Posted on 04/24/2008 2:25:21 PM PDT by The_Republican
Having regained some force in Pennsylvania, the tornado of insult and innuendo that is the Democratic Partys nomination fight will now touch down in four more states. But while Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama regroup this week, John McCain is off doing something that, while lacking the same kind of drama, has a significance of its own. Mr. McCain and his advisers decided this week to embark on a tour of some of the places that symbolize the fragility of Americas promise, even if they arent the kind of places that Republicans often go: Selma, Ala.; Youngstown, Ohio; New Orleans; Inez, Ky., the Appalachian town where Lyndon Johnson once touted his War on Poverty.
Theres plenty of political artifice here, of course, and Democrats have been quick to deride the tour as a cynical publicity stunt. In a blast e-mail, the Democratic National Committee pointed out, for instance, that Youngstown is far better off today for having received the kind of congressional earmarks that Mr. McCain has vowed to veto if he becomes president. (Now theres an interesting strategy for the fall: Vote Democrat, the Party of Pork.) But Mr. McCains hard-luck tour should not be so blithely dismissed, if for no other reason that it may reveal something about his theory of the electorate that presages a break with his partys recent past.
Although it seems like it was about 100 years ago, youll recall that George W. Bush ran as a compassionate conservative in 2000, hoping to blunt the Democratic advantage among some suburban voters. But then came the stark blue and red electoral map that seemed to illustrate Americans hardened cultural divisions, followed closely by the standoff in Florida, and by the time they finally captured Washington.......
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Thanks Roamer_1. You nailed it.
Even when Reagan didn’t quite hit the mark, he was a lover of the United States, and understood that Conservatism was the only way to make sure it’s founding principles remained in tact.
Reagan had some terrible things to confront in his day. Focusing on them, he may have let some things slip through that I wouldn’t have.
If he were here with us today, I don’t have one doubt in my mind that he would be supporting sovereignty and sacred borders until his dying breath.
I’ll take a cup of that any day.
To be fair, that's only one of McCain's problems.
He can’t appeal to them?
What John says he is won’t matter. What will matter is that everything he does will be blamed on Conservatives, as the media labels him that way for the next eight years.
A man who has very little to actually connect him to us, will none the less cost us dearly as he screws up time after time in our name.
John still claims he’s a Conservative. I’ve seen him do it in the last few weeks. And the media loves to label him that way.
My coordinates are the same as yours.
I’m not drinking the kool-aid - or taking the poison pill!
I do like your tag-line - do you like mine?
Come the general election, McCain will be toast. The press and the “moderates” he panders to will elect the Democrat. McCain is more critical of us conservatives than he is of the most ardent leftists.
How very McCain of you!
I have no doubt that party-over-principle Republicans would endorse a "REPUBLICAN" Kerry/Lieberman ticket if the only other major-party alternative was an Obama/Gore Democrat ticket. "Lesser evil", and the need to "win" would be the rallying calls, and we would similarly be lambasted for our stubborn refusal to be "pragmatic".
Absolutely. McCain in the Membrane!!! Its time for Raining McCain Girls to steal that Red-Hot-Chilli Peppers song!!! LOL!
Go McCain! Win! Win the War! Kill Spending! Stop Waste!
Meanwhile, Ovary-Nazis can rot in hell.
You bet I do. Are you single? LOL, I’m not. Just kidding.
I like seeing women with a good head on their shoulders.
I too think folks are forgetting what the press is going to do to McCain. Good luck John. He’s going to be torn to shreds in ways we haven’t seen before IMO. Those who defended him here are going to want ot crawl into a hole and pull a rock in after them by the time the press is done.
I wish I could defend John. Instead I’ll just back and say, “We told you so, and you were too smart to listen. Drink up!”
I agree with your comments/comparisons, and I welcome seeing others make them. Good call.
We're veering terribly close to real issues here.
One of many problems with McCain is his irrational thinking.
I've seen video of McCain talking about McCain/Feingold. He said he saw the corrupting influence of of money in Congress.
Did McCain report or stop the likely illegal corruption? No. Instead he decided he had to get the money out of politics.
Did McCain get the money out of politics? No. Did McCain do what Congress does best and apply a 90%, 95% or even 99% tax on contributions that would would get money out of politics? No.
McCain decided that the best way to get money out of politics was to take away portions of our civil right to free political speech. We can't say his name in opposition advertisements 60 days before an election.
I have a real problem with McCain who thinks that the answer to a corrupt Congress is to take away my civil right to free political speech.
Sshhh........527s. Don’t let anyone know I told you about it.
Hey, I've got one of those, too. Had it since, oh, 1979 or so.
The "party before ideology" crowd just can't accept that John McCain made a 90-degree turn to port and just kept on going. The one place that the GOP candidate's compass never, ever points is... to the right.
Thanks! I’m married - 34 years this fall. I’m just glad to see there are still people around here that are thinking this thing through long term. I’m with whoever said up-thread that they hoped he had a melt-down before the convention.
Oh please, please make it so.
Absolutely.
Ill take a cup of that any day.
Me too! Cheers!
So in the place of my civil right to free political speech, I can jump through a bunch of legal hoops and maybe I'll be allowed to speak?
How generous of you and Mr McCain!
Oh believe me....you had to do the same before....
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