and yet another talking head mouthpiece is heard from. My question has to be what credentials does this bozo have that makes his opinion and more sound or reasoned than mine? Answer? NONE. I don my home work and if this country is going to flush itself down the crapper I would rather have a democrap leading the way.
Aside from Krauthammer, I’ve lost all respect for the Fox “All Stars,” including Kristol.
If I was at a bar and Fred Barnes sat next to me, I’d kick his ass off the stool. Everytime he brings up McCain and amnesty, he mumbles under his breath, “a position that I agree with.” Everytime.
I’m not voting for McCain. I will vote for Romney. I believe he is an honorable man who will govern as he says he will.
I already know how McCain would govern.
The problem with many Conservatives is that they have adopted a purity of values attitude that none can compete with and pandering to them just simply sounds stupid.
You know when I list my top Conservative traits...
Bringing the Illegal Mexican immigrants to their just deportation and building a wall around the U.S. just wasnt on that list never has been and wasn’t when I became a Reagan Conservative.. So if you want to claim Libertarian then maybe you would be happy voting for that true 100 percent no complaining Libertarian Ron Paul .. .
At least I could respect that.
Anyway these are what I want in a Leader and they are in priority order. So I will flex my vote appropriately..
1. Strong on National Defense (Fight the GWOT) Stay on Offense against the Terrorist that killed 3000 Americans on 911 so more Americans don’t die.
2. Strong on Family Values (Protect the sanctity of Life and Marriage (Always not just when it is political expediant)
3. Keep my taxes low
4. Keep government spending low only approve funds for required projects no earmarks or excess spending keep budget deficits in check.
5. No nanny states, Hold people accountable for their actions don’t take my tax dollars to bail others out of bad decisions.
Many here have truly lost focus... Some are lemming being led by Rush and Sean right of that cliff of inevitability called Hillary or Obama.
Republicans will lose without conservatives’ votes. There’s no doubt about that. In fact, if only 20% of all conservative Republicans decide to not vote, it would cause a landslide victory for the Dims. Might be a landslide if only 10% decided not to vote, depending on the breakout of the States those 10% come from.
Kristol and the RNC are playing with real fire. They think past performance is a reliable predictor of future profits, but this year they are wrong. The anger out here is palpable and it’s not lessening. If half the voters who are today saying they won’t vote actually follow through with the threat, it will be a walk off for the Dims.
Our elected politicians tell us that they are representing us, but in truth, they are representing government to us. They don’t care and if John McCain is the POTUS they will kiss his ring and hang out with him to be in.
I was watching a show on Showtime about Henry VIII. It is interesting to see the people around him struggle for influence and power. One opportunistic Lord said, “If you do not get to be in the presence of the king it is like being without sunshine.” The more things change the more things stay the same.
McCain will win the nomination only by creating an alliance between moderate and liberal Republicans, independents and conservative Democrats. He can win the nomination without Republican conservatives.
But he will lose many conservative democrats, independents and some liberal Republicans to the Democrats in November when the Democrat nominee moves to the center.
McCain is already "in the center". He can't gain anything by moving left - or right!. If he moves left he loses moderate Republicans....if he moves right he loses the independents and moderate Democrats that gave him his nomination.
McCain has boxed himself in!!
I need a `GTH’ button on my keyboard. A Fred Barnes article was telling conservatives to `Grow up’ the other day.
I’m still waiting for Kristol to say something substantive and of significance.
Kristol can KMA. He is just looking for a job in a McCain Presidency.
Although he did go out of his way to compliment Romney yesterday on FNS. I found that to be quite odd, both the substance of his compliment and the lack of context as he launched into it.
Do you think he perhaps had already gotten a lot of negative feedback from his NYTimes column and was making amends beforehand?
The original non-filtered conservatism worked fine.
"Gimme that old-time conservatism..."
Kristols description of the thought of John McCain as our nominee makes me sick and want to puke is too polite.
Between Fred Barnes and Bill Kristol, the Weekly Standard is unreadable.
Political expediency trumps ALL ELSE in their D.C. based mindset.
What is it exactly that the clown prince of the beltway “conservatives” wishes to conserve?
Am I the only one who has grown sick of seeing this pinch voiced, imperious, RINO elitist pontificating to us, the great unwashed, about what we should think and how we should behave?