McCain: “I’ll rely on people to judge me by the company that I keep.”
John McCain said at the GOP debate two days ago: “I’ll rely on people to judge me by the company that I keep.”
The company John McCain keeps:
Russ Feingold.
Teddy Kennedy.
Lindsay Grahamnesty.
Juan “Mexico First/Free Flow” Hernandez.
Jerry “Spanish first” Perenchio. Geraldo Rivera.
La Raza.
Charles Keating.
John Kerry.
The New York Times.
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Now, contrast McCain’s open borders backers and staffers with Gov. Mitt Romney’s new immigration enforcement adviser–one of the brightest minds and experienced architects of homeland security:
Today, Kris Kobach, noted immigration policy expert and head of the Kansas Republican Party, announced his endorsement of Governor Mitt Romney. Kobach will serve as an adviser to Governor Romney on border security and immigration reform issues.
“For years, Kris Kobach has distinguished himself in his work to ensure that our immigration system respects the rule of law and ends illegal immigration while protecting the legal immigration that has made our country great. He knows firsthand how important it is that we protect our country by securing our borders and rejecting amnesty proposals. I look forward to working with Kris as we tackle this critical challenge,” said Governor Romney.
Joining Romney for President, Kobach said, “Of all the Republican presidential candidates, Governor Romney has outlined the clearest vision for how we are going to end illegal immigration in this country. More importantly, he has the record to back up his words. When he was Governor, he vetoed a bill that would have rewarded illegal aliens with in-state tuition rates, and he also increased cooperation between state and federal law enforcement. In one of our country’s most liberal states, he stood up for the enforcement of immigration laws. He will do the same as President.”
Background On Kris Kobach:
Kris Kobach Is A Noted Immigration Expert, Professor Of Law And Head Of The Kansas Republican Party. In 1996, Professor Kobach joined the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law (UMKC) faculty. In 2001, he was awarded a White House Fellowship serving in the office of U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. There he would serve as the Attorney General’s chief adviser on immigration law and border security. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Kobach was charged with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) efforts to tighten border security and implement the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System. Before leaving DOJ in 2003, he led the reform of the immigration court system. Professor Kobach has litigated a number of high-profile immigration lawsuits including representing the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He is a Senior Counsel at the Immigration Reform Law Institute. At the Law School, he teaches Constitutional law and immigration law.
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From Johnny Dollar: Yet another endorsement of McCain from Geraldo Rivera…
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Parting thoughts from Karl at Protein Wisdom, who takes a close look at McCain’s vaunted record and concludes:
In sum, a review of McCain’s record shows that it is long on biography and national security credentials, with a claim of fiscal discipline that stands largely because the claim that McCain gets things done by reaching out to Democrats is mostly fiction. As Karl Rove put it in the 2000 campaign, ” Senator McCain is a 17-year Washington insider whose accomplishments are few and far between.” Not much has changed in the interim.
Ironically, this would almost provide comfort to those who are content when the government is not expanding – but for the fact that McCain is seeking much greater power and influence to enact his costly liberal agenda. Moreover, he is not running on that agenda; he is running on his biography, his perceived personal qualities and the public’s vague notion of “change.”
Should he be nominated and elected on that basis, as opposed to his record and agenda, it would not be shocking to find McCain living out a funhouse mirror version of the Clinton years — having to twist arms for narrow victories, having major proposals utterly fail in Congress, shrinking in stature, playing the Maverick by triangulating on small issues, and so on.
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Another stellar legal mind and counterterrorism expert who successfully prosecuted the 1993 WTC jihadists, Andrew McCarthy, signs on to the Romney campaign. Like McCain said, judge them by the company they keep:
Today, Governor Mitt Romney announced that Andrew C. McCarthy will be joining his Advisory Committee on the Constitution and the Courts, which is co-chaired by Professor Douglas W. Kmiec, former constitutional legal counsel to President Ronald Reagan, and former Congressman David McIntosh who co-founded the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.
Making today’s announcement, Governor Romney said, “Throughout his distinguished legal career, including his 18 years of service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, during which he led the fight against radical jihadists, Andrew McCarthy has been a champion for protecting the American people. With his experience, Andy’s counsel on national security and related legal matters will be invaluable in my campaign for our nation’s highest office. I am greatly honored to have his wise counsel and deep experience in my campaign.”
