Posted on 02/17/2008 10:20:04 AM PST by calcowgirl
McCain? No Way!
by Sen. HL "Bill" Richardson (ret.)
Chairman of the Board, GOA
Americans are being told by the mainstream media that conservatives have no other choice than to back the hypocrite from Arizona. All that is required is to pretend he is "really" a conservative. "So, crawl under the big Republican tent and vote for McCain," we are told. "Besides, what other choice do you have?"
We have plenty of choices, none of which calls for casting our vote for the lesser of two presidential evils.
First, the Republican race isn't over. Huckabee is still around and as Kansas and Louisiana should point out, the Romney vote flocked to Huckabee. Not that they loved Huckabee, but that they have zero trust in the promises of McCain. Even if Huckabee loses, what makes anyone think conservatives will vote for McCain?
Don't you liberals get it? The republican conservative believes McCain would be a vindictive president. He's proven his dislike for conservatives and would gut us at every opportunity.
Why do I say that? Because of three decades of experience as a Republican California Senator and a fifty year activist in the conservative movement. I have first hand, in-their-face experience with elitist RINO's (Republican in Name Only) office holders. They are biblically ignorant, power hungry, status seeking egotists who have no difficulty aiding their liberal Democrat colleagues whenever their arms are politely twisted. The one thing they have in common with liberal Democrats is their dislike of all conservatives, especially those who are Bible-believing. McCain, as president, would stifle the voices of elected Republican leaders and try to legislate the conservative movement out of existence.
There is no reason why any conservative should be depressed, especially if they look at past history. I clearly remember the political climate in 1964. We newly-awakened conservatives had a real friend running for the Republican nomination. Barry Goldwater defeated a liberal Republican in the primaries, but in the general election, the mainstream media slaughtered him. In 1964 it was easy to do; we had no effective political action committees, no conservative organizations, few pro-life activists, little religious participation, no talk radio, a handful of articulate conservative legislators, no fax machines and zero Internet. After the 1964 November election, all looked hopeless. Not a bright star on the horizon....But!
In 1966, we conservatives elected an actor as Governor of California. I was elected to the State Senate. The thespian and I were greener than grass but we were both quick to learn. Ron Reagan became a national star, a conservative leader in the nation’s most popular state. He couldn't be ignored.
I founded Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners of California. We became the second largest pro-Second Amendment organization in America with membership in the hundreds of thousands. We concentrated our efforts on electing pro-gunners to the legislature and stopping anti-gun legislation. We grew rapidly and were quite successful. During liberal Jerry Brown's eight years as governor, not a single anti-gun bill was signed into law. The reason was simple -- although the liberal Democrats controlled both houses of the legislature, no anti-gun legislation passed from either house to find its way to the Governor’s desk.
The entire gun movement is close to accomplishing that feat on a national level. As long as the gun community hangs together, it will make little difference on gun issues who is sitting in the White House. The same could be true of other major conservative organizations as long as they stay in the fight. We are much better off than in 1964 and much better organized.
The other good news is that some of the weak-sister Republicans are leaving office -- not willing to scrap it out with the liberal Democrats. Hooray, happy to see you go! Call Gun Owners if you need a ride out of town. We have an opportunity to replace them with tough, no nonsense conservatives. Already, some very fine men are seeking these vacancies.
We at Gun Owners intend to be very engaged in Congressional and US Senate races.
I personally will not cast a vote for the presidency -- that is, if McCain is the Republican nominee. Under no circumstances will I vote for either of the Democrats. This will be the first time in fifty years that I have made this choice. I hope it will be the last.
I understand McRino’s politics: “let them eat lettuce.”
Does that ring any bells, lol?!
Sorry, I’m a real American and a Conservative who will vote for McCain. Solely because he’ll make the best Commander-in Chief of those real Americans serving in Iraq & Afghanistan.
I don’t want them under the command of left wing Traitorcrats.
I respect the choice of those who will not tow the party line, and not vote for McCain. That’s Democracy and you should vote your conscience. But not all of us who are voting for McCain are doing so for the party. I hope those that won’t vote for him will still vote the under card.. we need to send more Conservatives to Congress.
None, because all the RINOS in Congress will back him, and all those elected with the letter (R) after their name will be beat up if they don't get behind the (R) in the White House.
Your vote will go directly to the most conservative 3rd party candidate to emerge {can’t think who that will be, because the Huckster isn’t a conservative}, and then be re-directed to Mrs. Clinton or Obama. Unfortunately none of us have any control of that. It is called the Law of Unintended Consequences. So which one do you prefer to be nominating our next Supreme Court justices?
ROFL. Even on foreign policy, Ron Paul is more conservative than McCain.
McCain on the DC gun ban ““The citizens of the nation’s capital do not enjoy the Right to Keep and Bear arms. That’s why I’ve co-sponsored legislation repealing the ban on firearms possession for law-abiding citizens in the District of Columbia. The Second Amendment is not just for rural Arizona; it’s for all of America.”
I am voting for McCain for president.
Please feel free to elaborate and support your argument.
It’s pathetic watching many conservatives act like petulent children having a tantrum because things aren’t going the way they would like. The same types who back in 1964 lambasted the liberal wing of the Republican Party for not supporting Goldwater.
Or, more likely as Richardson testifies, they'll be run out of town and targeted for defeat in their next election.
I swear...these McCain supporters would be cheerleaders for Hillary if she switched parties.
Now that the libs have used him to push conservatives out of the Republican nomination his usefulness is over and his democrat pals are starting to cut him loose.
They crossed over to vote for him in the primaries but everyone except MCCain and his McCainiac followers knows they will vote solidly democrat in November.
McCain will not have the liberal voters he sucked up to over the years and he won't have the conservative voters he has screwed for a living.
Maybe there is some justice once in a while.
The following is by Bill Press/Syndicated columnist and author.
He was also the chairman of the California Democratic Party from 1993 to 1996.
Bill Press: All Aboard the McCain Double Talk Express
"To all my friends, Democrats and Independents, who have told me they'd consider voting for John McCain in November, I have only two words.
PLEASE DON'T.
For the sake of God, country and Mother Theresa, wise up.
Now that it's clear he's going to be the Republican nominee for president, it's time to end our love affair with John McCain."
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OH My Goodness!!! I had no idea McCain would bring legislative power to the Executive Branch of our government. Yes, we must do everything we can to stop him.
Thank you, Ms. Obama 08, for pointing that out to us.
Well, it's not a Godwin, but it's pretty close.
Funded by Soros.
McCain-Feingold.
McCain-Kennedy.
McCain-Lieberman.
McCain-Edwards.
Pro-abortion (you can't be pro-life and still be in favor of federally-funded embryonic stem cell research)
Anti-Second Amendment.
Pro-Amnesty for foreign invaders.
And you think he's entitled to our vote? If you give that a pass, it's pretty clear that you'd cheerlead for Hillary if she just switched parties.
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