Posted on 03/07/2010 1:49:16 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Until last night, when I watched the Republican debate, I had no idea how much John McCain dislikes me and just about everybody else but Rudy Giuliani, who if you believe The New York Times is a pretty good hater himself.
As I watched McCain and Governor Romney go at it during the debate at the Reagan Library I was struck by the huge gap that separates McCain -- whose contempt for his fellow humans is patently obvious -- and my dad, Ronald Reagan, who had nothing but the deepest affection and respect for the American people.
The feeling is mutual between McCain and me. I don’t like the way he treats people. You get the impression that he thinks everybody is beneath him. He seems to be saying, “I was a war hero, and you had damn well better treat me as your superior.”
He has contempt for conservatives who he thinks can be duped into thinking he’s one of them, despite such blatantly anti-conservative actions as his support for amnesty for illegal immigrants, his opposition to the Bush tax cuts which got the economy rolling again, and his campaign finance bill which skewed the political process and attacked free speech.
I am appalled by his contempt for the intelligence of his listeners when he flat-out lies and expects them to believe what he says even when the truth is staring them in the face.
A prime example cited by columnist Robert Novak was McCain’s denial that he had privately suggested that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was too conservative, insisting that he recalled saying no such thing, adding that Alito was a "magnificent" choice.
“In fact,” wrote Novak, “multiple sources confirm that the senator made negative comments about Alito nine months ago.”
In last night’s debate, McCain stubbornly defended his charge, false on the face of it, that Romney wanted a deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.
"I have never, ever supported a specific timetable" for withdrawing troops, Romney said, adding that McCain's accusation on the eve of Tuesday's primary "sort of falls into the dirty tricks that I think Ronald Reagan would have found reprehensible."
What Romney said last April, was merely that U.S. and Iraqi leaders "have to have a series of timetables and milestones that they speak about" in private, which in no way suggests he was in any sense talking about troop withdrawals.
Despite the evidence, McCain charged that "of course he said he wanted a timetable" for a withdrawal, even though he had never said any such thing. It was McCain daring to ask us if we wanted to believe our lying eyes or his demonstrably false allegation.
McCain must think conservatives are dumb enough to allow him to get away with claiming he’s one of them. This is from a man who opposed drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska and who twice voted against President Bush’s tax cuts and sponsored the campaign-finance reform legislation that Romney claimed "took a whack at the First Amendment."
In John McCain’s eyes, conservatives are the Viet Cong of this generation and he treats us as such. It’s either his way or no way.
I despise his habit of talking down to us, like a wise father to an idiot son. He’s just at a loss to understand why everybody doesn’t grovel at his feet and accept his every word as wisdom handed down from his lofty perch atop Mt. Olympus.
I can’t help it. I know in my heart he hates me, and every conservative. If he gets the nomination the only way he could win against Hillary or Barack Obama would be to be part of a McCain-Limbaugh ticket.
Mike Reagan, the elder son of the late President Ronald Reagan, is heard on 130 radio stations nationally as part of American Family Radio. Look for Mike's newest book "Twice Adopted" (Broadman & Holman Publishers) and "The City on a Hill," other info at www.Reagan.com.
I still wish he had shown Obama that face.
(McCain hates conservatives)
Water is wet.
Not only does he hate conservatives with a passion, but he has no such problems with marxists and socialists out to destroy this country. He continually defends them, and tries to prevent anyone else from telling the truth about them.
Dubya hugged the Bummer, too.
Bush was a RINO too.
John McCain Campaign Urges J.D. Hayworth to Disavow Endorsement from Aniti-Immigration Group
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2460701/posts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ9wy2MI1NI&NR=1
McCain to ACORN: “What makes America special, is whats in this room tonight”.
McCain-Feingold and Free Speech (McCain’s attempt to silence pro-lifers)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2463780/posts
rabscuttle385 provides a link to each of these McCain quotes:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2463780/posts?page=3#3
“[Conservatives are] going to destroy the f*cking [Republican] party...
Why would I want to be the leader of a party of such a**holes?”
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, UNKNOWN
“I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have
no problems with it, in their views and their philosophy.”
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, 02 APR. 2004
“I have to tell you, [Obama] is a decent person, a person that you
do not have to be scared [of] as president of the United States.”
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, 10 OCT. 2008
I would rather have a clean government
than one whose — quote — First Amendment rights
are being respected that has become corrupt.
If I had my choice, I’d rather have a clean government.
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, 2006
“I believe climate change is real.”
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, 2010-02-23
“I have great respect for Al Gore.”
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, 2008-10-02
“The fence is the least effective but I’ll build
the G****mned fence if they want it!”
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, UNKNOWN
Got that and a lot more here:
Hayworth vs. McCain — Primary Headline Roundup http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2456305/posts?page=8
There is no question that McCain needs to be put out to pasture. Go JD Hayworth.
Senator Conrad said they already passed ObamaCare and they’re just waiting for the House so Obama can sign it into law.
Juan McCain hates ANYONE who refuses to permanently press their lips to his rear end. (Which explains his love affair with Lindsey Grahamnesty!)
"[Conservatives are] going to destroy the f*cking [Republican] party...
Why would I want to be the leader of a party of such a**holes?"
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, UNKNOWN
"I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have
no problems with it, in their views and their philosophy."
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, 02 APR. 2004
"I have to tell you, [Obama] is a decent person, a person that you
do not have to be scared [of] as president of the United States."
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, 10 OCT. 2008
"I would rather have a clean government
than one whose — quote — First Amendment rights
are being respected that has become corrupt.
If I had my choice, I’d rather have a clean government."
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, 24 APR. 2006
"I believe climate change is real."
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, 23 FEB. 2010
"I have great respect for Al Gore."
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, 02 OCT. 2008
"In the long term, if you alienate the Hispanics, you’ll pay a heavy price.
By the way, I think the fence is least effective.
But I’ll build the g***amned fence if they want it."
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, FEB. 2007
John McCain, you treasonous bastard, I challenge you or any of your traitorous cohorts...
Michael Reagan must have forgotten his phone interview with McPain back in ‘00.
versus
"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn’t make any sense at all.""
-- President Ronald Reagan
Romney: I'm very clear I think, to the people across the Commonwealth
my "R" didn't stand so much for Republican as it does for reform."
(Flip-flop chameleon Mitt Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)
versus
"A political party cannot be all things to all people.
It must represent certain fundamental beliefs
which must not be compromised to political expediency
or simply to swell its numbers."
-- President Ronald Reagan
What! You mean…what he did on the USS Forestall was not enough, being a dupe for Communism, and being a RINO, or McCain-Feingold, Illegal Alien Amnesty, having an ugly-idiot-skank for a daughter also willing to sell out America for profit…Arizona is a state of McShame!
Sixty percent or more of American voting adults have NO idea how they are manipulated, and NO idea of what human dignity (freedom) is.
The sheeple in FR terms.
Can’t come up with too many conservative issues G.W. pushed when he was in charge.
All that damned compassionate conservatism B.S.
This is an OLD article from FEBRUARY 2008!
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