Friday, February 01, 2008
Posted by:
Kevin McCullough
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8:06 AM
Conservative can't come together for McCain. The best they can do is come together against the Democrat, and we all saw how well that worked in 06. McCain doesn't stand for Conservative and that makes it very hard for Conservatives to stand with him.
Mitt Romney offers plenty of room for people to stand with him on. If you are pro-life and pro-traditional marriage he welcomes you. If you are for a strong national defence he welcomes you, and if you are for a strong economy that makes sence and isn't overtaken by excessive spending them Mitt Romney welcomes you.
If you want to stand with someone who will stand for conservative principles and policies, then you can stand with Mitt just like I do and we will be happy to have you with us.
Oh and if you weren't on board with the surge at first, but you support the troops and their mission now. Mitt won't shout at you and denegrate you for being more cautious than him. He will welcome you for where you are now.
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be a Republican. He has been a traitor on the most crucial issues: immigration, tax cuts, judicial nominees, gay marriage, etc.
There's a reason by the New York Times and every liberal paper loves him, while at the same time, every conservative despises him.
This guy is not one of us. Voted against tax cuts because they're "for the rich", fought for AMNESTY, supported by the NY Times. No thank you!
I'll take Mitt Romney. A great speaker, a strong leader and a very good man. |
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Who are conservatives? Most of us call ourselves conservatives and we are willing to support McCain in the primary and general. Why? He gets it right on the life issues. The only two things that seperate us conservatives (in both parties considering people like Zell Miller, Lieberman etc), and the liberals (in both parties considering Snow, and Schaffe) is our belief on issues of life and defense. We used to have the tax, small government in our corner until GW 43rd changed all that (but I digress). In November voters (all americans, one nation) will have a clear choice of picking from two candidates. We will offer the pro-life culture and the strong defense/foreign ticket that can demonstrate respect for life and keep us safe from Jihadists, at home and abroad. It is this simple. That is why we conservatives who support McCain do not understand it when people argue immigration etc to say "the conservative movement will die". What did Reagan do with immigration? Yet we crown him the "head of the conservative movement" and we treat McCain as if he is unacceptable. When Obama or Hillary run against him, his strong prolife and defense position will give americans the assurance that democrats still have it wrong on the most important issue - keeping us alive so that we can live another day to enjoy life and work. What good is healthcare if you are six feet under because the Jihadists got their way? and how can we end illegal immigration if we keep killing the unborn babies? Republicans ought to understand that we are electing a commander in chief NOT an economist in chief (sorry Mitt is not qualified on the the most important job of a president in today's world of Jihadists) We want a president who can fight to keep us alive and to stop the genocide of the unborn so that we have enough kids in the future to grow the economy. |
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Sorry, Sarah, he is temperamentally unfit to be the President. He is an angry, bitter little man who would be a dictator and tyrant, raining retribution on anyone who dared oppose him.
Immigration- if he could get the power of POTUS he would open the borders like his Mexican advisor Hernandez wants. He won't have to sign a bill, he'll just let the world march across the border and destroy the country. Why would any terrorist bother to fight to attack us, when they can just walk across the border? He clearly has not changed his view, he's just waiting for the power.
And he has said clearly he would not work to overturn Roe v Wade, which appears to be opposite to what you support.
We must vote to DENY him the power he so deeply wants. |
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More to the point, although we cannot know exactly how things will play out, it's very easy to imagine a scenario where a McCain presidency would be very good for the country and for conservatism.
Don't think it sounds possible? Well, imagine this: John McCain selects Fred Thompson as his Vice-President and defeats Hillary Clinton in November. Although he has many negatives, McCain is a fiscal conservative and it's easy to see him balancing the budget, which would burnish the fiscal credentials of the Republican Party.
McCain would also hang in there in Iraq and insure that country is stable before we leave, which would help the American public regain confidence in the GOP on foreign policy again.
