Posted on 09/06/2008 12:02:52 AM PDT by neverdem
They turned this election from McCain/Obama to Palin/Obama, and the result is that with a little sugar, the medicine will go down a lot easier.
At 72 with four bouts of malignant melanoma, my guess is that McCain will be a one term president.
In short, some of us think preserving a party that truly represents conservative values is more important for the long term than just having someone in the White House with an ACU rating somewhere north of 8.
***I was in that mindset as well. Supernova Sarah changed it for me and for many other social conservatives. Now we have representation.
I’m not a McCain fan either, in general, but a vote NOT cast for him is a vote for Marxism and a vote against the re-birth of Reagan conservatism in Sarah Palin.
I’m with the writer. I was not going to vote for McCain. A McCain win would have put the cause of conservatism back a lot of years because, if he won, he, and his advisors, would have figured that they did it without conservative support, and they would have ignored us. Government would have continued growing, and our liberty eroding.
On the other hand, an Obama victory, while bad for the nation in the short run, would have energized conservatism, and the country would benefit in the long run.
Sarah Palin changes that dynamic. If President McCain starts reaching too far across the aisle, with no reach back from the other side, VP Palin may be seen on his other arm pulling him back. I’m now prepared to give McCain/Palin the benefit of the doubt. I may even send some $$$, or even do some work for their local committee, as I did for Bush/Cheney and Dole/Kemp.
I have a post graduate education, and yet those Palin folks in that little town seem like good folks I could really go have some beers with, throw some darts, and have just a crazy fun time in some tavern with the midnight sun shining outside.
Someone should replay for the Democrats their own “Why Not the Best?” song from 1976, theme song from that backwoods, redneck Jimmy Carter. People remember the gas station Billy had? Mizz Lillian? Peanuts? The train tracks? Cars up on blocks? AMERICA HAD THIS SHOVED DOWN ITS THROAT BY THE DEMOCRATS AS THEY FOUGHT TO PORTRAY FORD AS AN ELITIST. They cannot have it both ways. Obama wont be able to saunter on about “the little people” either, the big SAP.
We aren’t electing her as President, we’re electing him and he’s the same today as he was the day before he chose Sarah. I like Sarah, but some folks are fools for falling for his game. He played it right, brilliant choice, and it worked. All the attention is on her. Meanwhile, he’s free to move, seemingly undetected, as far to the left as he wants. Bravo McCain. Bravo
Well maybe to you it's ridiculous.
However to my your post is ridiculous. There is no evidence McCain wants to move left. What there is evidence of is that he will work across party lines. And like it or not if you cannot do that then you cannot be effective.
Ever think people are just tired of voting against someone and oh so eager to vote for someone?
Not a chance.
Normally you would be right, but obviously Sarah marched to the tune of a different drummer. She doesn't owe the party anything. Plus, she has a previous history of leaving a job when she sees corruption and nothing happens....and then runs to get the top job!
“I can’t stand McCain,
but I love Governor Palin.”
A majority of conservatives echo that sentiment, I’ll bet. We should make a bumper-sticker.
“What there is evidence of is that he will work across party lines. And like it or not if you cannot do that then you cannot be effective.”
Yeah, we’ve seen how effective his crossing the isle is.... among other things, we almost got amnesty in the deal. Had he been able to reach across the isle and, with the exception of late term abortions, compromised with Dems who say beginning of life cannot be determined and in the hope of saving at least SOME babies, compromised on PARTLY reversing RvW, oking the first trimester only, I’m guessing you might feel differently about how well McShamnesty reaches across the isle.
If they changed the premise of the story to “McCain haters for Palin....c’mon he’s 72 how long do you think he can go anyway?” It would be much more accurate.
McCain Haters For McCain
..that kind of sums up his relationship with conservative base--it's strange how things have turned since Sarah showed up...
“Being afraid of the effeminate Obama”
Yes, I had the same thought...if Clinton was the first Black President, then Obama. would “have” been the first female president....
The talking points?
Like these things are bad!
LOL!
Makes me want to support her even more!
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