Posted on 06/18/2008 3:24:28 AM PDT by Man50D
Ben Smith has good detail on a post-conference call powwow between McCain and some Hillary backers yesterday:
"He stayed for a good almost half hour afterwards shaking hands, listening to our concerns, talking to us," said PUMA founder Will Bower, who said he thought many of the people there would vote for McCain.
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina stayed to mingle with the crowd, whose members also included Clinton backer Harriet Christian, made momentarily famous on YouTube for getting ejected from the Rules & Bylaws press area.
Bower said he'd liked McCain's answer on judges, in which he "pointed out that he supported Bill Clinton with both Ginsberg and Breyer."
Another person who was present, but asked not to be named to avoid conflict with fellow Democrats, said he'd pressed a McCain staffer on McCain's position on same-sex marriage.
The staffer "said it was the same as [John] Kerry's position," he said.
Yes, like us “Cry Baby Conservatives” who showed up at the polls in 2006 in record numbers but were smothered by moderates and independents who voted Democrat?
And like 2006, we are even more outnumbered than before. But in November, I will guarantee that it won’t be us “Cry Baby Conservatives” having the “two year old temper tantrum” because McGreen didn’t get elected. We’ll be the ones busy purging the party of the moderate, “will vote for Satan if he has an “R” behind his name” RINOs that have ruined this party in the first place.
One more thought, insulting the very root of what made this a great party in the first place, and putting yourself on such a high and mighty perch, won’t bring you any of us to support your guilt-ridden Koolaid-drinking logic.
If McCain doesn’t win in November, don’t worry about the GOP, because it’ll be dead. The FALCON Party (which I’ll be a member of in November) will be hard at work building a new party - one that is not controlled by SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES but one that is CONTROLLED by small government CONSERVATIVES.
No surprise there.
McCain gives nod to Kerry campaign (MAJOR RINO ALERT!) June 2003
John Kerry: McCain Approached Me About Joining Dem Ticket in 2004
McCain Rides to Kerry's Rescue: "John Kerry is Not Weak on Defense" (Today Show alert)
Freeper Alert: Sen. KERRY / Communist Vietnamese Killing Off Christains in Central Highlands... (...with Senator McCAIN (R) in complete agreement with him, is because "Engagement" with Communist Vietnam is better for the people of Vietnam in the long run.)
Speaking as a social conservative, one of the reasons I support the GOP is because they are pro-life, pro-Christian and pro-traditional marriage. What is the matter with that?
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