Posted on 07/08/2008 7:37:30 AM PDT by Eurale
A number of friends of mine have commented on an odd phenomenon that they have observed-- conservative Republicans they know who are saying that they are going to vote for Barack Obama. It seemed at first to be an isolated fluke, perhaps signifying only that my friends know some strange conservatives. But apparently columnist Robert Novak has encountered the same phenomenon and has coined the term "Obamacons" to describe the conservatives for Senator Obama. Now the San Francisco Chronicle has run a feature article, titled "Some Influential Conservatives Spurn GOP and Endorse Obama." In it they quote various conservatives on why they are ready to take a chance on Barack Obama, rather than on John McCain. What is going on?
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If you're not voting for the black guy, you're a racist, don't ya' know?
Really? Name and town... please.
Madness.
TITLE: By definition, ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE.
In only hear about Republicans voting for Obama from liberals who are already Obama supporters. It seems they all know Republicans who are switching, they just can’t introduce me to one.
I know a few disaffected Republicans who are angry at Bush and not so thrilled about McCain, but none of them has said any kind word about Obama.
Smells like some kind of animal scat to me.
Another article had another writer taking the credit for coining the term.
Maybe it was Mark Twain. Or George Carlin.
And Armstrong Williams is not voting for Obama. He's voting for McCain. He said that he thought Obama was running an "interesting" campaign but he does not agree with him on any issues.
This is mythmaking.
Any IDIOT who would vote for the Obamanation is neither conservative nor Republican
Democrats have actively been campaigning and staffing McCain2008 going back to 2006. Never see an article about McCain-Democrats. Why is that?
I’m amazed at how many stupid people there are in this country. It’s simple arithmetic.
McCain Wins = Serves probably only 4 years. Too old to run again. After 4 years again we can’t another chance for a conservative candidate to run for office.
Obama Wins = Likely serves 8 years. No matter what evil comes, the media will cover for Obama and blame it on Bush. After 8 grueling years, Obama’s successor may very well win because people will have bought into “Camelot”.
The Conclusion?
Vote for McCain - a no brainer!
The straw in this case is Obama’s recent “refining” of his position on a number of issues, as he edges toward the center, in order to try to pick up more votes in November’s general election.
Even the dumbest conservative can see it’s only pandering...
More important than who’s butt sits in the white house is who he appoints to replace the old, dried up liberals on the supreme court....
If Obama wins and there is a recession “he inherited it from Boosh”.
If McCain wins and there is a recession “its the continued failed policies of Republicanism”.
If Obama wins and there is a major terrorist attack “it is the chickens coming home to roost because of the aggressive military policies of Boosh”.
If McCain wins and there is a major terrorist attack “electing McCain didn’t make us safer...”
yadda yadda yadda.
The Golden Child will not take the blame for anything bad that happens and neither will the Democrats. Look at what’s happened to the economy since the Democrats took Congress. Giving them the whole sheebang will not benefit America.
What kind of Conservative votes for a tax and spend Democrat, Late Term abortion supporter, who has no military experience???
I do personally know three members of the same family, liberal as the day is long, Bush-hating socialistas, who are all voting for McCain, because they see Obama as a clueless lightwieght. (They don't say it, but I suspect his melanin content is enhancing their sudden ability to recognize a Democrat's shortcomings. Typical liberals.)
The fact that they find McCain palatable enough to vote for reminds me of why I'm going to have to get drunk to vote for him myself.
Agreed. I have yet to see anyone I consider a true “leader” in the Conservative movement say he is voting for Nobamasiah. They interview the children of prominent Republicans, etc., but there is nothing that establishes their bona fides as “conservatives.”
They can call me when Charles Krauthammer writes a pro-bama column.
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