So - did you learn anything from your "justly earned rebuke" from the moderator - per your purged post # 52? (for anyone that would like to read how 'adult' this poster is, you can read part of his/her deleted post in my post # 68...
Posted on 02/09/2008 10:32:20 AM PST by TenYearLurker
There's an old Groucho Marx riff in which he launches a new career as a stick-up artist -- while worrying that his native cowardice may not induce the requisite fear among his victims. Sure enough, after a little time in a dark alley he springs out to confront his first victim, points his gun to his own head and says, "Take one step closer and I'll kill myself."
Such is the posture today among pundits on the far right of the Republican Party as Sen. John McCain moves closer to receiving his party's nomination. Consider the destructive implications of their pledge to work against Mr. McCain's nomination and even -- in the event he is nominated -- not to vote in the general election. Start with where it would leave our country -- presumably under the leadership of either Democrat candidate -- in the two domains where we will face critical challenges in the years ahead: our national security and the threat of an economic meltdown.
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“I thought he pretty much already did that with his “I got the message / secure the borders first.”
No, that was far from good enough.
Two wrong assumption in one short post. LOL
No. 1: I live in the state of Maine - having nothing to do with my being a McC supporter. He is about the last one I wanted to see left standing - but that's the hand we're dealt.
"You guys" - I never said anything negative about Hunter - your blanket accusations says a lot about you.
"HaHa"
This is rich... being mavericks is now destructive... NOT even the Clinton spin misters got close to this spin...
Suddenly things these twits ignored year in and year out NOW matter?
Amnesty.
And the entire drive to install MxCain in the President’s office is to get that done.
I sincerely believe McCain was addled by his time in the Hanoi Hilton,
making him incapable of treating illegal combatants in the manner we need to.
I'm sorry. As anyone who differs with me can readily tell you, I'm not too bright and I'm apt to be slow. I could not understand your "showings." I tried to explain why, because I really did want to understand.
See postings from MNJohnnie and devere, a few messages back. I'm pretty sure we're on opposite sides of this dispute, but they provided the kind of objective criteria I'm looking for.
Much thanks for trying,
R.
How has he “got the message” when he also said that he would sign the amnesty bill if it came across his desk???
“Is McCain a child-molester or serial murderer?”
He is a serial conservatism basher.
So - did you learn anything from your "justly earned rebuke" from the moderator - per your purged post # 52? (for anyone that would like to read how 'adult' this poster is, you can read part of his/her deleted post in my post # 68...
McCain Fiendold, McCain Kennedy, McCain Lieberman. McCAin Edwards
Opposed overturning Roe v. Wade, Would not have nominated Ailto, Gang of 14, Opposed Tax cuts for the “rich”, Opposed repeal of death tax. More recently, Mr. McCain has told conservatives he would be happy to appoint the likes of Chief Justice John Roberts to the Supreme Court.
“But he indicated he might draw the line on a Samuel Alito, because ‘he wore his conservatism on his sleeve.’
“Therein lies the problem that many conservatives have with John McCain.
“It is the nagging feeling that after all of his years of chummily bonding with liberal reporters and garnering favorable media coverage from them that the Arizona senator is embarrassed to be seen as too much of a conservative. …”
On Roe v. Wade, here is another McCain Gem,
WASHINGTON (Sept. 13) - Senator John McCain (R-Az.), a leading contender for the Republican nomination for President, said on August 19, “Certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe vs. Wade,” the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand.
On Taxes, McCain sounds pretty much the same as Teddy Kennedy. I invite your attention to the following.
Second, Senator McCain’s stated reason for opposing the Bush tax cuts rhetorically allied him with the most radical anti-growth elements of national politics. Senator McCain argued, “I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle-class Americans who need tax relief.”[7] Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) sounded a similar theme, saying, “Now, they are proposing more of the same, more tax breaks benefiting only the wealthiest among us,”[8] as did Democratic Representative Maxine Waters (CA-35): “I voted against the Republican tax cut plan, which is an irresponsible tax cut that will further undermine the nation’s struggling economy at the expense of middle-class American families.”[9] Senator McCain’s eager embrace of grossly inaccurate class-warfare demagoguery demonstrated, at best, a painful ignorance of pro-growth economic principles.
