“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,”
And Obama claims it’s cut to his fit.
“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,”
And Obama claims it’s cut to his fit.
I find myself forced to say “Go McCain!!!”
Man, that is really unpleasant saying that. I’d sooner say “F%*^% McCain!” or “McCain’s a puffed up big government loving Liberal IDIOT!” But then I think about the consequences for not just the USA but Canada too of the Yanks electing Hussein O. and choose the lesser of the two weevils.
Conservative movement sold down the river again for a bag of magic beans. Juuuust great.
Could someone explain “tough diplomacy ” to me. Does that mean sending diplomatic notes typed in all capital letters?
Dr.D, its like tying a diplomatic note to a rock and chucking it through Fearless Leader’s bathroom window. Except you use a smart bomb.
Or, you could do it like the Turks used to and send the note in a nice, tasteful jeweled box. With their ambassador’s head.
Those probably aren’t what he meant though, eh? ~:D
the Phantom:
Until the likes of Newt Gingrich and Bobby Jindal can begin the rebuilding of the Republican platform/message/brand after november, the only way the GOP can maintain claim to the White House is to elect a very moderate Republican – someone attractive to the independents and scoop jackson democrats. That someone is John McCain – a senator who ranks in the top quartile for conservative voting record, a senator who has never (NEVER) put forward a spending earmark. On the fiscal restraint side he is far better (read: more conservative) than GWB.
The GOP is trying to do something unprecedented – hold-on to the WH for 12 consecutive years, John McCain offers (and always offered) the best chance of achieving it.
Jindal for prez in ’12!! It would be cool if Newt was his VP.
Sorry Gord, I just can’t get around McCain/Feingold. Bad idea and bad precedent. A guy who does that, I don’t like him.
Gord Tulk: “The GOP is trying to do something unprecedented – hold-on to the WH for 12 consecutive years”
You mean since Reagan/Bush Sr. did (’81-’93)? I like McCain – he’s the real deal. But McCain will have to show the American voter why Obama’s poison and four more years of Republican White House is the answer.
All the centrist positions on social policy is cake icing to most people – they don’t really care much about drilling Anwar or hybrid tax breaks, but they listen to negative attacks from a leftist MSM that does care. The core issue will be whether or not Americans want to lose the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. That is where McCain’s pedigree may pay off in November if he keeps his nose out of social controversy. Victory from a simple powerful message.
Obama felt the chain jerk…. he’s tied to appeasement and does not like to be reminded of it.
BTW – MSNBC characterizes the Bush Appeasement Remark as “Nazi” remark …..
Link to MSNBC Story … what bias? eh?
Sorry I meant not as a veep – GB1 had his VEEP status to run on – the second half of the same ticket as it were.
I agree McCain/Feingold is crap policy, but I suspect that McCain sees that it was a mistake, just as Reagan saw the illegal-immigrant amnesty in ’86 was a mistake years later.
My issue with McCain is the same as what Steyn’s is – that he fundamentally believes in government playing a big role versus a minimal (or minimized) one. He’s more Red Tory than Blue Tory to use the CDN form. But he’s a tory nonetheless and judging by his record, an uncorruptible one which goes a long way towards his being successful in Nov.
I agree that McCain/Feingold was a mistake. The bigger question is did McCain make a mistake or is he a mistake? This question cuts to the heart for most conservatives. Mistakes can be forgiven but people who are mistakes are unforgivable.
If McCain thinks he can mend fences and bring the center field back into the GOP fold I wish him luck.
I wish him luck but there’s no way I think he can do it. The result is going to be that soft voters will split between the Dems soft headed socialist feel good patter and McCain’s version of the same thing.
But … John McCain can’t hold the conservative right and that’s going to cost him and the GOP the election.
Solid conservatives will stay home and pray they don’t get screwed too badly for too long then they’ll come out in droves for the Republican Senate and House elections in 2010. Just watch all those monkeys who were trying to distance themselves from Bush policies start howling about how they were the ones supporting the right all along. Sure a few of them did hold fast. But a lot of them were wearing shades of pale pink (or democrat blue) for the last two years!!
Weasels!!!
Accoring to RCP surveys JM is doing just fine vs. BO in most if the key states. Things will improve for JM even more once HRC is not chosen and her candidates choose the candidate closest to their core beliefs – gulp – John McCain.
bush tripped over his bible
obama tripped over his religious mentor
maybe they should elect an atheist pres this time!!!!!
You guys are all giving the average American voter too much credit. Here’s how the average US voter will look at it, and the end result will be a McCain win, if not a landslide.
Clinton…WOMAN (not even at gun point)
Obama…..BLACK (not even if boiled in oil)
McCain…Decorated Veteran, Vietnam POW, Pilot….no brainer.
[quote]Solid conservatives will stay home and pray they don’t get screwed too badly for too long then they’ll come out in droves for the Republican Senate and House elections in 2010.
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OMMAG,
You have that right 2010 would be a Republican year.(2004 seats)
The House & Senate elections in Nov are from 2002, republicans won most of those but will have problems repeating that percentage without a BIG issue.
So if I was a Democrat and Barack bin Obama is the Demo Candidate, would I be voting for a black- white man or a white-black man, who is a christian-muslim or a muslim-christian, who for 20 years sat in a black church of hate, but didn’t hear a thing. Is this man a Messiah or a joke?
So if I was a Democrat and Barack bin Obama is the Demo Candidate, would I be voting for a black- white man or a white-black man, who is a christian-muslim or a muslim-christian, who for 20 years sat in a black church of hate, but didn’t hear a thing. Is this man a Messiah or a joke?
obama is a joke, kinda reminds me of a court jester. Makes everyone feel warm and fuzzy but he doesn’t really do much.
I would like to know why Obama thinks George Bush is picking on him personally? Oh why the presstitutes are saying this………….yuck
“Solid conservatives will stay home and pray they don’t get screwed too badly for too long….”
I wouldn’t call this being solid. I would would call this throwing out the baby with the bath water. Dirty bathwater of corruption and big gov’t over-spending. Reckless and drunk with power.
McCain is the only possible candidate that could even attempt to recover the damage done by our elected conservative representatives over the last 8 year, and to even dream of electing someone more conservative in 4 years is, well, risking a nightmare instead. One you can’t wake up from for possible 9 years.
I beg conservatives not to sit this out. You will be electing the most far left President in US history with majorities in both houses to do ANYTHING their nurturing nannying big gov’t mentality can dream up.
Please don’t do this to us, yourselves, and our country. McCain is as conservative we can hope for, and frankly deserve, this time around.
Thanks for your cooperation in advance. 🙂
Amen Jim R.
I hope this is the worst the democrats can do,
on Hot Oil, there is a video asking if McCain
can get a erection.
The perfect American dems who sink lower than
any political party around the world.
Obsms is a idiot, do you think the cons should
insist on a brain scan? I do, then send it out
with some pieces missing, like rational thought,
any type of creativity and they will say, this
man can speak the words written for him, he
is incapable of thinking for himself even if
he has the information. Then his wife will tell
the world they have hurt the man who was going to
save the world and it is all our fault, or
Bush’s fault for every damn thing wrong in the
world. About right,
JIM R
McCain is a liberal running for the GOP
and
billary is a conservative trying to “clinton” the nomination for the democraps