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To: okie01

Democrats would never even have thought of the “stimulus” bill with McCains pen fired up and ready. And as much as I don’t like McCain on so many issues, he would have held the line on social issues and came at the economic crisis with some fiscal responsibility. Social cons went crazy in the last election. It was “my way or the highway”. We got the highway.


21 posted on 03/06/2009 8:11:13 PM PST by Delacon ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." H. L. Mencken)
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To: Delacon
Social cons went crazy in the last election. It was “my way or the highway”.

I don't know that you can blame McCain's defeat on the social cons.

McCain simply had too much baggage for many Republicans to support him. CFR, amnesty, global warming, etc., have nothing to do with social conservatism. Indeed, abortion and judges were one thing that McCain was likely to be relatively okay on (though you couldn't be certain).

However, if a number of social cons had chosen to adopt a "my way or the highway" attitude toward McCain, I could fully understand -- after what he did in 2000.

McCain is a vengeful and opportunistic politician who was probably way short in a critical area: presidential temperament. His pissing all over social cons in 2000 when he lost the primaries reveals his inadequacies in this regard.

In short, McCain was absolutely the worst GOP nominee since, perhaps, Thomas E. Dewey. He came as close as he did (10 MM votes) because a lot of people who hated his guts voted for him. For that, he should be grateful...

Better than Obama? To be sure. Better than Bob Dole? I don't think so.

30 posted on 03/07/2009 5:20:50 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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