Posted on 09/26/2009 3:11:14 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
By saying that Republican John McCain would have been a worse president than Barack Obama............
(I have no use for the rest of this website's drivel. I just want the substance of what Beck said)
(Excerpt) Read more at theweek.com ...
>>Would we be talking about Beck’s rise if not for Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe? <<
Yes. The Van Jones Boycott was before the ACORN scandal.
I did too. I stopped posting my list of links about McCain apart from a few exceptions. What was the point after that?
That doesn’t make him any less of an ACORN/SEIU supporting Soros puppet.
The top three candidates (0bama, Hillary & McCain) were all supported by Soros. So, who really won the election?
The internecine fighting has to stop about water over the bridge. Levine was no great fan of McCain and has talked about it on many occasions. We must unite and go forward to take back this country.
I have been around FR for a long time, under two different ID's, but I have NEVER read a more ignorant comment as this. You are now #1 on the list of DumbS&^% posters....
...and a newbie making stupid comments...
Glenn is great.
I voted for McCain but he was to liberal for me. And he was a great pal with Teddy K.
realm of conservatism - irrelevant.:..What does mean?
Glenn is great.
I voted for McCain but he was to liberal for me. And he was a great pal with Teddy K.
Katie Couric must be very happy that she has been able to expose a small rift in the conservative movement. As for whether McCain would be a worse president than Obama, I would respectfully disagree with Beck. I cannot think of anyone more destructive to core, founding American principles(except possibly FDR), However, this is a moot point so it serves no purpose to debate this if we want to advance the cause of conservatism. Likewise with the discussion of whether the conservative cause would be better or worse without a less striking counterpoint to conservatism such as Obama is also moot.
What we need to do is take over the Republican party. Our movement must act as the king makers for Republican candidates. Third parties have always fared poorly in American politics. We all know the story of the Bull Moose party which gave us one of Beck’s favorite progressives: Woodrow Wilson. We all remember Ross Perot’s gift of 8 years of Clinton.
You can’t build a winning major league team without a viable farm system. An independent or third party President would not be be supported by any party. Let’s learn from the Democrats. After all the uber leftists took over the Democrat party, right?
Come to think of it, perhaps, George Soros will covertly fund a right of center third party to ensure the one party totalitarian Democrat state.
Not to worry dear hearts, Mitt Romney will ride to the rescue!
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Just joking kids.
Beck is a grandstander who has successfully reported some revealing things.
He is still wrong.
While I don’t care much for McCain and only supported him because of Sarah Palin and the real fear of Obama, if he had won the presidency our Troops would not be sitting in Afghanistan wondering whether or not the CIC gives a damn about them!
In fact as predicted, Obama has done nothing but strengthen the conservative movement! Although, believing this does not change the reality McCain would have made a better POTUS.
Your point however, is a valid beyond all doubt. Please I'm begging you, my fellow conservatives, no more rino's!!!!
Sorry, but Beck is making the common mistake of confusing his own self interest with the county’s interest.
Had McCain won:
1. There would have been less of a stimulus budget buster.
2. There would be no attempt at government takeover of health insurance nor health care.
3. There would have been truther czar for Beck to go after.
4. There would be no doubt that the US would stay the course in Afghanistan.
5. There would have been no attempt at a cap and trade tax increase during a recession.
6. The public would not have been as concerned with the ACORN tapes as ACORN would have been further from influence. Still I think this one because of the child sex slavery would have caught the eye of the American public.
7. Though he voted against them, McCain would be arguing not to raise taxes during a recession by letting the Bush tax rate cuts expire.
8. The latest Supreme Court Justice would not be Sotomayor though I admit McCain might have disappointed us still.
9. The NEA would not be pressuring artist to do project supportive of the administration.
10. Eastern Europe would still be getting its missle defense.
11. Our foreign policywould be more than an apology.
BTW, the tea party protester etc would all still exist. The potential of the American public has always been there. The American public arises when needed. Had McCain been elected, the potential would have still been there. Beck might not have been as famous. You might not have met your latest boy/girl friend at a tea party protest, but that is individual interest not interst of the US.
I like Levin. Don’t dislike Beck, but don’t prefer his “schtick”. Regardless, they have more in common than they disagree on.
I think this is just a matter of The Week following thay age old strategy of setting conservatives against conservatives.
I voted for Palin ~ have no love for McCain ~ the Ancient One would have been a much better president than Obama.
We just had another had another “familycide” in my county; husband kills wife, 2 kids, dog and self. I’ll give the Dems another stripe for that.
When will the media start the count on Obamacides?
I listen to Mark and I have only heard him opine about Hannity. So, it doesn’t surprise me that he finds fault with another conservative commentator. Sometimes it seems it just may be their ego that if suffering. I heard the the Glenn Beck response and I totally agree with it. Take a backseat Mark, Glenn is driving this bus.
The left are going after Beck, not Levin. That speaks volumes about who they view as a threat.
They attack Rush too. And Palin. They could care less about McCain.
great post
First of all, regarding Afghanistan during the campaign McCain OPPOSED sending in more troops. In this respect, he was more of a peacenik than Obama. What makes you think that McCain would now flip flop on that issue?
Second, there would have been no ACORN tapes if McCain was in office. He would (without controvery) have continued the Bush policy of giving tax money to that group. Would Republicans object or fund investigations (even private ones)? Probably not the Republicans who never cared about ACORN when Bush was handing them our money!
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