TSchmereL you are right. Ronald Reagan would vote for McCain, IMO. His son, who knows him better than anyone here, said so on Fox last night. He could not stand Ford and actively campaigned for the man.
Has this party lost it’s collective mind????
Have they forgotten that WE ARE AT WAR!!!!!!!!!
THE ENEMY WANTS TO KILL US!!!!!!
If you, who cannot get behind McCain in Nov., give the power over our military to either Hillary or Obama, by either voting for them or by abstension, the greatest victor in this whole thing is AlQeda and not you and your “principles”.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME IN HISTORY TO TEACH THE PARTY A LESSON!!!!!!!!!!!
GROW UP!!!!!!
Those that would spit on the men in women and their sacrifice by handing the WH to the cut and run Dems. make me SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!
He's referring to McCain right?
Your position is sound only if you believe in Party uber Alles. I do not. I am loyal to the Republic, not the Republican Party. I will vote principle or not vote at all.
NOBODY is trying to punish anyone!...your first error!
What u clearly don't understand is why True conservatives wont vote for McCain just because he has an (R) behind his name...
McCains policies and voting history are almost in lock step with the liberal policies and views ..U see, its about principles...compromise is about politics...NOT principles....thats the unique difference between libs and Conservatives
A conservatives bases his politics on his MORALS!
A liberal bases his MORALS on his politics.... It appears your appeal to us here is based on the latter...if u want to compromise your principles...Thats your business...but to try to convince others to do so to gain a win in a no win situation is shallow.....U vote for McCain...and if, God forbid, he makes it....YOU will have the blood on your hands as a result of his policies and where he takes this country..Ill have no part of it... And as to your Reagan reference...Reagan made compromises over dollars..NOT principles...He understood how dollars were more important to libs then principles and he played them like a fiddle..That was part of his genius
Thanks for the insight...
As for me, I will crawl over broken glass to vote AGAINST Hitlery Clinton. She’s Stalin in a pants suit. If SHE wins I’d swallow the throw-up in my mouth and vote McAmnesty.
On the other hand: It took Jimmy Carter to give us Ronald Reagan. I believe Barack Obama IS the Jimmy Carter of our time. He’s basically an “empty suit” with a good “talk.” If he’s elected he will (by weight of his inexperience) not do very much damage. Sure, we’ll have higher taxes and the economy will tank but I don’t believe he’s that stupid to pull troops out of Iraq right away.
If Obama wins, I write in Fred Thompson and hope Obama wins (and he probably will). By 2012, we’ll have congress back and win the white house with a real conservative.
McCain is strongest in the Blue states, but not strong enough to pull them away from the Dems.
McCain is not strong in many of the Red states, and many of them that were barely Red will turn Blue if McCain is the nominee.
McCain's biggest strength is with moderates. A large percentage of those people simply don't have strong views and are easily swayed by the media.
In the Republican primary race, the media loves John McCain. In the general election they will tear him apart and a large percentage of those moderates that you think might help McCain win a few states are going to quit believing the strait talk express B. S. and follow where the press leads them.
Really? Then recall how Reagan used to say that he didn't leave the Democrat Party. The Democrats left him.
There comes a time to draw a line in the sand. RINO McInsane will never get my vote.
She's said she won't vote for McCain. I don't think Buchanan's said that yet.
A lot of Ann's ire seems to have to do with McCain's stand on torture.
I don't know the details or who's right, but "Hillary Clinton, Ann Coulter and Torture" doesn't look like a winning campaign slogan, however appropriate or amusing it may be.
Think tactics, folks.
Evil stuff proposed by McNutt will be passed with the help of GOP remnants and Democrat lefties.
The SAME STUFF proposed by a Pres. Hillary would be fought tooth and nail, more likely to a standstill than to passage.
A Hildabeast Amnesty would fail—but one sponsored by a Pres. McCain???
How much did the RNC pay you to post this?
So how does America get punished by not supporting McNuts? Seems like turning the Elephant into a RINO perpetually would be more punishing. We survived 8 years of Bill. All we will get is 2 years of Hill. Then elect a Republican Congress and in 2 more years a real conservative. Two years is a lot easier to deal with than a continuous stream of RINOs.
I cannot vote for McVain under any circumstances.
I am not abstaining from voting for McCain in Reagans name. I am doing so because I believe to my core that McCain will be more dangerous to my ideals and my country that Clinton or Obama. It is not a temper tantrum, it is my well thought out belief. You can ridicule me if you like, but there are times in this life you have to stick to your core principles and beliefs. I have never abstained from voting before, even though I have often had to hold my nose and be a good Republican. Perhaps there is a bit of unfairness from the author of this article and others who post on this site. It is possible to disagree with what many may feel is the “Party Line” and not be a traitor.
Seems strange to me that a nominee has to be sold to his base. I thought, ...oh well.
( ) Hillary Clinton (R)
( ) John McCain (D)
How would u vote in view of your party loyalty??
I agree completely. Perhaps someone should have told that to McCain. He not only broke that promise he shattered the pelage on many occasions and all he is left with is the empty assurance of “Trust me”.
“I will vote for McCain in November if he is the Republican nominee because I am convinced Ronald Reagan would do the same thing.”
I see you’re getting a lot of heat from the ‘really, really, truely, principled conservatives’ on this forum for your post. I think you’re absolutely right and they’re absolutely wrong.
I think any one who thinks that their vote is so ‘valuable’ that it can’t be ‘wasted’ on some one like McCain are nothing but a bunch of selfish spoiled brats.
No, I think what we are saying is that McCain would be the greater “punishment”.
That theory is the refuge of uninformed minds.
There are a whole lot of crybaby losers on FR, a bit of a surprise really.
Those who did not vote in the primaries or do not plan to vote in the general election because they don't like any of the candidates are worthless.