Stop the bleeding. Vote Third. No mandates for RINO McCain.
if McVain is the most conservaive, best candidate the GOP can come up with, this is certainly at least worthy of consideration. The Republicans started as a third party.
Maybe there will be a major influx to the Constitution Party. I wonder if they can convince at least a semi-serious candidate to run for President on their line.
And to the professional Republibots around here, I wouldn’t worry about that. The Dimmycraps are going to be drained by Cynthia McKinney on the Green line, Nader on the imaginary party, and maybe Bloomberg.
Third Party ping!
A third party would cause conservatism to wander in the wilderness for years to come while liberalism coalesces around whatever trendy bag of hollow-blathered socialism suits their fancy.
Let’s clean up our own party to succeed and leave the tried and true third party failures to the Greens and Independents. -Wb
The options are:
1) Stay home on election day or skip voting for President. - This will be reflected in the exit polling but doesn't really provide a clear message to the Party.The Third Party option would probably sink the Republican candidate but it would force a return to the Conservative roots of the Party in the next election. I don't think it should be dismissed so quickly.2) Vote for the Democrat - This will be interpreted as the country moving much farther to the left.
3) Vote for McCain - This will be seen as proof that Conservatives are not an important part of the formula for a Republican Presidential win.
4) Vote Third Party - Provides an unmistakable message to the Party that Conservatives can't be ignored in the nominating process.
Except in certain cases I have stopped voting Repub altogether. As a party they are wholly repugnant and underserving of my support.
I’ve heard that both the Libertarian and Constitution Parties have made overtures to Ron Paul. Regardless of what you think of his positions he does bring a large grassroots support base and fund raising machine to the table. I’m hearing that he does not want to run 3rd party because he’s done it once before (in 1988 for the Libertarian Party) and polled badly and he’s more interested in keeping the ‘movement’ going and if he ran 3rd party there would be a backlash as he’d be the Nader in this race to McCain’s Kerry and would catch the heat for losing the race for the Republican Party. Say what you will about Libertarians but the Republican Party needs there votes.
If the big govt spendaholic christianists want to leave the GOP then by all means please do so. Those of us who want the Federal govt to stay out of our pocketbooks won’t miss them in the least.
I sure hope they step up to the plate.
To me, I think it is wrong to run away and vote third party. Best way to put the dimocrats in the WhiteHouse.
Not smart in my estimation.
Go for it. I’ll vote for a conservative in a third party. At some point, it’s time to send a message to the liberals in the GOP. The impudent Illinois GOP is already dead without a conservative party. I think in nationally the GOP in 2008 will be where Illinois is today.
>>IMO, this guy has it wrong. Huckabee and McCain both stink; not just McCain.<<\
Precicely.
America really IS at a turning point as much as it was in 1930. It is political, economical, cultural and geopolitical.
We are JUST ENTERING a perfect storm and nobody knows how we will come out the other side. As an ex-Republican, the only thing that will get me back into a voting booth is a viable third party. That is a figure of speech. I will still vote for initiatives, etc., but no democrat or republican will ever get my vote again. It is not about changing a party gone bad. It is about good people coming OUT of a party gone bad. And bad it has gone.
True. Its' a questionof who stinks less. I think the answer is neither.
I’m sorry, as a conservative, there is no way I’ll vote for McCain (obviously not Hillary nor Obamma either).
I used to be one of those that would compromise and vote for the Republican nominee to avoid the “greater evil”, however, given McCain as the nominee, what is the difference now?
I’ve recently come to the realization that as conservative voters continue to endorse left of center Republicans, these candidates take these endorsements as a referendum.
The more conservatives avoid the “greater evil” by voting for RINO’s the more they are endorsing a shift away from conservatism!
Yep, this decision not to vote for McCain brings the potential eventuality that a continued shift towards socialism shall occur in the next four years, via the election of the Democratic nominee, perhaps even an irreparable shift. Let’s hope not, however, the time has come to make a stand.
I cannot and will not vote for McCain. I’ll either stay home or write in someone that I would like to see in charge of this country. Senator Jeff Sessions form Alabama immediately comes to mind (and I’m from NJ, just recently relocated to NH, and yes I voted Duncan Hunter in the NH primary).
If you vote for a third party, you will give the election to the Dems. Remember Ross Perot. The only way a third party will work - at least initially - is for conservatives to join that party but not run in any election that includes a D and an R until they know they can win the election. Until then, they throw their support behind the most-conservative R. Otherwise, the Ds will get elected by default. Remember Bill Clinton.
Isn’t it special that the AP is giving a platform for talk about a third party that would split the Republican vote? So helpful! Thank you AP! I wouldn’t have expected anything from you.
The two worst candidates running are the two left standing. People can pass blame in any direction they want, until they’re blue in the face. I can’t imagine anyone could be happy about this outcome.
The truth hurts. The only question remaining is, what now? Everyone on both sides of this issue is very convinced of their prediction of outcome. Nine months is a lifetime in the world of politics.
As it stands today, I wouldn’t consider turning our armed forces over to Socialists. It’s just as simple as that. For me.