Posted on 03/08/2008 6:55:07 AM PST by OnRiver
Rove explained that he and McCain “got to know each other during the 2004 campaign.” In a separate interview, Mehlman noted that “McCain was completely loyal to the president in 2004 and worked incredibly hard to help him get elected.” According to Taylor, “The Bush Republicans here in town are excited for John McCain.”
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I'll take the latter for 100 Art! (Alex to youngsters)
LOL, either way I though it might sweeten up his disposition.
Oh great, looks like he took my advice by virtue of the boss. He has been sent on vacation.
None of us on this forum are totally happy with McCain, but until we get a truly conservative to run, I think we back the republican candidate.
I remember the Carter years vividly. An Obama or Hillary presidency will be ten times worse.
Whether McCain, or Hillbama, we are going to have a centrist-to-liberal president come November. We better be prepared to fight the liberalism coming out of the White House or we are all cooked! Also, when McCain has control of the Party apparatus, how much support do you think your local state party is going to get for electing conservatives (or moderates, for that matter)? Should we not plan for that inevitablity, or should we wait until 2010 after the internal structure of the party has been moved even farther to the left?
You see, I don't see November 5 as the end of the game. I also don't think that a McCain "win" is a win for conservatism or the platform of the existing party. The fight has only begun. What will you do when President McCain formally lays out a platform for closing Guantanamo? Will you support him because he is your party's President--or will you oppose it on principle? What will you do when President McCain introduces a new multi-billion dollar program to fight global warming or announces his support for the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea? Will you support it, or will you fight it? What will you do when the McCain camp rewrites the party platform in November and you realize that you now only support 20% of his big-government "National Greatness" policies? What then?
Support of your party's candidate is fine--but what would it take for some to realize that the party has been taken over by people that do not represent the same ideas upon which that party has operated for several decades?
Many of us in California have just lived through this for the last 5 years since electing Arnold Schwarzenegger as our governor. He has accomplished more for LIBERALISM than any Democrat could have dreamed of. He has destroyed the Republican party apparatus, leaving it totally incapable of assisting any conservative (or Republican) campaign this fall. Economically, the man is clueless and embraces many of the same environmental policies as Al Gore (much like McCain). For the first several years, all we Californians heard from the "pragmatic" bunch was why we still had to support our so-called Republican governor because he was better than the (D). Sound familiar?
Vote as you see fit--but please, open your eyes and recognize what you are voting for, what the next 4-8 years might bring, and plan accordingly. And please, don't gripe about those of us that are looking beyond November 5th.
I still will not vote for McCain for the very reasons you state. If my single vote causes the Republicans to lose, so be it.
Well Said calcowgirl....well said.
But I am not so sure that McCain’s or Obama’s Victory in just the beginning...
Us conservatives are but a small voice now....no one wants to listen to us anymore....we have lost our credibility for the crime of early on support of Bush.
I’m seeing on too many formums a growing support for OBAMA.....and he makes Hillary look conservative.
Either way, America and its sheeple will lose.
Calcowgirl, you rang that bell so loud, I could hear it here in Delaware!
Thank you for your clarity. The experience in CA is exactly what we will face with McCain. We went through the same thing when I lived in NJ with Christine Todd Whitman, who must be giving Ahnold lessons.
I don’t understand why more conservatives are just willing to be rolled for McCain. The convention is not until September. That’s a lifetime in politics. He is the PRESUMPTIVE nominee, not the nominee yet.
This is the last time we will have a seat at the GOP table, between now and September. After the convention it will not matter if McCain becomes the nominee. This is the last time conservatives will be able to influence the GOP before it commits political hari-kari with the Manchurian Candidate.
McCain, Hillary, Obama—no difference except in degree.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is whistling past the graveyard.
Perhaps they are looking for the most impeachable candidate so we can have do-over. ;-)
LOL. I got a little fired up. :-)
We went through the same thing when I lived in NJ with Christine Todd Whitman...
I've never looked closely at her record, but I've heard some stories as to the similarities. There is a whole group of them. Most seem to be either "Main Street Republicans" or part of the "Third Way" movement. They operate from similar playbooks.
Impeachable?
Never happen....too many of us have been conditioned to rely on the government and the liberals have fostered that belief....
There are not enough passionate people like you calcowgirl out there...to make a difference.
I was thinking more of his links to the south side Chicago gang. An expansion of the Rezko theme, perhaps. No matter how this turns out, it's going to be an ugly 4-8 years (if not more).
There are not enough passionate people like you calcowgirl out there...to make a difference.
Oh, I think they are out there--they're just takin' a nap (unforunately).
Actually, he's a "back door" guy.
Ouch! (to your post, I mean.) ;-)
It's worse. They have no faith and concede their principles out of fear.
Gang of 14.
Whitman is a co-founder of It’s My Party Too!, a disaffected group of moderate Pubs, add the New Majority in the mix as a sister org. and waa laa, ya got your political machine of the 3rd Way ,, uhh 3rd Millennium. :-)
As to the 3rd Way,, It is not a Reich movement per se, but pretending to be things one is not and playing a Progressive and preying on others fears and dreams when doing so is pretty low in my book.. at least I can fight a varmint democRat and worry about jabs in the arse from one of my “My Friends”.
All you FReepers better do like John Wayne said:"Lissen up pilgrims an lissen TIGHT!!!"
Now that's what I call "communication!!!"
When it starts out with "Look--," you better believe she's got her fists squarely on her hips and is demanding your full, undivided attention because she's finally brimming with righteous indignation at a cresendo of B.S. and she's simply fed up with it!!!
What a magnificent summation calcowgirl... just magnificent!!!
Thanks! I forgot about "It’s My Party Too!"
As to the hands on the hips--errr, no. But I do have my cowboy boots on! ;-)
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