Posted on 05/12/2008 3:00:52 PM PDT by davidtalker
McCain Breaks with Bush on Climate Change
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) speaks to employees about alternative energy sources at the Vestas Wind Technology plant in Portland, Oregon May 12, 2008. (Reuters)
Updated 4:40 p.m. By Juliet Eilperin PORTLAND, Ore. -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) outlined his proposal to address climate change this morning, offering plans that would go beyond President Bush's but fall short of the bipartisan bill headed for a Senate vote next month.
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Just wanted you to know I was wrong. You "haters" (I am a hater now too) are correct. No self respecting conservative can vote for this guy. I have always known of the litany of offenses he's committed. I have never considered him a movement conservative. However, I felt it imperative in time of war to go the lesser of evils route. But, that's over. The guy doesn't want my vote. He insists on forcing me to abandon my principles. I can't do it.
I just got finished with the Washington Post story with McCain in Oregon hugging on Dem Gov. Ted Kulongoski. Talking about limiting my freedoms by cutting down on carbon emissions. All based on global warming junk science. I knew he was embarking on this "green" tour. However, mandatory emission cuts and hugging on a lib Gov. Forget it Senator. You just lost me. You have no use for us. We have no use for you. Got help us. We are so screwed.
BTW. I admire the guy. I respect his heroism. I have interviewed him numerous times. Nothing personal. He just isn't my idea of what a GOP Presidential candidate is supposed to represent. Over and out.
Good for you. Glad to have you on board!
McCain lost me with his past 7 years of antics..
I’m with you. The global warming bullsh!t he was spewing today has completely erased any chance of my voting for him.
It’s not about hating John McCain. I just don’t see the point in voting to encourage the GOP even further leftward.
At least he said that we need to expand nuclear energy.
Every time I make that point with the hippies who populate my town, they freak.
By the time we're done with him, there probably won't be a conservative movement left to speak of.
McCain actually believes the tripe about human global warming (and if true it’s mostly because of meat-eating, so will McCain give up steak?). He’s lost me for years, and I await his VP choice to judge the ticket.
Sadly, McCain has now given me a compelling reason to ‘stay home’. I won’t won’t Dem, but I may not pull any lever for POTUS come November. I’ll still vote in state and local elections.
So, basically, I'm about a half-step behind you.
McCain is going to make Woody Allen look like John Wayne before this is over.
I agree. It's not about hate. It's about disgust and a sense that McCain will quickly throw us under the bus.
Have you watched him during interviews? He sits there with an almost psychotic smile and then giggles after every answer. I really think the guy is unbalanced.
Enjoy 8 years of Hilabama and 20 to 30 years of a liberal activist supreme court.
This cinched it for me. I was on the fence.. Now there is no way I can vote for this guy. none..
The only one that demonstrates an excessive ego and pure, unadulterated vanity is Sen. Juan McCain!
What does this say about a nation who offers up three ninnyhammers to the voters?
One of them belongs in a orange jump suit. Another is truly an America hater and the third one is in the mid-stages of dementia.
Gorebal Warming indeed!
Build both as Nationalized projects and then sell to the market.
BTW. I admire the guy. I respect his heroism. I have interviewed him numerous times. Nothing personal. He just isn’t my idea of what a GOP Presidential candidate is supposed to represent. Over and out.
So we will get either Hillary or Obama, correct?
Can you give a senario that is plausible that someone other than a Rep can defeat the Dem nominee? I don’t think that is possible with the likes of Barr, Keyes, Baldwin, Nader, etc. etc. So in my book it’s either McCain or the Dem and our best hope is for down ticket support to hold either of them in line once elected.
Thanks but I’ll take McCain of the Dems for two reasons:
1] The men and women of our Military
2] The next SCOTUS nominees
If McCain loses, the GOP will claim it was because McCain wasn’t far enough left. If he wins, they will claim that the nation wants the GOP to move left. It is a lose-lose for conservatives.
And the whole nation suffers under Obama.
If you can’t vote for McCain, at least show up and vote for your GOP senator and representative.
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