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Just as making trains run on time isn't even(evil?) just because Hitler did it,...

Was that before or after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

One thing this thread makes abundantly clear is that conservatives and those who wish to return this country to its Constitutional moorings and founding principles are locked in a to-the-death struggle against TWO domestic enemies: the openly-acknowledged socialist Left, and the covert, fifth-column, socialist Establishment Right(which isn't "Right" at all).

Both of these camps view, quite correctly, anyone or any group which advocates a return to limited Constitutional government as a mortal threat to their power, and will do absolutely anything to destroy them. They are, and always have been, playing for keeps, and are now terrified that millions of those Americans for whom these elites have such contempt are now waking up and deciding it's necessary for them to do the same...

Was that before or after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Huh?

One thing this thread makes abundantly clear is that conservatives and those who wish to return this country to its Constitutional moorings and founding principles are locked in a to-the-death struggle against TWO domestic enemies: the openly-acknowledged socialist Left, and the covert, fifth-column, socialist Establishment Right(which isn't "Right" at all).

I see, so McCain is part of the "fifth-columnm socialist Estblishment Right" just because he won't endorse Palin right now, and wants to wait until he's had a chance to see what other candidates might be out there. Do I have that right?

RE “...and the covert, fifth-column, socialist Establishment Right(which isn't “Right” at all).”

'Establishment Right' is the way I like describing GWB, Cheney, McCain, the bailout and stimulus and amnesty crowd. Fred Barnes and Britt Hume took these positions too even though they are great going after Obama and dem majority now, an easy target. (Neil Cavuto is more a conservative than any of the others against every single bailout and stimulus.)

I see RINOs as being more like Susan Colins and Snow. They really act like democrats.

McCain is my Senator. I’ve known him since 1982 when he ran for the House. I opposed him then because I thought he was a carpetbagger. The ‘rootless military brat’ was a compelling story from his point of view but he was still a carpetbagger to Arizona. I think that he’s a little prick and I have clashed with him often. There are a lot of things that I disagree with McCain on but he is a damn fine Senator. This whole ‘service to a greater cause’ creates a certain amount of dissonance in my philosophy. It’s not my cup o’ tea but I can see his point of view. McCain is a worthy heir to the Goldwater legacy.

My family is from southern Pennsylvania. Fervent abolitionists, they were among the first in the Republican Party. We have been Republican since that time, good times and bad, all the way across the country.

This country has no shortage of screwballs. The Republican Party attracts its share. Goldwater slapped them back. Reagan ran from them. I find them mildly amusing. They have a tendency to run around screaming like their hair’s afire. The best thing to do is to let them run with their little conspiracy theories. It keeps them occupied while we do the work. If they want to vote with us, that’s fine. If they don’t, that’s fine, too. They will never set the agenda for the Republican Party. Never.

This little exercise is an excursion into dementia. Do as you will. Believe as you will. This is nuttery.