Posted on 07/19/2008 6:29:13 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
President McCain in 2000 I must be one of the few conservative writers in cyberspace who never feared a McCain presidency. When Senator McCain looked like he might win the Republican nomination in 2000, I asked what, exactly, my friends were so worried about. McCain was honest, like Bush, while Clinton and Gore were steeped in moral slipperiness. McCain was pro-life, like Bush, while Clinton and Gore were pro-abortion. McCain, like Bush, supported a strong military, while Clinton famously “loathed” the military and Gore followed him like a trained poodle. McCain’s ACU (American Conservative Union) voting record is conservative and was even more conservative in 2000. Who did I favor for the nomination in 2000? Bush, because I liked him more and I thought he would win, but was I afraid of a McCain presidency? No, I was afraid that the nation could not survive a third Clinton term. Has anything happened in the last eight years to change my mind? Not, not really. September 11, 2001 has driven all politics since then, even energy (remember how recently gasoline was cheap?) and while I can conceive of McCain handling the war on terror differently, in some ways, than Bush, I cannot see either man being particularly better than the other. Although we are sometimes loath to admit it, McCain appeared more prescience than Bush on Iraq: McCain supported the Surge, asked for the Surge when Bush was reluctant, and McCain was dead right. The Left would have vilified President McCain just as it vilified President Bush and for the same reasons: It wants America to lose all its wars.
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And George McGovern and Jimmy Carter thank you for voting for McCain. While they'd prefer you'd vote for Obama, they're just grateful you're voting for The Trojan Elephant, beneath that gray, wrinkled skin a true socialist.
rabscuttle385
Do you believe McCain voted for Bush in 2000?
“For starters, the RNC did a damned good job on its own of handing power over to the enemy even when they had control fo the House and Senate!”
I can’t think of a single “Republican” who did more to demoralize the base and reduce GOP turnout in 2006 than one John McCain.
“I absolutely understand the damage Obama would inflict. I have yet to be convinced the damage under McCain would be any less severe.”
Good point.
“I have no confidence in you as a voter.”
That’s rich coming from someone who supported McCain in the primaries over ALL the other GOP candidates.
You NEW FRiend are messed up. Obama would not like me, rather he would know he could have a goof like you in his back pocket if he puts a R by his name.
You folks are getting pathetic. I can think of no people more that deserve Obama than you.
Bottoms up!
You just refuse to accept the fact that obama is worse than McCain, and by refusing to vote you’re helping obama out.
Perot voters were the *EXACT* same.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
And probably a lot sooner than you GOP Kool-Aid drinkers love truth more than power.
Huh? Thanks for making my point.
Trying to argue rationally with the chronicly irrational...well, I guess you see where this is going...my God the lengths they will go to in order to feel good about themselves
Ping to #298. Squantos sent me something about Palin/Baldwin. I’ll chk it out ASAP. :-)
Bummer on that thread about Palin. It seems the plan to write in Hunter is about solid as we can muster!
“While I fear both Obama and McCain, I fear McCain more. Obama is the danger we see. He’s the enemy outside our camp. McCain is the enemy we don’t see, masquerading as a friend, inside our camp, waiting to subvert us by stealth.”
YEP
Who has a better chance of getting Amnesty passed, President McCain or President Obama?
Who has a better chance of getting a cap-and-trade program passed, President McCain or President Obama?
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