Posted on 08/17/2008 3:55:49 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
I’m a reluctant McCain voter as well. Last night gave me a reason to vote for him. I do NOT want a President Obama.
As a very rural resident of the West, my political litmus test is small government and a sharp pull back on draconian environmental regulations that are strangling rural economies. So far, neither candidate satisfies my interests. Obama would continue the spread of regulation throughout every aspect of our lives - controlling us, locking up our natural resources and transferring our wealth to international interests.
So far, I don’t see anything different coming from “Teddy Roosevelt” McCain.
“But tough economic times in Mifflin County and in rural areas all around the country have created possible openings for Democrat Barack Obama.”
ROFHWL! To quote John Wayne - “Not hardly.” ;)
Note to Obama: Calling people bigots, etc., based solely on the color of their skin and/or where they live, is a bigoted statement and *not* the way to get said people to vote for you. ;)
(heading back to lurk mode :)
economy is not perfect. Let’s tax it!!!!!!!!
I think you’re wrong. Hold out to see what happens at the ‘Rat convention next week.
Hillary! isn’t through with us or Obama quite yet. ;)
And even my Dad, who is as conservative as they come, will hold his nose and vote for McCain. We ARE The Heartland and we know a Commie when we see one.
In fact, Dad said tonight (Dad has supper with us on Sundays), “The difference between a Communist and a Socialist is simple. A Communist will put you up against the wall and flat-out shoot you dead because you don’t ‘believe in the cause.’ But Socialists are even worse; they’ll just steal from you and wear you down until you WILLINGLY surrender.”
Now, think about that for a minute...If you’re paying attention you should feel as if you’re being pecked to death by chickens due to the CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS we seem to be losing at an increasingly fast pace. (Where to live, what we drive, helmet laws, seat belt laws, what we eat, if we can smoke or drink, mandatory vaccinations for our kids, the fight against Home Schooling, no parental notification if our daughters want abortions, etc.)
You need to ping Gabz or Eric Blair to get on their “Nanny State” ping lists. We ARE being pecked to death...and most don’t even feel it, it’s been so incremental!
Hi! Amen to that! :)
Come out of “lurking” more often, Mrs. Ranger. We need more ‘common sense’ women on this forum! We seem to be in short supply as of late. :)
Hi back -— and AMEN to what your dad had to say!
I’ve got my last batch of jam for the day in the canner right now.......I’m whipped :)
Yep. My Dad is pretty smart about these things...and this NUT hasn’t fallen too far from the tree. ;)
We’ve got this HUGE Elderberry shrub along the back fence line at the garden center. Lauri and I are going to harvest the berries before the birds get to them and make a batch of Elderberry Wine.
Screw the jelly; we’ve been working too hard all summer, LOL!
That's the problem with the Republicans in a nutshell. They keep trying to "free market" liberal programs and ideas.
Trying to get McCain to talk about what you describe is a fool's errand. This is what the national party needs to do: They need to start talking about limited government again. That'll help the GOP candidates in Congressional races. McCain will win by default anyway.
Oh, yeah, man! All the farmers down at the CO-OP can’t wait to vote for Obama! That “God Damn America” stuff was music to their ears.
I guess I’m really going to have to look into trying my hand at making wine.
I went through nearly 10 pounds of peaches today, I need to do twice that much more to have enough left for “pit ‘n peel” jelly.
I don’t feel I need to ping anybody. I am one of those who won’t throw my vote away on some idiot 3rd party candidate. I won’t stay home. I will hold my nose and vote for RINO idiot Juan McCain and AGAINST Osama. I’m not one of those who believe the parties are the same or that all politicians are the same. Basically it is bad, worse, and atrocious. I’ll vote for worse (McCain) to avoid atrocious (Osama) any time.
That said, I hope and pray I am wrong that this time the conservative base is mobilized against Osama and will hold their nose and vote for McCain. I’m calling an Osama win based mostly on the economy and somewhat on too many Conservatives throwing their votes away on third party candidates. You can take my prediction to the bank. Osama wins.
That said, I hope and pray I am wrong, and I will be glad to personally loudly and strongly eat crow for my prediction and I’ll be most happy if you remind me how wrong I was. I’ll be eating crow, but with a big smile on my face.
Osama is an empty suit being worn by his communist masters. So long as he gets to pretend to wield the power and is insured of glory, fame and riches after his 4 years in office, doing all that his communist masters expect of him.
The only caveat — and I am not going back on my prediction of an Osama win! — is that I never believed a woman or black man could win the presidency without softening up prejudices by becoming Vice President first. I always felt there were too many people who thought a women or minority couldn’t handle the job and would not vote for one. If Osama loses, then I’ll expect the answer to be found there in a bit of good old fashioned racism. That doesn’t mean it has to be the answer. A lot of women wish Hitlery was nominated and I think a lot of women are ready to wreck vengeance on Osama. If the women vote is split evenly Osama/McCain, then I’ll assume that the Hillary supporters sabotaged him.
But I’m not backing off my prediction. I can’t put the words “president” and “Osama” in the same sentence, but I predict he will win when he hammers away on the economy. He has a ton of money for commercials and the economic indicators are only getting worse. The MSM will sing this tune long and loud all through the month of October and Osama will ride that tune to victory. Puke!
That is my story and I’m sticking to it. When McCain wins, remind me I predicted incorrectly and I’ll be just thrilled to eat crow. Just jubilant.
According to the story the economic decline around that part of the country has been going on for decades. One woman worried about her son’s economic prospects. Gee, what could they possibly do to change things for the better? I guess for them staying in an economically depressed area is much better than moving to a place where there are good jobs. (smirk)
ratmedia wishful thinking.
Well, you’re reading fiction, if “that’s your story.” ;)
America will awake from her slumber between now and November. There are millions of disgruntled Hillary! voters out there that will not vote for Obama and will stay home or vote for McCain.
And when push comes to shove, I believe that even the long-time Freepers here who claim they’ll “sit on their hands” will vote for McCain, versus staying home. People that are as obsessed with politics and Constitutional Rights as we are here will NOT sit home in the end.
But, if you’re right, you know you’ll hear about it...and not just from me, LOL!
I hope and pray you are right and I’m dead wrong.
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