So you would prefer to see Hillary or Obama take over and surrender to Al Qaeda rather than vote for McCain?
I can’t do that.
I can’t help but notice the way the media insist on referring to McCain as a 'maverick'. The term used to have a courageous, trail-blazing connotation, but the media seem bound and determined to equate it with betrayal of the principles with which one wants to be associated.
This ‘maverick’ allied himself with Ted Kennedy on phony immigration reform, with Russ Feingold on major attempts to shackle free speech (at least where the average citizen is concerned), with John Edwards in an effort to expand the already bloated and toxic reasons for frivolous litigation on the so-called ‘Patients’ Bill of Rights’, and again with Lieberman in an attempt to allow congress to severely regulate American industries’ greenhouse gas emissions. No genuine conservative would ever align himself with, let alone serve as the author of, any of those unconstitutional, anti-liberty monstrosities.
Not only is he a leftist in conservative clothing, but he attempts to crucify any real conservative who questions his motives or tactics, by slapping unflattering labels on his opponents, or by simply closing down debate.
McCain isn’t a maverick. He’s a democrat.
There are many here on FreeRepublic (you seem to count yourself among them), and most across the width and breadth of America, who cannot comprehend that there is a threat, every bit as toxic as that posed by Al Qaeda, simmering within our own borders, taking form among the ruling elite in our nation’s capital.
Do I want to see Al Qaeda’s brutality and hatred dismembered and expunged from the face of the earth? Absolutely!
Do I want to cast a vote agreeing to elect as the leader of the free world a man who deals in deception, and who enthusiastically supports (even authors) abominable legislation whose sole purpose is to:
(1) threaten free speech
(2) allow – even encourage -- the continued invasion of our republic by foreign criminals, the end result of which will be the incremental death of American sovereignty
(3) increase the already toxic power of special interest groups
(4) greatly expand the already bloated, repressive power of the federal bureaucracy ...
... simply because he has been vocal in support of the war on Islamic fascism? No!
McCain's record on the domestic front is that of an anti-Constitutionalist, elitist fraud. His record of integrity and honesty is dubious, at best. And his one area of ‘strength’ might well evolve into just another policy that will be ‘re-thought’, once his fellow democrats apply pressure on him to abandon our efforts in the Middle East.
The ability to engender trust is the most crucial characteristic of a leader of a free people, and in that all-important pre-requisite John McCain is running on empty.
~ joanie
Allegiance and Duty Betrayed