I do not base my support on any one, two, or three issues. My beliefs are built around the Conservative ideology. If you have to ask, you aren’t one. I want ALL political decisions measured against these tried and true Conservative principles. Whenever a politician studies a problem or event and looks for government to become involved, I want those decisions to fit into and be a part of the Conservative ideology. If a decision runs counter to these principles, then it is the wrong decision.
I am tired of politicians taking the easy way out or doing things the liberal way because of PC or personal gain. What do I want from my President? I want a true Conservative... no more and no less. Anything less will continue the slow march to rino-socialism that we have been on for far too long.
I am pro-Life... pro Second Amendment... pro Law Enforcement... pro Border Security... pro Immigration Law Enforcement... pro Military... pro use of the Military against all enemies (foreign and domestic if it comes to that)... I am for shrinking the enormous monster that is the Fed... I am for TAX CUTS... I am for spending reductions... I am for building up our Military... I am for helping those amongst us that need our help... but not the one’s that scam because they are lazy or think that the cut of their jib defines their special needs. I am for term limits... I am for strong Constructionist Justices... I am for tearing down and rebuilding of the CIA from the ground up... I am for the cleaning out and disinfecting of Foggy Bottom... and I am for the total destruction of islamic radicals... and I want iran to pay a price so large that any future islamo-satanist will cower at the thought of our anger... ALL that I ask of my representatives is to measure any plans and decisions against sound Conservative Principles and ideology... if it fits, do it... if it does not fit, change the plan or decision until it does fit.
LLS
I am a conservative. My conservative principles are of no use if they are not exercised to advance the cause. So I advance it as I can: Contributing to good candidates and speaking out on issues, etc. And of course voting. I always try to vote for the more conservative candidates. In the primary, that makes me anybody-but-McCain, but in the general election, McCain is easily the better choice over Obama.
Whenever a politician studies a problem or event and looks for government to become involved, I want those decisions to fit into and be a part of the Conservative ideology. If a decision runs counter to these principles, then it is the wrong decision.
Nice idea. And yet we lost good conservatives like Santorum and George Allen and a gaggle of conservative congressmen, like JD Hayworth and others in 2006. Voters were not as discerning.
I am tired of politicians taking the easy way out or doing things the liberal way because of PC or personal gain. What do I want from my President? I want a true Conservative... no more and no less. Anything less will continue the slow march to rino-socialism that we have been on for far too long.
The next president will not be a 'true Conservative'. He will be a 75% on our side moderate/RINO-type Republican or a dangerous far left liberal Senator with little real experience.
I am pro-Life... pro Second Amendment... pro Law Enforcement... I agree, and fair enough. And how are the candidates on these - McCain 3, Obama 0. Obama is a pro-abort guy who supports DC gun ban and has been an anti-law-and-order guy (many votes in statehouse on that).
pro Border Security... pro Immigration Law Enforcement... both are zeros there, even though McCain promises to build the fence first, he's not stepped up to the plate on fullfledged enforcement first ... but Obama worse for being for drivers licenses for illegals, that is totally nuts. give him -1.
pro Military... pro use of the Military against all enemies (foreign and domestic if it comes to that) McCain the war hero and survivor of hanoi hilton torture is the clearly superior candidate and most pro-military candidate we've had in a while, in the best sense of the word. Obama, another zero there. Those folks arent proud of our military, only ashamed, and get proud only when they are cut down by the rise of leftist 'hopes'. McCain 2, Obama 0.
... I am for shrinking the enormous monster that is the Fed... I am for TAX CUTSNobody elected will touch the Fed. McCain will continue the Bush tax cuts, wants to lower the corp tax rate and end the AMT, good positions, even if he was wrong on Bush tax cuts. Obama OTOH, is simply awful - not only for ending the Bush tax cuts, but for adding more taxes on the 'rich' and 'windfall profits' grabs of money. McCain 1, Obama 0.
... I am for spending reductions - McCain is pretty good there. He voted against the prescription drug bill, is anti-earmark and anti-pork. Obama has proposed literally a trillion in new spending in his promises. McCain 1, obama 0.
... I am for building up our Military... I am for helping those amongst us that need our help... but not the one’s that scam because they are lazy or think that the cut of their jib defines their special needs. I am for term limits... Good positions. McCain is 2 out of 3 there. Neither will help on term limits. Obama 0.
I am for strong Constructionist Justices...
McCain will appoint Roberts/Alito types vs Obama will appoint far-left jurists like himself. McCain 1, Obama 0.
I am for tearing down and rebuilding of the CIA from the ground up... I am for the cleaning out and disinfecting of Foggy Bottom... and I am for the total destruction of islamic radicals... and I want iran to pay a price so large that any future islamo-satanist will cower at the thought of our anger...
Some good stuff. some hopeful stuff that may never happen. Will we ever fix the CIA. With McCain, doubtful. With Obama, egads, he'll make it worse. Obama will be like Carter, but worse, and Carter put a horrible liberal in there that broke the CIA for quite a while. Reagan restored it. But did GWB fix the CIA after 911? No, he kept Tenet. I dont think McCain would do worse than that.
Still, you have in McCain a man who will give you 2/3rds of what you want, who have some solid conservative inclinations and some distressing (eg open borders) ones vs. you have in Obama a Ted Kennedy liberal (maybe even worse, due to marxist pals, afro-centrist church values, and politically correct/academic leftist mindset), who is a total and absolute ZERO for us. The total above score was 10 (McCain) to -1 (Obama). A 100% conservative would be 15+.
ALL that I ask of my representatives is to measure any plans and decisions against sound Conservative Principles and ideology... if it fits, do it... if it does not fit, change the plan or decision until it does fit.
All you ask is for your Representative to be like you - phew! - I lived in several states, and in most of them, for MOST OF MY LIFE, they were two-bit worthless Democrats who were the opposite of what I believed. For 12 years in Austin, i was under the thumb of Lloyd Doggett. Only the GOP redistricting saved me from him.
I could have wished as hard as I wanted, but I didnt get the Representative I wanted because these awful Congresscritters would get re-elected. Despite being anti-conservative anti-freedom anti-constitutional and anti-taxpayer and in many case anti-military.
Now, it will be hard to impossible to get a President to believe these things you want them to believe if we dont get 51% of the people to believe these things too. So the real question is not about the candidates, but about the VOTERS. How do we move the minds of the voters so we get a majority for this?
All I would submit, finally, is this: I have never had the pleasure of voting for any candidate in serious political office who agreed with me 100%; that's because I suppose, I never ran and only I would agree with myself that much. So when given candidates in the general election, I choose the one closest to my views and with the most competence and character. In every single case with but 1 or 2 down ballot exceptions, in the last 20 years, they have always been Republicans. Republican candidates have always been the more conservative qualified candidate.
And so it is here as well. McCain is the more conserative candidate. He is imperfect, annoying, wrong on a few things (and one things that's really important to me - immigration). but Obama is worse on immigration and worse, far worse/leftist on fundamental tax, spend, military, national security, judges/consitution issues. It's not even close.
The fundamental conservative rule should be to vote for the more conservative candidate.