GOP Senator: McCain Betrayed Republican Principles

CNN Political Ticker Blog ^ | November, 14, 2008 | Peter Hamby

[TennTuxedo]

File under, "getting back to Conservative Principles".

Jim DeMint is a guy that more of our Senators need to get behind and follow.

[aimhigh]

McCain lost because he couldn’t take the right side of the immigration issue.

[Stepan12]

But that is why I voted for Romney in the primaries.

McCain is not used to fighting against Democrats -- only spitting in the face of his fellow Republicans.

When it came time for him to run against a Democrat and face the opposition of his buddies in the media, he naturally became pussified and his good little boy campaign invited disgust and disaster.

[etradervic]

What do you expect? McCain is a Lib.

[PalmettoMason]

This morning I fired off an email to Gresham Barrett to remind him that the bailout that he went against his consitiuents and voted for wasn't working out so well.

I also told him that we have only Jim DeMint working for us in South Carolina now (in congress). I compared Barrett to Lindsay Graham.

I hope that it pi**es him off enough to come back from the darkside.

[library user]

Well, at least McCain didn’t support illegals getting driver’s licenses, like Obama! So by this logic, voters actually wanted a President who was more radically FOR illegal immigration than even McCain!

[org.whodat]

McCain lost because he couldn’t take the right side of the immigration issue.

That and the fact he is somewhat of a dunce.

[Man50D]

That would be true if Republican principles coincided with conservatism. The fact is the GOP has been moving incrementally to the socialist left for many years in an effort to expand the voter base. The result are candidates like McCain who merely reflect the shift towards socialism and a merging of the GOP and the socialist Democrats forming a one Republicrat party system.

[cowboyway]

"And if our own party allows ourselves to be destroyed by this idea, and are not willing to stand up, then we have to change everyone at the top."

Hell yeah!

Let's start with Obama.

IMPEACH OBAMA!!

[Comparative Advantage]

In many respects, I am glad that I no longer have to pretend to support him any longer. That was excruciating painful.

[org.whodat]

at least McCain didn’t support illegals getting driver’s licenses

Now that is pure bovine waste.

[cowboyway]

I also told him that we have only Jim DeMint working for us in South Carolina now

DeMint has been running some radio ads here in the Upstate critisizing Pansey Graham.

It appears that DeMint has a fire in his belly so let's give him all the support that we can.

[TheFourthMagi]

Sounds fair. Why wait for the formality of an inauguration? Impeach Obama now.

[Dustbunny]

I don’t think McCain ever had ‘Conservative Principles’ he has always been a RINO.

[cowboyway]

Well, at least McCain didn’t support illegals getting driver’s licenses

No, he just wanted to give them citizenship................

[cblue55]

Mark Sanford/Jim DeMint - two exciting conservatives who have alot to contribute to the future of the Conservative Republican Party.

[Repeal The 17th]

“McCain Betrayed Republican Principles”
- - -
I think, in order to “betray” them;
one would first have to “commit” to them.

[mick]

John McCain said...... “I am on the hill-top, and must go down into the valley; and when Uncas follows in my footsteps, there will no longer be any of the blood of the Rino’s, for the moderate republicans and I myself are the last of the Mohicans.”

[Roklok]

McCain was a punching bag for the democrats just like Bush. If it wasn’t for Sarah Palin, he would have lost by at least 10 percentage points.

[Dustbunny]

Ditto to that. If Palin had not been on the ticket, we would have written in Fred Thompson or Duncan Hunter.