Next up is judges. John Paul Stevens is 87 years old. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 74 and has had cancer. Does either of those two liberals make it through the next four years without retiring? That's no small issue, because the court is currently split with 4 conservatives, 4 liberals and a moderate. That means a number of important cases, including Roe v. Wade, will probably be decided once and for all by the Supreme Court appointments of the next President of the United States. May God forgive us if we condemn a million plus children a year to death by abortion because we're angry at John McCain
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/02/01/w hy_youre_going_to_vote_for_john_mccain_in_november_and_like _it! |
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Mike Huckabee is the most conservative of them all...12 years governor...100 percent voting record for pro life, 2nd amendment, anti gay marriage, wants to over turn Roe vs. Wade, wants allow americans to compete on a playing field with other countries by not taxing us to death...Read up about the Fairtax people...Why is it Huckabee is 2nd in Polls yet doesnt get any good airtime? People need to wake up and check out Mike. He is the real deal. He wont tell you what you want to hear to get your vote. He just tells you how it is. Huckabee has my support |
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I've said it before and will say it again, if McCain gets the nomination, he will try to pick Joe Lieberman to run as his Vice President |
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if we are looking at deeds, not rhetoric... Romney has a more liberal RECORD than McCain or Huckabee.
Huckabee has the most conservative record. Romney is all talk. He became "conservative" in time to run for president.
I was irritated by the debate that Huckabee was hardly given any airtime. He likely won't win the nomination, but will be a player at the convention. |
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No one is going to change the minds of those for McCain
No one is going to change the minds of those for Romney
No one is going to change the minds of those for Huckabee
I'm so tired of the same tired posts of each saying whose candidate is more liberal than the other...even my posts defending Romney are getting old.
Let every candidate grab their delegats and we'll sort it out in June at the convention...I look forward to being on the same team as many of you here....even you Sarah and Joe.
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Mc will cream Mitt once and for all on Feb. 5th as Mc takes the big states and Huck and Mc share the southern states. Mitt needs to drop out and let the most qualified candidate become commander in chief. Plus Mitt's whining about everyone is getting old - he reminds me of my 5 year old complaining about his sister not being fair. Get tough and fight or go home Mitt, stop whining! |
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SUSA has Romney leading GA now. I am sure it is the effect of Kevin, Rush, Hannity and other.
Romney can beat McCain but he has to have the money to do it and he has to spend it now.
Huckabee needs to quit helping McCain. I understand some Huck supporters love Huck. However, you are killing the future of this country by not supporting Romney. Your support is needed now.
If McCain wins he will not pick Huck for VP. Huck does not offset McCain's weaknesses and does not help against a Dem women or black candidate. |
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Huckabee has more delegates and leads in more Super Tuesday states. The only reason Mitt gets more press is because he has more money.
For the good of the party, Mitt should get out.
Of course, that isn't the way politics works. Each thinks they can win and should stay in they want to. If their supporters stick with them, so be it.
But Huck is the conservative.
Just yesterday, Roland Martin of CNN confirmed that Romney jumped at the chance to tell him that he still supports "gay rights" even though he supports the "marriage" ban.
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I can't believe the scent of desperation oozing through these and other frantic posts. This is a political party and voters decide who their nominaee will be -- not frantic bloggers, Rush, Levin, Ann Coulter, Hannity, and the remaining chattering class.
In FL, only 27% were "very" conservative -- "very" being the operative word. Romney won that category (but of course not by 100%). The next category was somewhat conservative -- with Romney and McCain splitting; and last two were "moderates' and "liberals" which McCaine took in great percentages.
Get it?? Your group only constitutes 27% and Romney didn't even take that group 100%.
So the party, the Republican voters are moving toward their nominee. And everybody will vote the way they want in a politcal process. Ron Paul voters will vote for Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee voters will vote for Mike.
And the minority desperados -- less than 27% of the party -- should grow up and leave the majority of us to exercise our constitutional rights. |
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Americans need a commander in chief who is firm, unwavering and able to fight for a position he believes in and Romney has not demonstrated these characteristics during the primary or during his career as governor (the position he keeps taunting as an executive in government). His complete record as governor of MA for 4 years set the conservative movement further back than Mc's failed immigration bill. Even Clinton offered DOMA and refused to agree to same sex unions but romney managed to do so in 4 years and include a mandatory healthcare system with a $50 co-pay. This is so simple its amazing how Hugh and other talk show hosts can't get it! |
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In the Mormon temples, a vow is made to put the Mormon Church first. Before 1990, there was even a death symbol involved about keeping the vow (which has since been removed). In no uncertain terms, the temple vow promises to use all talents to further the Mormon (Latter-day Saints) Church. Would Gov. Romney keep his vow to the church always to put it first or would he be loyal to the people who vote for him? Which oath of trust would he break? It is naive to think the agenda of the Mormon Church will be acceptable to all. Would he use his power to help religion get extra breaks and influence?Mormons also agree to keep silent about the “sacred” vows they make in the temple. This creates a problem for the voter. When push comes to shove, would a Mormon who attends the Mormon temple put his church first? If he doesn’t, he has broken a vow. Either way, one cannot trust where the allegiance will lie.
