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Are there any Freepers who support John McCain?
02/07/2008 | Checkers

Posted on 02/07/2008 6:29:17 PM PST by Checkers

Are there any Freepers who support John McCain?

If you support Mr. McCain, can you make the case for your man?

Can you make the case without bringing up the War?

Can you make the case without bringing up Judges?

Can you make the case without using any ACU ratings? (Those don't impress anybody.)

Can you make the case without insults or telling people to "calm down"?

Can you make the case without the type of lying and dishonesty we've come to expect from John McCain and his special friend Mike Huckabee?

Can you make the case without trashing Barack Obama?

Can you make the case without using Hillary Rodham Clinton as some kind of boogyman or boogyperson?

Can you?

The ball is in your court.


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To: Checkers

I think his economic team could be characterized as pro-growth, lower taxes Friedmanites (free marketers).

I think he would be strong on Defense and the WOT.

I think he would appoint conservative judges. remember it was McCain who supported John Roberts, unlike Ann Coulter.


741 posted on 02/11/2008 10:48:08 AM PST by Perdogg (Vice President Richard B Cheney - A National Treasure)
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To: GregoTX; Checkers

Although I don’t consider McCain to be “my” guy, I would reluctantly vote for him if he ends up being the nominee, since Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson, and Mitt Romney have all dropped out.

I would have to agree with GregoTX. Aside from the WOT and judges, I know that McCain would at least look out for the military and would not decimate it the way that Clinton did in the 90’s. He would not pull troops out of Iraq precipitously to appease the Moveon.org nuts.

We’ve worked hard to get things to the point where they are now, and just because we’ve had a few setbacks, that’s no reason to sit on our hands and either not vote or throw our votes away on some third party candidate with a snowball’s chance in Hell. Some people see that as “standing on principle”. I see it as political suicide.
A lot of conservatives sat out the 2006 election to “punish” Republicans and “teach them a lesson”. We lost some of our best Reps and Senators, in the process, and we ended up with a nutty DimocRAT majority that does nothing but have show hearings, plays political games with funding our troops, plays political games with taxes, constantly makes remarks that demoralize our troops and give aid and comfort to our enemies, and plays political games with public opinion, and I could go on and on. Yeah, that REALLY worked out well for us, didn’t it?

So now, some of us want to flush the whole thing down the toilet by refusing to support candidates who definitely aren’t as conservative as we want them to be, but at least they are more conservative than the Socialists being offered up by the Dims. We can either help to vote in the most conservative candidate among available candidates who have a chance of winning, and continue the fight to win hearts and minds, or we can just let go and let the Socialists be elected.

And think about this:

If John McCain wins WITHOUT our support, what reason does he have to pay any attention to us at all? We need to be careful not to burn our bridges here.


742 posted on 02/11/2008 11:06:18 AM PST by Purrcival (Go, Tony, Go!)
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To: Checkers

The good news is that McCain will not be elected president — the bad news is that Obama will be.


743 posted on 02/11/2008 12:25:15 PM PST by thomasjefferson1215
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To: Purrcival
"We’ve worked hard to get things to the point where they are now, and just because we’ve had a few setbacks, that’s no reason to sit on our hands and either not vote or throw our votes away on some third party candidate with a snowball’s chance in Hell. Some people see that as “standing on principle”. I see it as political suicide."

I see some call them "Suicide Voters"

Fantastic post Purrcival. Very well put, you have the gift of gab.

744 posted on 02/11/2008 1:52:07 PM PST by GregoTX (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: ThreeYearLurker
The source of McCain being Kerry’s running mate was......wait for it.......KERRY! What a trustworthy source, NOT!

Has McCain denied it?

745 posted on 02/11/2008 2:23:49 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: windsorknot

Yes


746 posted on 02/11/2008 3:46:01 PM PST by ThreeYearLurker (Is it too late to draft Tom Coburn?)
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To: McGruff
It's Hillary Clinton!As Tom Peterson would say; Wake up, wake up to an (un)happy day!

I do not wan't my kids being crispy critters as this country gets nuked by terrorists while Hillary is singing Kumbayah.

747 posted on 02/11/2008 3:50:41 PM PST by ThreeYearLurker (Is it too late to draft Tom Coburn?)
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To: ThreeYearLurker

“He is more conservative than President Bush.”

Huh?


