McCain faces doubts among Republican conservatives

AFP on Yahoo ^ | 5/11/08 | Charlotte Raab

[Czar]

That fool was no conservative and will not be missed.

[Rastus]

Same here, Obamao is simply unpalatable, McCain at the very least is a budget hawk, wants to ya know, “win” in Iraq, and is our only shot not to have Ginsburg or Stevens replaced with even more liberal SCOTUS nominees and wants the Bush tax cuts to remain in place.

The cuts he voted against? Will his SCOTUS nominees pledge to overturn McCain-Feingold?

[E. Cartman]

Reactionary absolutism and fringe extremism employed to rail against reality, serves no good purpose.

It's also necessary to look at the big picture, determine to draw a line in the sand and say no more, precisely what we should have done in 1988, when the GOP began its leftward slither in earnest.

[mware]

No matter how liberal those nominees might be, they are but one vote

Hey that is a life time vote they have, we can not afford them to tip the scales when it comes to the Constitution.

[dforest]

Yeah, when ever someone feels the need to tell everyone what a big conservative he really is, you know he is foolin’ ya!

Same as Rush callers who have to start the call by saying they are a real conservative and all.

They remove all doubt from the start.

[Bigg Red]

Even so, McCain carefully avoided mentioning thorny subjects like abortion and homosexual unions, on which he has staked out much more moderate positions than members of the party’s religious right.

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Not once does this idiot, so-called journalist mention the loudest sour note that McCain has hit with true conservatives, i.e., McCain-Kennedy.

I do not recall hearing him support homo marriage, and I am pretty sure he is anti-abortion.

[Crazieman]

You act like there’s a difference

[Swordfished]

"And Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito meet those standards in every respect. They would serve as the model for my own nominees if that responsibility falls to me," he said, pointing to Bush appointees.

What about Scalia and Thomas?

McCain faces doubts among Republican conservatives

More like McCain faces a brick wall...no principled conservative will vote for McCain.

[E. Cartman]

The cuts he voted against? Will his SCOTUS nominees pledge to overturn McCain-Feingold?

Wouldn't that be deliciously ironic of MacCain? "My friends, I refuse to nominate to the supreme court anyone who refuses to consider overturning MacCain-Feingold".

[Bigg Red]

I will not trust any man that clearly puts illegal alien’s desires ahead of the RIGHTS of American citizens.

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Ditto!

[Czar]

Quite so.

[Nuc1]

Simple, conservatives in the know did not coalesce around one or two candidates early. Most of us, myself included, thought McCain was finished before the voting even started. So we had time to listen to different folks and figure out whom we wanted. Dumb us. The front loaded open primaries, dim meddling, and folks that know only that McCain is a legitimate hero voted for him in droves. We on the other hand were fragmented. The lesson...get behind one or two candidates early, or get rolled.

[streetpreacher]

I don’t understand why we’re “stuck” with McCain. Couldn’t all of the pledged delegates to other candidates combine to stop his nomination on the floor?

[Grunthor]

Someone play “taps.”

[calcowgirl]

"I have my own standards of judicial ability, experience, philosophy, and temperament," McCain said.

Scary.

"And Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito meet those standards in every respect. They would serve as the model for my own nominees if that responsibility falls to me," he said, pointing to Bush appointees.

White males with a law degree, over 5ft 5inches tall?

[Grunthor]

“Which is precisely why MacCain’s friends at the MSM weren’t about to give him coverage.”

Can you imagine what a one on one debate would have looked like between the two? Damn shame.

[Grunthor]

“Hey that is a life time vote they have, we can not afford them to tip the scales when it comes to the Constitution.”

Liberals replacing liberals. I don’t see how that tips the scales at all.

[Finny]

In the end, most conservatives will vote for McCain. The alternatives are even more repugnant.

In the end, most conservatives, like most Republicans and most Democrats, won't vote, period. McCain will end up winning not because conservatives and Republicans backed him, but because the few who do vote for him will be joined by enough Democrats radically opposed to the Dem nominee (whether it's Obama or Hillary -- they are equally polarizing among Democrats) to vote for McCain who after all, is of the same mind as themselves on big-picture items like global warming, politics of envy, bigger government, punishing the rich, etc. McCain will win because Democrats elected him.

[streetpreacher]

Santorum... McCain hates him, therefore he has to pick him or I won’t vote for him.

I’m not finished. Before we vote for him, Senator McCain must register with Free Republic, present himself before the conservative movement, put his head between his legs, and kiss his own arse.

Do that and we will let you win. Do it not and your campaign will surely die.

[mware]

So you are willing to see two more Ginsburgs or worse, in a permanent life long position, when those positions could go to conservative judges.

Not me I love my country too much to wish that on her.