Posted on 05/15/2008 1:49:02 PM PDT by mojito
[snip] ....The sales job is a myth. In reality, a McCain presidency would promise an entirely conventional, center-left, multilateralism.
If you liked the second Bush term, if you liked Clintonian foreign policy, you will find much to admire in a Commander-in-Chief McCain. There would be the same agonizing over European and Islamic perceptions of America; the same doctrinaire commitment to the alchemy of democracy promotion; and the same fondness for heaping more unaccountable bureaucratic sprawl atop the already counter-productive agencies and multinational institutions that frustrate the United States at every turn.
Don’t take my word for it. Read McCain’s own Foreign Affairs essay, published late last year, in which the senator dilates on his philosophy. The leitmotif of “An Enduring Peace Built on Freedom” is that America’s tattered standing in the world must be restored. Typical is this:
"We cannot build an enduring peace based on freedom by ourselves. We must be willing to listen to our democratic allies. Being a great power does not mean that we can do whatever we want whenever we want, nor should we assume that we have all the wisdom, knowledge, and resources necessary to succeed. When we believe international action — whether military, economic, or diplomatic — is necessary, we must work to persuade our friends and allies that we are right. And we must also be willing to be persuaded by them. To be a good leader, America must be a good ally."
(Excerpt) Read more at article.nationalreview.com ...
We never learn! We get starry eyed and into big trouble.
McCain’s age is the only thing that gives me a glimmer of hope.
To me the question isn’t whether we should consult with our allies before taking international action, we should if only to be courteous to their opinions and maybe see something we overlooked (being thorough), it is whether a commander in chief has the will to take that action unilaterally if he/she believes we are right even though our “allies” think otherwise.
They are even ready for subprime time.
I distinctly remember W HAMMERING Gore on the folly of nation building 8 long years ago. Yet here we are. 9-11 changed alot of things but the folly of nation building wasn’t among them.
Whoa, McCain is past prime time, he is overcooked. So far he is a liberal dream. He wants approval in his old age, he gets it from the MSM and liberals.
Okay, MacCainiacs, is Andrew McCarthy also on George Soros's payroll?
Can Obama reshape U.S. foreign policy? (Tehran Times via The Guardian!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016176/posts
Operation Chaos: Why Rush Limbaugh Was Right
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011242/posts
I am quite convinced that McCain would be a lousy President, but I WILL NEVER vote for the black racist coward, Obama.
Really the article is irrelevant. The question now is will you or I like a McCain foreign policy more than an Obama foreign policy. Those are the choices.
Or in terms of the article, what matters now is is McCain more ready for prime time comander-in-chief than Obama.
Tom DeLay said that McCain over the years has done more to thwart the conservative movement then any other person.
For this reason and the fact that nothing he says he’ll do in his tenure will he be able to complete.
I refuse to reward him for his 8 years of smacking dowb conservative’s.
He is no conservative.
His immigration policy will require HUGE tax increases, I mean HUGE.
He will not be able to appoint conservative judges because the congress will not approve them. He’ll need to cut a deal and appoint someone Teddy likes.
His energy policy will cost jobs, and a huge increase in prices.
I cannot vote for McCain, the more I hear him speak the more I know that I won’t.
“Obambi or Hildebeast would be much lousier and cause far greater damage to this nation.”
All three of the candidates are equally capable of causing tremendous damage to the country.
The only thing that we have to stop any of them from implementing their leftist plans is republicans in the House.
They may fight back against Hillary or Obama, but they will rubber stamp McCain’s plans to show solidarity.
This is why I’m hoping that McCain loses and praying for airtight gridlock.
While many wonder if he will last a gruelling four years as president, the pot would really be aboil if he has a problem (stroke, non-fatal heart attack, etc.) while campaigning -- a draining job in itself. If that happens and he has not selected somone as vice-president, there would be one Helluva scramble on the GOP side.
Keep a good thought...:{)
We can only hope.
This story has no relevance right now.
The only related question right now that matters is:
Which of the two presidential nominees, SnObama or McLame, is more “ready for prime time”?
CAMPAIGN SLOGAN!!! ;)
Sorry Kent, my GOP gag reflex has been worn out today. I am getting the dry heaves. LOL
I wish you weren’t right, but you are. That is why I am feeling ill.
Explain how Obama or Clinton offer a better alternative. Those are the choices. Better suck it up and get used to it.
The time for this discussion was 8 months ago and no I did not vote for McCain in my primary.