Third, Senator McCain not only voted against the Bush tax cuts, he joined leading liberal senators in offering and voting for amendments designed to undermine them. All in all, Senator McCain voted on the pro-tax side of 14 such amendments in 2001 and 2003. These included such odious measures as:
An amendment sponsored by Senator John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) to prohibit a reduction in the top tax rate until Congress enacted legislation to provide a prescription drug benefit[10] An amendment sponsored by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) against full repeal of the Death Tax.[11] This vote is in keeping with Senator McCain’s 2002 vote against repealing the Death Tax[12] An amendment sponsored by Tom Daschle (D-SD) and co-sponsored by Senator McCain to limit tax reduction in the top tax bracket to one percentage point[13].
Finally, John McCain recently claimed that he has never voted for a tax increase,[14] but the congressional record tells a different story. As Chairman of the Commerce Committee in 1998, he sponsored and voted for an enormous 282% tax increase on cigarettes.[15] Senator McCain defended the proposal as a “fee”[16] rather than a tax increase, but his semantic tap dance doesn’t change the numerical facts.
(This was back when Capra’s films were first being released on VHS, etc.)
Sounds schmaltzy, but anyone who loves Frank Capra, I love. John Cassavettes once wrote: "Was there ever really an America? Or was there just Frank Capra?”
Reagan stole a lot of Capra’s lines for his speeches. We Freepers should realize that much of that old time patriotism is what fomented McCain’s personality -- and get behind the man. Glad to hear Robert McFarlane is smart enough to get it about both McCain and Frank Capra.
Then why did you think it would be perfectly ok to come here and scream at Conservatives to grow up?
They are the grown ups in this one. They are looking at the McCain record and making a mature adult decision. They have no reason to support a guy who has done nothing but actively work against their political agenda for the last decade.
If he wants their votes, he is going to have to earn them. Unlike childish minds, they will not be scared into voting for him with bogymen politics.
I agree with both sentences . . . very, very much so.
Extemist rhetoric? Washington-insider rhetoric is what the writer is spewing. Limbaugh, Hannity, Ingraham & Coulter are in touch with voters, something about which this writer is clueless. John McCain has had no use for conservatives - religious or non-religious - during his entire political career. But now that he needs us, we should all just support him - for the sake of our country and our freedom. Such elitist crap. What is becoming more and more obvious is that the DC establishment is pretty much party-neutral. There really aren't too many principled conservatives, so under McCain & Co the Republican party now stands for..."Let's All Just Try To Get Along, Shall We?"
Suicide is something the author (McFarlane) and the subject (McCain) have both attempted and failed.
factoid.
That the poobahs of Wall Street think that they'll remain unharmed when society breaks down upon the inception of open borders really is the height of hubris.
I despise the beast, but do they really think Reagan democrats will stay loyal to the GOP and won't demand a pound of flesh from them when their policies make them into serfs and peasants?
History really does repeat itself; first as tragedy and then as farce, again and again and again and again.
As well as many other Demorats.
and get behind the man.
No thanks, See post#90.
YES!!! And put through a constitutional amendment establishing that children born in this country to parents of illegal aliens were not American citizens. Plus, put through legislation putting the American military on our southern border with orders to shoot to kill.
ONLY then would I consider voting for him. ONLY then would I believe he really had had a change of heart. As the saying goes, words are cheap, but deeds speak loudly. And, John McCain's deeds speak far, far louder than his words.
YES!!! And put through a constitutional amendment establishing that children born in this country to parents of illegal aliens were not American citizens. Plus, put through legislation putting the American military on our southern border with orders to shoot to kill.
Yes, I would consider voting for the man IF he did the above. But neither he or Hillary or OSama will. Three peas in a pod.
Who will you get behind?
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