Posted on 03/31/2008 8:36:23 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
By now, most McCain haters will have already skipped down to the comments section to post their expletives and tell me how it’s a free country and they have a 1st Amendment right, etc. to yammer on and on about how bad McCain sucks, totally missing the point of my post, again. But I’m here to tell you, in this free country, that in my opinion, you should SHUT YOUR STINKIN TRAP! To all you ingrates, rageaholics, and self-absorbed punks, WE KNOW YOU HATE MCCAIN. You can give yourself a rest now and stop posting on every single thread the same exact comments. I’m not going to name names, but I will if I have to. I think we all know by now who I’m talking about. The folks who post the same pictures and the same comments on EVERY SINGLE THREAD. We got it. You aren’t voting for McCain. Fine. Time to move on. Yes, that’s my opinion. You have had enough time to accept the reality that John Sidney McCain III, WAR HERO, is the Republican nominee. Some folks on FR have used this time to learn more about Johnny, realize that he isn’t as bad as they thought, grow up, act like adults, and get in gear to vote for him. Some of you have decided not only to beat your collective dead horse everyday, banging out the same tiresome gripes about McCain on every thread, but you’ve also gotten increasingly VITRIOLIC. I’m talking about the following trash:
1. Saying McCain isn’t really a war hero because (insert stupid lie here.)
2. Declaring that McCain urged the U.S. government to leave other POWs back in Vietnam (for what reason would he do this exactly? Don’t bother, I don’t want to hear your lies anymore.)
3. Insulting other FR posters who like or support Johnny by using profanity, vulgarity, and name calling. YOU ARE DIMINISHING FR with your hostile posts—this kind of stuff belongs on low rent leftie sites like DU, or Daily Kos, not FREE REPUBLIC, the shining star of conservative websites.
4. AND FINALLY, the filthiest load in the McCain Haters’ verbal trebuchet: wishing, hoping or praying that John Sidney McCain III would come to some misfortune which would prevent him from living to be President. THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST DISGUSTING. How can you wish that a decent, G-d fearing man who suffered and sacrificed out of love for this country, who, BY THE GRACE OF G-D, survived five years of torture and imprisonment only to return to service in the military—how could you wish him anything but a long, long life? Shameful. And don’t DARE try to suggest that you are any better in moral character or principle than the angry liberal scum who wish ill upon President Bush or our troops. If your definition of “conservative” is to rage daily and most repulsively against our next President, then please call me a “right wing Reaganite traditionalist” because I want no part of your scene. I realize that some talk show hosts like Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity don’t like Johnny, but I don’t recall hearing them praying for his untimely demise. No, that is the talk of the dregs of society, not adults who have their act together.
And just a heads up to all the McCain haters: I am ignoring your tirades henceforth. I can’t stop you from posting your garbage, but I certainly don’t have acknowledge it. Basically, the point of posts from people who like Johnny these days is to share daily news: tracking polls, statements he has made, who he is touring with, speeches he has given, leaders he has met with, etc. What is YOUR point? To seek out people to commiserate with? To insult fellow conservatives who’ve decided having a responsible leader in a time of war trumps giving the GOP a spanking? To try and rally others to joins the haters camp?
Are you going to do this for the next several years? If so, the best advice I can give to the non-haters is to wade through the rage and seek out the decent and the productive on FR. Do not waste your time debating the haters, because they seem to thrive on self-righteousness and rage. Try as they might, they have given absolutely no GOOD reason to allow a dem to win the presidency. Their continued daily rantings about why they hate McCain, on EVERY thread about him, only serve to define their insanity.
I seek out those of like mind. G-d Bless John Sidney McCain III.
P.S. McCain haters, please review the link in order to familiarize yourselves with the sound of Skank's voice so you can hear his directive in your head when you are about to post something vile.
With two socialists on the Democrat ticket, the choice to vote for McCain will be easy.
I don’t like him. Oh well, guess you really, really, REALLY hate me now. I’ll just have to somehow live with it. (And is it “wrong” that, as I was reading your post, I imagined the whole thing being spoken in a deep German accent from the 1940’s?)
I've almost concluded the same. But I absolutely don't know if I can stomach another open borders prez.
Hardly Breaking News, CG.
Regardless, I don’t really hate McCain, it’s just that I believe conservatives could’ve done MUCH MUCH better than him. Alas, most of us didn’t even have a chance to vote in a primary before the other candidates bowed out and handed it to him.
I feel like he’s slapped my face so many times I can’t count. He may be better than Obama and Hillary, but frankly, that isn’t saying much.
Thanks. I didn't bother reading it.
McCain isn't a conservative man. And I don't think he's particularly smart. But compared to Clinton II or the Magic Negro, he's the pot at the end of the rainbow. But I still won't hold my nose and vote for him. Politics can go to h-e-hockeystick-hockeystick this year as far as I'm concerned. Sometimes it has to get much worse before it can get any better.
Here's the corrected version...there were quite a few typos in the first, and some comments left out, for the which I apologize.
Well, I strongly disagree with McCain's stance on immigration, campaign finance reform, the environment (particularly global warming), his original stance against the tax cuts, and his stated intent to close down Gitmo.
All of these are very non-conservative stances and exactly the wrong areas to try and "reach across the aisle" on.
I do not hate him, but I will fight him tooth and nail on those issues.
Having said that, he is much better than either Obama or Hillary because with them we will not only have to fight hard in those areas, but we will also lose more ground in those very areas IMHO, and also lose ground on abortion, the supreme court, the war on terror, and limiting spending by government.
I cannot countenance lessening the blood that has been spilt in the war on over abortion and making any of it in vain.
I also deeply respect his service to our nation and the sacrifices he made as a result.
As a result of all of that, I will vote for McCain over the others...but I will still insist on fighting him tooth and nail as regards the original issues (or any other non-conservative stances he may take) I spoke of.
Hope that helps clarify things.
Thank you. Excellent post, xjcsa.
I don’t hate McCain.... I’m a conservative, he hates me.
Cheers!
BTW, the big jacka$$ pictured on the left said this today.
Who would you trust in a foxhole with you?
I just read through her “in posts” and damn near every one was her castigating other FReepers.
Looks like she can dish but cannot take.
Oh well, it was mildly interesting but time time to move on.
I Love You.
Thanks for this post.
I’m not a McCain “supporter”, but I agree with you that he is by far the best candidate with a chance to win the presidency in 2008, and that the attacks on him have gone way too far, and for too long.
“As a result of all of will vote for McCain over the others”
Actually, it does Jeff. In the original posting (above), it seems like you were saying “all will vote mclame”.
I apologize, thought you were just telling me how I was going to vote.
“Looks like she can dish but cannot take.”
Exactly. Pretty hard to fight against facts, but you could at least try, especially when you start a thread about it!
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