Why I Will No Longer Support John McCain For President

Right Wing News ^ | 5/23/08 | John Hawkins

[SaveTheChief]

In 1992, voters unhappy with then President George H.W. Bush supported Ross Perot, a candidate who had no real chance to win the office. Bill Clinton won the election with less than fifty percent of the popular vote.

In 1996, voters unhappy with the Republican nominee Bob Dole again offered their support for Ross Perot, who had no real chance to win the office. Bill Clinton again won the election with less than fifty percent of the popular vote.

The lesson learned is that no matter how much we might dislike it, the cold, hard reality is that we have only two real choices if we want to make our votes count for something.

As much as I hate to say it, a vote for anyone but McCain in the general election will in effect be a vote for Obama.

In my opinion, this is not acceptable. Everything we dislike about McCain will also be found in an Obama presidency. In addition to those things, Obama will appoint leftists to the Supreme Court, will compromise the security of our nation by giving legitimacy to tyrants, and will be more than happy to partner with Congress to raise taxes and limit freedom and personal liberties.

To me the choice is clear. I might not like it, but I love my country more than I disagree with John McCain.

[isrul]

And most of us won't sit back and allow this lying, dishonorable, self serving low life to go unchallenged just because his thuggish supporters tell us to shut up. He is not fit to be president. The other candidates do not change that truth.

[Paine in the Neck]

The wagon train was well into hostile territory when smoke signals were spotted. The order to circle the wagons went out. As the Indians gathered on the ridge a squabble broke out within the wagon circle. The last words heard as the raiding party swarmed the wagons were “If he’s gonna be givin’ orders, I ain’t a’gonna shoot. And besides, I only shoot Sharps, I ain’t gonna handle no Remington.”

[Night Hides Not]

Well, Mr. Hawkins, you ain't alone.

My query of Mr. Hawkins:

"Dude, what took you so long?"

[processing please hold]

I agree, he ain’t alone.

[pissant]

We don’t need a consultant, but thanks for the tip.

[isrul]

Fury, your view is not compatible with McCainiacs. They do not want anyone who does not agree to be heard.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

because with 20+ million new, uneducated, government dependent voters, there won’t be a chance for a conservative to lead anymore.

But those 20 million plus won't be here if Obama takes office? No matter what issue you condemn McCain for, Obama will be as bad or worse on it. Obama will also be much worse on all of the other issues facing the nation, from success in rebuilding Iraq to appointing Supreme Court justices.

Some point to the 1976 election, which allowed Reagan to take office 4 years later, with Obama playing the role of Carter. It's not going to happen again. When Carter took office Reagan was firmly established as the leading contender for the GOP nomination in '80. There is no Reagan waiting to run in 2012. Obama's victory in the fall will mean 8 or more years of Democratic leadership and American decline.

[processing please hold]

Aren’t you french posting from france? I’m pretty sure your blog is. Correct me if I’m wrong?

[bill1952]

The question is not which candidate will do more harm to the conservative movement, it is which candidate will do the most harm to the United States of America.

Nonsense. - Your sentence is internally inconsistent and contrary in one part to it's other.
Anything that harms the Conservative movement harms this country, and the last I noted this Conservative forum is The Free Republic, not the Free Republican.

Conservative thought is the last bulwark against America finally being made into a 3rd world miasma.

Therefore, the question is which candidate will do more harm to the conservative movement.

[Antoninus]

Good column. It makes a bit more sense now why Duncan Hunter threw his support behind Huckabee. McCain can not be trusted on the border. That much is absolutely clear.

Hawkins is about where I am when it comes to political beliefs. My support of McCain hinges on who he picks for VP. If he picks a closeted homosexual or a mushy moderate, I'm off the reservation.

[Incorrigible]

 

[isrul]

That’s a sure path to destruction of the republic. Settling for what they give us got us to this sorry point. Doing more of the same will finish us.

[ryan71]

Seriously, just vote for Obama. Hell, I’ll send you a Obama/Hillary bumper sticker.

[isrul]

When we have reached the point of voting for the one who will do the most damage, we're finished. To believe otherwise is wishful thinking.

[bill1952]

>Because if you don’t support McCain, your lovely conservative candidates won’t be able to take back the country anytime soon because there won’t be any country to lead anymore.

LOL Here, let me put the correct spin on that:

Because, if you support McCain, your lovely conservative candidates won’t be able to take back the country anytime soon because there won’t be any country to lead anymore.

>your lovely conservative candidates??
This is a conservative forum, in case you missed that point.

[meandog]

First of all, Mr. Hawkins, according to your biography on Town Hall, you list absolutely no military service so, IMHO, you’re not fit to even shine John McCain’s shoes. Perhaps we should call you “Mr. Chikenhawkins” because you’re so much like the neocon crowd around here who, despite pledging such a fierce love for this country, cannot seem to get off a computer to see a recruiter.
Secondly, by not supporting McCain, you and all the other Rushbot FReeper crowd are ensuring Obama’s presidency so I won’t really give a fig about your complaints when it comes to your carping about liberal judical appointments, high tax rates, and, if they come to take any of your Constitutional rights (fairness doctrine for radio, gun control) I don’t intend to help you one iota in defending your rights—I’ll be living somewhere in the hinterlands of Alaska, armed and dangerous.

[WarToad]

Sorry. Ain’t voting for Juan McCain. I’ll write in and stick to my values.

[isrul]

When we have reached the point of voting for the one who will do the least damage, we're finished. To believe otherwise is wishful thinking.

[pissant]

I see the GOP as moving leftward, rapidly. Bush finally capitualted (soemwhat) on global warming, McCain is its biggest cheerleader next to Algore, the RNC put McCain’s globull warming crap up on their website, the power brokers in the GOP all supported Mccain, Rudy or Mitt, they colluded with the TV networks to work the rules to ace out Hunter of the last debates, the GOP congress just sided with the dems to override President Bush’s farm bill veto, Amnesty is all but assured, etc, etc.

Time to start over.