With today’s announcement, McCarthy said, “Governor Mitt Romney embodies the American ideal: success through talent, hard work and faith. He’s a committed conservative. As president, I believe he’ll bring out the best of America, which means Americans, not government. He’ll unite us, not divide us with class-warfare rhetoric that scorns the American dream of self-reliance and value creation – as if it were somehow different from patriotism rather than the engine of patriotism. Mitt understands how the economy works because he’s worked in it, not just regulated it from Washington down to the last light-bulb. He understands we’re in a global war that demands not just a strategy for Iraq but a strategy for repelling jihadism. He’ll push to give our agents the tools they need to gather the intelligence vital to protecting American lives. And he can be trusted to appoint solid judges who will interpret the law – not re-invent it in a way that narrows fundamental rights like political speech while expanding the lawfare rights of terrorists.
“I supported, Rudy Giuliani, who hired me as a young prosecutor, because of his intelligence, executive competence, and commitment to our national security. I see in Governor Romney those same qualities. They are the qualities we need to face our nation’s challenges, and they are why I am so proud to support him.”
Background On Andrew C. McCarthy:
Andrew C. McCarthy Directs The Center For Law & Counterterrorism At The Foundation For Defense Of Democracies. He is also a contributing editor at National Review Online and a member of the Committee on the Present Danger. His book, Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad, will be released on March 10 by Encounter Books.
For 18 years, Mr. McCarthy was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. From 1993 through 1995, he led the terrorism prosecution against Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and eleven others in connection with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a plot to bomb New York City landmarks. He served for several years as the Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District’s satellite office in White Plains, and, following the 9/11 attacks, supervised the Office’s Command Post near Ground Zero in New York City.
In 2004, Mr. McCarthy served at the Pentagon as a Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. He has also been an Adjunct Professor at both Fordham University’s School of Law and New York Law School, as well as a Deputy United States Marshal in the federal Witness Protection Program.
Mr. McCarthy is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Justice Department’s highest honors: the Attorney General’s Exceptional Service Award (1996) and Distinguished Service Award (1988). In addition to being featured regularly in National Review, Mr. McCarthy’s articles have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Commentary, The New Criterion, The Weekly Standard, USA Today and many other publications. He is frequently featured as a commentator on television and nationally syndicated radio broadcasts.
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Okey Dokey John!
Uhhhhhh…
Juan Hernandez
NUFF SAID
Don’t forget Arnold “The Terminator” and the Patrick Leahy, Arlan Spector and other anti water-boarding club members.
There must be some ACLU lawyers in there too since he feels the GITMO residents should be brought to the U.S in order to have access to our judicial system.
That’s like placing a ‘kick me’ sign on his own back for Romney -
Does he have the juevos to use this against him?????
He actually thinks this would make him look good. Thinking like that should be enough to keep him from the W.H.
Count on it.
I mentioned this during the debate thread. He gave Romney a perfect invitation at least twice, and Mitt didn’t take it. He’s got just over 3 days left to make it an issue, because the media is not going to do it.
Ha vicki!, I wish what you said was true but I’m skeptical…
Uhh, where is/are the strong conservative(s) on his list? There are none? But I thought he was the “true” Reagan conservative?
Okay, maybe this is a stretch, but isn’t it looking more and more that the liberals in this county are adopting the Islamic Brotherhood strategy of destroying us from the inside, and using our own system with which to do it?
There, I said it…John McCain is a conservative traitor! Proof to the contrary? Yeah, I know…how can I talk about a “true” American hero like that? He has been compromised!!!
Headline says it all.
I judge a person by the character of their enemies.
LOL!
Michelle, didn’t you get the memo?
You’re not allowed to criticize McCain on his record or on who he surrounds himself, or … bascially anything.
To criticize McCain is to suffer from MDS.
Now fall in line, pronto.
If it’s McCain here’s who I’m backing.
aj’s choice
Don’t forget his pre-McCain/Feingold years…we can add Dennis DeConcini, Alan Cranston, John Glenn, and Dennis Riegle to the list of people with whom he surrounds himself (Democrats all.) Look all the way back to the beginning of his congressional career, and you will see he has ALWAYS embraced venomous liberals under the guise of “non-partisanship,” Gag me!
Judgement day is here in the ville. The verdict is…. Guilty. Guilty of being a dem. Guilty of being nasty. Guilty of being untrustworthy. Guilty.
Same same, AJ, only more dangerous, and not as funny!
right_on beat me to it.
And by the way, I do not hate John McCain…I trust him about as much as I trust any of the Clinton, or Kennedy clan!
From the link above -
What does The Spitter know about decency?
Answer: about as much as, “You can’t do it, my friends (i. e., American citizens)” McCain??
Yes, I can, Senator. I can and WILL vote against you.
