Posted on 02/14/2008 1:28:18 AM PST by MartinaMisc
Why do so many Republicans pound the table and shout, "I'd rather vote for a Democrat than the 'insufficiently conservative' John McCain!"?
Are these the same Republicans who cheerfully voted for then-Gov. George W. Bush in 2000? Ronald Reagan, in 1980, campaigned to shut down the Department of Education. Bush, however, promised to be "the education president" and then delivered by expanding the federal government's role in education with No Child Left Behind.
Bush promised a prescription-benefits bill for seniors and then delivered the largest expansion of Medicare since the program began. Bush promised and delivered increased taxpayer funds for faith-based initiatives.
Are these the same Republicans who, pre-9/11, empathized with President Bush as he agonized over his decision to use federal funds for research on pre-existing embryonic stem cell lines? Federal funds! Are these the same limited-government Republicans who, post-9/11, sided with Bush when he expanded the Cabinet with the Department of Homeland Security demonstrating the Washington, D.C., axiom that another bureaucracy cures inefficient bureaucracy?
Are these the same principled states' rights Republicans who applauded when Congress big-footed its way into Florida's Terri Schiavo case? And how many conservative pundits still cheer when President Bush as he does often promises to use American power not merely for self-defense against Islamofascism, but to promote "the spread of liberty" throughout the world?
But McCain, why, he just tears it!
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Because we were looking for someone MORE conservative than Bush, not less.
You are being dumb. My goodness McCain was tortured to get the propaganda he did not just dish it out. You are awful. You can complain about McCain but this is over the line.
Troll alert.
You are welcome.
Have you heard anything about McCain’s Reform Foundation?
I just heard about it today.
Supposedly started in 2001?, funded by George Soros and Teresa Heinz Kerry, and used to pay the salaries of Mc’s attorneys, campaign advisor, McC himself, and the guy who used to be in Fox’s cabinet.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56177
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff believes Gitmo should be closed. I guess that makes him a commie.
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