[neverdem]

The GOP needs a brokered convention in 2008

Arise, Ye Favorite Sons

[kc8ukw]

He also is rated the best (remaining) candidate for support for Israel: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerPage.jhtml

[boomop1]

Yawn, I won’t vote for someone I’ll regret, already did that.

[Always Right]

The thought of a Democrat President, Senate and House is too much. Perhaps they can squander it like the GOP did, but somehow I doubt it. I will do what I can to stop the Democrats from getting full control of the government.

[DoughtyOne]

When it comes to the Reagan Revolution, I was there leading the way... well, I was a foot soldier.

I think we should make those tax cuts "WE" gave you permanent.

We need to find a compassionate way to give illegals who are here a pathway to citizenship.

I have pushed through legislation that makes exercise of the First Amendment more reasoned with regard to elections.

I joined with the gang of fourteen to do something better than what the president had in mind, with regard to judicial appointments.

Enough was enough.  It was time to put the issue of MIAs to rest, recognize North Vietnam and facilitate trade.

I didn't think helping the Sandanistas was a good thing.  I fought it tooth and nail but by gosh, a nation was freed over my objections.

I was a member of the Keeting Five.  It was no big deal.  A lot of money was passed around and people lost their life savings.  It happens.

Have the actions of this man, earned your vote?

[Bear_Slayer]

Oh this ought to be good.

Beating the drum for Son of Cain

[johna61]

Another article from a lapdog of Nasty Mcapain.

[rhombus]

OK I work with the military every day. I respect and honor those who serve. But I grow tired of being reminded of MCain’s POW history...(did you know John Kerry was in Vietnam?). I’m more interested in what McCain did during the last 7 years... when he was free to do what he wanted.

[DocH]

"Far superior"?

MY ASS.

[jacksonstate]

I so feel the same way!

[So Circumstanced]

Romney or nothing.

That’s just how seriously a McCain candidacy would blurr any discernable difference between the Democrats and the Republicans.

[Just mythoughts]

This guy says nothing about McCain from 2000 to now. Nobody is saying he did not serve in Vietnam.

I have so many issues with McCain... his legislation smearing our military with his anti-torture ...waterboarding... especially since he has two sons in the military....

[rabscuttle385]

That goes a long way toward explaining Sen. McCain’s appeal: more than any other candidate, he is the anti-Clinton.

McCain is not the anti-Clinton. He is Hillary Lite, a fact that explains much of his lack of appeal.

[MNJohnnie]

Read McCain-Leiberman. $.50 a gallon Fed Gas Tax HIKE? This from a REPUBLICAN?

Party’s are not indestructible. Since the two party’s seem bent on fusion, there is coming a time when a new political party will rise.

Hegel Dialectic in action. 1st you have a thesis, in reaction to which forms an antithesis which over time combines to become the synthesis which then becomes the thesis developing a new antithesis.

In these terms the thesis was the Democrat party, which developed over time the anti thesis Republican party. With McCain we seen the Republican Establishment accelerating it fusion with the Democrat Party leadership. They are being a synthesis.

SO it appears the Republican-Democrats will form a globalist, interventionist European Socialist style party. That will be the new thesis.

In reaction to that something new will arise. An new Anti-thesis. It may be that Ron Paul is an out rider of that new trend. An Isolationist, limited Govt Nationalist party of Libertarian-Conservatives.

A lot rides on this election for setting the course of politics for the coming generation. If it ends up being Hillary-vrs McCain it will be a matter of the party’s differing on the speed to which the US should develop a European style authoritarian bureaucratic socialist style Govt.

[longtermmemmory]

don’t think so.

Knife in the back from McCain or knife in the front from the clinton twins.

either way it is unacceptable and an irrelevant choice.

[levotb]

Typical drivel from an ex-military guy. the kind of idiot we cannot afford to put in The White House or have as an advisor (this Owens fellow). There is contrary to what he writes plenty of evidence from surviving soldiers and airmen also held captive that McCain was a traitor. How can the media and even Romney put him up as a hero? Absolutely insane...

[Moral Hazard]

My big worry about McCain relative to the Democratic candidates is that the Republicans in congress may find it much harder to oppose McCain’s liberal policies than a Democrat’s.

For instance I think McCain-Lieberman (the Greenhouse Gas bill) has no chance passing the Senate if Clinton or Obama were president, but might pass if McCain were president.

[Quix]

I don’t buy it that McChurian has many redeeming social values for a minute.

An angry globalist old grump part of the ruling elite is not a true friend of our Republic.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Ah yes. Another talking head telling me to toss aside my principles for what is foisted upon me by the establishment.

No thanks. If this country is going to go down the left fork of the road, I’d much rather a dem be at the wheel. Compromising on a RINO (again) only makes it tougher to stand up to the next one the GOP establishment pushes down our throats.

It’s time to make a principled stand for the long term good of our Country and the conservative cause (I was going to say for our party, but I realize that I am a conservative without a party. It drifted away from me).

[Partisan Gunslinger]

As a Republican in Illinois, I know first-hand it’s better for a Dem to win rather than an unconservative Republican. I voted for the Reform Party candidate when George Ryan ran and won the governership knowing about the problems of Ryan’s conservative credentials, the only time I’ve ever not voted for the Republican candidate for any office in any election. Illinois used to have Republican governers and used to go for the Republicans some in national elections (Bush41 and Reagan) but since Ryan it hasn’t even been close here. We’ve been “California by the Lake” since Ryan. I’m hoping for Romney and will vote for him tomorrow, but if it’s McCain in November I’m going with the least kooky candidate of the third parties (or a write-in if all the third parties are too kooky...Jeb maybe).

[engrpat]

Bush has brought the republican party to its knees with McCain ready to plunge the knife bringing a swift end. McCain will not only lose the general he will kill any chance the republicans can have any say in congress.