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Huck can win big with evangelical Christians and black voters; mitt cannot.
Huckabee may well win big on super tuesday
In fact, he may well come away with the nomination. And that would be God's gift to our nation.
Because, for the first time ever we would have a true conservative Christian who believes in the pro life pro family agenda.
And unlike the rest of the pusillanimous, lot of candidates who think they can take evangelical Christians for granted and then ignore our issues, Mike Huckabee is unashamed to say publically that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Vote for Governor Mike Huckabee on super-tuesday if you don't want John McCain.
Mitt the flip flopping, weeping, civil rights activist who marched in his dreams with MLK has no chance.
And he would be ripped apart in the general election due to his flip flops on so many issues, and his outlandish tale about pulling over on the side of the road to weep-when he learned his church decided to finally admit negros.
If you believe that whopper, you will believe anything.
But black voters wont buy that. And any republican needs at least ten percent of the black vote to win: romney couldn't get more than 2%.
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You have got the same posts on multiple blogs, you Mormon-hating pasty-white dimwit. BTW, blackface or not, you don't speak for dark-skinned people. SHAME ON YOU! |
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You two rant incessantly against the LDS Church and inject religious bigotry in almost every post. Have you two not crawled out a hole someplace...PLEEZ, give it a break. This anti-Mormon thing is getting so old and tiresome..give us all a break. |
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I heard two examples of it this evening - one from my friend Hugh Hewitt, whose rage against McCain today on Wolf Blitzer's CNN show made the hair curl on my bald head and later, on the Larry Elder Show, I listened in as a woman caller excoriated McCain as no war hero even though she knew the Senator had spent five years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, was tortured, had his bones broken yet stayed with the other troops when offered a chance to leave, etc. Even Elder was appalled at the woman, though Larry is no McCain supporter.
http://www.rogerlsimon.com/mt-archives/2008/01/mccain_deran gem.php |
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Polls taken yesterday show that McCain has moved ahead of Huckabee in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama, and well ahead of Romney as well. Romney leads only in Massachusetts, and may have an outside shot in California. In New York, Connecticutt, New Jersey, Illinoi, Colorada, Minnesota, Arizona etc. McCain clearly runs ahead. Missouri is split, but the poll was taken before Florida, and if the trend in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee continues, then he'll move ahead there as well. And, since Romney is contesting only California, it looks like the party is over. To those who claim McCain will nominate the "right" justices, I would comment that that is hope, not fact. McCain has a clear history of compromise, and you can bet that since the Democrats will control the Senate, that before he nominates anyone, he'll make sure that the candidate can get confirmation in the Senate. And that means that abortion is not going to be the litmus test that some think.
In the end, many wanted a break with the past, and what both parties are throwing up are a couple of retreads. So, it is no surprise that their are significant elements in both parties that are dissatisfied with these two choices.
We hoped for competence - we appear to be getting mediocrity. Ironic. 5 years ago the GOP had the message, and then Bush, Rove and the GOP in congress abandoned it. Now, some are saying the party needs to change. What it needed was to go back to the principals that worked. But, of course, it didn't. So, the party has fractured - which is the same condition affecting the Democrats. |
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...he was a war prisoner. Audie Murphy was a true war hero.
"...McCain “the straight-talker,” how can anyone explain his abrupt about-face on two of his signature issues: immigration and tax cuts? As everyone knows, McCain led the battle not once but twice against the border-security-first approach to illegal immigration as co-author of the McCain-Kennedy bill. He disparaged the motives of the millions of people who objected to his legislation. He fought all amendments that would limit the general amnesty provisions of the bill. This controversy raged for weeks. Only now he says he’s gotten the message. Yet, when asked last night if he would sign the McCain-Kennedy bill as president, he dissembles, arguing that it’s a hypothetical question. Last Sunday on Meet the Press, he said he would sign the bill. There’s nothing straight about this talk. Now, I understand that politicians tap dance during the course of a campaign, but this was a defining moment for McCain. And another defining moment was his very public opposition to the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. He was the media’s favorite Republican in opposition to Bush. At the time his primary reason for opposing the cuts was because they favored the rich (and, by the way, they did not). Now he says he opposed them because they weren’t accompanied by spending cuts. That’s simply not correct."
