Posted on 03/30/2008 12:25:30 AM PDT by neverdem
BAM! The money quote strikes again!
The only problem with what you have said is any remaining conservative who is running for POTUS in ‘08 is running either as a third party candidate for POTUS or is running as an Independent candidate for POTUS, and they can’t seriously win the race for POTUS no matter how much people seriously do wish that they could actually win! This is what continues to be frustrating about having a “two political party” system in place when, in this case, all of the major political party candidates for POTUS are socialists this time around. IMHO, a two party system in place is still much better overall than having a multi-party system in place, but this still isn’t going to stop the majority of conservative voters throughout the U.S. from complaining about the current situation with legitimate reasons for their complaints with regards to the ongoing ‘08 race for POTUS!
I think I’m just going to start calling him “J.J. McCain.”
John Judas, ya know...
The good news is that McCain isn’t president yet. No cap-and-trade legislation has been passed. Heaven knows, global warming enthusiasts, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, would make a McCain policy look downright pro-business. Al Gore’s dour visage hangs over their proposals like a big, black cloud.
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This is our real problem, as conservatives. We know McCain is not good in several ways, particularly this issue. However, we know that the Demodogs are far worse.
I just hope that McCain can be pressured more effectively by conservative thought.
Ronald Reagan would be a huge RINO by todays standrds.
Reagan increased the size of of ther Fed substantially, granted amnesty and gave Osama a following (see PBS documentary on Osama and Arnett interview).
Only DU and KOs posters NEED you to believe McCain is worse than the Obama/Wright ticket.
Let's examine that. Did more than 50% of the GOP vote for McCain? No. He became the front runner because so many supported liberals. Huckabee? Tax and spend nanny state liberal. Mitt Romney? Actually said, during a Republican presidential debate that government mandates are good, that they work.
So, no, the mentality was that someone's faith was supposedly more important than being a conservative, that someone who was governor of Massachusetts was more important than being a conservative. I proudly supported Fred Thompson, I didn't have to hide from his stances.
So, gosh, a lot already held their noses, ignoring what they were voting for. Amazing how their abilities end now.
Granted. I'll be the first to say McCain is a better choice than Obama and the beast. But we are still going to get screwed. Count on it.
That is my feeling, that no matter who wins we get screwed. Might as well get screwed by a Dem, maybe then the Reps left in congress wll grow a pair and fight a little bit. With McCain in office the Dems will get anything they want passed.
McCain and the global warming nuts are really going to screw us.
I am not a big McCain supporter by any stretch of the imagination but politically this kind of talk will swing a lot of democrats his way. The democrats are in big, bid trouble and their base is in turmoil, they are going to be looking for an alternative to vote for and McCain might be looking pretty good to them right about now.
McCain, with all his flaws, is going to reap all the benefits of the democrat chaos and his ‘liberal speak’ is just icing on the cake, politically, and with Mitt Romney as his running mate he will bring more Republicans back into the fold.
This country can not afford either of the Socialist candidates the democrats have chosen as their flag bearers even for four years, the damage they would do is incalculable.
That sums it up for me.
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All things are not equal here; including the 'the lesser of two evils'.
The act of 'throwing another, under the bus' so as to consider one's self-interest has become a 'national pastime' lateley. A Hillary or an Obama 'win'; would do just that to our Military.
I would reccomend that a good Conservative support McCain; at least vote for him; and for our Repub Party. . .and then ensure that McCain has more of the Right Congressional 'company' in two years.
Also, if 'we' are not there, behind him - now; he has only one Constituency to please exclusively. The more 'friends' McCain can rely on' along the way here - the better. (Unlike Hillary or Obama; McCain's problem is more an 'ignorance' rather than an ideological committment.) There are cracks of 'light' that can be enlarged here. Beyond our Military; there are at least, some caveats; some hope while we work to restore. . .and the closer 'we' are to power here at home; the more advantageous our efforts.
So, throwing our Military 'under the bus' is not - IMHO an option. The tire here will be on every soldier's face; and ours as well.
(Our withdrawing from this fight; is no different than 'Demrat Iraq strategy'). . .
We are expecting our soldiers to stay engaged in Iraq so as to influence and so they/we may succeed. They fight on behalf of an Iraq that is both 'for them' and against them. We need to do the same, re OUR home-grown enemy; not manipulating 'lesser evils'; but keeping in mind, the greatest of evils.)
We should all be getting used to it by now... Expect the worst, hope for the best and above all else, deal with it!
I CANNOT make myself vote for the man. Can’t do it. I won’t vote for any Rat, but for the first time since Ford I won’t be voting for the R for POTUS ( and I campaigned for Goldwater and Nixon before that!). I’m beside myself that the GOP has a golden opportunity to pull this out with the fratricide on the Rat side, when 6 months ago it looked like a lost cause, and we end up with HIM as our candidate....
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