Ummmm.....because they have no spine?
Posted on 02/05/2008 5:58:30 AM PST by Obadiah
Serious question. John McCain has a conservative rating of something like 88%. He is a "maverick" who genuinely seems more comfortable working with Democrats. John McCain has dissed conservatives on numerous occasions and authored such abhorent legistaion such as McCain/Feingold. He is for open borders (depending on the day you ask him).
Now, Sam Brownback, Tom Coburn, Phil Gramm, Jack Kemp, Ted Olson, Richard Land, and perhaps Nancy Reagan have either formally endorsed or have voiced support for John McCain? Why are these people endorsing McCain??
Seriously, I cannot grasp this. Why do I have this big disconnect? I do not want John McCain. Why is he being rammed down our throats?
Is it simply "his turn"? Is it because there is no alternative now? Why didn't more people jump on the Fred bandwagon? Do we really want Bob Dole 2.0?
The MSM have had a love afair with McCain as they do with RINOs like Chuck Hagel, Richard Lugar, or any other "Republican" willing to spit on other Republicans. McCain seriously considered switching Parties. McCain was seriously considered as John Kerry's running mate. What's going on?
No one endorsing John McCain is a real conservative.
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Didn’t Phil Gramm endorse him. He’s a conservative. I think the older conservatives know him from the 80’s when he was “a foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution.” Hopefully McCain is serious about spending. We know he’s serious about national defense. Conservatives need to join numbersusa and grassfire to be ready for an immigration fight if McCain declares our border is secure.
Not withstanding that-- I would say Romney's circle of friends are not plastered on the evening news all the time, nor do they make a living being politicians and pundents.
Despite the idea that Romney's friends are not splashed on the news or do not write commentaries during political events...I would venture to say many of them have actually created tons more jobs than all of McCain's men combined.
Oh my gosh! They have actually worked outside of government!
Politicians' carreers are based 90% around reputation. Businessmens' carreers are 20% reputation 80% skill at what they do.
These endorsements show you exactly where each of the candidates come from. McCain comes straight from the halls of government.
If you cared enough to research this yourself you would know John McCain admits he broke under torture. Almost all POWs admit to that after the kind and generous treatment provided at the Hanoi Hilton.
Got to remember that we are dealing with a man who up there in years, has a real bad temper, ( Captian Queeq ), and there is an attitude that he is “owed” the presidency.
I have pity for the old man. He is old, angry and nasty, and will lose in the general election. Our shared misfortune. McCain is history after he wins the primary.
Im looking past that now. We need to forget about the presidency, ITS OVER, and focus on congress, and blocking the Democrat agenda that will be coming from the whitehouse in 2009.
Precisely.
I think refusing to be released from the PIO camp early because his Dad was an Admiral was heroic. That said I will not vote for him is stance on illegal immigration is enough to disqualify him in my eyes.
True.
Yep. "It's his turn." The Stupid Party is nothing if not consistent.
In the private sector you have guys with 10 times the skill set, but also 10 times less public recognition for it.
I agree with you 100%. I was just trying to show my disdain for McCain.
Well, let's see...
McCain is over 35
he was born a US citizen, and
he is a registered Republican.
So, I guess you are right.
Whether he meets the minimum requirements for me and mine to vote for him is another matter entirely.
That sounds good, but the reality is that if McCain gets trounced in a landslide, the Democrats will gain a super majority of 60+ in the Senate, and a 2/3 majority in the House. Add the Supreme Court reveral with just one more liberal and likely two, and we are toast for another 40 or 50 years. This is why I cannot understand why sheeple would even remotely consider McCain.
Ummmm.....because they have no spine?
Washington and Hollywood have a lot in common believe it or not. Both have a schmoozing network and both are trying to create stars.
I don't wish anything bad to happen to him even if he doesn't wind up as president, but I worry about him even making four years.
Ummmm.....because they have no spine?
BS. The Republican party started sliding slowly to the left YEARS before President Bush even became governor.
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