Thursday, January 31, 2008
Posted by:
Kevin McCullough
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6:35 PM
 "Sen. Cranky gets another one..." Jennifer Rubin has it on good authority that Ted Olson is following in the steps of Crist, Giuliani, Nancy Regan, and Gov. Ahnuld... he's backing the man who has more often than not showed conservatives - especially on the issue of judges - the middle finger. The Bizzaro-World-O-Fun-Step-Into-the-Absurd experience continues...
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Kevin, good post earlier on Mitt's chances. But you've drank the McHater Kool-Aid I see this afternoon. When talking heads like yourself use name-calling and childish stuff like you posted, you don't just hurt your own credibility, but also conservatives in general. Does it pain you so much that people like McCain? That they actually think he's a conservative? That they think he's our best shot to win in November? If you answered 'yes' to any of those, then you should seek professional help, because the McHater Syndrome you have is acute, and by spreading it, you're only helping to ensure a Democratic win in November. |
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Is it John? Or Kevin?
Seriously, though, is what's happening here very much of a surprise? From the beginning, if you took Rudy's and McCain's numbers, they added up to somewhere in the 40s, and that combined total has been consistent over probably the past twelve months.
As Rudy tanked, McCain took off. Sometimes the consrvatives put forth a candidate who can win over the middle, like Bush in 2000. Some years the "center" has the stronger candidates and wins over a good portion of the conservatives.
I'd think a pro-GWOT, pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-gun "centrist" would be considered a mainstream Republican. If nothing else, you can take some solice in Rudy's departure. I'd give McCain a chance to prove himself at CPAC before getting too worried. |
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I don't know what I love more, McCain winning and becoming our next President or the talk radio heads going nuts and needing to be institutionalized. McCain is a good man, perhaps not your man at this still primary time, but he is certainly a man we can and should support come November. |
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I don't care how many fools throw in with this freak! This guy is not a conservative and supports every liberal position. Those of you supporting Huckabee need to choose among Mitt or the McFreak. If the conservatives continue to split the vote, this guy will be the nominee. He is unstable. He won't win. What fool would want him to? |
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You're on McCrack. The only ones telling you he will win are the MSM. They will be singing a different tune as soon as fools like you pull the lever. You will hear and endless talk about his age, his anger, his unstable mind. All the while, they will talk about the strength and wisdom of the Dem nominee. He has no base...none. And, meanwhile the Repubs will continue to quick and the slate of candidates will be weak and their will be no base to support anyone. The landslide will cover every branch of government and we will alll be screwed. Wake up Man! Think about it may--you are following a sirene song and you will get us all crushed on the rocks. |
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Get a grip...did you see you're guy last night? Al I could hear when he spoke was the tun "if I only had a brain" It's obvious you're not even a Republican. You only push for him because you know you'll wipe the floor with hi. Nice try, not all of us are drinking the McKool-Aid. |
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I can be Mc in front of anything like McCalm Down. If McCain loses because of far right idiots wanting the party to remain "pure"... fine. I am a very moderate Republican...gay marriage- great, protect the enviorment- awesome, end Don't Ask Don't Tell- can't wait. But somehow I doubt most conservatives as you call yourselves would be happy with all that will follow a McCain boycott. |
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Here's a campaign commercial for your future candidate unless folks wake up. You'll like the ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nqtL-P8kzo
Enjoy! |
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When he found out the Florida results.
Ted Olson and John McCain are patriots, heroes and great conservatives. Stop acting insane before you get Hillary and Obama elected. |
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That happens to be my expertise. The next president knows he'll have 2-3 Supreme Court openings in his term. Olson is on the shortlist of next Supreme Court justices. McCain is now leading in some national polls. Olson is jumping on board McCain's slim national lead to position himself to get on the Supreme Court. If Romney or Huckabee was slightly ahead like McCain was, he would jump on their bandwagon. This guy has wanted to be on the Supreme Court for the past 8 years, and he's just making a bet on who will get him there.
THAT'S THE VERY REASON HE SUPPORTED GIULIANI (WHEN HE WAS WINNING), IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Ted Olson is a conservative jurist, but he's completely unlike Giuliani (his previous endorsee) ideologically and McCain (his new bandwagon) the same, but he want to get on the Supreme Court. |
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Here’s the bottom line. Most Republicans trust John McCain. Like me, they place more weight on “straight talk” than scripted talk, especially from a flawed candidate like Romney who has been re-invented by the Republican establishment folks so they can stay in power. Sorry Rush and friends, but most voters find Mitt too slick, like a polyurethane coated dish in the window of a Chinese restaurant.
I do agree with Laura Ingraham that we may need to “start over” or get back to basics contemplating why conservative principles are not embraced by all who register as Republicans. (I would add to that to-do list the admonition of Ronald Reagan that if we take care of the courthouse and the statehouse, the White House will take care of itself. But that’s next time.)
This time it’s the supremacy of John McCain because most Americans see serious challenges ahead for our nation—at home and abroad. They sense McCain’s deep love for our nation and his strength of character—both on loan from God and both unable to be manufactured from full cloth by spin doctors and establishment cronies. Americans intuitively know McCain alone is up to the task, and no amount of brow beating by those with self-proclaimed “talent on loan from God” can change that.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnnieBByrd/2008/01/31/ john_mccain_talent_on_loan_from_god
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Here’s the answer. Having been involved in hundreds of elections as the Republican Speaker of the Florida House, I know that Republican elections are about more than who is the most conservative or who has the best ideas, issues and ideology and, more particularly, who the establishment (Jeb Bush, etc.) needs in order to live on. If elections were just about ideas, it would be easy. It takes more than being “an anti-tax, anti-abortion, gun worshiping poster child for the far right” (that’s what my wife called me!). It takes more than pushing hard against liberals and so-called moderate Republicans in support of the conservative gospel.
What does it take? Yes, it takes “talent on loan from God”—it takes something special like that. That’s what it takes, and that’s what Senator John McCain has. Like it or not, he has it. Presidential candidates are real people with real stories. Voters, thank God, are not automatons, but have an uncanny ability to “size up” candidates and decide who to trust. (Note, I’m not talking ‘likeability’; that’s different; Huckabee has that.)
Here’s the bottom line. Most Republicans trust John McCain. Like me, they place more weight on “straight talk” than scripted talk, especially from a flawed candidate like Romney who has been re-invented by the Republican establishment folks so they can stay in power. Sorry Rush and friends, but most voters find Mitt too slick, like a polyurethane coated dish in the window of a Chinese restaurant.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnnieBByrd/2008/01/31/ john_mccain_talent_on_loan_from_god
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The McHater definition of "conservative":
Angry, bitter, arrogant, disdainful of everyone who doesn't follow the cult's groupthink (just like libs!), insulting, duplicitous, libelous, disingenous, immature and demanding. Is that what you people really think conservatism is about?
Maybe that's why the talk radio/columnist jihad is failing. BADLY. You're certainly not doing your cult favorite (Romney) any favors. Y'all will be lucky if you don't destroy conservatism all on your own (not that Romney is conservative himself!).
This isn't a battle of "liberal" Republicans vs. conservatives--it's a battle of loud-mouthed, feces-flinging monkeys vs. adults.
GROW UP. |
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