Posted on 08/20/2008 1:31:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Excellent letter. It appears that McCain has heeded the words and is NOT going to choose Ridge or Lieberman as his Veep. McCain is going to choose the guy who the libs fear the most, Romney, and McCain/Romney. is going to be an unbeatable team.
Way too kind. I don’t know if McManiac will “get it”.
The alternative is more destructive.
McCain can name anyone in a phone book for his VP slot and we'll have to swallow it.
BHO cannot become President of these United States.
Fear Romney? Ha!
Why would they fear a man that is so like themselves?
Jim, that says it as well as anything I’ve read. My guess is that by the time Saddleback came around, McCain’s campaign had discovered through their trolling of delegates just how abhorrent this idea was to mainstream Republicans. Thus, efforts such as Richard Viguerie’s, and ours yesterday here at FreeRepublic, simply put the icing on the cake.
Still, this exercise brings up questions about John McCain that may linger on into November. Just how committed is he to conservative principles? Was this exercise just another indication of his preference to campaign to the political middle (whatever that is) instead of firmly securing his base? Is his willingness to cross the aisle and work with the Democrat leadership a practice we can be comfortable with, or something quite portentous?
I know I’ve yet to decide whether I’ll vote for McCain come November. My wife, after his Saddleback appearance, flatly stated her support. But when I told her last evening about his trolling delegates regarding a possible pro-choice VP, she then flatly stated “He’ll lose the election. And he’ll lose me”. I still wonder if McCain really understands the mood that out there in Republican Land this year? And how little real, definite, rock-solid support he really has? He thinks the majority of Republicans are voting for him. We’re not. We’re (in my case...maybe) voting against Obama.
I’m copying this letter and putting in one of the 10 McCain envelopes (requesting $) that I’ve saved.
My guess,is my illustrious governor “T-paw” will be Veep.
Unfortunately McCain will still cross the aisle to “accomplish” immigration reform - that naturalizes tens of millions of illegals. Here’s hoping the representative Republicans find their spines to play mavericks themselves and hamstring that event.
McCain’s biggest problem is that he’s too liberal for the base. Choosing a liberal VP is just plain stupid.
I think McCain may get too much enjoyment from poking the Republican Base in the eye. I don’t count on him to be true to conservative principles. I still can’t believe he is the Republican candidate.
Third Party Watch owner and prominent Barr backer Richard Viguerie
Viguerie has also supported L Ron Paul and launched sites for him.
Anyone who supports anti war, Truthers is not a conservative.
Bobb Barr while at USC in 1967 joined the Young Democrats of America, and rallied against the Vietnam War.
On the Colbert Report on June 4, 2008, Barr confirmed that he now supports ending marijuana prohibition, as well as the War on Drugs
At the 2008 Libertarian National Convention, he apologized for the part of the Defense of Marriage Act which prevents the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages ( Barr supports same sex marriage)
Barr Does Not support the Patriot Act which has kept us from further attacks since 9/11
More recently, Barr has become a prominent member of the American Civil Liberties Union, sometimes doing paid consulting on privacy issues.
Fought to prevent State and local law enforcement from going after illegals saying it was a ‘federal only’ responsibility
and is for amnesty.
Barr had acquiesced to his then-wife having an abortion in 1983. He had also invoked a legal privilege during his 1985 divorce proceeding so he could refuse to answer questions on whether he’d cheated on his second wife with the woman who is now his third.”
“Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.”
`The Moon is Down’, John Steinbeck
What would a free man do?
That's why I've yet to decide to vote for him. fortunately, I live in Illinois, where there's no way McCain will win the state (even come close). And with the polls seeming to be going his way, come November my vote may not be worth much. So, I may be able to not cast a Presidential vote and have it not affect anything.
I guess what would really change my mind would be the polls tightening come November and my vote may mean something. Then, I just might hold my nose...
Man, I hope not!
I'm guessing he'll pick his longtime best friend and lapdog, Lindsey Graham.
Values voters! Pffft! Who needs ‘em?
(Whatever happened to the notion of ‘common good’?)
Why would McCain respond favorably to a threat letter, from a Barr supporter, and owner of a website providing advertising and links to socialist parties, etc?
Go to “About this site” page at lower right side
McCain is far more conservative than any other candidate running.
He knows who the enemy is and the person who is pushing to defeat the IslamOfascists.
You might want to find a replay of the Sat. Saddleback Forum and listen to both. The Marxist Obama or McCain who has fought for his country and his son has already done a tour in Iraq in the Marines.
One of the two will win. I am voting for McCain, the American
Romney is a Liberal
This is not about Viguerie, Barr or third parties. Conservatives long ago noted that RudyMcRomney would be the death knell for the GOP. If McCain selects a pro abortion liberal VP, he’s going to hasten its demise.
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