(snip)National-security issues, which McCain sees as one of his strongest points, may end up being his Achilles' heel. Already there is concern among his conservative friends that McCain may lack the disposition to command, showing an uncertain sense of purpose and outright bad political judgment.
"What's the first thing you would do as president?" the Detroit News recently asked McCain.
"The first thing I would do," the candidate answered, "is call in John Kerry, Bob Kerrey, Joe Biden, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger, Dick Lugar, Chuck Hagel and several others and say we've got to get foreign-policy, national-security issues back on track."
That statement ricocheted through cyberspace, with Washington national-security experts wondering, "Is McCain nuts?" The formula doesn't compute:
Running frantically in the direction of a demonstrable traitor, in order to (in his own words) "get foreign-policy, national-security issues back on track."
Revolting... and absolutely indefensible.
Keep up, would you? McCain only got approval from liberals and the MSM when he disagreed with Bush. Now they hate McCain and will do anything to see Obama in the White House.
“McCain’s age is the only thing that gives me a glimmer of hope.”
Ditto. I feel dirty for thinking that way but I feel I must always look for the silver lining.
“If that happens and he has not selected somone as vice-president, there would be one Helluva scramble on the GOP side.”
They would likely (at the convention) go with the person that had the next highest delegate count.
What and Shrillary or Obama are?
“I’d rather tread water with McCain for 4 years than sink like the Titanic with either of those two.”
Won’t treading water be difficult with all those knife wounds in your back?
Ask me if I care? I could care less about old spineless sellout liberal republicans. If he wins by happenstance, so be it, if he doesn’t, nothing will be any different than under any other Democrat. Doesn’t matter what fox is guarding the henhouse. A fox is a fox.
“McCain only got approval from liberals and the MSM when he disagreed with Bush. Now they hate McCain and will do anything to see Obama in the White House.”
Yes. I...feel...so..bad...for...him.
Yes,and adults will deal with the issue non-hysterically. Those are the choices, as unfortunate as they are. It's like choosing between Nixon and Humphrey or Nixon and McGovern.
I also hope, but ONLY if the right person is selected for Veep.
No. What we need is a CONSERVATIVE in power, not some grizzled old fart who, in the end, stands only for John McanCia. If MacNuts were serious about protecting the US, he wouldn't demand closing down GITMO, he wouldn't oppose "torture" of prisoners, he'd support reducing our dependency on foreign oil by not actively opposing drilling in ANWR, he wouldn't leave our southern border wide open and he wouldn't have supported establishing an Islamo-fascist regime in Kosovo.
BEST to vote for a real conservative and tell the CINO MacNaic to go f__k himself and the elephant he rode in on.
I hope these panty waist turds get what makes them so afraid, they are so weak and pathetic. They have sealed their own fate, and are too dense to realize it.
They need a purge.
You think we're screwed with MacCain then?
So you see no difference between finishing the job in Iraq and an immediate pull-out? How are they the same?
LOL. Yep!
It's so much easier to blame it on YOU! ("YOU" meaning those evil conservatives)
a. The sooner the better, pre-nomination, if a guy can dream...
b. V.P. candidates that I consider worse than McCain is a relatively short list
I don’t feel bad for him either. But to say that McCain has the approval of liberals and the MSM is idiotic.
Geesh, I have never been so inspired. Hoping for the whackjob I voted for to croak. LOL
Do you think McCain is smart enough to pick a repugnant VP in order to prolong his miserable existence?
Must be why Ms Obama is against Hillary.
Who knows what the future brings?
Such are the cards we are dealt this year...sigh.
Yep. Can’t say I disagree with the sentiment.
If McCain wins, the traitorous Democrats will defund the war, just like they did under Nixon. Do you really think they are going to allow MCCain to proceed like they did Bush, especialy with no big election on the horizon? They would like nothing better than to put a loss on the GOP. If McCain wins, they will move fast out of spite. If they have a 60 vote margin, its all over.
Wake up!
Let us not underestimate the threat that has been given ground in the DemonRAT party. It will use the public trough to seduce the populous in a demonic game of bait and switch.
McCain, seems oblivious to the danger or sees the concern as some extreme right wing cry of wolf. This is symptomatic of one who has been too long conditioned and isolated by the socialist culture of Washington DC. We know better. We see the big picture. Let Obama be a warning shot for how close this nation is to Marxist system.
While we move McCain to the Presidency, we buy time needed to plant fertile ground for a leader to rise up and take this country back.
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