Posted on 05/15/2008 1:45:25 PM PDT by mojito
[snip] ....The sales job is a myth. In reality, a McCain presidency would promise an entirely conventional, center-left, multilateralism.
If you liked the second Bush term, if you liked Clintonian foreign policy, you will find much to admire in a Commander-in-Chief McCain. There would be the same agonizing over European and Islamic perceptions of America; the same doctrinaire commitment to the alchemy of democracy promotion; and the same fondness for heaping more unaccountable bureaucratic sprawl atop the already counter-productive agencies and multinational institutions that frustrate the United States at every turn.
Don’t take my word for it. Read McCain’s own Foreign Affairs essay, published late last year, in which the senator dilates on his philosophy. The leitmotif of “An Enduring Peace Built on Freedom” is that America’s tattered standing in the world must be restored. Typical is this:
"We cannot build an enduring peace based on freedom by ourselves. We must be willing to listen to our democratic allies. Being a great power does not mean that we can do whatever we want whenever we want, nor should we assume that we have all the wisdom, knowledge, and resources necessary to succeed. When we believe international action — whether military, economic, or diplomatic — is necessary, we must work to persuade our friends and allies that we are right. And we must also be willing to be persuaded by them. To be a good leader, America must be a good ally."
(Excerpt) Read more at article.nationalreview.com ...
You think we're screwed with MacCain then?
So you see no difference between finishing the job in Iraq and an immediate pull-out? How are they the same?
LOL. Yep!
It's so much easier to blame it on YOU! ("YOU" meaning those evil conservatives)
a. The sooner the better, pre-nomination, if a guy can dream...
b. V.P. candidates that I consider worse than McCain is a relatively short list
I don’t feel bad for him either. But to say that McCain has the approval of liberals and the MSM is idiotic.
Geesh, I have never been so inspired. Hoping for the whackjob I voted for to croak. LOL
Do you think McCain is smart enough to pick a repugnant VP in order to prolong his miserable existence?
Must be why Ms Obama is against Hillary.
Who knows what the future brings?
Such are the cards we are dealt this year...sigh.
Yep. Can’t say I disagree with the sentiment.
If McCain wins, the traitorous Democrats will defund the war, just like they did under Nixon. Do you really think they are going to allow MCCain to proceed like they did Bush, especialy with no big election on the horizon? They would like nothing better than to put a loss on the GOP. If McCain wins, they will move fast out of spite. If they have a 60 vote margin, its all over.
Wake up!
Let us not underestimate the threat that has been given ground in the DemonRAT party. It will use the public trough to seduce the populous in a demonic game of bait and switch.
McCain, seems oblivious to the danger or sees the concern as some extreme right wing cry of wolf. This is symptomatic of one who has been too long conditioned and isolated by the socialist culture of Washington DC. We know better. We see the big picture. Let Obama be a warning shot for how close this nation is to Marxist system.
While we move McCain to the Presidency, we buy time needed to plant fertile ground for a leader to rise up and take this country back.
We are in complete agreement.
McCain, Obama, Barr, Nader -
Those appear to be the choices with Barr nor Nader having a snowball’s chance in hell.
Hillary is much more competent to lead than McCain and especially Obama. That’s not to say she would be good, but definitely the best of the three.
I wouldn’t follow Hillary to the toilet, no less over the edge of the precipice into surrender and marxism.
“I will vote for McCain because he at least served his country in the military.”
So did Kerry.
“I think McCain may appoint a judge that believes the constitution.”
He won’t. Such a judge would believe CFR is unconstitutional.
“The time for this discussion was 8 months ago and no I did not vote for McCain in my primary.”
You people need to understand that the discussion never ends. Not as long as McCain proposes liberal eco-socialist policies.
You do realize McCain will work on a timetable with his senate democrat buddies as soon as Fat Ted sneezes, yes?
But you’ll follow McCain to that exact same edge, and let Republicans get the blame for it.
Good plan!
Oh Come on, John Francois Kerry can at least lead McCain in the very French direction, he can also help McCain learn how we can win the love of the world./s
I have a friend with a close friend from another country, they were thrilled when Katrina happened. Why? Because they could now almost like America. They loved our misery. The fact that we suffered made them feel better.
....and so it goes.
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