Posted on 02/17/2008 10:20:04 AM PST by calcowgirl
McCain? No Way!
by Sen. HL "Bill" Richardson (ret.)
Chairman of the Board, GOA
Americans are being told by the mainstream media that conservatives have no other choice than to back the hypocrite from Arizona. All that is required is to pretend he is "really" a conservative. "So, crawl under the big Republican tent and vote for McCain," we are told. "Besides, what other choice do you have?"
We have plenty of choices, none of which calls for casting our vote for the lesser of two presidential evils.
First, the Republican race isn't over. Huckabee is still around and as Kansas and Louisiana should point out, the Romney vote flocked to Huckabee. Not that they loved Huckabee, but that they have zero trust in the promises of McCain. Even if Huckabee loses, what makes anyone think conservatives will vote for McCain?
Don't you liberals get it? The republican conservative believes McCain would be a vindictive president. He's proven his dislike for conservatives and would gut us at every opportunity.
Why do I say that? Because of three decades of experience as a Republican California Senator and a fifty year activist in the conservative movement. I have first hand, in-their-face experience with elitist RINO's (Republican in Name Only) office holders. They are biblically ignorant, power hungry, status seeking egotists who have no difficulty aiding their liberal Democrat colleagues whenever their arms are politely twisted. The one thing they have in common with liberal Democrats is their dislike of all conservatives, especially those who are Bible-believing. McCain, as president, would stifle the voices of elected Republican leaders and try to legislate the conservative movement out of existence.
There is no reason why any conservative should be depressed, especially if they look at past history. I clearly remember the political climate in 1964. We newly-awakened conservatives had a real friend running for the Republican nomination. Barry Goldwater defeated a liberal Republican in the primaries, but in the general election, the mainstream media slaughtered him. In 1964 it was easy to do; we had no effective political action committees, no conservative organizations, few pro-life activists, little religious participation, no talk radio, a handful of articulate conservative legislators, no fax machines and zero Internet. After the 1964 November election, all looked hopeless. Not a bright star on the horizon....But!
In 1966, we conservatives elected an actor as Governor of California. I was elected to the State Senate. The thespian and I were greener than grass but we were both quick to learn. Ron Reagan became a national star, a conservative leader in the nation’s most popular state. He couldn't be ignored.
I founded Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners of California. We became the second largest pro-Second Amendment organization in America with membership in the hundreds of thousands. We concentrated our efforts on electing pro-gunners to the legislature and stopping anti-gun legislation. We grew rapidly and were quite successful. During liberal Jerry Brown's eight years as governor, not a single anti-gun bill was signed into law. The reason was simple -- although the liberal Democrats controlled both houses of the legislature, no anti-gun legislation passed from either house to find its way to the Governor’s desk.
The entire gun movement is close to accomplishing that feat on a national level. As long as the gun community hangs together, it will make little difference on gun issues who is sitting in the White House. The same could be true of other major conservative organizations as long as they stay in the fight. We are much better off than in 1964 and much better organized.
The other good news is that some of the weak-sister Republicans are leaving office -- not willing to scrap it out with the liberal Democrats. Hooray, happy to see you go! Call Gun Owners if you need a ride out of town. We have an opportunity to replace them with tough, no nonsense conservatives. Already, some very fine men are seeking these vacancies.
We at Gun Owners intend to be very engaged in Congressional and US Senate races.
I personally will not cast a vote for the presidency -- that is, if McCain is the Republican nominee. Under no circumstances will I vote for either of the Democrats. This will be the first time in fifty years that I have made this choice. I hope it will be the last.
Way! :)
Allow me to summarize the article: OBAMA IN 08!
Ping!
Surely there will be a write-in on the ballot?
Real Americans Won’t Vote for McCain. Go Bill!
The choice is to vote for a 3rd party candidate. People don’t remember when voters “sit it out” or “write in”.....but people remember that Perot got 19% of the vote.
While weakening the party from within.
So, who should be vote for, Mrs. Clinton, or Obama?
If Huckabee wins every state left by 85% or more of the vote, he still does not win the nomination. Romney, by releasing his delegates to McCain, has given him the nomination. McCain only needs to win about 15% of the vote in any one of the remaining split states to win.
Since you didn't comprehend the message, let me summarize:
"McCain, as president, would stifle the voices of elected Republican leaders and try to legislate the conservative movement out of existence. "
Read the article.
"We at Gun Owners intend to be very engaged in Congressional and US Senate races."
Democrats won’t “try”.
Democrats will. With the mis-named Fairness Doctrine, and then a wave of political correctness, with the force of law.
It’s called dictatorship.
And yes, it can happen here.
So, should our Third Party candidate vote go to Obama, or Mrs. Clinton?
Obama will last one term, Hillary will declare herself dictator, and McCain will do as the article says. I plan to vote Libertarian and, if that candidate doesn’t win, hope Obama defeats McCain. McCain, based on his past behavior alone, doesn’t deserve our votes.
That's a 100% certainty! He doesn't listen to the conservatives who voted him into office as a Senator....nor the conservatives across the country when he tried to get his shamnesty package passed. As a matter of fact, he doesn't even care about the Constitution....especially not when it concerns something as "trite" as the First Amendment....you know, McCain-Feingold.
Word!
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