Posted on 01/31/2008 11:52:04 AM PST by Checkers
Except for a brief time before his exit when I decided to vote for Fred Thompson, this presidential contest marks the first time in my entire life I have been undecided in a GOP nomination fight.
Going into tonight's debate at the Ronald Reagan Library, I was strongly considering voting for Sen. John McCain, in spite of McCain-Feingold and other heresies. After watching McCain in action tonight, he'd have to make a heckuva case in the next few days to keep me from voting for Romney.
There were a number of flash points tonight that pushed me away from going with McCain. First was his exchange with Mitt Romney over his charge that Romney supported fixed timetables for withdrawal. McCain was obviously misrepresenting what Romney said. Even Anderson Cooper pointed out that Romney had not called for publicly fixing deadlines for withdrawal.
Yet even after his misrepresentation was made plain to him, McCain stuck to his story and continued insisting that Romney had said something that Romney clearly had not -- and at that point it just becomes a lie. And that's significant for a man who has built his campaign on honor, straight talk and honesty.
Then there were a series of cheap shots that really ought to be beneath McCain. First, he talked about leading a naval squadron out of "patriotism, not profit."
Very nice coming from a guy who's been on the government payroll his whole life, courtesy of those like me who are pursuing profits. I'll keep that in mind next time I perform my quarterly rendering unto Caesar. I salute McCain's military service, what's with spitting out "profits" like it's a dirty word. My politically astute shook her head and remarked that McCain sounded like a Democrat.
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Exactly!
that hernandez guy....that would make a great anti mccain commercial.
Juan Hernandez is ON MCLAME’S PAYROLL!!!
Why doesn’t ANYONE in the media ask him about this. It makes me sick. Look up w/ hernandez stands for! OMG.
The good news, if there is any, McCain will lose to any Democrat and then the Republicans will have another shot in 2012.
If by some miracle McCain was elected he would do more damage to the party than Nixon did.
I’ll vote for my congressman. He actually voted no on the economic (welfare) stimulus plan. For president? I don’t like any of them. It’s left and more left...
Yup, you got that right. McNut is real sick. He would be dangerous as President.
I noticed that the terminator from California didn’t look too happy during the debate. It seems he is suffering from some conflict since he made the decision to go ahead and endorse McCain. Maybe the terminator should have waited a little while longer.
I think McCain has already done plenty of damage, he doesn’t need to be elected.
Can anyone say Keating Five? McCain's idea of doing business is mired in the political muck of favor trading with shady business operators.
Yep.
IMHO, people voting for McCain because of his military service, is the same as voting for John Kerry because he served in Viet Nam! We can appreciate his service, and feel sorry for him for his time as a POW. BUT that does not make him qualified to be the Republican nominee. If he represents the Republican Party, then I will have to withdraw from the Republican Party because he doesn’t represent me and my values at all.
Last Clear Chance.
Vote for Mitt.
Stop McCain.
Stop Amnesty.
Or you get what you deserve.
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/
I have worked to help elect Republicans for several election cycles and I have always given to the RNC. After the Amnesty bill, I will never again give money to the RNC. I will support individual conservative candidates, and that is it.
I won't vote for Huckabee or McCain if they are the nominee. I will look for a third party candidate.
Any one who watched McCain at the debate last night, and is still willing to vote for him, well...they must not have seen what I saw.
Naw. Write in “Romney” like me. Or someone else whom you like. Don’t just leave it blank. Vote FOR someone.
McCain sure likes to name drop, doesn’t he? Funny, he didn’t name drop Juan Hernandez last night. Shouldn’t he disclose that he has a guy who is helping illegals working for him?
I am sure Juan is one of his “MY FRIENDS”.
LOL
Yes, we did but it wasn't a surprise, at least to me.
The War Secrets Sen. John McCain Hides
But there was one subject that was off-limits, a subject the Arizona senator almost never brings up and has never been open about -- his long-time opposition to releasing documents and information about American prisoners of war in Vietnam and the missing in action who have still not been accounted for. Since McCain himself, a downed Navy pilot, was a prisoner in Hanoi for 5 1/2 years, his staunch resistance to laying open the POW/MIA records has baffled colleagues and others who have followed his career. Critics say his anti-disclosure campaign, in close cooperation with the Pentagon and the intelligence community, has been successful. Literally thousands of documents that would otherwise have been declassified long ago have been legislated into secrecy.
Also see:
All the “open borders” people are latching on to him, including the media. They aren’t the majority of concerned citizens though.
McCain has turned out to be a good liar, much like Hillary...
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