lever they will secretly pull? (Anyone who assures a return to the Clinton years, IMO, is NOT a conservative.)

Folks, it’s okay to be purists during the primary, but keep your eye on the ball during the general, mmmkay?


48 posted on 02/05/2008 5:17:19 AM PST by alwaysconservative (Don't forget that you're unique--just like everybody else.)
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To: ksen

All 3 are liberals.

It’s a fact of record. Check the record of any of these yahoos, and you’ll find liberal statements and liberal acts to fill this forum.

Hi, Ksen, how’ve you been!! :>)


49 posted on 02/05/2008 5:17:58 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain! True Supporters of Our Troops Support the Necessity of their Sacrifice!)
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To: xzins

What exit polling could she have access to?

The polls are just opening now.


50 posted on 02/05/2008 5:18:06 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
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To: Obadiah
No more "drink the RINO arsenic---it'll kill you more slowly than the 'Rat cyanide."

I won't lift the cup of hemlock to my own lips.

51 posted on 02/05/2008 5:18:39 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: xzins

“It sounds like the reality of the polls is beginning to set in.”

Nope, she’s always state this.


52 posted on 02/05/2008 5:19:54 AM PST by Minn. 4 Bush
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To: B Knotts

She’s surrendering. If the party establishment forced McCain on us, and we go along with them, they will continue to move the party to the left, and all traces of conservatism in the power structure will evaporate.

You have just hit the nail on the head. Why is it that conservatives don’t understand this concept? All they want is status quo. It is infuriating!!!


53 posted on 02/05/2008 5:20:18 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: Red in Blue PA

They ALWAYS hit the opening of the polls. It’s a unique group that votes early, and I’m sure they’re high tech, plugging their info into computers or blackberries or similar and that goes immediately to the processors.

I’ll bet they already see how it’s going.

I’ve heard them talk too many times about how they knew, but they couldn’t say.


54 posted on 02/05/2008 5:20:32 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain! True Supporters of Our Troops Support the Necessity of their Sacrifice!)
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To: Cindy

Personally McCain’s choice for VP will have a big impact on my decision. There is a high probability that one way or another, he could end up being POTUS. If McCain wins, given his age he could die in office. If not, his VP would be the presumed GOP nominee in 2012 of 2016. If they lost, McCain would take the blame, and his running mate would be the frontrunner in 2012. He needs to pick a conservative who is young enough to be viable four or eight years from now.


55 posted on 02/05/2008 5:21:15 AM PST by Hugin (Mecca delenda est!)
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To: xzins

oh good she’s not unhinged like Coulter


56 posted on 02/05/2008 5:21:48 AM PST by ari-freedom (Jim Robinson "Free Republic’s goal is to elect conservatives. Romney is NO conservative")
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To: napscoordinator
The other thing is that there is this unrealistic idea that we can win every election. That's not how things have ever worked in this country. The parties take turns.

So, you try to arrange things so that if you are going to lose, you do it at a time, and in such a way, that it helps the party internally.

A failed McCain candidacy seems like a way to do that.

58 posted on 02/05/2008 5:23:36 AM PST by B Knotts
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To: xzins

Oh please! We have enough propaganda from the media - we don’t need more from you. McCain has been offered on a silver platter - you are so hungry you take what’s offered. When the evil offers me something, I refuse it. I’ll go with who the media hates - Mitt Romney!


59 posted on 02/05/2008 5:23:37 AM PST by presently no screen name
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To: xzins

‘... Laura Ingraham Declares She WILL Vote for John McCain if Her Candidate Loses’

We’re all in that boat!


60 posted on 02/05/2008 5:24:28 AM PST by SMARTY (Public opinion has the power of the lie/creating it is the work of radical politicians in a democra)
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