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.
Deal, already. You aren't the conservative movement and you do not speak for us.
Can you refute any of his assertions? I thought not.
Uncle!
Karl Marx will love McCain’s global warming plans.
Why keep fighting our own party and socialism? After all both parties now agree socialism is the best way to go.
Hunter’s extremism on immigration is what did him in. Otherwise, he would have been a fine choice for president.
No, there absolutely is not. It's democrat for reals or democrat in Republican clothing. Both are wolves.
No hissy fit here. I made up my mind on McCain several years ago. I don’t really care what you or Huck think about it. There isn’t anything you can do about it.
You’re either a defender of America’s sovereignty and her legal citizens or ya ain’t. McShamnesty ain’t. Strike two.
You’re either a conservative or ya ain’t.
McRino ain’t. Strike three.
He’s O.U.T.
Nicely said.
Intersting. I'm gonna guess 1992 was one of the years. The other one is a toughy. Maybe you didn't vote for Dole/Kemp. If you'd let Obama win, you'd let Slickster win. But maybe it was way back in 76. But John Anderson was no conservative, was he? I'm gonna say 2000.
There are those of us who are Republican because we are conservative, and those of us who are conservative because we are Republican. I am in the first category and I think you are in the second.
I might point out that a majority on this thread and on FR agree with me. ; )
Thank you, but the poster to whom it was “given” (multiple times) hasn’t “gotten it” yet, lol!
I don't agree with that. I think that whether people like it or not, charisma is a part of the game. It's not all that surprising. I think a whole lot of executives come from a sales background. They can close deals, bring in dollars, and they have charm/charisma. They can talk/persuade, flatter, they are calm under pressure, and they can get people to like them.
When I think of those things, I don't think of Duncan Hunter. Seems like a decent guy, but he just doesn't have the stuff. Issues had nothing to do with it, just as issues had nothing to do with Fred's collossal flop.
That’s incorrect. 60% of freepers say they will vote McCain.
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=227
There you have it once again. Border security, enforcing immigration laws and dealing with criminal illegal aliens is extremist. The McCain position in a nutshell. Damn us xenophobes who believe in national sovereignty.
Nope.
58% lol
58% won’t cut it...even if it’s only people “here” who answered the poll.
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