"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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I heard some conservatism in his speech. And alot of liberalism. His department of education sounds like it will make Bush’s lean and mean and his promise to hand out $$ if you have to take a pay cut due to job loss is something that conservatives must rip to shreds.
No, York does not flip the definition. He says McCain is the opposite of a RINO (which is an acronym and literally means “Republican in Name Only”).
There needs to be another word for McCain. York seems to favor “Republican in Everything But Name,” or REBN, but that isn’t catchy. How about INO, or “Independent in Name Only”.
I used to like to refer to McCain as neither Republican nor Democrat, but mostly Democrat (seeming as how Republicans are mostly Democrats, these days). I don’t know what the hell McCain is right now.
Unfortunately, the specter of George Walker Bush is the example of conservatism. Ronald Reagan strived and with determined patriotism made the word "conservative" respectable to ALL Americans; George Bush was handed that Reagan treasure and wasted it with an empty veto pen for pork, trashed it with an incompetent former Secretary of Defense, stomped on it with foolish loyalty to Russian dictators and made "conservative" a nasty word. Our hope is that McCain will once-again restore its honored place
“Except that he can barely bring himself to say its name. In his acceptance address, McCain used the word “Republican” all of three times: once to describe vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s ability to work with both Republicans and Democrats, once to make the point that corruption exists in both parties, and once to lay special blame on Republicans who “gave in to the temptations of corruption.”
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Perfectly understandable.
I, too, bristle when called a Republican.
On a scale of 1 to 10,
the Republican party ranks ... oh, a 3.
Trouble is
Democrats are a 2.
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The answer is he picked Sarah Palin.
One of the most moving moments for me last night was during the video of his life. His military career was outstanding but what really brought tears to my eyes was when he was walking through the airport during the primaries: alone, shoulders stooped but with his head held high. I got a hurt in my chest so bad I was choking. I was never a big fan of his, but to see how he was brought so low, humiliated and laughed at by all sides really hurt. He may not be liked by all conservatives, but he sure did fight to deserve his nomination.
But I think I’m a fan now. We didn’t get to this level of liberalism in our country overnight. It took time and a lot patience on the part of democrats and liberals to embed their brand of slavery so deep that half the populous is addicted to dependency. There’s no way to bring back conservatism in one election. It’s like trying to teach someone who’s lost the use of his legs to walk again. It’s going to take time and patience, that same patience the liberals used. But I think time is on our side now because the libs are getting impatient, and it’s showing and turning off voters, a little more each election season.
One used to be able to consider Republican/Conservative as synonymous. And hence as Republican office holders especially began their drift towards the left, some stopping by in the "center" for a while RINO, which applied to self proclaimed conservatives no longer supporting or voting for conservative ideals, came into existence.
Actually, in my view the term RINO is outmoded. It should now be changed to
Conservative In Name Oonly - CINO!
The working definition of "Compassionate Conservative" became evident on many domestic issues quite early on during the GW years.
John McCain, unfortunately is cut from that same cloth and many domestic issues.
The only thing I know for certain is that Obama and his gang of Democrats are progressive socialists and I must oppose them even if it means voting for another CINO, which in and of itself doesn't give me much solace.
But heck I am no longer even a big "R"epublican rather a little "r"epublican! So I could no longer be classified as a RINO, I guess. ;-)
The is how I've described my senator John Warner (R-VA). A "Republican-In-Name-Only"
When the Republicans had a significant majority in the Senate, it was the limp-wristed RINOS that resisted the changing rules to allow an up-or-down vote on the judicial nominations. The RINOs like John Warner, Olimpia Snowe, Susan Collins, Lincoln Chaffee, Arlen Specter and several others, in my opinion, actually made the Republican majority in the Senate a "Republican-Majority-In-Party-Designation-Only" (A RAMIPDO?), because they sided with the liberals more times than not and instead of cutting the size of government and it's spending, they did just the opposite.
As Rush says: "Conservatism works every time it's tried" (or something to that effect), that Republican majority congress were NOT conservative.
I will qualify that however by stating that the House of Representatives sent many great and very necessary bills to the Senate only to have them rejected or die in committee or wherever...
Back a ways, I used this as a tag, "Conservatives....the true RINOs". The thread host on a popular, daily 'live thread' took great umbrage with this.
We have to pack the congress with as many conservatives as possible, otherwise McCain will sign amnesty and/or Cap on Trade legislation. He always sounds conservative during election season...we are well aware of that in Arizona.
Please do not try to rewrite history at this moment. I heard McCain claim the conservative mantle last night. I laughed out loud and listened for Reagan to roll over in his grave.
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