He gets pretty damn nasty about it too, along with a lot of his posse.
You can pretend it's not so, but it's quite clear, he (and he pings his posse to help him) lashes out against those who disagree with him; D1, you don't do that at all from what I see.
Rabs and a few others need to back off their 1%er stuff IMHO and their pack mentality of attacking those who disagree.
I’m not going to participate in a grand scale put-down of Sarah Palin. If she starts supporting flawed policy, I’ll have to address it. If she starts supporting the likes of McCain, I’ll have to address it.
I’ve seen people take on McCain, but McCain has spent the better part of the last 26 years grinding his own name into the ground. (most of his life, if you really get down to it)
So I don’t mind so much a guy like John getting skewered. Palin hasn’t been in the position to harm this nation that McCain has. So if she goes south, I won’t be able to support her. I won’t be trying to destroy her. I will be trying to let folks know, if that’s my take on it though, and that we shouldn’t support here. I’m along ways away from that, I can assure you.
I don’t like the pack mentality, although every member of this forum is to one extent a member of a pack. We absolutely detest the policies of the left here. We’re of a mind on that.
You and I share an aversion to watching folks swarm here. I try to fight my own battles and refrain from calling others in. I actually prefer that I be left alone to fend for myself. It bothers me when people swarm to support my position. A kind word is one thing, but going after folks who are disagreeing with me is not something I appreciate.
We don’t need to get nasty with one another here. We don’t need to travel in groups.
I will say that if by referencing the 1%er mentality, that you think Rabscuttle is too tough on McCain, I’ll have to come down on the side that he’s not tough enough on him.
McCain has sold us out more times than McDonalds has sold quarter-pounders.
I don’t expect total purity, but when it comes to core principles, more of our party needs to get it. That’s not leveled at you at all. It’s just the recognition that we as a party are not being true to our calling.
That really has to stop.
I think Rabscuttle knows I appreciate his posting here. I also think he probably knows I want him to respect others the way I wish I always did.
I thank you for your comments. We’re on the same team here. We need to pull together. We’re not always going to completely agree, but we have a lot more to gain by pulling together towards a return to a Constitutional Republic than we do fighting each other instead of the left.
We are looking for sound, reliable conservatives, but there are always going to be issues where we might not totally agree. They might say something or support someone we don't like. However, I notice some of these posters are so negative that they seem to be looking for any excuse to beat up a poster who dares to disagree with them. This is soon followed by name calling, and off with their heads!
The purpose of this forum is for conservatives and like-minded individuals to gather and share their thoughts and ideas as to how to promote and spread conservatism, to work for a common cause that ultimately will help and benefit conservatives in all areas of government. The idea is to grow conservatism, gain and maintain political power, and advance the conservative agenda. Running around from thread to thread calling people a RINO and crying for a RINO purge because they don't agree 100% with them doesn't advance the conservative goals I just outlined.
That's not how you win converts or win elections. Being so intolerant as to insult and resort to name calling might satisfy the “all or nothing crowd,” but all it is doing is alienating people and prompting them to contribute to another site. That is not conservatism, but it is a form of tyranny and not much different than the Left's tyranny.