Posted on 12/04/2005 9:19:56 AM PST by cubram
Some on the morning talk shows suggested that McCain is the natural successor to Bush for his committment to the war, and that Bush will "pass the baton" to him.
My question is: if Bush endorses McCain will you think aboout voting for him? Personally I don't care for McCain for a number of reasons, but if I think he will continue W's legacy, I might reconsider.
What do you think?
I will not vote for McCain.
Exactly the reason why I will say bullcrap, I don't trust a single one of those people in the media.
The rank and file Republican Party will pick their nominee. (I think it belongs to Jeb Bush and is easily his for the taking...)
Not only "NO!", but "Hell NO!"
No.
McInsane?
Hell no.
No.
Becki
How can you support him after McCain Feingold?
How conservative was that?
Committing illegal is one thing.
Creating law from executive orders is quite another. If the Congress doesn't move against her, then what alternative do we have but a civil uprising?
It's coming so get used to the idea. It's just a matter of time and if it comes because of the excesses of one branch of government and the failure of another to check them, they will have effectively declared war on us. Our only option, however futile it may or may not be, will be upon us. We'll have to respond.
What? You expected to live forever?
God could endorse John McCain for President and I would still vote against him for that office. He's to much of a Rino for me. Give me George Allen.
Thanks, but no thanks.
Don't bother trying to reason with the RINO Kool-Aid drinkers. They'd vote for Hillary if she put an "R" by her name.
No.
If the best we as a country can do is put up Hillary and McCain, then perhaps it doesn't deserve to endure.
What you miss in your analysis is that all of the Dem constituencies want something from government so any one from any issue that rises to be their standard bearer is not necessarily opposed to any other cause -- because their causes don't conflict with each other.
For the most part, we on the right merely want to be left alone. We don't ask the government for anything. The problem that we do face is that the GOP tries to be pro life and pro abortion, limited government and big compassionate government -- and along with that are the big spending that comes with said compassion. Our interests do conflict and that is why we cannot command consistent control -- half are pissed at the other half all the time.
My prescription is to take a stand. Quit trying to win the so called middle by being all things to all people. The GOP should stand firm for the conservative / libertarian core principles that made this country great -- low taxes, small government, with individual liberty and personal responsibility.
Run as conservatives and govern as such and we'll bring new voters to the party in droves. Some may be from the middle, but most will be the disaffected, self imposed exiled voters who can't and won't be party to the perfidy that currently exists within the GOP.
Only when we stand for something concrete rather than for anything that will garner some new votes, will we take back control of our government and get back on the road to greatness. Accepting the lesser of two evils will not get it done.
No thanks. Time for new blood in the GOP hierarchy.
I know. I don't argue so much for their benefit or to persuade them as I do for lurkers who may be reading. I don't want the nonsense to go unchallenged.
Hopefully, better men among the House GOP will thwart them both.
See post #237. Perhaps you might want to explain to the legions of freepers who worship Zell Miller and want to "draft" a 75 year old Democrat for President that Zell was a HUGE cheerleader for passing McCain-Feingold.
In the Senate alone, here are some co-sponcers of McCain-Feingold who regularly have praise heaped on them by various freepers:
Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA)
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Pete Dominici (R-NM)
Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN)
Ironically, the much berated Senators Hagel, DeWine, Voinovich, Frist, Warner, and Smith all vocally OPPOSED McCain-Feingold.
NO!
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