Posted on 02/04/2008 8:28:51 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20
Right now it looks like John McCain has the inside edge for the Republican nomination ... and to listen to the mainstream media portray it, conservative talk show hosts are going nuts!
The first (and obvious) observation is that up until now it seems to me that the MSM paid little attention to talk shows. After all, we were just "hate radio" and hardly worth credit for being radio's number one format. Now, when there seems to be some negative opinions of John McCain being expressed on many shows, the MSM is just beside itself! Well .... Thanks for the publicity!
It seems to be true, though, that there are some icons on the right who have made it clear that they are neither going to support McCain's campaign, nor are they going to vote for him. Well ... even though I occupy a decidedly non-icon status, my views: First ... I don't believe that they won't end up casting their vote for him. Secondly ... does a McCain presidency really mean the end of the world? Can you honestly say that Hillary Clinton would be better than McCain?
If I don't vote for the Republican nominee it won't be anything new. I've voted for the Libertarian candidate in about half of the elections since I started doing talk radio --- and very well may do so again this year. Just show me a Libertarian candidate who will go to the mat protecting this country from Islamic radicals and I'll vote for him. And that brings us to McCain.
Though most Americans have gone to sleep on this issue, I still feel that the threat of Islamic fascism is the greatest threat facing this country. I truly believe that at some time in the future George Bush will get the recognition and thanks he so richly deserves for doing everything he could to protect us from these Islamic goons. We may never know what horrendous attacks were prevented by his steadfast devotion to our safety, and he may never get the thanks that is due.
McCain, above all others, is the candidate who I believe will do what is needed to continue to carry the fight to the Islamofascists. These Islamic goons need to be found and killed over there before they bring their deadly version of Islam to us.
I, too, have huge problems with McCain's promotion of the Campaign Finance Reform Act. I'm none too pleased with his favoring of amnesty for criminal illegal (redundant) aliens. He says his attitude has changed on this issue. We'll see. McCain's reasons for voting against the Bush tax cuts were logical. We don't know to this day how he would have voted had the margin been closer.
McCain isn't the perfect candidate. Frankly, I think that Romney would make a better president. Dick Morris may be right, though, in telling us that McCain very well could win, while Romney very certainly could not.
A little less bluster and a bit more thought would be appreciated on this issue.
BUT ... AS FOR SUPER TUESDAY
No, my vote won't be for McCain. I'll be voting for Mike Huckabee. Right now I consider a vote for Huckabee to be a vote for the FairTax. It's a vote we probably won't be able to cast later down the road ... so now's the time. I don't tell others how to vote ... but a strong showing by Huckabee in Georgia and other Super Stupendous Duper Tuesday would keep the FairTax out there, big time. We could cap off those strong Huckabee showings with the debut of "FairTax, The Truth: Answering the Critics" one week from tomorrow.
This morning "FairTax, The Truth" was Number 22 on Amazon.com. Other than votes for Huckabee ... I can think of no better way to tell the media and Washington establishment that the people of this country want this tax reform, and want it sooner rather than later, than to give this book a push to a high debut on the bestseller's lists. Now's the time.
Here's your link to Amazon.com where you can purchase the book and have it in your hot little hands by next Tuesday afternoon.
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Conservatives can’t be seen as unimportant when every Republican candidate tries to portray himself as the true heir of Ronald Reagan.
And I would consider it a “crass career move” if the talks show hosts I regularly listen to - Rush, Sean, and Mark Levin - turned on a dime and endorsed McCain rather than standing by their conservative principles and criticizing him. No radio host is perfect either, but the death of talk radio has been greatly exaggerated, as the saying goes - for about the fiftieth time.
I wish McCain and Huckabee would walk off into the sunset together.
(And I wish Romney was a Conservative...as long as I’m wishing.)
How serious are Bush and McCain about protecting us from terrorists when our borders remain wide open for them to come through? I’m puzzled by this. Please explain.
Good article. People are starting to come around to the fact that McCain will be the GOP nominee. We need to reconcile ourselves to this and help John win in November. After he wins, there will be plenty of opportunity to influence him to steer farther to the right.
And as for this business of projecting an image of McCain as a mad Captain Queeg-like figure: knock it off. Sure, he can be mercurial, but he’s no more loony or frenzied than any other motivated senator. People who try to promote that false image of McCain are only deluding themselves. The reality is that McCain is “approachable” in terms of influencing him to adopt changed positions on many issues — just like any other successful pursuer of the Presidency.
I wish Hillary, Obama, Huckabee, McCain, Romney, Paul, Kucinich, Bubba, Oprah, Schumer, Hillary, Linseed Graham, Kerry, Kennedy, Pelosi, Reid, Frank, Hillary, Weiner, Boxer, pant suits, would all go away.
If Hitlery is president, the Republicans in Congress will filibuster to prevent any of her bills from passing.
If McCain is president, the GOP will go along with the Party and pass his liberal/socialist crap.
You got that right. Come convention time, Huckabee will tell all his delegates to vote for McCain, so essentially, all Huckabee delegates are McCain delegates.
The greatest threat facing this country is the dumbing-down process. If it weren’t for that, we wouldn’t have such difficulty nominating and electing quality candidates (just one example). We’re so worried about external threats like Islamofascism, when in the end it will make no difference since we’ve rotted from within. Any external threat could press its finger through without a problem. Wake up. Our systems - or the people running them, to be more precise - are reaching the tipping point where we won’t be able to do anything within the rules of the system to reel things back in. Election 08 probably represents reaching that point.
The second he gets the nomination, the question of his marriage comes up. It is going to be a stunning defeat. He left his wife while she was fighting cancer!!! That will not sell in middle America, the South, the West, or the Northeast! Now many will say it didn’t hurt him in Arizona when he ran for Senator...well that is senator not President of the United States!
At this point, wish in one hand and Mitt in the other and see what you have more of.
Wish I believed you.
I don't, however.
Pound sand.............
McCain is a crook.
The Clintons are crooks and Marxists.
Obama is a Muslim.
Romney, unfortunately, is the best we've got.
ROFLOL! If you really believe this, I feel sorry for you.
And that's part of his problem. He's "approachable" to Ted Kennedy. He's "approachable" to Joe Lieberman. He's "approachable" to Russ Feingold. He's "approachable" to Hillary Clinton. He's willing to cave to them at the drop of a hat so he can get the blessing of the New York Times and CNN.
What makes you think McJudas will not sell us out on ANY political issue, since he is so "approachable"?
Reminds me of the case made by some for Ford and Dole. And they lost too of course.
People like Boortz forget that candidates like McCain who try to run in the middle of the road end up getting run over by both sides — the liberals will vote for the Dem, the independents will be split, and the conservatives will vote third party or stay home.
LOL! So are high priced hookers...
“If Hitlery is president,....”
Bad enough those dangerous nut cases in AlQueda are going to test a new male president, could you imagine the depth of damage that would befall a country with a woman president? They weren’t too thrilled with the prospect of Bhutto.
You don't get it. McCain is steadily steering to the left. He has been doing it for the last eight years. The only candidate steering rightward is Mitt Romney.
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