Posted on 03/01/2008 7:15:57 AM PST by Richard Poe
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Lol, I think they know I am a rabid anti Hillary graphic maker - ya think?
Glad there are still conservatives out there!
The reason for borrowing $1,500,000,000,000 from China to go overseas while leaving our border wide open and claiming it's all in the name of security of our homeland makes no sense to me.
I tried to answer and began talking immediately. The host cut me off. Ron Paul didn’t think they were a threat to us and it was not our concern.
I don't pretend to know why our rulers want open borders. The reasons they offer don't make sense to me, and that is worrisome.
But I have no trouble at all seeing why the Middle East needs to be pacified and maintained as a de facto American protectorate. With oil supplies dwindling globally, we cannot afford to depend on the good will of unstable Arab nations for access to petroleum. We need to secure our access to Middle Eastern petroleum with 100 percent reliability.
Granted, you won't hear any Bush administration officials speaking candidly on this issue, but that is an unfortunate side effect of the times in which we live. Our mass culture has become so degraded by political correctness, that most people think it is immoral to go to war over anything as practical as access to resources.
Imagine trying to persuade Americans nowadays that we should go to war because our taxes and tariffs are too high (American Revolution) or to secure the right of our merchant ships to navigate the Mediterranean Sea without having to pay tribute to North African despots (Barbary Pirates War).
The fact is, wars have always been fought over control of resources, be it land, people, seaports, trade routes, petroleum or whatever. This is neither good nor bad. It is an undeniable fact of life.
It is not at all inconsistent to say that we are fighting for our freedom when we fight for access to resources, because our freedom depends upon our ability to sustain a thriving economy, without depending upon the promises or good will of foreign countries.
In this politically correct age, I don't expect everyone to understand or accept this point, but I certainly expect such understanding from a man who aspires to be president.
Ron Paul either does not understand geopolitics, or he is pretending not to understand it, and I am not sure which is worse.
Also, when it comes down to the general election, I would suggest that any time and money that could be spent supporting McCain would be better spent supporting good people running for Congress. Regardless of who wins the Presidency, we'll need all the good people in Congress we can get. If diverting support from McCain results in a couple more good people getting into Congress, I'd consider that a positive even if such diversion would cost McCain a victory.
Why don't you think McCain would act to stop that, given that he wrote legislation to forbid any such grass-roots people from doing anything to spread their message to the public? Even sending five hundred or more unsolicited letters to people telling them that McCain is a jerk is a felony offense, thanks to Senator McCain.
It is very unlikely that the Republicans will win both of the next two Presidential races. I would say that the odds of the Republicans winning in 2012 are much greater if McCain loses 2008 than if he wins.
I would suggest that the country would be in worse shape in 2016, after a McCain win in 2008 followed by a Democrat in 2012, than it would be in 2012 following a McCain loss. Unless one regards the decline of this country as inevitable and simply wishes to survive as long as possible, I see no reason to regard the former as preferable.
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These “Obama is the new greater threat conservatives”, when none of them gave a rats ass about this guy 5 years ago, DO NOT HAVE THE KILLER INSTINCT. They are useless.
Outstanding article. Thanks for posting/documenting/linking.
Your predictions seem to take for granted that America's electoral system will survive four years of Democrat rule, and will still function in much the same way come 2012. I do not share your confidence.
If we can't survive four years of Democrat rule now, what makes you believe we could survive four years of Democrat rule from 2013-2016?
Or perhaps feels that others should be carrying their weight, not just us.
The Democratic Party, as presently constituted, cannot be trusted with the reins of government. It has devolved into a totalitarian cult, fundamentally at odds with American ideals and traditions.
If the Democrats want to continue taking part in our two-party system, we must demand that they purge their ranks of extremist elements. I realize this will not be easy. A dreadful struggle lies ahead for our country. We must not shrink from the fight.
I don't want to get off-topic, but your tagline caught my eye. Are you a right-to-die advocate?
read tonight bump
Hillary's weakness is an illusion. She is playing rope-a-dope with Obama... No matter how many primaries Obama wins, Hillary will beat him at the convention. Backroom intrigue is her specialty. Hillary will bully, bribe and blackmail the superdelegates to vote for her. She will claim disqualified delegates from Michigan and Florida. She will steal state delegates through litigation. At the appointed time, Hillary's media operatives will ambush Obama with allegations of corruption, immorality and extremism... She will win the nomination.Well, she has been telegraphing those very moves, or already carrying them out, sometimes (in the case of Obama's past) by proxy. Both she and Obama have been buying superdelegates, and there have been calls for the seating Fla's and Mich's locked out delegates.
Well stated, Richard. Thanks for the ping!
Agree 100%.
I don't disagree with you. On the other hand, if McCain were to win I see no reason to believe that the situation we would face in 2012 would be any better than the one we face today. If conservatives in the U.S. can't withstand a liberal president in the next four years, I don't see how they'd be more able after McCain spends four years working to undermine them.
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