(Sen. Sam) Brownback on McCain train

The Manhattan Mercury ^ | June 15, 2008 | Bill Felber

[CreativePerspective]

Quietly for now, perhaps more visibly later, Sen. Sam Brownback has set himself a missionary task. That task involves persuading the so-called "religious right," his core constituency, to get behind the John McCain presidential candidacy.

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"You get down to the raw points of it, and that's the (Supreme Court)," he said. He tells conservatives that McCain's "very reliable on that... and so (in a different way) is Barack Obama."

"Barack's a good guy - I like him - but he's a very liberal Democrat," Brownback said. "If you have a liberal Democrat plus a Democratic House and Senate, that's a changed dynamic."

That possibility is, he said, beginning to sink in among the social conservative movement. ''If you look at the polling, they're already saying it,'' he said. But even if it is on their tongues, it may not be in their hearts - where Brownback wants it. ''The key is to get their commitment and their passion up,'' he said, citing the need for the Republican ticket to carry such pivotal states as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

[sinanju]

If you give him your unconditional support, does that mean he’ll insult you more, or less?

[sinanju]

Or just insult your intelligence?

[JoanneSD]

While he is communicating with Juan, if he would tell him to be the first to declare he would demand drilling for our own oil, building more refineries, so we could tell OPEC we dont need their oil,, he would win in a land slide.. gas is so close to 5.00 here in San Diego, by this week it will be... DRill here, drill now, pay less and u would win Juan

[ArchAngel1983]

”Brownback said. "If you have a liberal Democrat plus a Democratic House and Senate, that's a changed dynamic."

Liberal RAT + RAT House and Senate= Catastrophe

RINO + RAT House and Senate= Disaster

How sad…

[the anti-liberal]

My biggest problem w/McCain:

From Michelle Malkin:

McCain’s lobbyist purge: All the foreign agents but one?

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 19, 2008 01:32 PM

Five McCain campaign staffers and volunteers have now been shown the door over their lobbying activities and/or status as foreign agents. WaPo reports on the latest:

Tom Loeffler, the national finance co-chairman for Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign, resigned yesterday because of his lobbying ties, a campaign adviser said.
This Story

He is the fifth person to sever ties with the campaign amid a growing concern over whether lobbyists have too great an influence over the Republican nominee. Last week, campaign manager Rick Davis issued a new policy that requires all campaign personnel to either resign or sever ties with lobbying firms or outside political groups.

“The campaign over the last week or so obviously had a perception problem with regards with this whole business of lobbyists and their work,” spokesman Brian Rogers said. “This is really all about setting a policy so that we can just get through that perception problem and the issues that come up with regards to lobbyists affiliated with the campaign and move on.”

A left-wing outfit has a few more top McCain aides on its hit list.

But not a word from either the MSM or the lefties about McCain Hispanic outreach advisor Juan Hernandez, the former Mexican cabinet official who lobbied aggressively for illegal alien rights and benefits in the US on behalf of a foreign government. He still serves as a fellow at the conflict-of-interest-clouded Reform Institute funded with money from George Soros while continuing to advance Mexico’s open-borders agenda and drumming up campaign cash for McCain, most recently, as I reported earlier this month, for Cinco de Mayo.

So: What about Juan?

[Cicero]

McCain is totally driven by what he thinks the left-wing press will say. He has disowned numerous allies and fired campaign workers simply because the left wing press has criticized them.

So he certainly won’t disown “global warming,” and he certainly won’t support drilling, which he already managed to block with his “no” vote against ANWR when there was a Republican majority.

I wonder what he will do when the left wing press turns against him? Will he disown himself? If so, I wish he’d do it now, before the convention.

[CreativePerspective]

It's OBAMA or MCCAIN.

Barack's a good guy - I like him - but he's a very liberal Democrat," Brownback said. "If you have a liberal Democrat plus a Democratic House and Senate, that's a changed dynamic."

[the anti-liberal]

"It's OBAMA or MCCAIN."

And how did we get saddled up with either one?

The MSM.

No longer content with reporting events, they've taken to influencing events.

Because they have no responsibility, no pledge to uphold a Constitution, and no directive but to entertain and draw advertising dollars, they have become a danger to the public and to our Republic.

Had the MSM simply reported on the activities of the presidential candidates rather than advocate, vilify, or ignore, who would we be looking at as our nominees today?

Probably none of the present nominees - and quite frankly, I don't like any of 'em.

The MSM should not be deciding the presidency, yet that's what has happened and is happening.

[Biblebelter]

Wasn’t Brownback the Senate weasel was voted with McCain and the pro-amnesty crowd on the last vote taken on amnesty which was procedural, and when he saw it was going to fail, he switched his vote for the record’s sake? That is LOWEST form of life in the Senate, someone who is pro-amnesty only if it has the votes.

[CreativePerspective]

I don’t know how Brownback voted, but he was the most conservative Republican presidential candidate running in this primary.

[Biblebelter]

but he was the most conservative Republican presidential candidate running in this primary.

When you game the voting system such as the instance as I cited, then you can maintain a voting record which may well be an overstatement.

[TigersEye]

"Barack's a good guy - I like him - but he's a very liberal Democrat," Brownback said. ...

I don't need to hear another word from Brownback. Ever!

[Molly K.]

“Wasn’t Brownback the Senate weasel who voted with McCain and the pro-amnesty crowd on the last vote taken on amnesty which was procedural, and when he saw it was going to fail, he switched his vote for the record’s sake?”

....Yep. He’s the one.
I watched him do it on C-SPAN.

Although he’s a conservative on many issues, on the issue of illegal immigration and “path to citizenship” (or “not amnesty”) he is more like McCain.