Posted on 01/09/2008 8:11:46 AM PST by Perdogg
1) Vote for McCain
2) Vote Dims - Kevorkian vote
3) Don't vote
4) Third party?
I won’t vote for McCain.
The only one worse is Huckabee.
I’m not sure who I detest more, Huckabee or McCain. Could not vote for either. Would prefer Hunter or Thompson. Might be able to vote for Romney if I absolutely had to.
Third party, unless he promises to serve only one term and picks a very exceptional VP who can carry the conservative mantle, like Fred Thompson or Mark Sanford. At least then there is hope for the future.
Does it occur to any of the “hell no” voters that if Hillary or Obama get in along with a democrat congress, the rules will be changed so as no “true blue conservative” will ever have a chance at it again? How will you get your gospel out if talk radio and the Internet are forced to go by the Fairness Doctrine? What if the Electoral College is abolished?
If you can’t get your version of conservativism elected against Hillary, you won’t have a prayer (pun intended) after she and her Congress enact election “reform.” McCain-Feingold will look like true freedom.
They have to earn it. McCain hasn't earned it. Instead he has earned my disgust.
I wouldn’t have a particular problem voting for McCain. I’d probably prefer him to Huckabee. I’d certainly prefer him to Romney.
Ranking the frontrunners ...
(1) Thompson - most clear and consistent conservative among the frontrunners.
(2) Giuliani - despite his clear flaws, he seems rock-solid on foreign policy ... and, even though I disagree sometimes, I know where he stands. I have a feeling he’d be more conservative as President, with true conservatism as a prevalent ideology in the U.S., and virtually extinct in NY.
(3) McCain - a little wishy washy, some weird policy stances, and I hate his bizarre focus on special interests. But, generally conservative (with obvious exceptions), an honorable and good man, and would likely be a reasonably good President.
(4) Huckabee - a good man. A good Christian. A populist - not a conservative.
(5) Romney - for some reason, I just get the feeling Romney is telling me what I want to hear, rather than what he actually believes. He comes off as rehearsed, plastic, and disingenuous. I don’t get that feeling with the others.
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On the one hand, beats having a Dem in office (maybe... he seems awfully cozy with them and they seem to like him too much for my comfort).
OTOH, my greatest fear is that a win by McCain will signal to the GOP that this is the kind of candidate we want in the future or give them the misguided assumption that they can pawn a less conservative candidate off on us and we'll vote for them anyway.
Does this make any sense at all? Am I looking at this all wrong? *blush*
I’d have to hold my nose and vote for him as well.
Two things we need to remember.
#1 Ross Perot got us Bill Clinton. I won’t make that mistake again.
#2 The political process has changed dramatically in the last decade. Thank you Algore for inventing the internet. President Bush and our Republican congress critters found that out when they tried to push amnesty this year. We were able to get educated via the internet and talk radio and we pushed back...with authority. We have a lot more power now than before. It is easier for us now to push back at our own when they try to do something we don’t like.
RINOs are better than Democrats...in McCain's case because he's pro-military and pro-life; in Giuliani's case because he's pro-Israel, pro-tax cuts and pro-War On Terror; in Huckabee's case because he's pro-life, and in Romney's case, because he's converted to a pro-life stance and is pro-business. Of course, my choice Fred Thompson isn't a RINO at all and he's the pick of this crop.
There's always a reason to vote for the person with the most conservative positions on the most issues who is capable of winning...that would be either the Republican or the Democrat when it comes to presidential primaries and general elections.
I can’t even vote in this poll.
I won’t vote for him either!
If he wins the nomination then yes...what choice do we have?
Yes McCain. Hold nose, close eyes, cross fingers, jump backwards three times chanting “Kyrie eleison.”
He’s not my candidate, but yes, I will (after swearing I wouldn’t of course), but in the end, I will not stay home and I will vote Republican, that’s the reality on the ground.
“Apparently not any longer... and I’m beginning to wonder how many Conservatives are left on FR.”
Judging by how many would vote for a lib with an R to keep out a lib with a D....I dunno.
These kind of compromisers must believe that it is entirely possible to, without dirtying oneself, pick up a turd by the “clean end.”
Yep.
Then there's the wild card: Fred Thompson. He's the only candidate with a national (but shallow, so far) base of support. If we get into the summer without a clear consensus Republican candidate, I think a "dark horse" will try to make a move. It might be Fred, or it might be someone completely out of the game right now. Fasten your seat belt. ;-)
“RINOs are better than Democrats”
I disagree, thank God for that pesky old 1st amendment that Juan McCain urinates upon.
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