Posted on 02/10/2008 8:53:14 AM PST by K-oneTexas
John Hawkins can cry me a river. He should remember the Whigs... that’s where the republican party is going to be in 10 years.
The conservative principle at play here is:
STUPIDITY
For further information on this principle in action, see the U.S. Presidental elections of 1992 and 1996.
Small consolation when McCain, if he were to win, treats the people of this nation the way he treats his own constituents in Arizona.
Watch McCain show his utter disdain for people from home state when they ask about illegals.
Watch his handler threaten a woman asking about illegals raping children.
Watch McCain stand on stage and say nothing when they tell one of his constituents to "shut up!".
No. Let ME tell YOU what I AM doing. It's high time the Republican Party starts listening rather than talking.
I am telling you I want (and will vote for) a conservative candidate, not merely one who is slightly more conservative than the Democrat nominee.
I will no longer "hold my nose" and vote. When I do, the Republican Party looks at that and ASSUMES I must like the candidate because every four years it gives me someone similar. No mas.
Figure out a way to get a conservative nominee. You've got four years to solve the problem. I suggest two things: One, start the primary process in conservative states, not liberal ones. Two, close the voting to Republicans only. Get serious and you'll get my vote. Keep dickin' around, and you won't.
Yes. It's that simple.
I'm voting for McCain if he's the Republican nominee.
He's pro-life and generally solid on the WOT. As long as I get those things, I can accept that I won't get everything I'd like in a President.
To be honest, I'd vote for someone a LOT less desireable than McCain to keep Hillary from the White House.
And I'm not a McCain supporter, nor am I a GOP supporter. I'm a conservative. And I don't vote for liberals, period.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but that’s McCain.
Only self-promoting dopeheads like Limbaugh and Coulter want to elect a Democrat to “save” the GOP. Utter garbage. I never supported McCain. But if he is the nominee, I will support and vote for him. He would never cut and run. I truly believe the election of either Hillary or Obama would mark the end of the U.S. as the great power among nations.
"We absolutely, positively NEED an infinitely greater number of cheap, affordable roofers, pool boys, lawn maintenance men and drywall installers, dammit!!"
Do not presume to lecture me about selfish ideals!
If McCain is elected he will pass amnesty and this country will be flooded and VERY insecure so don’t try to foist that canard on me.
And since when did standing up for what you believe in become selfish? You want me to bend past the breaking point of my principles. You want us to move a little more to the left in the belief we can correct it later. We have tried that plan and lost.
Remember the definition of insanity?
I'll agree that McCain won't likely pull the troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, but we already know he doesn't approve of Gitmo, and his "immigration" policies will raise the taxes more than anyone can imagine. So we can vote for McCain, or we can vote for Obama/Clinton, or we can sit it out. All three will result in the same outcome--with the possible exception of Iraq and Afghanistan.
for all his faults, his is better that hitlary or obama...this country can not afford another ‘jimmy carter’ right now, it’s too dangerous!
Great essay. It won’t win any converts, however, because it’s more than the principles being violated by McCain. It’s the entire GOP party apparatus which is moving leftward inch by inch that is losing the conservative base it once held. If they (RINOS) win this one (which they won’t) they will further entrench themselves deeper into the GOP and rot it from core outward.
I would never vote for hillary,hussein or paul
Why don’t the party hacks just declare their choice for President and suspend the elections in this country?I think that’s what they would really like to do.
I’m not voting for a jackass.
Which brings up the old saying, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on ME."
In essence that's exactly what they've already done. Open primaries, early primaries in left-leaning states, etc. The result was preordained.
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