Wrong. Only if conservatives let them. The time to decide this is called primaries. Support conservatives in the primaries. That's the logical and intended way to go. The point is that this Presidential elections are the wrong time to "teach a lesson". We should have been united on one conservative in the primaries. We were split and McCain sailed through. He is our candidate now. If we want to prevent future RINOs, weed them out in the primaries. It's really not that difficult.
Yes, we split between Hunter, Thompson, even Ron Paul. . .any others? (It’s late, I’m fuzzy). I hope we (conservatives) have learned our lesson and unite behind ONE candidate in the primaries next time.
Divided and conquered, that’s us.
I’ll be voting for McCain in November. I don’t think he’s all bad.
Supporting conservatives in primaries means supporting the conservative who runs against RINO Senator Arlen Specter here in PA come 2010.
Rush had Arlen on his program a few months ago.
He had Arlen on his show a few weeks before the 2004 primary were Pat Toomey almost beat him.
Rush is right to say support conservatives in primaries and that means a ban on Arlen Specter appearing on his program and allowing Specter’s opponent airtime in 2010.
Excellent post. Very true.
To continue the thought, I believe you would add "Then support the R nominee in the general, no matter what", or some variant thereof. Please correct me if this statement is in error.
The problem with this stand is simply that endorsing the R nominee no matter his stance is abrogating one's core principles in favor of party status. No matter what the nominee stands for, even when it contradicts the core tenet of one's political beliefs, the R means that the nominee gets the full support of the voter under this scenario.
In this case, a vote for McCain is a full endorsement of McCain-Feingold's stand againt the first amendment, plus an endorsement of every other questionable or downright wrong legislative act bearing the Arizonan's signature and/or name. I assume that your stumping for McCain will highlight each and every one of these transgressions in a wholly positive light?
This election is based on the Republican party fishing for the least conservative candidate that the conservatives will accept. The primary scheduling and setup, plus the party's handling of the candidates during this time made this perfectly clear. The outcome of this election will dictate for many years what kinds of candidates bubble to the top of the R cess pool.
May I assume you want to see nothing but more luke-cool conservative RINOs like McCain? "R-at-any-cost" voting will guarantee it.
You make it sound so easy. For one thing, we have to have conservatives on the ballot in the first place in order to vote for them. For another, we have to face the prospect of a real conservative being defeated by a liberal. Just having a conservative on the ballot is not a gimme.