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The Audacity of Compromise
Townhall.com ^ | February 8, 2008 | Kathleen Parker

Posted on 02/10/2008 4:12:31 PM PST by John W

Edited on 02/10/2008 5:16:57 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Kamikaze Republicans -- those who say they'll never vote for John McCain because he isn't conservative enough -- may get what they deserve.

The Clintons.

Many on the right, including Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, James Dobson and others, have declared they'd rather vote for Hillary Clinton -- or not vote at all -- than cast a ballot for McCain. These self-appointed spokesmen for conservatism insist that voting for Clinton is a matter of principle: Better to go down on the strength of one's convictions than to be a morally compromised placeholder, they say.


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To: John W

Doing ANYTHING to assist Hillary Clinton in securing power over the government and military is completely asinine.


41 posted on 02/10/2008 5:36:43 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: verity

>> The country will be irretrievably in the crapper by ‘12 if your scenario unfolds..

Ha. You say that as if you know it for a fact.

But you know and I know that you DON’T know. You don’t know squat. All you have is all I have, that is, our opinions.

What’s more... GUARANTEE me that the country WON’T be in the crapper if Cap’n McQueeg wins.

Go ahead, guarantee it!


42 posted on 02/10/2008 6:08:10 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
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To: Senator Goldwater

Seven posts in a row that make sense and the thread grinds to a halt.


43 posted on 02/10/2008 6:09:23 PM PST by John W
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To: John W

Oops. Spoke too soon.


44 posted on 02/10/2008 6:10:27 PM PST by John W
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To: Biblebelter
No conservative really has ANY enemies if Teddy Kennedy is not Public Enemy Number One on your enemies list.

I guess I'm not a conservative. I have Usama bin Laden, Kim Jong Il, The Red Chinese Politburo, Hugo Chavez, and numerous jihadists, dictators and other bad guys on my list well before Ted Kennedy shows up.

Kennedy only killed one girl, Usama killed over 3000 people. I know which is the greater danger

45 posted on 02/10/2008 6:15:02 PM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Vote Republican in 2008 or President Hillary Clinton will be reading your FBI file!!!)
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To: mtbopfuyn

When has that worked?


46 posted on 02/10/2008 6:16:08 PM PST by fightinJAG (Rush was right when he used to say: "You NEVER win by losing.")
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To: farmer18th
Bingo. McCain's not just "impure." He's a traitor.

Agreed. It's not just that he voted on behalf of restricting our first amendment rights, he authored the damn bill (McCain-Feingold). It's not just that he voted on behalf of giving amnesty to 20,000,000 illegal aliens, he cobbled that monstrosity (McCain-Kennedy) together in secret with GW Bush and Teddy Kennedy and tried to ram it through.

So, it's not just that he cooperated with Teddy Kennedy and the other democrats from time to time, he was the wholesale champion of their causes. Now, for those of you who still support him, why in the hell, after a lifetime's worth of betrayal to his friends and supporters should we trust him to support us now????

P.S. Any of you who thinks that McCain will come around and act like a conservative if he's elected, I have a bridge to sell you...real cheap, almost new.

47 posted on 02/10/2008 6:28:50 PM PST by E. Cartman (Huckaboob will never be Vice President.)
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To: Nervous Tick

I wager your life that I am correct.


48 posted on 02/10/2008 7:26:04 PM PST by verity ("Lord, what fools these mortals be!")
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To: GreenLanternCorps
No conservative really has ANY enemies if Teddy Kennedy is not Public Enemy Number One on your enemies list. I guess I'm not a conservative. I have Usama bin Laden, Kim Jong Il, The Red Chinese Politburo, Hugo Chavez, and numerous jihadists, dictators and other bad guys on my list well before Ted Kennedy shows up. Kennedy only killed one girl, Usama killed over 3000 people. I know which is the greater danger

FYI

I chose the term Public Enemy because it goes back even farther than the rap group. And if you were familar with the term's provencance then you would know that it specifically applied to domestic criminals although they chose the term enemy. I was making an allusion that obviously was beyond your grasp, and in the scope of the analogy Public Enemy was meant to be limited to conservative political enemies. I am not such a dolt as obviously you took me as to attempt to compare Teddy Kennedy to national security threats. Nixon had an enemies list and everyone understood that he meant political enemies not enemies such as communist dictators. Words such as enemies has many more connotations than the one you tried to pin to me. I refuse to condescend to write at such a level as to satisfy those whose reading skills are such that they cannot get beyond communications which hover at a literal level.

49 posted on 02/10/2008 8:04:26 PM PST by Biblebelter (I will NEVER EVER vote for McCain or any other current Senator.)
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To: verity

My life is not yours to wager.


50 posted on 02/10/2008 8:07:31 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
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To: John W
Kamikaze Republicans -- those who say they'll never vote for any presidential candidate even minutely to the right of John McCain -- absolutely, positively will get what they deserve: permanent minority status in Washington, D.C., and a long, lonely four years (at barest minimum, mind), powerless and adrift, in the political wilderness.

Couldn't happen to a sweller bunch, now that I think about it. ;)

51 posted on 02/10/2008 8:08:59 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("John McCain is to conservatism what Cindy Sheehan is to the Miss Universe Pageant.")
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To: GreenLanternCorps
Kennedy only killed one girl

That was his re-election campaign slogan back in '04, wasn't it...? ;)

52 posted on 02/10/2008 8:10:57 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("John McCain is to conservatism what Cindy Sheehan is to the Miss Universe Pageant.")
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To: John W

Kathleen has it exactly right.


53 posted on 02/10/2008 8:15:16 PM PST by billva
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To: Def Conservative
Kathleen's going about this all wrong. Most women in her position, typically, end up charging at least a little something for what she's (evidently) willing to peddle away for free. Amateur. ;)
54 posted on 02/10/2008 8:18:31 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("John McCain is to conservatism what Cindy Sheehan is to the Miss Universe Pageant.")
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To: mtbopfuyn
In 4 years with a RAT making those same decisions, the sheeple and the GOP may possibly wake up and vote for a real conservative in ‘12.

Unless, of course, in those four years the RAT damages the country beyond repair.

IMHO, the solution to this is to bust our ass and try and keep the Senate, maybe pick up a couple of seats, and take back the House. At least then we'd stand half a chance of defeating grand schemes.

55 posted on 02/10/2008 9:21:35 PM PST by upchuck (Attention Senator Clinton: Lying Is Stupid When The Truth Is So Easy To Find)
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To: Nervous Tick
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56 posted on 02/11/2008 5:47:42 AM PST by verity ("Lord, what fools these mortals be!")
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