Posted on 08/06/2008 1:11:12 PM PDT by Ziva
It would get mine. Voting records are very important and this guys is the best I have seen in a long time. To conservatives, hard facts speak volumes.
So will I. And I've been voting in presidential elections since '76. Voted GOP every time except once.
I like what I hear about Cantor. He could also help in Ohio, which has a substantial Jewish population in the northeast.
Four terms, and established a strong conservative record in it, not just sat on his ass. That is indeed something. I want to elect a leader, not a follower and his willingness to stand strong on Politically hot issues, and indeed lead this micro revolt on the oil vote issue means the guy is a leader.
Having him as VP, probably wouldn’t even get the Democrat Jewish voters to vote for McCain... since all their lives they always vote for the Dem candidate.
We have seen a break from that pattern lately as more are voting Republican. I do not believe that is because they are becoming more conservative, but that the terrorism war hits home. Having a definite hawk on Israel and terrorism that is Jewish to boot is a very strong pull. Not only to McCain, but from Obama who has allowed a lot of anti-semitic crap on his campaign site. I am sure Obama's callous use of the Temple Mount did not garner him any favor either.
Perhaps we should let some of our Jewish FReepers weigh in on that issue. Jews are not very mono-flavor in my experience. They are talkers and thinkers, and I suspect this election is generating a lot of good discussions.
I just watched Israel be over run by Liberals in the conservative non vote protest and they are paying a very heavy price for it now. The liberals are rewriting the laws just to avoid another vote because they know they will never have this much power again. Why? Because they are having such a toga party tearing up the Country and destroying the conservative party's work for the last 50 years. When they get done, there will be not much of anything left.
That single protest non vote set Israel back at least 20 years to the left. I would hate to see this happen in America too.
Perhaps it would be better to pin your wishes on purging the house and senate of the liberal left. That would reform rinos, and give the country back into adult hands.
There is some entertainment value there.
A did some numbers during the 06 election when the "dump the RINOs" strategy was popular. Depending on the definition of a "RINO", I used ACU ratings, drawing the line with McCain if I recall, the strategy involves ceding 65% to 70% of the House and Senate to dem control. I can't say the damage would be unreversable, one day we might well get a handle on FDR's Social Security program, as well as LBJ's Great Society, but those who think it will be one or two election cycles are dreaming. It would be decades, and much of the damage would be permanent.
Unfortunately most Jewish voters in the US don’t care about Israel, or they wouldn’t overwhelmingly keep voting for Democrats.
Here is how it stood a few months ago, I don’t think it improved any.
61% of Jewish voters support Obama, only 32% support McCain.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/107059/Obama-Beats-McCain-Among-Jewish-Voters.aspx
some of those guys are pretty sneaky, they can have a pretty good ACU rating but they will vote for some liberal issues under the radar. btw in 06 I voted for republicans, well the only one that mattered was the 2nd congressional district, incumbent is a democrat......the republican lost of course....this year there is no GOP candidate :( I dont have a president to vote for or a congressman. I may not vote.
He knew Cheney didn’t want to run himself.
He either felt Cheney’s service was worth the problem or didn’t see a problem, trusting the and it’s GOP voters to be up to the task....:p
Or didn’t care. He’s been a poor leader for the party.
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