Posted on 10/17/2008 5:41:40 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
McCain has it right on the judicial nominees, but it will be practically impossible to get them to the floor for an up or down vote, if the Dems get a super majority in the U.S. Senate (60 votes).
Vote and support Republicans running in the U.S. Senate race.
parksstp: “If you can’t find a way to vote for McCain, not because of Sarah, then at least think about the troops.”
I agree 100%. I served during the Clinton years, and it wasn’t pretty. I think that’s part of the reason why we had trouble in Iraq, especially the army. It was hurting for personnel and equipment.
Now Obama, he’s clearly stated he wants to scrap our nuclear arsenal, eliminate missile defense, and slash new weapon programs. Now if that doesn’t frighten you, I don’t know what will.
For later.
Sitting in the red states watching the RINO states remove the Conservatives from the field.
Where was the REAL conservative candidate?
Duncan Hunter, Tom Tancredo, and Alan Keyes- All removed as an option before the red states got a chance to say boo.
Red states where McCain, btw, failed to carry much at all.
Pelosi Predicts 250 Seat Dem Majority
[did she say this at the parade when all US troops came home from Iraq?]
The Hill | 10/17/08 | Alexander Bolton
Posted on 10/17/2008 5:47:09 PM PDT by KansasGirl
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108517/posts
Japan wins seat at UN Security Council; Iran fails
France24/AFP | Oct. 17, 2008
Posted on 10/17/2008 6:17:34 PM PDT by nuconvert
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108535/posts
Right we got McCain, so why would we want Mitt too?
There is no wisdom in voting socialists into the party meant to oppose socialism. Socialism rises because there is no opposition to it. Until that simple conclusion is realized, socialism will continue to thrive and Conservatism will continue to languish.
Your path is the path of greatest peril.
The immediate threat is *not* 0bama. the immediate threat is the lack of opposition to socialism, because the Republican party is overtaken with socialist/globalist idealists.
Without rudely and profoundly rejecting the globalist ideology, our doom is sealed.
McCain is much more easier to deal with than the [other] socialist.
I disagree with you most profoundly.
How so...a hypocrat congress...a hypocrat POTUS appointing hypocrat SCOTUS judges?
McCain’s often wrong but he’s an honorable man and not hell-bent to destroy the country AND there’s Sarah!
But he is hell-bent on comprehensively bending over for the ones who want to destroy this country, and that's just as bad.
Excuse me Senator....
How about before Nov?
Beam me up Scotty...
You will not "deal with him" once he attains the presidency, and control of the party. There will be no stopping him with a Democrat Congress.
Rejecting the Big-Tent Republicans offers more hope. Those wanting re-election in to years would be likely to side with the Conservatives- including the blue dog Democrats.
Leaving the Bakerites in power will further neuter the Conservatives, just as what happened with the bailout vote.
roamer_1: “Without rudely and profoundly rejecting the globalist ideology, our doom is sealed.”
Well, you can rudely and profoundly reject to your heart’s content, but it still won’t change the fact that we’re going to have President McCain or President Obama. Take your pick or don’t pick and let others pick for you.
I disagree. But I do see your point.
I just think a Hussein presidency will have more of a disastrous effect on our freedom.
I think that’s true for some cases, but it’s not true even close to 100% of the time, but for bambi it’s true 110% of the time.
Many congressman are Blue Dog Democrats- or their equivalents (where BDD normally denotes Southern Dems particularly)
McCain’s often wrong but he’s an honorable man and not hell-bent to destroy the country AND there’s Sarah!
There is *nothing* honorable about John friggin' McCain't. He is a liar and a traitorous bastard to boot, and everyone knows it. I can tear his supposed honor down so fast it will make your eyes spin in their sockets, so don't even go there. There is not one oath he has taken that he hasn't betrayed, starting with the biggest one, "to protect and defend the Constitution", to his marriage vows... Even his donning of the Conservative and Pro-Life mantles are an artifice of convenience.
As to Sarah Palin, Her populism certainly seems Conservative; she speaks as a Conservative, which lends her great credence and her popularity gives evidence to the Conservative nature of the country at large... But there is not enough record to prove she is Conservative, or that she still would be, when the RINOs she currently rubs elbows with are done shaping her outlook and career. Were she in the company of Conservative greats, I would have less misgivings, and would be content to see her grow from the second slot into the first, but as it is, she is a loose canon at best, and largely unknown- Hardly the sort of thing to pin the hopes of Conservatism upon.
I certainly will. Anyone who cares about this country, and about Conservative principles should rightly do so too.
[...] but it still won’t change the fact that we’re going to have President McCain or President Obama. Take your pick or don’t pick and let others pick for you.
I will take my pick, and it won't be for either of those scurrilous choices. I will not vote *for* socialists, regardless of the colors they fly. It is an absurd suggestion to limit the field to such choices as these.
roamer_1: “It is an absurd suggestion to limit the field to such choices as these.”
Nothing absurd about it at all. It’s called pragmatism. Flail away with a 3rd party vote for all the good it will do...which is none. If your candidate actually achieves 5 or 10% of the vote, you should take great satisfaction in knowing you helped 0bama over the top. While we all suffer under the most left wing administration in American history, you can congratulate yourself on staying true to conservative principle.
I will never concur. It is the lack of opposition to socialism that is the problem. There will be *none* in a McCain't presidency.
With Bakerites at a loss, and Conservatives in ascendancy, albeit in a minority, there is principled opposition in the making, and a coalition with Blue Dog Democrats in the House will do much of what it always has. Remember, the House has an election in two years- many will not go along with 0bama's folly- especially in a poor economy.
IMHO, A McCain't presidency is the worst possible path, and, btw, the least likely to succeed.
Yes... Pragmatism over principle: '08, meet '06.
"electability" or "pragmatism" is a myth.
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