Thanks Michelle for giving me another reason to not vote for McCain. It appears AJ’s choice may be the best hope for this country if “open borders” Juan wins the nomination.
Hey, speaking of McCain(!) what about that debate he’s supposed to have with Romney this Sunday on MEET THE PRESS?
Keep on it all day today, everyone! Call your favorite radio talk show and demand that McCain keep his promise to debate Romney THIS SUNDAY! BEFORE SUPER TUESDAY!!!
Romney has already agreed! If he’s a no-show, then this “American Hero” (he isn’t one) must be called out on his yellow-stain cowardice.
MCCAIN MUST KEEP HIS WORD AND DEBATE ROMNEY THIS SUNDAY ON MEET THE PRESS AS HE PROMISED HE WOULD!
After reading through all the comments so far I am wondering if anyone bothered to listen to the you tube link …
Geraldo just verified for the world his prejudice by laying out his “litmus” test …
“any spanish person who votes for an anti immigration extremist is an Uncle Tom”
nothing more to say … I should have known better than to listen once Geraldo was involved …
Oh he is right though because that is exactly how I judge him…by the people who hang with him and by the anti-conservative idiot himself.
This is all well and good, but how do you get the average Joe/Jane to know and understand these things (Juan Hernandez v. Kobach differences) before they go cast a vote on Tuesday?
Is this an ad?
Mr_Conservative_Cat
McCain and Shrillary are supposed to be on Fox News Sunday this weekend
Ha, yes you should have Desert! I don’t care what program he is on, I turn it. This guy is a know-it-all mysoginist racist who has nothing constructive to add to any discussion. Anything that is pro-immigration, he comes out against, simply because of race. It doesn’t surprise me he supports McCain…they both have contempt for the conservatives in this country.
Mr. CC #21 :
Nice try, but McCain will be on Fox News Sunday with……..Hillary.
I doubt they’ll appear together, but they’ll likely be on one after the other. Now, there is significant entertainment value in seeing Hillary with Wallace who got some finger wagging the last time he interviewed a Clinton; but, McCain is totally playing it safe.
Here in Kansas City, we’re having a Minutemen Convention today, Chris Simcox, the founder(?) was on our local talk station this morning and was asked about the Pres candidates, and he said the best choice among lesser of evils was Romney.
If I hear that word debate one more time, my head will explode.
Okay, I said it.
Oops, I said it again.
Now you said it.
Stop saying it.
ARRRG
McCain detractors keep pointing to some obscure stand McCain took on campaign finance reform. Anybody who gets excited about some ridiculous inside the beltway issue like campaign finance reform has to be someone who would get an erotic pleasure from watching C-Span 11.
My advice: Puhleez, chill out and relax about John McCain. Some of you are morphing him into Mike Dukakis.
I recall that some of my buds were getting hysterical about Big Arnie. We kept hearing that Big Arnie was turning into Jerry Brown. Of course it never happened but some people keep imagining that it did. Big Arnie happens to have rescued California from Gray Davis’s disastrous rule.
Similarly, John McCain is not going to make Madelaine Albright Secretary of State. Can everybody just chill out please?
Actually, the last time Wallace interviewed a Clinton, it was none other than the “Cackling Commie,” Hillary Clinton.
soap …
one more “oops I did it again” and I’ll think you fell into a Britney time warp and can’t get up
I am sick of hearing Geraldo’s voice. Why is he still in the public eye?
Larraby
You are kidding, right? Arnold, who I actually like, has drifted so far to the left, it makes me question my support for him in the future. He has repeatedly appointed far left liberals to positions of authority in California, and more and more, he has been embracing liberal positions…for example, Global Warming/ Climate Change, and has become increasingly anti-Bush.
Arnold’s endorsement of McCain makes me all the more skeptical!
McCain was asked if he would debate Romney on the show and he said yes.
Anyway, they could tape one segment on one show and go live with the other. That’s nothing new, especially these days. Besides, if McCain gets to be on Fox news sunday two days before Super Tuesday, then so should Mitt. That’s fair and balanced.
All Fox is doing is giving McCain a lame but passable excuse to not debate Romney on Meet the Press due to a “scheduling conflict”, but the excuse is intellectually dishonest, like everything McCain is saying to try to become President of the United States.
This is truly becoming head-explosion time.
CALL EVERY RADIO STATION ANYWAY AND KEEP DEMANDING THAT MCCAIN KEEP HIS PROMISE. AND CALL MCCAIN OUT ON HIS YELLOW-STAIN COWARDICE. FATALISTIC THINKING IS ANATHAMA TO CONSERVATIVE MINDSET. PROVE IT.
mrcc … just was letting you know what was announced this morning on fnc …
Already did that, John.
