Awwwwwww.....who needs therapy now? Buck up, little camper..there's HOPE!
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.
OK, but assuming McCain is our nominee, and assuming you think we're better off if he loses, that means we're better off if the DEM wins, right?
OK, done:
Unrestrained Humility (Sung to ‘Unchained Melody’ by the Righteous Brothers)
Oh-prah-bama... is calling…
I wonder ore’ just what…
Alone… he contrives?
And ‘Time’ … glows ‘bout… how only,
This man… can do so much…
Our new… Divine.
Why we must love… mmmm…
Why he’s above… mmmm…
God, n’ “she’s” sure of… ooh… change we need.
“Honey, give your vote,” says Winfrey, says Winfrey…
“To the Oprah Show,” arms with me… yeah!
Homey bangers cry, “What’s for me? What’s for me?”
“We be on de throne, wait n’ see!”
O-prah-bama… is calling,
I hunger… Hunger… for your trust,
For all… All of time.
And I’m so wise… so holy,
And I’m… the one in touch,
Are you… all mine!?
I – feel your love!
I – I – I – need your love…
God, decrees you to love… me.
It could be worse. You could have to scratch your nose.
Awwwwwww.....who needs therapy now? Buck up, little camper..there's HOPE!
I don't live in the land of assumptions but if I wanted to deal with a five year old's logic I would have had children.
Pathetic evasion. Not surprising. Another one in denial. It’s real simple: either you want McCain to win or you want him to lose. If you want him to lose, you want the DEM to win. It’s perfect, irrefutable logic.
Same thing.
LOL Sooner or later we all have to scratch our noses.
Very well done!
Simply not true.
Which means it’s better to have OBAMA as president,right? Is that what the foxhole thing means?
Your party is about to nominate a complete loser.
He's too old.
He's too liberal.
He's too angry.
He's too poorly spoken.
He's too stupid to even try to appeal to the party base.He spends eight years attacking conservatives and then expects us to bail him out.
The GOP is going to get routed this November because the best they could put forth is an angry old man completely devoid of philosophically underpinnings.
Stop trying with the guilt trips. When McCain goes down to defeat the blame will be entirely on McCain.
LOL!!! You don’t McCain to win or lose? LOL! Oh man. That’s funny. That’s beyond denial. Maybe this is part of that whole ‘stages of grief’ thing? Denial, grief, acceptance? something like that? Maybe yer still not over the pathetically lame, flaccid and pointless Fred Thompson campaign-ette. (wasn’t long enough to be an actual campaign.)
McCain is an enemy of this country and I don’t want him, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, in my house, my children’s house, or any other conservative’s house. And I certainly don’t want him in the White House.
That’s what it means.
It’s real simple: either you support McCain's agenda or you don't.
Do whatever you like. I really don’t care.
Just don’t expect me, or many others, to support McKeating.
GHWB
GWB
McCain
Think how far left the next Republican Pres. candidate will be.
Bzzzzt. Incorrect.
Your party is about to nominate a complete loser.
So he won cuz he's a loser? And I guess the losers (Fred, Mitt, Hunter) are the winners?
He's too old, liberal, etc etc.
Too late to change things now. He's going to be the nominee.
He's too poorly spoken.
As opposed to that great orator, GWB? LOL
The GOP is going to get routed this November because the best they could put forth is an angry old man
They put forth? There were these things called primaries. Debates, campaigns, and votes. McCain won.
Stop trying with the guilt trips.
What guilt trip? If someone believes we're better off with Obama, they should be able to say so. If they want the DEM to beat him, they should be able to say so. You can't say you don't want McCain in the WH, and at the same time say you're not FOR the DEM in the WH. It's one or the other. That's not debatable. A rare few have had the guts to fess up and admit it, but most are too cowardly or maybe don't really believe their own words.
So you prefer that OBAMA defeat him. You prefer OBAMA over McCain. Why is that so hard to admit?
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