There's Nothing Conservative Or Principled About Helping A Democrat Beat John McCain In November

TownHall.com ^ | February 8, 2008 | John Hawkins

[84rules]

There is NOTHING conservative about working with the Democratic nominee against most of your fellow conservatives in order to grow government, socialize medicine, lose the war in Iraq, tilt the Supreme Court to the Left, and make Roe v. Wade the permanent law of the land. If you are conservative and vote for the Democratic nominee or even just refuse to vote for McCain, who is by any and every objective standard, considerably more conservative than either of them, let me tell you what you are NOT doing,

* You are NOT doing the logical thing. When faced with a choice between a moderate who holds some conservative positions and some non-conservative positions and a liberal who holds no conservative positions, the logical decision is to take the moderate. After all, half a loaf is better than none.

* You are NOT helping conservatism or your fellow conservatives. To the contrary, you are helping liberals defeat conservative ideas. Isn't that what conservatives are saying that they're furious at McCain over? Well, who's less of a conservative: John McCain, who, if he were in the White House, would help conservatives win some battles and would help liberals win others or the conservatives who want to help a Democrat get into the office who will go against conservative ideas every time?

* You are NOT looking out for the best interests of the country. If you believe winning in Iraq is better than losing, if you believe balancing the budget is better than higher deficit spending, if you believe that having a Supreme Court that is tilted to the right is better than having a Supreme Court tilted to the left, and if you believe that Roe v. Wade is leading to the immoral murder of millions of children -- and the overwhelming majority of people reading this column certainly believe all those things -- then you are certainly not putting the good of the country first if you oppose John McCain in November.

[Dead Dog]

Did you enjoy Wilson?

[wtc911]

If McCain doesn’t have a mobilized base, the Donkeys will crush him.

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If the primary turnout is any indication it will be a blow-out.

[Eagle Eye]

Quite frankly, I think that hillary and obama are more honest in their vision than mccaine is in his.

[CMAC51]

The Republican party is heading on a down hill path. The only way to turn it around is stop going down that path. I refuse to continue down that path any longer. I so choose for the good of the country and the posterity of my children and grandchildren.

History shows the reaction to a Clinton is rapid and decisive. Clinton’s ‘92 election led to the ‘94 Republican Revolution. Absent Clinton in ‘92, ‘94 does not happen. Unfortunately, when conservatives won that battle, they thought they had won the war and relaxed.

The only way Conservatives achieve a revolution in 2010 is to act like conservatives in 2008. For my sanity, for my country and for my children, I refuse to vote for John McCain and what he represents.

[SoldierDad]

I will cast my vote to the candidate who I know will not abandon the soldiers in Iraq. My son will rotate back to Iraq sometime later this year, and I will not vote for a turd party candidate and conceed the election to either Hitlery or B. Hussein Obama. I support our soldiers, period.

[1Old Pro]

Alot of anger and hate has been directed at John McCain since yesterday. But we need to step back and look at the whole picture, not just a little part of it. We also need to understand that we are responsible for this together

We also NEED to CALM down. I am now very calm, so calm I will sleep thru election day.

[Mygirlsmom]

Precisely. Gridlock is the only way we survive this. And it will be difficult to impossible to oppose someone who purports to come from our side of the aisle.

[dforest]

You do whatever you want and I will do whatever I want, what I want to do is different than you.

I wouldn’t waste my typing finger cheerleading for a jerk like McLame.

If he wins, fine. He can get himself some moderates or Democrats to go vote for him. This conservative is disgusted with the very thought of him.

[VU4G10]

There’s Nothing Conservative About John McCain!!

[Politicalmom]

I’ll take an energized congress fighting the Hildebeast or Obama for every inch over a congress that will give McInsane everything he wants.

Ted Kennedy will be picking the judges for McCain.

No deal.

[Redleg Duke]

I am a Conservative, and you “Principled Conservatives” and your behavior are pretty doggone embarrassing!

[SoConPubbie]

Is he worse than the alternative would be?

In a word, YES.

1. He WILL give Amnesty to the millions of felonious Illegal Aliens in this country thereby giving the blame to the GOP and turning off large numbers of CONSERVATIVE voters to the GOP, thereby condemning the GOP to MAJOR MINORITY status for many election cycles to come.

2. He WILL saddle the US with major economic damage as he has decided to support the GLOBAL WARMING Scam. The result will be excessive increases in taxes on energy items such as oil and electricity and the real possibility that he will sign a UN Treaty similiar to the KYOTO Treaty which would create major damage on our economy.

3. He WILL sign any embryonic Stem Cell research bills that come across his desk as a result of his PRO-Embroyonic Stem Cell research position.

4. His judge selection for SCOTUS would be questionable and probably only marginally better than a DEM president, especially given his STRONG DESIRE for Amnesty, his support for Global Warming and his weakening position on Pro-Life and 2nd Amendment issues.

5. His WOT and National Security potential is questionalble as well given his support for closing GITMO and his refusal to support reasonable types of interrogation and his LEAKING of the security information concerning Secret CIA prisons.

6. The McCain-Kennedy bill.

7. The McCain-Lieberman bill.

8. the McCain-Fiengold bill.

Given all of these facts and the FACT that he will destroy the GOP brand, as well as, the Conservative coalition within the GOP, I can state quite conclusively, that YES, in totatility John McCain would be worse for the GOP than the a Dem President.

[Terpfen]

Did you see Frank Keating on Hannity & Colmes last night trying to prop McCain up as a conservative?

The fix was in from day one.

[AnnGora]

I am not “party first.” I am our “Military First.” I am also America First, not “I need to nurse my personal vendetta” first.

Fine. Don’t vote for McCain. Go vote for Hillary. But please don’t tell my good friend in Afghanistan that you gave him Hillary as his Commander in Chief, though. You won’t win any friends in uniform that way.

Obviously, that doesn’t matter to you.

[Mygirlsmom]

A twenty-second nap is allowed - once you’ve pulled the lever for all races but the Pres. Please do not sit this out entirely.

[Argus]

With all respect, I don’t see how anybody can lump McCain as commander in chief in with the Marxist and the crypto Muslim. Four years is a hell of a long time and those executive orders can do a lot of damage to our military. That’s what I’m trying to bear in mind.

[RBurke]

LMAO, I bow to your wisdom, Oh Great One!

[niteowl77]

Vote for whomever you wish, but consider this: it is getting real hard to listen to the McCain Admiration Society keep telling some of us what SOBs we are should we continue to resist voting for the man. Keep it up and some of us may not vote at all, and you will find out how the resulting all-'rat congress treats you (regardless of who wins in November).

If that is what you are really after, go for it. John probably doesn't care because he's already got his, but you might have something to lose.

Mr. niteowl77

[SoConPubbie]

But we want to continue to whine and be online drama queens.

You're on the wrong site buddy.

This is a conservative site.

John "Traitor to the Conservative Cause" McAmnesty is NO conservative.

You need to find a GOP site to shill your RINO candidate.

[Politicalmom]

*Slap! Slap!!*

SNAP OUT OF IT!! :p