*dons fire proof suit*
You know in a way...wht Malkin...Rush and a few on here are saying IS correct.
We are screwed. But not in the way you all are thinking.
Right now...just reading through the (as I write this) almost 90 on this thread...for the most part I can’t tell any difference between the whining that DU does about Her Thighness and Barakstar! and the bellyaching going on here.
Except for the fact that we already know who our nominee will be and they won’t know til Denver...maybe.
But where the Dems have us over a barrel is that even with all their squabbling and sniping over who should be the candidate...they will ALL support whoever comes out on top.
Can we sit here and say the same thing?
There are far too many here willing to engage in self immolation because their specific candidate didn’t get the nod that yet again...it opens the door for the Dems to put their collective boot in our @ss.
At some point if the Republican party wants to do more than influence this country sporadically every couple decades or so...we have to quit this petty bickering like a bunch of pre-schoolers.
Ok so McCain gets his rocks off talking tough to fellow Republicans and kissing @ss to the MSM. We can blunt that effect when he gets elected.
Elect people to the House and Senate that ARE the conservative voices we want. Any president can talk a good game...but he or she can’t get SQUAT done unless they have the votes in Congress.
And while we are squabbling over the fine print with McCain the Dems are running the New Southern Strategy. Putting up people for election that sound more conservative than a Conservative who will then vote the Liberal Party line once they get inside the beltway.
And we are letting them get away with it. We should be ashamed.
If you want to catch a thief...you have to think like a thief.
Same analogy applies to politics.
If we want to beat the Dems we have to think like they do in terms of ruthlessness when it comes to getting OUR people elected.
Otherwise they will continue to steal our candy and punch us in the gut and laugh as they walk away.
I know there will be people who as they read this will start moving the cursor to the alert button...fine...been there done that...I understand there are people who don’t like to hear the reality of how things are.
There are people who will accuse me of being some kind of squishy moderate...fine...do that too...I’ll go dig up my posts openly supporting Thompson and speaking of the virtues of Hunter and Tancredo.
The fact of the matter is I’m talking about the reality of the situation that is in front of us today. Some don’t want to hear it...that’s on them.
But the fact of the matter is...while we are bellyaching about who will be in the White House the Dems are making moves to guarentee that whether someone with an R or a D are sitting in the Oval Office...they will be dealing from a position of strength.
Can we say the same thing?
EXCELLENT post! Well put. Bravo.
Well done.
I believe McCain will keep the military strong in Iraq and in the war against terrorists. I believe McCain will appoint more conservative judges. I believe McCain will do what he said in vetoing pork spending bills.
That’s only three, but it’s three more than we will ever have if a Democrat is elected in November.
I see McCain however as a different type of candidate.
I see us bashing him over and over and getting away with it,sounds crazy, but here is why we can. And why he will undoubtedly throw us under the bus every chance he gets!
. Every time we bash him he looks better to the middle of the roaders and the not so wacky left. We knock him, he looks better to his crossover voters. He will win either way. It's just a matter of who pulls the lever.
He is unique candidate in that respect,IMHO.
Actually McCain allows us to hold our conservative values and still win IMHO while he runs us over and over with the Straight Talk Express!
Thank you, sir, may I have another, sir?
...however; I am afraid you are overlooking one factor, there are many Conservatives, far more than a few here on this very site, that absolutely LOVE getting to bitch and moan about Juan McCain [as they so cleverly refer to him.]
The philosophy of Rummy, "You go to war with the army you have..."...or the even older cliche, "When you have lemons, you make lemonade, [whether you care for lemonade or not.]...sadly, means nothing to them.
If you posted the comments of #120 every week as a reminder of “the big picture” I would say Bravo!