Let’s see….I’ve considered: Teddy Kennedy, Lindsey Graham, Russ Feingold, Jerry Perenchio, Juan Hernandez, Charles Keating, Geraldo Rivera and the New York Times. Is that enough for starters? Need we go on?
Despite the apparently support of the folks on MM & Hot Air for Romney, it looks like McCain is still ahead. Aren’t there enough of us to make up the difference? In my case I’m in Wisconsin so I don’t even get to choose.I’ll be left with McAmnesty & I don’t think I can bring myself to vote for him. Pox on these early primaries. I’m disenfranchised!!
ROFL
Monty Python reference. Dude you were not even close!
Dude…I DID that a LLLLLOONNNNNGGGG time back…
and you are so screwed…!!!
I will NEVER vote for McCain.
soap
ROFLMAO …
… just couldn’t resist that opening …
Will do Captain McQueeg. Too bad the company that you keep reeks to high heaven.
McCant said that he knows how to secure the border because he’s from the border state if Arizona. WEll, if that’s the case, why are there so many illegals in Arizona?
I will not vote for McCant. If it’s Hillary V McNuttball, I’ll write in my original choice: Newt Gingrich. if it’s McBrainscramble V. Obama, I’ll vote for Obama (Just because I was born and raised in Springfield, Il.)
If the GOP gives us McGrandpa, I will forever call them the GOB, Garuantee Open Borders.
Paybacks DL, paybacks!
Wrong. To paraphrase Carville: “It’s the SHAMNESTY, stupid!”
If you can relax and chill out with THIS in your backyard, you will be very happy with McCain as POTUS.
McCain promises to keep pushing for the single biggest PERMANENT transformatonal mistake this country can make this century. Against the will of American citizens.
In one business day, DHS has to do background checks and health checks on anywhere from 12 to 30 million illegal aliens. And if they can’t do that, every applicant gets immediate PERMANENT residency.
And no matter how high and wide a fence we build (McCain doesn’t seem to be in a hurry on this) you will NEVER stop the future flood of another 30 million right behind them.
We have to start REVERSING the illegal flow, as 4 states have done.
McCain, Obama, and Hillary are all guaranteed to harm this country permanently.
Dear McCain,
The people you associate with suck. So do you. Not one of them is a R, as you are not either.
L
I just saw a Fox poll that has McCain at 48%, then Romney at 20%.
What on EARTH has happened to the Republican party? Have they all turned into a bunch of stupid, dim-witted Democtrats?
Am I one of few that’s left that sees McCan’t as our next Jimmy Carter? A liberal fool?
I’m with Ann Coulter on this one big time. She could hardly contain her anger. Same thing with me. I am SO mad right now, I’m thinking about putting together a “truth” website about McCan’t.
Unfortunately, I don’t think it will have enough impact in time for Tuesday when all the stupid herd mentality fools go to the polls and pull the lever for McCan’t.
Tks for showing that Desert, I could not force myself to watch the racist, pos, spitter.
Why hasn’t Romney made more noise about bringing Kobach onboard? You would think he would be out shouting it to the conservatives across the country.
Something isn’t right!!!! No way in Hell are real Republicans voting for this Liar and Total fraud.
DL,
I listened to Geraldo’s blathering. I’m reminded of why I can’t stand that man. He said that Spanish people who vote for an anti-immigration (nevermind that we are talking about illegal immigration!!) candidate (Romney) they are Uncle Toms. WOW! It’s come to that? WHo does Geraldo think he is? Which side of the border does he think he is on? I don’t worry about McCain being the President anymore. Conservatives won’t vote for him, by and large. Hillary will eat him alive with the assistance of the MSM should be become the nominee. Come on Super Tuesday.
Romney has Rick Santorum as well. You have to go to his website to find this stuff out. He isn’t getting any play by the MSM. There has to be a reason for it.
Don’t forget that this is the same man who was approached by the democrats and seriously considered switching parties, after the Bush election. Jumping Jeffords beat him “to the punch”, so the idea was dropped.
Don’t let Michael Medved hear any of this or he’ll yell at you for being liberal!!! He’s still at it shrieking about how the Stupid Party establishment is behind him, so that means McCain’s a conservative. It’s like I’ve taken crazy pills to listen to him these days.
rightisright
It’s an audio file … not video … a few still shots of Kirsten Powers (no problem looking at those) and the Judge … a few of GR …
Thanks for the graphic - can I borrow it for my blog? And do you have a higher definition one I can print 8×11 and take to the caucus Tuesday?
