Political poison: Opposition to McCain shows how ideologues have distorted democracy in America

Times ONline ^ | 2/10/08 | staff

[calcowgirl]

I guess Newspeak will do the same thing to the word conservative that it did to the word liberal.

The problem is greater. They have been successful in replacing news with propaganda.

[Navy Patriot]

According to trend McCain’s ACU rating will be 38 in 2012, so he should wait till then to run as a DemoRat.

[IronJack]

They prefer purity to practicality.

Hardly a trait to make one ashamed.

[CodeToad]

Until recently history the Republican party never asked us to vote for thier political power but to always consider country first. Oh, well, that’s over.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

It's always so terribly, terribly stirring, listening to the anonymous, self-appointed Internet myrmidons of the Times thunder and bluster so (self-)righteously on behalf of their gardeners, their pool boys and all the local roofers and drywall installers in their greater metro area. ¡Sí, Se Puede!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

According to trend McCain’s ACU rating will be 38 in 2012, so he should wait till then to run as a DemoRat.

Too late. He already tried doing that, back in '04... remember? ;)

[MrPiper]

Google is your friend:.......

McCain Fiendold,

McCain Kennedy,

McCain Lieberman.

McCAin Edwards

Kerry-McCain proposal

Dr. Juan Hernandez, McCain’s radical Hispanic outreach director

Opposed overturning Roe v. Wade, Would not have nominated Ailto,

NO WAY, NO HOW will I vote for the Male Hillary !!!!!!!

[calcowgirl]

According to trend McCain’s ACU rating will be 38 in 2012, so he should wait till then to run as a DemoRat.

By george, you're right! ;-)

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

McCain last year was 65

McCAIN 2008

"Because Fiscal Cons Will Settle For Pretty Much Anything, Ultimately."

[RavenATB]

“Republicans need to decide to vote a straight Republican ticket and help the GOP mend its current brokenness. “

Sounds like a great way to drive home the point that we’ve had it with their liberal bullshit...go ahead and support it.

How’s that tactic work with your children?

[Navy Patriot]

And I am impressed by your excellent data, stats and research. You remind me of Backhoe, and that IS a compliment.

[Navy Patriot]

Yes, I do.

He would have run on the ticket with John F.ing Kerry, who served in Vietnam, you know.

[Thumper1960]

I checked the scale.

You're a zealot.

Just for your information.

:-D

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

He would have run on the ticket with John F.ing Kerry, who served in Vietnam, you know.

Oh, absolutely. Because that's precisely the sort of thing stolid, unswervingly principled conservatives unfailingly DO, don'cha know. ;)

[arderkrag]

WOOHOO!!! Now I can apply for minority status and federal aid!

[Thumper1960]

Questionable parentage will net you bigger bucks.

Claiming Granny as a New Dealer won't help.

If I had the Zealot rating, I'd tell 'em mommy and absent daddy shacked up in a microbus at Woodstock, between SDS rallies, and conceived me. That'd up the funds ratio.

[Brett66]

I’ve got a feeling this guy wouldn’t be saying the same thing if it was some dem candidate that had 5-6 issues that he was conservative on.

[calcowgirl]

And I am impressed by your excellent data, stats and research. You remind me of Backhoe, and that IS a compliment.

Thanks! I'm kind of a "primary source" buff so I usually check out everything the media tries to feed me. A couple years ago, I got sick of looking the same thing up, over and over again and started saving the data. Now I need a bigger hard-drive! LOL.

Confession: I couldn't figure out how to chart a linear regression with my software, so that line is drawn freehand. ;-)

[Vietnam Vet From New Mexico]

You forgot the Barf Alert!

[egginanest]

“How’s that tactic work with your children?”

Actually, whenever my children become ruled by emotion, I isolate them and tell them they can come out as soon as they are able to think clearly again.

There’s a fine line between ‘principled’ and ‘stupid’. We’re at war, with troops in the field. Some of them raised by me, with young children waiting their return.