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.
Well, they could lay out an explicit and specific conservative agenda that they promise to follow.
They won't. And when they lose, they'll try to blame others for their failure. It's the liberal way.
Bzzzzt. You either vote for McCain's agenda, or Obama's. Or else you sit out and don't count.
I don't. I expect you to help elect OBAMA, but refuse to admit it. I don't know why though. If he's the preferred candidate, why not say so?
lol...yep...they really don't like this because our standing firm makes them squirm (about giving in and standing for nothing (that part they won't admit to, however))....pissing them off....yep, it merely their attempt to justify being C.I.N.O.'s...and it's getting them pretty bent. : )
LOL! Perfect!
Nope. You vote McCain's and Obama's agendas.
I don't.
It isn't forgiving to the hissy-fit position.
Ok, so you want McCain to lose. His opponent will be the DEM. So we want the DEM to win. Inescapable, irrefutable. Why not just say so?
BUMP!
Ok, so you don't care who wins.
you left out Ronald Reagan..also a member and your comeback is very lame at best
Liberals are never to blame.
Not at all. It means that there are NO conservative candidates with a snowball's chance of election. That is the reality. Conservatism is being shoved out of the GOP. If we support liberalism within the GOP that is what we will get. Conservatism will survive no matter what but it will be easier to fight if we can keep some of it within the Republican Party. If conservatism is completely eliminated from the RP it will have a tougher time finding an avenue to seat conservatives in office.
McCain has clearly shown his contempt for conservatism and his betrayal of it. Will he be less arrogant and more sympathetic to it when he is POTUS than he has been as one of 100 Senators? That doesn't make any sense.
I can't go that far. I would say he is an enemy of conservatism and limited government,
and a threat to sovereignty and individual rights.
Either leftist is a disaster waiting to happen. That won’t stop you from cheering though.
Yes it is too late. He's going to be the loser in November.
Yes it is amazing how the Republican's keep nominating people who cannot speak.
Primaries or not, the party still put him forth. Of course the fact that nearly all the other candidates were liberal makes it a lot easier for a liberal to win.
I would call that an enemy of the Republic and the Constitution. Those are exactly the same reasons I have considered liberals enemies of our country.
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