There's Nothing Conservative or Principled About Helping a Democrat Beat John McCain

ChronWatch ^ | 10 February 2008 | John Hawkins

[MizSterious]

I think that’s the general message, both in the article, and with certain folks on FR. The same people who foisted this travesty on us now insist that we learn to like him—or else. They can pound sand.

[OrioleFan]

"What would Reagan do"

His 11th commandment comes to mind:

"Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican."

[K-oneTexas]

I'm not arguing that point with you. I'm arguing that regardless of how bad it is, we brought ourselves there awaiting the perfect candidate. He did come to the dance.

Also I do not believe that Ronald Reagan would trash this party because he disagreed. He IMHO, he would work from within it to make the changes and corrections he believed were necessary. He would not 'cut and run'.

[Marathoner 244]

I’m going to hold my nose and vote for McCain if he’s the candidate. As Newt Gingrich said the other day, “Who do want for POTUS, someone you disagree with 20% of the time or someone you disagree with 90% of the time.”

Clinton or Obama would be disastrous for this country as they would take us further and further down the road to socialism by the time their term ended.

[Logical me]

Romney wasn't perfect but he was a moderate, not liberal, and would keep us from drifting farther to the left. His fiscal and national security stance on the issues gave the conservative hope. We missed a chance.

I'm afraid we have missed it. Romney, like many conservative Republicans, were converts. Romney was in the process and what I saw I liked. Oh, well, water under the bridge.

[Eva]

We aren’t running away from the party, the party left us. The religious right went left and the good old boys decided that it was more pragmatic to stay with one of their own.

[NittanyLion]

As Newt Gingrich said the other day, “Who do want for POTUS, someone you disagree with 20% of the time or someone you disagree with 90% of the time.”

If you only disagree with McCain 20% of the time, you must be a flaming liberal.

[Jewels1091]

Ahem to this article! If the people on this site ‘sit it out’ who will be to blame when the taxes go up, when the troops are pulled out of the middle east and it goes to he!! in a hand basket, when the gitmo detainees are brought into this country and given pony tailed jackass lawyers to get them off...who???? Every single person who ‘sat it out’ will be to blame. Think past your anger, think to the security of this nation, not your selfish ideals that came come with the next president

[Danae]

I have to agree. I am not a McCain supporter, but I am a GOP supporter. Frankly we made our bed by allowing early Primaries in Liberal leaning states. This is going to get us Liberal Conservatives. Its a simple one to one relationship. So this is what we have, and for DAMN sure it beats Hitlery or Obama.

There is little choice in the matter, either vote for the GOP candidate and we are spared the liberal horrors that are Clinton/Obama, or don’t vote and just hand them the keys.

That’s what IS folks. Hold your nose and do what needs to be done. The alternative is NOT worth contemplating.

[blaveda]

That having been said let’s move on; my God, we now have pundits clamoring for her heinous...the world has truly gone mad.

[nonliberal]

I would rather have someone in the White House with the wrong principles (Hitlery) than someone devoid of any (McCain).

Hitlery could do a lot less damage.

[G.Mason]

"Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican."

Many love to post that.

Quite frankly? As a Conservative first I could give a damn about "Republicans".

[blaveda]

That having been said let’s move on; my God, we now have pundits clamoring for her heinous...the world has truly gone mad.

[originalbuckeye]

Ditto.

[oh8eleven]

"True" Conservatives supposedly stayed home during the 2006 election and look at the result ...


Now they want to complete the "trifecta" by adding ...

[roses of sharon]

McCain helps Democrats against us all the time, he even said Hillary and Kerry would make good Presidents, ie, good CICs.

This has nothing to do with principles or purity as a conservative, it has to do with political character, and who he has sided with, who he has gone against for 8 years running.

He says he will not leave Iraq, but I’m not so sure, giving his stance with the Dims on Gitmo, interrogations, and claiming we have wasted troops lives.

[montag813]

How many million illegals was he and his friend Kennedy trying to put on free health care??

Bush is even more pro-amnesty than McCain. Don't forget that.

[blaveda]

That would be Clinton.

[rbmillerjr]

“We aren’t running away from the party, the party left us. The religious right went left and the good old boys decided that it was more pragmatic to stay with one of their own.”

That pretty much sums it up.