Good one...
Posted on 05/30/2008 6:20:25 AM PDT by Uncledave
Many conservatives realistic enough to know there will never be "another Reagan" nevertheless wish at least for another Barry Goldwater. They don't realize that we already have one. His name is John McCain.
{snip} AS WITH GOLDWATER, so with McCain. Irascible, iconoclastic, sometimes a bit profane, always his own man and nobody else's, McCain is a curmudgeon's curmudgeon -- but still with much to offer his country. We all know, of course, why so many of us are so often so angry with McCain -- his sometimes bizarre heresies from conservatism, his insulting language and hair-trigger temper toward conservatives who disagree with him -- but we spend too little time acknowledging the man's strengths. On those issues on which Goldwater was strongest, about which he cared most deeply and on which he was most identifiably conservative, McCain is as strong or stronger than any national leader in the past 20 years.
Consider the fight against outrageous government spending. No major party nominee since Goldwater, Reagan included, has been as consistently and bravely dedicated to fiscal discipline as has McCain. Last week he both made a superb campaign speech and penned a hard-hitting column for the Chicago Tribune blasting the bloated, irresponsible Farm Bill for which 80 percent of his colleagues were cravenly voting...Indeed, entitlements collectively represent an absolutely deadly time bomb, and McCain might be the only man in American politics today with the will power, the moral standing, and the sheer cussedness needed to defuse it.
{snip} John McCain is not a conservative champion. But he deeply believes, and strongly champions, many conservative principles, many Goldwaterite principles. We certainly could do worse than to be stuck with him as our own, infuriating, headstrong, bullying, honor-obsessed, indefatigable, and sometimes downright inspirational SOB.
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“We will survive that, if not happily.”
I’m not so sure.
“Wonder how you’ll feel after McQueeg’s amnesty and the MS-13 gang members move in next door.”
Are you kidding? Happy’ll have a fiesta.
Well, it is very PC to “celebrate diversity”!
It’s no Goldwater—it’s only the new McStangelove.
Good one...
Don't believe everything you think...
For some reason, I just cannot bring myself to say, “In your heart, you know he’s right”.
Younger folks should know this was a campaign slogan for Barry Goldwater. He was right then but the country didn’t know it.
I hope you are right, but fear it is a false hope. The time he has spent kissing the ring of La Raza versus trying to mend fences with conservatives is particularly telling. Does he really have to shore up his La Raza credentials? Obama already supports amnesty and driver's licenses for illegal aliens. Does McCain think he is going to top that?
Sorry, but I still can't bring myself to vote for the guy. I would have much rather taken a chance on Rudi or Romney who, although they both governed ultraliberal northeastern constituencies, at least didn't take delight in p***ing on conservatives.
Always the same inspiring argument from McCain supporters:
Dear Conservatives,
Please vote for John McCain because everybody else is even more horrible than he is.
Or....OBAMA, booga booga!
Scared yet?
I’m so sick of these propagandists misrepresenting history just to make the RINOs appear palatable.
It’s really sad.
One Arizona Senator (Goldwater) stood up for conservatism and didn't apologize....he "lost" and is a legend for standing up for his principles.
The other Arizona Senator (McLiberal) trashes conservatism hoping to "win" so he can gain power.
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