[doug from upland]

The religious conservatives had better get aboard this train.

[putupjob]

You get your choice: Hitlery or a mushy Republican who supports amnesty for illegal aliens, like Bush does. Some choice, huh!

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I'm a religious conservative who refuses to ride that train. Don't misunderstand, I do NOT want a president Hillary. But if the Republicans offer me a person who is unacceptabie to me, I won't help that person win either. Le the chips fall where they may. Either give me someone I can support or don't expect my support. It's the party's job to please me. Not the other way around.

[Wormwood]

The religious conservatives had better get aboard this train.

Please leave a car available for us athiest conservatives.

[Clintonfatigued]

I agree with Falwell's views on the Hildabeast, but is a religious convention really the time and place to be to be talking politics?

[AmericaUnited]

Repeat after me... Hitlery, if nominated, will smash all records for negative turnout!!!!!

[weegee]

"Anybody but Bush" proved to be a poor rallying cry for the Left. Nationally every "anybody buy Bush" candidate combined got fewer votes that George W. Bush at re-election.

Eliminate her candidacy in the primaries (or expose her before it gets that far). It dangerous that Komrade Kerry got as far as he did, considering the acts of treason he committed in lying before Congress during the Vietnam War, the organization that he was a part of that targeted Congressmen for assassination, etc.

[pcottraux]

I've decided that McLame is not much worse.

[Sloth]

Nope. Either a decent conservative gets the nomination, or I go third party.

[advance_copy]

To Reverend Falwell, and everyone else who is deluding themselves with John McCain, mark these words: McCain loses to Hillary. When it happens, don't blame me. I warned you.

[DB]

How about anybody but Hillary and McCain.

[MikefromOhio]

I am getting the sinking feeling that people are focusing on Hillary and not on their own side.

We should take the attitude that we will deal with whichever candidate the Dims put up but we REALLY need to look in-house first and get the best candidate out there that we can.

If we focus and worry about what the Dems are doing, our own house will go to pot quickly.

[Soul Seeker]

Get aboard what train?

The Straight Talk Express? No thanks.

Oh, and before telling social conservatives they HAVE to board his Amtrak? You might recognize you are going to have to give the same talk to every group of conservatives out there. Because he's alientated everyone except the country club liberal Republicans.

CFR?

Judges?

Immigration?

Taxes?

Global warming?

Terrorist amendment tacked to the defense Bill?

Flirting with Kerry during 2004?

Condemning Christians in 2000? His sentiments are no different then our former U.N. rep or Whitman's. Falwell may be willing to sell out for political connections to McCain, but Falwell isn't a leader in Christian circles these days. His time is gone.

A pledge that will go unbroken. These Lips can be read: I will not ever vote for McCain. If you don't want a Dem in office, make sure he loses. Ditto Hagel.

[OldFriend]

Mr. Falwell appears to be riding the McCain train.

[Old_Mil]

I remain unconvinced that an obstructionist conservative minority in the house which prevents a Clinton in the White House from accomplishing much is worse than a compliant Congressional majority that allows a Bush in the White House from accomplishing much of what he has. Yes, I know about the Supreme Court justices. If the SD should get to the court and the court return the abortion issue to the states, I will have to reconsider my point of view. But with President Bush being on the record against that law, I'm thinking this won't happen.

[Types_with_Fist]

The religious conservatives had better get aboard this train.

If memory serves, the religeous conservatives' last train was what we have now. That's some sad shape the train has left us in, huh? Now we're down to "Anybody but Hillary." I didn't think there was anything worse than the lesser of two evils philosophy.

[AZ_Cowboy]

Making the argument that you should vote Republican because we're not the Democrats is going to be a hard sell, especially if you run a GOP candidate that alienates another constituency every time he opens his mouth.

Why are we even setting it up like this, folks? If you run the entire campaign as being nothing but voting against Hillary, you are essentially running the same style of campaign John Kerry did against Bush. If it wasn't a winning strategy for them, why would we have any reason to believe it would be for us?

Just to get it out of the way, a 2008 McCain victory is out of the question. He has insulted, alienated, and attacked almost every prominent conservative cause known to man during his tenure, and the press will have dirt out the wazoo on him. You hardly need to lift a finger to paint this guy as certifiable, a hothead, or both.

If we are going to run a guy that would give the Main Street Partnership a tingling feeling, our only hope will be to run a relatively young, vibrant, and decidedly Conservative VP candidate on the same ticket.

C'mon, folks! We can do better than just having a vote against Hillary.

[rcocean]

That Falwell has any power among Conservative Christians is very sad.

He's well meaning, but his political skills are nonexistent.

I predict he'll do something stupid (as usual) like backing McCain or supporting Gullani.

[Edit35]

get aboard this train.

Do you mean the Mclame train?

If so, I'll take the bus. McLame stabbed Prez GWB (and the GOP) in the back too many times in the past five years for me to ever trust him.

I truly see McLame as a Capt. Queeg type who would go boizy-quackers ballistic if, as President, the public or Congress failed to recognize his superior genius.

Just take a gander at McLame's gung-ho support of illegal immigration amnesty proposal.

Look at McLame's multiple hookups with Hillary on various legislation.

The sad part about it is that I truly believe McLame was (is) doing these back stabbing things just to make President Bush look bad, not because he has any allegiance to principals one way or the other.

Take a look at McLame's eyes when he doesn't get his way. They go all gooogly with rage. It's almost scary.

[SR 50]

ping

[BlackbirdSST]

The religious conservatives had better get aboard this train.

THIS train, is free to leave the station without me. Blackbird.