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"...Even worse than denying his own record, McCain is flatly lying about Romney’s position on Iraq. As has been discussed for nearly a week now, Romney did not support a specific date to withdraw our forces from Iraq. The evidence is irrefutable. And it’s also irrefutable that McCain is abusing the English language (Romney’s statements) the way Bill Clinton did in front of a grand jury. The problem is that once called on it by everyone from the New York Times to me, he obstinately refuses to admit the truth. So, last night, he lied about it again. This isn’t open to interpretation. But it does give us a window into who he is." Mark Levin
Well said. |
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It looks like our party will not be spared the absolute vitriol that will be spewed by the talking heads between now and Tues. They see that their influence is fading on Republican voters, and instead of accepting it, it just makes them beat their drum louder and louder in an attempt to garner attention. But in the process, morons like Kevin are just succeeding in fracturing the party a little more, and trying their best to give the WH to the Dems. Now maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but to me, that is TRULY being a traitor to the conservative movement. |
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well now we know:
it is NOT Romney's hair, his sterling record of exceptional personal character, his achievemnts,
his incredible talents and success:
IT IS THAT HE IS A MORMON
Bigots McCain, Huckabee, the "fundamentalists" and the GOP establishment
fess up: it is the MORMOM thing !
They rather enable the most dangerous candidate with the most dangerous policies for US citizens the candidate with the most disgusting record, the candidate most hostile to US economic success and the worst personal character than allow a MORMOM to become President
on the other side
Democrat race bigots really crawled out of the woodwork !
And this nation cries about losing freedoms,
Where has the good old USA gone? |
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...He's a threat to world peace. If McCain't wins the GOP Primary...Bill will be wandering around the White house with nothing to do...horrors!
"...Even worse than denying his own record, McCain is flatly lying about Romney’s position on Iraq. As has been discussed for nearly a week now, Romney did not support a specific date to withdraw our forces from Iraq. The evidence is irrefutable. And it’s also irrefutable that McCain is abusing the English language (Romney’s statements) the way Bill Clinton did in front of a grand jury. The problem is that once called on it by everyone from the New York Times to me, he obstinately refuses to admit the truth. So, last night, he lied about it again. This isn’t open to interpretation. But it does give us a window into who he is." Mark Levin
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To keep this country "SAFE" and powerful
YOU MUST HAVE ECONOMIC stability, strength, success and more success.
Econ 101 Flunky: McCain hates success, achievement, risk reward, profits, financial gains for 80% of the US population>
Hostility toward Business, success, profits, expansion, growth, is an entitlement principle:
We the people (citizens) own corporate America through our pension plans, 401 K, IRA’s, Mutual funds, College Funds, Endowment Funds, etc.
A Corporation is not a phantom “thing” or one person: it is collective ownership by the citizens:
This country was built and survived on ambition, success, achievement, innovation, risk reward, profits, brains, and motivation.
The USA should not bear the entire and only burden to stop global warming if it truly is a crisis.
Amnesty will drain our treasury, Social Security, health care, schools, and culture.
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the most dangerous woman and man alive
are the extremist desperate twins
McCain and Hillary
the Bigots will never consider Romney
SO::::
Let the Kid win:
If McCain is the GOP bigots choice, we will
support and vote for the KID who at least has inspiration:
There is a better chance that the KID will surround himself with intelligent and successful people that the old establishment
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Sarah,
So what...
Did he give the State of MA to the plunderers from UT?
Did he give ALL his money to them?
Did he overtake companys for them?
Why don't the 13 million member know about the sercret plan of world wide domination?
What a good baptist you are.
GET OVER YOURSELF!!!!
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It's probable, that John McCain't has asked Guiliani to be his running mate/VP, if John wins the GOP Primary. This has got to be why Rudy was so willing to drop out of the race and align with McCain't last week. They got their little heads together and McPain promised Rudy that he would be John's VP, if he dropped out of the race after Florida's primary.
If McCain't wins the presidency, Rudy will be secretly hoping that McPain will kick the bucket during his term in office, enabling Guiliani to become the next president. Two diminutive, odd-looking, liberal, RINOs, both having their lifelong ambitions fulfilled while rubbing each other's backs. |
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