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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
When I was in the military, serving abroad, I had no time to follow politics. Now I do and I won’t walk off the battlefield, leaving those who protect me and my family to the whims of the likes of Hillary or Obama.

Well, that's your decision. Trying to use the "It's for the troops!" refrain to guilt others into voting for your candidate is getting a bit old.

See, it's not a conservative's job to kowtow to whomever the GOP decides to run. If the GOP (and people like yourself) want the conservatives' votes you need to present us with a conservative candidate.

Now that you're saddled with McCain you want to declare the game over and start with the fearmongering.

"Obama will gut the military!"

"Hillary will give us Hillarycare!"

Well, maybe you should have thought of that before you settled on McCain. Maybe more importantly, maybe you should have asked the conservatives whether McCain was an acceptable candidate BEFORE you settled on him. Especially if you expect us to vote for him.

I concede that it's a little late for that now. But that's not my problem. If you want me to vote for a RINO, it's YOUR problem.

48 posted on 02/29/2008 1:35:48 PM PST by Knitebane (Happily Microsoft free since 1999.)
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To: Knitebane

I am a conservative....McCain wasn’t my choice in our primary/caucus....I’m not asking you to vote for a RINO.....I’m asking you to vote for a person who will do the least damage to the country.....if your choice is between a boat with 100 holes to patch while at sea or 25, I’ll take the 25 holed boat.

Those are you choices.

My choice was to be in the Navy. Algore hadn’t invented the internet yet and keeping up on day to day political stuff was impossible

I won’t abandon the troops to Obama. It’s cowardly to walk off the battlefield and leave behind others to fight for you. It proves nothing.


50 posted on 02/29/2008 8:40:34 PM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (There once was a dream called, "Hippy Beat Down." The mere whisper of if caused cops to cry.")
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