I guess I missed it, when I signed up to vote as a Republican 30+ years ago, but I don't recall a box that said I will only vote Republican if the perfect candidate presents himself to the party and is nominated President. Silly me, I thought we fight it out fair and square and then we support the winner....
I really wonder if the internet had been alive and well to stir people's emotions back in 1980 if Reagan would have made the cut for the purists.. after all, he has signed the loosest abortion law in the nation as Governor and even though he regretted it I bet most everyone would have wanted to hang him in effigy and we would have missed having one of, if not the, great Presidents of my lifetime.
Even Rush Limbaugh admitted the GOP is void of conservative leadership -- but even with his rants he will vote for Obama, he has stopped short of saying we should just put the whole GOP on ice until a god-like candidate appears the entire party will rally behind.
You who are not pleased with McCain have four years to find the perfect candidate and get him or her known and vetted and elected in four years time.. who know, maybe McCain will actually name a VP candidate you will all approve of and wish to support in four years for President..
If you all want to build a GOP that can field a strong, viable, candidate then it's time to take a hard look at the RNC -- does anyone even know who is in charge there nowdays???? and start electing GOP Governors again; in case no one has noticed as GOP governors leave they have been replaced with democrats, and field viable senators and elect them so we have a strong senate once more, same with congress...
No sense whining about who we end up for President candidate when we are not fielding any viable candidates for any offices these days.... you don't want Global Warming legislation???? Well, with a democratic majority in congress, senate and Oval Office you will get that and a whole lot more.... it isn't going to be pretty and THEY won't care about the bottom line...
How many of you saw the chart on Cavuto's show Friday with the tax increases Obama has already proposed? HUGE!!!!! increases across the board... that is how he plans to pay for all his plans, guess what! He would have a majority to pass it....
Those who have drawn the line and wil not vote for McCain are not “purists.”
Your disdain for anyone who will not toe the party line is more than obvious. When I registered to vote, and checked the box for “Republican,” I did not pledge my vote to anyone. For some to suggest that I owe it to the party to vote for a man that has spit in the face of that same party, and the things it has stood for (which I agree with!), is really insulting.
“... I don’t recall a box that said I will only vote Republican if the perfect candidate presents himself to the party and is nominated President. ...”
RE: I am a conservative first, and a Republican second. Fact is I have registered as “Undeclared” for most of my political life, even though always voting Republican, save but once: my first vote at the age of 18 was for Carter. Coming from a family of Massachusetts Democrats that was understandable.
Although “undeclared” I actively supported GOP functions at the state level, working in grass roots organizations (CWA for example) to get conservatives on the ballot ... a difficult task in Massachusetts. I agree with the late Rep Tip O’Neill (D) that “all politics is local.”
“Even Rush Limbaugh admitted the GOP is void of conservative leadership — but even with his rants he will vote for Obama, he has stopped short of saying we should just put the whole GOP on ice until a god-like candidate appears the entire party will rally behind.”
RE: I think you might like to change that first clause: I am sure Rush did not state he would seriously vote for Obama. More likely demonstrating absurdity by being absurd, his trademark approach. And as I recall Rush has said that McCain would be a disaster for the country and the GOP.
“You who are not pleased with McCain have four years to find the perfect candidate and get him or her known and vetted and elected in four years time...”
RE: McCain will so thoroughly destroy the conservative platform of the GOP and so alienate the base that any chance of fielding and supporting conservative candidates within the official GOP structure will become a lost cause. The present circumstance validates that assertion. The present incarnation of the national GOP machine goes out of its way to banish conservatives from the party apparatus, mainly by ignoring their candidacy so they never get much exposure and wither on the vine. The GOP is so infested with moderate RINOs that it has become a joke, a national embarrassment of mediocrity and compromise.
“...maybe McCain will actually name a VP candidate you will all approve of and wish to support in four years for President...”
RE; Not likely. John McCain is a classic choleric-melancholic. His ego and pride will never allow him to select any running mate that might threaten his presence on the national stage. McCain is a one-man show... My way or the highway. No principled individual could tolerate such a personality for four years, and would likely resign.
“... you don’t want Global Warming legislation???? Well, with a democratic majority in congress, senate and Oval Office you will get that and a whole lot more.... it isn’t going to be pretty and THEY won’t care about the bottom line...”
RE: That is a rather amusing argument you make, given that the present Republican Administration and its cohorts in the Congress have attempted to force amnesty for illegal aliens on the American People three times in three months. They have, over the past eight years, grown the federal government in size and scope more than any previous administration, except possibly that of FDR. They have, as of late, been “warming up” to the purveyors of Global warming. And they have not been too concerned about the “bottom line.”