Posted on 12/27/2007 12:40:29 PM PST by 3AngelaD
Who is peddling hatred?
I certainly did not mean to imply any hatred in my post, which consists of quotes from presidential candidates that I found on the Internet. I can’t image why you said this to me.
Worse, Huckabee APOLOGIZED for it.
The man is 9/10 Jimmah Carter and 1/10 pigmy marmoset.
“Washington faces charges it didn’t do enough to protect the slain Pakistani leader.”
Look at what Yahoo is posting on their main page. Apparently the MSM thinks it’s our fault.
I’m not sure Huckabee meant that, but it would be mighty bad if he did.
Yup...MCCAIN!
Huckabee has the Jimmah Carter “blame America first” reflex.
We all know it.
I am a fundamentalist Christian, and I say Huckabee is an idiot.
I would not vote for McCain based on one issue about which he is right. He has a violent temper ala Hillary. That is not a Presidential temperament. He votes for gun control, high taxes, and open borders.
Thanks, but no thanks.
FYI - McCain supports the 2nd Amendment, and has NEVER voted for a tax increase.
FMI - How do you know he has a “violent” temper??
(He seemed pretty calm & collected on all the debates, etc. so far).
McCain was for the "assault weapons" ban and other dubious legislation.
McCain's temper is a matter of public record.
I also add as that a member of the Senate's group of 14 compromisers, he effectively blocked many Bush judges who would be on the bench now. They were not considered because the Constitutional option was blocked by Bush's own party members.
Do some research on your candidate. Two of many articles on his temper:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991031/aponline183823_000.htm
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/7/9/211152.shtml?s=ic
John Lott, the famous pro-gun researcher and the GOA on McCain:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjIwYjQyOGQ4OWNhN2I0Nzc1MTE4NmVmZWRmMGJjMWE=
http://www.gunowners.org/mccaintb.htm
McCain brags about voting against the Bush tax cuts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUDBV6RhQho
Hugh Hewitt on his 'Gang of 14' blocking of judges:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944947/posts
Summary on McCain:
http://www.rightwingnews.com/category.php?ent=5365
Thank you for taking the time to post all that “info”. I have examined all of it. Some of it is old news rehashed from 1999 and some of it is “spin” from people who are in other camps.
Do I have to explain why the tax cuts ARE a bad idea if spending continues thru the roof?
Most of the other stuff McCain gets taken to task for is from his trying to put the “needs of the nation” over the “needs of his party”. Is it so important that Republicans “win” on every single issue that we diminish the effectiveness of our government?
I submit that every time McCain has strayed from the “Party Line” has been in the interest of actually getting something DONE - isn’t that what we elect & pay these guys to do?? So he has to compromise sometimes - and make some concessions in order to secure cooperation on other things. That’s just PRAGMATISM. And STATESMANSHIP.
There are certain things on which McCain will not budge - Right-to-Life, and Support for the Troops. He understands the Global Issues & knows the world leaders. That sits well w/ me. What does “amnesty” for hard-working immigrants matter if Terrorists are at the door? (Not that I favor amnesty, but the WOT is a much bigger priority). Sometimes you have to give up some things in order to get others - that’s compromise & that’s what I was told in my very first Civics class - “Government often means compromise”. Should we hamstring our legislators over every single issue? Given that the dems now have the majority, to never budge means we’d lose on EVERY issue EVERY time - how productive is that?
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