Posted on 02/06/2008 2:04:10 AM PST by plewis1250
Then why dahell didn't YOU run?
As stated before, she’s a woman, as such I have as much in common with her as with the mental defective, McCain.
Why all the hand wringing? You’ve made your choice. Damn.
McCain’s 2006 rating was 65.
He'd be more likely to nuke Indiana for producing too much coal.
Absolutely. No one in their right should/would run for President anymore. You can only win if you’re a Manchurian Candidate, or a brainless rube from Hope, Arkansas! What possibilities.
If McCain is the nominee, I will vote, but not for the office of President. Why be complicit in the destruction of the country? On amnesty, McCain is no better than Obama or Hillary. The liberal agenda will be pushed thru because the Dems will become the permanent majority party based on the Hispanic vote. By 2050, one in four residents of this country will be Hispanic, up from the 1% in 1950, and that is without amnesty. We have added 100 million to our population since 1970, mainly due to immigration, legal and illegal, and we will add another 167 million by 2060, again without amnesty. Who would have ever thought that we would see an America of half a billion people in about 50 years?
Just McCain getting the nomination will start a tidal wave of illegals trying to get in here for the amnesty that surely will come whether McCain, Obama, or Hillary is in the WH. The Spanish language radio and TV stations are really playing up the fact that McCain is going to get the nomination and that he will solve their "problem,", i.e., he will legalize their status here. And we will be no where near securing our border to stop the onslaught.
Immigration will be off the table in the general election. We have lost an opportunity to educate the American people on the issue. And McCain will view his nomination as a mandate for his position, i.e., legalizing the status of the 12 to 20 million illegals already here and the estimated 66 million LEGAL immigrants who will enter thru chain migration, i.e., family reunification. If that happens, everything else is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
As a Fredhead taking this all in, popcorn in hand, I have to say I despise McCain, I will not be voting for him in the Caucus or in the Primary, BUT I will vote for him in November if he is the nominee. How can you not?
It all comes down to the Iraq war. The soldiers on the ground, and those who have already made the ultimate sacrifice are too important to me to leave them in the hands of Hillary or Obama, both of who will draw down the troops too fast leaving Iraq in dire straights. The one area I trust McCain is him finishing the job there, and turning up the heat on finding Osama Bin-Laden. I also am certain that Hillary and Obama will do what they can to make the militaries mostly conservative vote less of a factor in future elections. There are a number of ways they can do that, and each method makes the military more liberal and less effective as a battle ready fighting force.
Sing,
Yes, I grasp the gravity of the situation.
The Republican party is in absolute shambles - a condition that it largely inflicted upon itself.
The Republican party as a whole has almost completely abandoned true conservatism. I offer the Bush administration as Exhibit A.
I sincerely hope that true conservative ideology can once again triumph in modern political discourse. Until then, I will vote pragmatically - McCain (who by the way is actually more conservative than Bush)
Perhaps the party should have learned something from it.
Hunter and Thompson were gone. Whatever you want to say about Paul, he’s no liberal. I don’t agree with his foreign policy, but that’s not our biggest threat anyway IMO.
Normally I'm the last guy in town to figure something out. Here's a clue for you... The Huckster is McInsane's buttboy. He's in the race to split the conservative vote. He'll get his reward after.
We will be so hamstrung by the new social programs for illegals, we’ll be like Europe, totally unable to defend ourselves. Obviously, there are many Republicans, some conservatives, that find these issues totally irrelevant.
Me? I’m going to learn to live with it. It must be the wave of the future. If things get to bad, I’ll move to Mexico. By then, there won’t be anyone else there. My family and I will have the place all to ourselves. If you get fed up, you can come too. Just don’t call yourself a “social conservative” when I run for President, ‘cause we all know what’s up with that!
I remember a group of people not to long ago were told they were going to work camps.
In one (several) location, they got out of the cattle cars, were stripped of their personal belongings, then led down a walk with solid walls on both sides into 'a shower' before they were to be told that 'after the shower' they'd be sent to their final work places.
We all have the right to our own opinions.
Watch what happens to our laws, our economy and federal spending after Nov. '08.
How much fence has been built with the $1.2 billion originally approved the end of '06 with 80% of Americans wanting it in place??
WASHINGTON - GOP leaders have singled out the fence as one of the primary accomplishments of the recently completed session. Many lawmakers plan to highlight their $1.2 billion down payment on its construction as they campaign in the weeks before the midterm elections. But shortly before recessing late Friday, the House and Senate gave the Bush administration leeway to distribute the money to a combination of projects -- not just the physical barrier along the southern border. The funds may also be spent on roads, technology and "tactical infrastructure" to support the Homeland Security Department's preferred option of a "virtual fence."
What's more, in a late-night concession to win over wavering Republicans, GOP congressional leaders pledged in writing that American Indian tribes, members of Congress, governors and local leaders would get a say in "the exact placement" of any structure, and that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff would have the flexibility to use alternatives "when fencing is ineffective or impractical."
The loopholes leave the Bush administration with authority to decide where, when and how long a fence will be built, except for small stretches east of San Diego and in western Arizona. Homeland Security officials have proposed a fence half as long, lawmakers said.
This case reflects political calculations by GOP strategists that voters do not mind the details, and that key players -- including the administration, local leaders and the Mexican government -- oppose a fence-only approach, analysts said.
Fence funding was stripped again from the $3 billion DHS additional funding bill in Dec. by Sen. Hutchison, - R (TX)
OK, it's all just my imagination that we were promised the fence and then the gov within the gov went right behind the TV aired Bush speech praising it's being built and stopped it.
Yeah...my head is in the oven on that one like several other BS episodes in Congress.
Yes, and Clinton and Obama both had ratings of 8 in 2006. McCain's average for 1990-97 was 88.
Believe me, I understand your angst. This is perfectly normal in a primary. I was very disappointed in the Super Tuesday primary results too -- but when it comes down to the election, I'll vote whichever way it takes not to allow a pro-abortion, anti-military socialist to win.
You obviously have not read the April 1974 issue of Foreign Affairs (CFR) where they specifically state that there needs to be an “end run around national sovereignty, eroding it piece by piece”. Richard N. Gardner spells it all out in The Hard Road to World Order and everyone is falling in line to bring it about. It’s not Tin Foil Hat theory it’s REALITY. Dude, open your eyes!
Look, people. We are at war! I am not a McCain supporter...
Nor am I, but when I think think of what may happen to our men and women in uniform with Clinton or Obama at the helm, I will hold my nose and pull the lever for McCain....
The issue is amnesty and it matters not who is in the WH, the outcome will be the same. I would prefer that the Dems be seen as being responsible for the consequences, which will devastating to this country. I will not be complicit in the destruction of my own country. Do you understand the impact of amnesty on the country?
As my Mother used to proselytize, when we all get to Heaven, there may be a lot Christians surprised at who is not there.
THis assumes Romney is actually a conservative..
We’re never gonna be able to “set-it-and-forget-it” on this issue. We kicked the amnestias’ butts last spring and they reneged on the deal. What’s new?!?!
Hide the ropes, razor blades and rat poison and get ready to rumble!!!!
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