Posted on 02/09/2008 11:44:24 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Folks, there still may be a slim chance to force a deadlocked convention. I'm no election math wizard, but I believe it's still mathematically possible for McCain to NOT receive the requisite number of delegates to win the nomination. But it would require a great turnout of passionate conservative voters in the remaining primary states to accomplish.
The trick would be for all remaining primary conservative voters to vote for their favorite candidate as if he were still in the race. Fred's name is still on the ballot. So is Hunter's and Romney's. Shoot, vote for Huckabee, Paul or even Giuliani if you wish. Anyone but McCain!
None of the others can possibly win, but it's still possible for McCain to lose. Let it go to the convention and force the GOP to publicly fight it out as if its very life depended on it. Because it does.
What do we have to lose? As it stands now, more and more conservatives are declaring their intentions to sit out the general. If McCain is our candidate, looks like Hillary/Obama will be our next president. Don't let it happen. Vote for any GOPer other than McCain!
power-whores pandering for votes maybe ?
Sure they want as many votes as possible, but I dont think they really believe they need the WHOLE base, or they would actually establish dominant records in which to reel it in...
I will no longer vote for evil in an attempt to vote against some other evil, either way is condoning more of the same...
LFOD...
I don’t know what you’re asking me. I’m neither a Bush supporter/voter, nor a McCain supporter/voter, nor a Republican. Hope that helps.
It is absolutely imperative that government maintain the appearance of legitimacy. If McCain didn't make even token gestures toward conservative, too many people would realize there was only one political party, and would start checking off the list of usurpations in the Declaration of Independence.
Maybe conservatives should just form their own party and not worry about voters who register as (R). If they like what a conservative 3rd party candidate is offering then they will support them, otherwise they can vote the McCain/Bush/Graham/Sphinctor/Snow type of candidate.
I don’t know what you’re asking me.
Pfeh. Intellectual cowardice is the least defensible form of all.
"Dis" and "missed." In that order.
Breaking the GOP and all of its factions hands the democrats the reins of power. They care less about ideological purity than the right does. For them it’s about gaining power and being willing to get something done for their agenda. I do believe that liberalism and its various tenets alienate moderate types but the rhetoric coming from the right pisses them off just as much. Conservatives want to rule the republican party but don’t want to acknowlede that they need the moderate types to come aboard to win the WH and hold Congress and the Senate. Frankly I don’t see how people can expect others to hold their noses and vote for their guy but throw a fit when asked to do the same.
Keep it simple:
Constitution first and foremost
Individual liberties
Less government not more
Strong borders and national security
Sound economic policy
More often than not people will go for this model.
I have not heard this? More info..
I believe that McCain knows he can't win, don't let him suicide bomb our party.
Why concentrate on it if, as you say, they don't need the conservative vote? That would just be losing them votes where they do need them by that logic. I don't see any sense in that.
McCain/Feingold (Soros backed)
McCain/Lieberman (Algore backed)
McCain/Kennedy (Vicente Fox backed)
The Dems have the reins no matter how the cards are cut. If Amnesty goes through and 12 million illegals become voters what will happen to the near 50/50 elections of the last few cycles? Will liberals need to run as RINOs anymore?
For me, it's over when I say it's over.
It’s pretty obvious that pols like McCain don’t care what our political views are. But it is equally obvious that they desperately want us to vote for them. Not me. Not for this schlub.
My daughter is turning 18 this year and will be voting for the first time this fall. She asked me who I think she should support, and I had to tell her I just don't know at this point. Never thought I'd see the day.
...already with you! I’ve been planning on writing in Thompson/Hunter since they both pulled out of the race.
Stand the course! Write in Thompson/Hunter.
Considering that many of us feel like McCain and Huckabee tag-teamed us into this mess, that might not fly with some people. For instance, people like....me.
A compromise by the convention? Because we have not been able to compromise thus far? How about if we all do what we think is best and see what happens? When I see that weaselly Arkansas Governor I can't help but think how much he reminds me of Bill Clinton. Centrist/Populists Governors with lots of skeletons in the closet. We need not supply ammo to use against our party any more than necessary for an honest discussion. I encourage people to investigate the pardon scandal and the dog torture scandal and decide if you think these charges are credible and could possibly hurt us in the fall. Remember that many good people lost their seats following Watergate. IMHO Nominating anyone with character problems, including John McCain or Mike Huckabee, would be a huge mistake for the GOP.
I understand how you feel. Can Independents vote in Virginia’s primary? There are several who are petrified McCain might win.
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