Texas evangelical Republicans reluctantly back McCain

Dallas News ^ | June 14, 2008 | Wayne Slater

[CreativePerspective]

For religious conservatives at the Texas Republican Convention, even the song list at Friday's prayer rally suggested dark days ahead for the GOP.

"We're going to support McCain," he said with a distinct lack of enthusiasm. "He may not have been all of our first choice, but he is our choice."

"I'm going to support McCain and try to help people see the reality of the total picture and how dangerous Barack Obama is," said state Sen. Dan Patrick, a conservative talk-radio host with a strong evangelical following. "There is no other choice."

[CreativePerspective]

Looks like reality is sinking in -- if you don't support McCain, you ARE supporting Obama.

[NormsRevenge]

if you don’t support McCain, you ARE supporting Obama.

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Oh really? uhh,, if you say so.

Welcome to FR.

[deport]

Looks like reality is sinking in —

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Depends....... Paul and his bots haven’t gotten the message yet or so it seems.

[KevinJohnson]

McCain is an arrogant guy, with plenty of liberal tendencies, and I don't really like the idiot or his policies much, but compared to the extreme left-wing Obama, even McCain manages to look like right winger. It's amazing the RATS nominated such an extremist to be their candidate.

[Taking Congress back in 2010]

Wow, what enthusiatic endorsements!!

After the way McCain dumped Hagee I can’t say I blame them for their tepid support.

[horse_doc]

Perhaps reality will set in with McCain as well.

Grudging support won't win this election - that just means we'll all vote against Obama, which just won't do the trick..

Enthusiastic support means bumper stickers, yard signs, contributions, phone banks, walking neighborhoods, and GOTV efforts. And victory. If McCain wants that, then he's got to show leadership, and give me something to get enthusiastic about.

One more hint - McCain's precious Independents won't give money, they won't put up a yard sign, they won't put a bumper sticker on their Prius, they won't work work phone banks, and they won't volunteer to GOTV. They won't do these things because they are too "independent" to associate with an organized political party.

And when these things don't happen, McCain will have exactly one person to blame.

[CindyDawg]

Not so fast there. This one hasn’t decided yet. I’m waiting to see who his VP is going to be.

[Clintonfatigued]

That’s the key- support for McCain among conservatives is reluctant and tentative. No one here wants Barack Obama to be President, but the alternative is nothing great.

The choice for VP will matter more than anything else.

[CreativePerspective]

“CP: “if you don’t support McCain, you ARE supporting Obama.”

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“NR: Oh really? uhh,, if you say so.”

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I am not the only one saying so, the point is that more and more conservatives are saying so and recognize reality.

I just posted that Texas Evangelicals and Republicans are saying so, including Sen. Dan Patrick (mentioned in the article)

“I’m going to support McCain and try to help people see the reality of the total picture and how dangerous Barack Obama is,” said state Sen. Dan Patrick, a conservative talk-radio host with a strong evangelical following. “There is no other choice.”

ALSO, conservative Sen. Brownback is saying so.

(Sen. Sam) Brownback on McCain train

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031467/

Barack’s a good guy - I like him - but he’s a very liberal Democrat,” Brownback said. “If you have a liberal Democrat plus a Democratic House and Senate, that’s a changed dynamic.”

That possibility is, he said, beginning to sink in among the social conservative movement.

[PAR35]

Pretty good summary there.

That reminds me - I need to go get some clothes pins before November.

[big'ol_freeper]

I’m not a Texian, but them folks got it figured out.

[NormsRevenge]

You’re like an echo from the past. Have we met on threads before.

You sure remind me of someone else who used the same spin here in the past, under a few different names, of course. Same old MO too, Shaming folks to supporting certain candidate no matter how questionable they are. aRnold comes to mind.

Just keep pumping it out, like many before, they jab at conservatives to win them over but never acknowledge how weak their own candidate is and by ntheir own doing and record of contempt for free speech and our nation’s soverignty.

[Kimberly GG]

“There is no other choice.”

There’s always a choice. But I’m sure the bipartisan OBL/CFRers & Bushbot types are quite pleased with the “no other choice” position they think they’ve put us in. That was the plan, was it not?

Just like with Mexico and Canada elections....they intend to be certain of cooperation in moving forward with the NAU agenda.

[Politicalmom]

What a crock.

[WarEagle]

The McCain camp is just not courting Evangelicals, they're doing everything they can to make sure we KNOW they don't want our support. There's a difference between being tepid about wanting Evangelical support and being openly hostile. As far as I'm concerned, these people have been openly hostile.

While at the same time having Carly Fiori court Hilary voters. GRRRRR

Who is McCain's campaign strategist? Wile E Coyote?

Whoever it is doesn't understand how to add and subtract.....

[horse_doc]

That possibility is, he said, beginning to sink in among the social conservative movement.

The other thing that McCain forgets is that, in the unlikely event that he wins, he will have to govern.

The media will tear him apart, in their fury at an Obama loss. Conservatives did their best to defend Bush (even though he didn't seem interested in defending himself), but it is asking a bit much for us to go to the mat for McCain. Without a firm base of support, his Presidency is DOA. His precious Independants won't be there for him, again, because they are too "independant" to get involved more than every 4 years or so.

[JulieRNR21]

NO Vote for McCain is a YES Vote for Obama!

[tflabo]

Looks like reality is sinking stinking in for McCain support.

[LostInBayport]

Enthusiastic support means bumper stickers, yard signs, contributions, phone banks, walking neighborhoods, and GOTV efforts. And victory. If McCain wants that, then he's got to show leadership, and give me something to get enthusiastic about.

Excellent post...bears repeating...

McCain is doing the opposite of what you advise. He's flipping the bird to what could be his base (conservatives) and pursuing voters who have little to no interest in adhering themselves to a political party, much less actively campaigning for one. That is, when he's not busy sucking up to the left.

This story is going to typify McCain's support...grudging, tepid, resigned and casual. If he keeps going out talking about the 'immigration problem' as opposed to the illegal immigration problem, keeps refusing to advocate drilling for oil here at home and keeps making overtures to the global warming alarmists...well, it will be all I can do to force myself to vote for the dope, never mind show any enthusiasm for him.

[Cicero]

After the way McCain dumped Hagee I can’t say I blame them for their tepid support.

I commented on this on an earlier thread. Hagee was taken in by all those "Hitler's Pope" type books, and called the Church antisemitic. Donohue called him out on it, helpful people intervened and explained that those charges against Pius X are lies propagated by our liberal masters, and Hagee apologized.

Hagee's apology was genuine. I'm a Catholic, and I'm totally sympathetic. Pastor Hagee and his wife met with Donohue in his New York office, as described in the most recent Catholic League newsletter, and they are now basically allies on the important issues: opposition to abortion and opposition to the destruction of traditional marriage and family.

THEN McCain issued his statement denying Hagee. I thought it was a pretty low and despicable thing to do, after the whole misunderstanding had been cleared up and settled.