748 posted on 02/11/2008 4:23:00 PM PST by Checkers (McCain: "Hillary Clinton would make a good President.")
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To: windsorknot

“Has McCain denied it?”

Would you believe him if he did?


749 posted on 02/11/2008 4:26:58 PM PST by Checkers (McCain: "Hillary Clinton would make a good President.")
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To: ThreeYearLurker

“I do not wan’t my kids being crispy critters as this country gets nuked by terrorists while Hillary is singing Kumbayah.”

But it’s okay if McCain is doing the singing?


750 posted on 02/11/2008 4:28:48 PM PST by Checkers (McCain: "Hillary Clinton would make a good President.")
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To: Checkers

Sorry. I have been taking care of a sick child all weekend and haven’t been paying attention to FR.

It wasn’t much of an endorsement.

They will ALL be giving pretty much the same statements. Heck, Romney did at CPAC when he bowed out.

They know that the GOP is severely fractured right now, and they are just suggesting that McCain is better than Hillary or Obama. And they have a point.


751 posted on 02/11/2008 9:26:35 PM PST by Shelayne (I'm STILL with Fred until I positively, absolutely have to vote for the guy who hates me. *sigh*)
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To: Checkers

McCain is strong on defense. That won’t happen on his watch.


752 posted on 02/12/2008 10:17:23 AM PST by ThreeYearLurker (Is it too late to draft Tom Coburn?)
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To: All

Nation of Islam supports Obama
http://www.finalcall.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/search.pl
check out obamas web site. He doesnt have a list of supporters like other candidates do. I found this link when searching for islam


753 posted on 02/12/2008 10:19:38 AM PST by TinaJeannes
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To: Checkers

Lets See:

Bush Strong on Defense=McCain Strong on Defense

Bush Solid Pro Life=McCain Solid Pro Life

Bush Spendaholic<McCain anti-pork

McCain-Feingold=Bush signed it into law

Bush Conservative Judges=McCain voted for Bork, and all conservative judges, say what you will about the Gang of 14, but if it wasn’t for that, Owen, Brown, Kavenaugh, and Pryor would not have been confirmed.

Bush Open Borders=McCain Open Borders

Bush Namby Pamby Environmentalism= McCain the same.

The only issue that Bush is more conservative than McCain is tax cuts, but McCain will vote to make the Bush tax cuts permanent. Because Bush spent like a drunken sailor, and McCain is fiscally prudent, McCain is more conservative than Bush. Tell me where I am wrong.


754 posted on 02/12/2008 10:31:27 AM PST by ThreeYearLurker (Is it too late to draft Tom Coburn?)
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To: ThreeYearLurker
"Because Bush spent like a drunken sailor, and McCain is fiscally prudent, McCain is more conservative than Bush. Tell me where I am wrong."


While I may not be crazy about McCain, you are right here. After two terms of Bush and his wild spending "Compassionate Conservatism", the single best point in McCain's favor is his record of fiscal restraint. The whole premise of this thread could be turned around to ask McCain detractors why he would be any worse than Bush. Bush clearly ran as a "Big Government" Conservative and it was obvious that he intended to redefine conservatism, yet there was hardly a peep out of most conservatives. I see no consistency here.
755 posted on 02/12/2008 11:23:16 AM PST by rob777 (Personal Responsibility is the Price of Freedom)
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To: ThreeYearLurker

“Because Bush spent like a drunken sailor, and McCain is fiscally prudent, McCain is more conservative than Bush.”

A Bush-basher who loves McCain. Color me unsurprised.


756 posted on 02/13/2008 8:46:35 AM PST by Checkers (McCain: "Hillary Clinton would make a good President.")
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To: rob777

“I see no consistency here.”

It’s about character.


757 posted on 02/13/2008 8:47:51 AM PST by Checkers (McCain: "Hillary Clinton would make a good President.")
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To: ThreeYearLurker

What do you base that on?


758 posted on 02/13/2008 8:52:21 AM PST by Checkers (McCain: "Hillary Clinton would make a good President.")
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To: Checkers

His voting record, and leadership of the surge.


759 posted on 02/13/2008 9:29:44 AM PST by ThreeYearLurker (Is it too late to draft Tom Coburn?)
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To: Checkers

I will vote for him but that doesn’t mean I support him. I’d vote for Godzilla if he ran against the liberals.


760 posted on 02/13/2008 9:37:16 AM PST by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
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