Posted on 07/02/2008 2:58:36 PM PDT by Syncro
MCCAIN: PUMP THIS!
by Ann Coulter
July 2, 2008
Well, I guess we're all pretty relieved we didn't drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge back in 2002. What a disaster that would have been.
The vote on ANWR was almost entirely along partisan lines, with all Republicans, except a handful of "moderates," voting for drilling, and all Democrats, except a handful of sane Democrats like Zell Miller, voting against drilling.
John McCain opposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge because he polled soccer moms and found out they were against drilling. They thought it sounded too much like going to the dentist. McCain wanted to ensure that he remained beloved by the two pillars of his base: "centrists" and New York Times reporters.
Even Sen. Chuck Hagel voted for drilling in ANWR. But John McCain, "our" candidate, voted against it.
I guess we're beginning to see the problem of basing a political platform on the passing fancies of "centrists." These are people who have no opinions because they know nothing about national issues. They're the ones who check the "not sure/no opinion" box on polls regarding the legalization of cannibalism.
You can't blame them: They're not being paid to know something about national issues. Those people we call "senators" and "representatives."
But now, astronomical gas prices have forced even soccer moms to spend 10 minutes looking at a problem that their leaders were supposed to be thinking about for years. And the soccer moms are saying: Drill! Drill! Drill! Bobby, come down off of there! Stop hitting your sister! Where was I? Oh, yeah ... Drill! Drill! Drill!
Consequently, McCain recently switched his position to go along with the centrists. See, that's the downside of having chosen all your political positions by polling centrists: The moment they acquire any knowledge, they'll realize you're an idiot.
It's always the same argument. Year after year, the "moderate Republicans" so respected at The New York Times harangue us to dump the Christians, the conservatives, the Swift Boat Veterans, the "right-wing extremists," the gun-and-God clingers and the fanatical pro-lifers from our party so we can repel every American who voted for Ronald Reagan in order to win the votes of people like Christine Todd Whitman.
Yes, by all means let's clear out all that deadwood and pave the way for a 49-state landslide! (For the Democrats.)
Read more at AnnCoulter.Com
Big Time! If I vote for McCain, I WILL be Drunk. Which will be rough, I usually vote at 7:00 AM on the way to work.
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It isn’t going to be pretty. We can sure agree on that. The next four years will be pure hell for Conservatives.
Ask the 9/11 family's that question. Clinton had Osama Bin Laden in the cross-hairs more than once. Who's administration erected the wall of separation between intelligence agencies?
Who occupies the White House makes a big difference.
Harsh. But needed to be said.
There's a joke here somewhere. How many moderates and centrists does it take to produce a gallon of ethanol?
One to stomp on the corn and x to turn the barrel around?
He should ask Senator Kerry to check into that "wind energy" thing:
Maybe they can get together on this with Pelosi and "get the country moving again."
A few years ago, I would have argued with you that you have to vote. Things have gotten so bad that I understand your sentiments regarding McCain. Just after McCain got the nomination I considered not voting, but I'm the type that has to vote.
I agree with your comments. I’m not so sold on the voter fraud part of it. I’m not sure the Democrats will even need it.
Gore and Kerry both lost by the slimest of margins. And the Republican party acts as if it has a lot of votes it can just throw away.
Okie-dokie, we’ll see how that goes.
Read the rest at AnnCoulter.Com
Ann is a freeper. You can post the whole article here.
I had the same thoughts. If the obamanation does get elected, I bet we have a good shot at getting Congress back after two years like we did with Ding-Dong.
It may very well record that an unapologetic Marxist was elected in the former Land of the Free because good people did nothing to stop him.
This is an absolute disheartening prediction. No conservative that I know of is going to vote FOR McCain as it stands right now. That may change come Nov as you suggest and I may be the only conservative that actually votes for an unknown conservative this election.
I think it's actually going to turn out opposite from what you're crystal balling!
You and I agree with regard to Osama Bin Laden. There are also other matters that should be addressed and weren’t. And that involves both the Clinton administration and the Bush administration.
It took 19 Saudi Nationals to take down our WTC. They were here on student visas. We have over 30,000 Saudi Nationals with student visas here right now. What’s our excuse if some of them go postal now?
What about our southern border, a place known to have middle-eastern as well as south American people coming across. Who protects us against them?
Who protects our citizens from the low-grade terrorism that is taking place each and every day, while our citizens are killed, raped, harmed, robbed, the victims of burglaries, our children abused and more by foreign nationals?
Who cares about that? I’ve seen no evidence this administration does.
McCain will be even worse across the board.
I usually hit the Free Republic topic because Ann Coulter is a member here.
You got a few others without even that qualification on the FR sidebar too.
NP, I'll behave
Well, before Clinton we thought he would be ten times worse than he was. Look, I dispise Clinton, his wife, his staff, and every Democrat who defended him. Don’t get me wrong.
I am not convinced Obama is ten times worse.
I support you doing what you think you need to do. I can’t join you. I don’t want a consumate leftist as a Repbulican President. It will short circuit any networking of Conservatism against McCain’s leftist intent. I don’t want to see the RNC and Congressional Republicans fronting for his lefist policy.
I’d rather see them unifed against Obama’s crummy policy.
Well, before Clinton we thought he would be ten times worse than he was. Look, I dispise Clinton, his wife, his staff, and every Democrat who defended him. Don’t get me wrong.
I am not convinced Obama is ten times worse.
I support you doing what you think you need to do. I can’t join you. I don’t want a consumate leftist as a Repbulican President. It will short circuit any networking of Conservatism against McCain’s leftist intent. I don’t want to see the RNC and Congressional Republicans fronting for his lefist policy.
I’d rather see them unified against Obama’s crummy policy.
Ann nails it.
It's too bad it had to come to this to wake them up. If it works.
No more lesser of two evils for me either.
I believe so too. Who knows. All I know is I don’t want a consumate leftist to be leading the Republican party for the next four years. If this guy wants go sell this nation on EBay for $3.75, who objects. Democrats? Hell no, they’d love to see it destroyed. Republicans? Hell no, the RNC’s cash cow proposed it. It’s the idea of the guy Congresscritters want favors from. They can’t oppose it.
Give me a guy we can oppose with all our might, not a guy 60-70% of this forums participants will slap on the back for doing any leftist thing he wants.
And what will it say when McCain passes the FTAA and moves us into an AU without opposition? What will it say when he makes us a member of the ICC, supports LOST and sinks us with global warming initiatives? You’re right. It won’t show that I didn’t support him, but I’ll know.
Ann Rox, but lets give him a chance to come around on Anwr before we stone him. You would have to be braindead not to see the benefit of drilling.
If you like $5/gal, Thank Congress.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Oh, he is five times worse, at least, IMO.
McCain is patriotic, Obama is a marxist scumbag. That alone is worth the 5X rating.
But there is one thing McCain will do that will be worse than what obama can do. And that is move the GOP to the left, as he has been trying to do for at least 15 years or more. But I’m not forgiving the GOP for nominating him in the first place. They already have jumped the shark as a party and hence my tagline.
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