Posted on 05/10/2008 5:00:57 PM PDT by pinochet
McCain has recently been making efforts to reach out to all sorts of people not traditionally associated with the GOP. He appeared on the View, the Daily Show, before black civil rights activists in Alabama, etc.
When is he going to make a serious effort to reach out to conservatives? How about promising to appoint strict constructionist judges? How about re-assurances on gun ownership rights? What about reducing the out-of-control spending of this administation? Does he take conservative support for granted? Does he even want them?
Maybe he sees that Obama and his kooky spiritual advisor have totally freaked most Americans. Apparently, he thinks he can build a coalition of RINOS, Independents, and Hillary Clinton Democrats. Those voters, combined with some sullen conservatives who will vote out of party loyalty and "stand by their man" like abused housewives, will be enough to assure him victory.
The media has long praised McCain for repudiating the "wingnuts", as they describe his party's base. If McCain can win without any effort to reach out to conservatives, then he will ignore them completely while in office. The conservative movement of Reagan of 1980-1988, and Gingrich of 1994-1998, is either dead or on life-support.
Do you not read the news?
Re: Judges- McCain THIS WEEK promised to appoint justices like Roberts and Alito.
Re: 2nd Amendment- McCain's own website: " John McCain believes that the right of law abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is a fundamental, individual Constitutional right. We have a responsibility to ensure that criminals who violate the law are prosecuted to the fullest, rather than restricting the rights of law abiding citizens. Gun control is a proven failure in fighting crime. Law abiding citizens should not be asked to give up their rights because of criminals--criminals who ignore gun control laws anyway."
Re: Federal Spending- John McCain has not been talking about reducing federal spending? Where have you been? "John McCain is one of five senators to reject earmarks entirely, part of his long-standing view that such measures prompt needless spending."
I don't agree. The Conservative movement is bigger than the GOP candidate for president.
Other than Reagan, have we EVER had a Republican president as head of the conservative movement?
“thank you for speaking the truth very succinctly.”
Sometimes tact and politeness are called for. This is not one of those times....thank you for your kind words.
Ah, a sour note from the "we have to vote for McCain or it's the end of the world as we know it" FR chorus.
You can do what you want. I'm all through with the "least worse" method of voting.
Well, that’s my take on it. We’ll see...
How about promising to appoint strict constructionist judges?done
How about re-assurances on gun ownership rights?done
What about reducing the out-of-control spending of this administation? and done
Where have you been? Watch the news, He's made speeches on judges, gun rights, courts, spending, etc. He' already on on record on for a lot of the right stuff.
“You can do what you want. I’m all through with the “least worse” method of voting.”
No argument from me. All I am saying McCain is the Republicans nominee? I wish there was a Conservative nominee, but there isn’t. It isn’t McCains fault. If Conservatives feel so strongly about having a nominee, we should form our own political party.
The Republicans are not the party of Conservatives. Republicans are what the Democrats use to be. Democrats are now Marxists. Conservatives are the only ones who didn’t go with the leftward shift, thank god.
However, now we are on an island and instead of doing something, we are taking our ball and going home.
It’s not about the truth, it’s about immigration and a 3rd party.
The way the constitution is written, there is no requirement that the VP be of the same party as the president. The only requirement is that the VP get more electoral votes than other VP candidates.
The whole “party” thing is outside the constitution, it's just a structure we have accepted and are used to.
Someone could run as VP, as an independent, and win, and serve as VP no matter who the president is.
IMO, we conservatives are not even considered the "base" anymore.
The Party has "moved on" don't you know.
Do you realize how racist you sound? What, Hispanics will only vote for one of their own?
Since “Hispanic” is not a race, there is nothing racist about it.
If that’s the case I’d say it’s more likely McCain picking Liebermann than Hillary.
I’ve thought McCain/Lieberman too, for a while.
Apparently (at least so far) I was wrong about Gore/Kerry 08.
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