Gonna PO me some McCainiacs.
Wow. McCain is a “Geraldo Rivera Republican.” That pretty much says it all.
30 and DL,
How do you stomach either listening to or watching Geraldo? I find myself either changing the channel or leaving the room, when Rivera pops up on the screen, no matter the show on which they have him.
I have never given his reporting or his opinion (especially the latter) any credence. For crying out loud, he was a talkshow host like Donahue, Springer, et al, before this. *gag*
I certainly won’t, and I don’t think he cares if we do or not. And somehow, he thinks he can still win without our votes. I guess he thinks (as GR suggests) that we’ll simply vote for anyone except Hillary.
Thing is, that’s what I intend to do. I’ll vote the Libertarian or Reform Party candidate. I will NEVER vote for John McCain.
I feel like I’m living in the Twilight Zone… I keep thinking I’ll wake up anytime now, but no… the nightmare continues. I can’t help but become more and more disillusioned each day. I cannot believe that any self-respecting conservative would vote for McJohnny the Liberal Lamb in Conservative Wolf’s clothing. Somebody pinch me!
Barry F,
Momentary lapse in judgement… Trust me it’ll never happen again.
Barry F
it wasn’t easy … I’ve already had to replace one remote control because I wore out the mute button … but when I started to read the comments I noticed that no one had referenced anything from the link … which seemed unusual for this group …
so I figured I better see what was going on … was not clear immediately that GR was going to be on there …
once I realized that … well … I guess I took one for the team after that …
John, Arnold and Rudy
I’ll see what I can do.
In this case, better you than me, DL. Better you than me.
Ouch! Thats gonna hurt.
Maybe it will leave a mark too.
I didn’t have the stopwatch running, but it seemed like less than 30 seconds between Geraldo saying he didn’t like name calling, and then saying any Spanish person who votes for an anti-immigration extremist is an Uncle Tom. What a moron!
Polls are designed to shape opinion and nothing more. They should be banned. I may be overly optimistic, but there is so much anger right now, it’s almost palpable. (Rick Santorum is on Fox - hope he trumps what Ted Olson just said.)
It has been 27 years since Jimmy Carter left office. I was just about at the point where I could hold my head up and proudly say that I was a US Naval Academy graduate, and now this.
*heavy sigh* Thank God for Irish Whiskey.
J S Ragman
That sounds about the right length of time between those statements …
Where is See Dubya? Okies are doing it for themselves, finally the msm is starting to bring up the subject Attrition works. Imagine, enforcing laws.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cvKZo9hh7W8
We have a Republican State senator in my area who is far more comfortable with Democrats than Republicans. He considers conservatives to be right-wing nuts. He is now in the minority in the State Senate, but the RINOs who inhabit the Senate put this guy back at the top of the leadership. Both stupid and arrogant.
My perspective is that conservative Republicanism was so successful post Ronald Reagan that the Party got a lot of power hungry people who had no interest in the conservative revolution but wanted to ride the wave. Well, it looks like the wave has crested thanks to these political opportunists, and the coming crash will see them run away after having destroyed the very philosophy that brought them to power. And, to top it all, they will blame the folks who espoused that philosophy for their loss of power.
This is more good news from Oklahoma Government, this time on Lou Dobbs broken borders segment, this is Terrell vs the pro illegal guy. My daughter says 25,000. illegals have left the Tulsa area, there is a judge in Oklahoma that won’t hear a suit from people who want to file a suit against the oklahoma law anonymously…more or less she won’t let them sue the Oklahoma Govt., for upholding it’s laws.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XWGSAcgTqsc
Well, West Point has three graduates who became American Presidents, Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight Eisenhower, and Jefferson Davis. (Notice I said American, not President of the United States). So, one good, one bad, and one with an asterisk. I guess the Annapolis contribution isn’t that much worse.
This guy is awesome I’ve had the pleasure of seeing and hearing him on local TV and Radio along with National TV. A very articulate man that know’s the law this is great for Romney and in comparison a disaster for McCain.
Laree
Much of my family is still in OK … glad to see it is working there and the courts aren’t giving in … we are having the same success in both of those areas here in AZ as well … now if the rest of the states would just get onboard we wouldn’t have to worry so much about what they do in DC …
Desert Lover,
It hasn’t been making the national news till lately my daughter told me jobs are being filled and wages are decent. The jobs are being filled by Americans and legal residents, you know the forgotten Green Card Workers, who came into the country legally. Imagine it is finally starting to make the national news. I hope it spreads out from the Heartland across the rest of the states. Come into the US of America safely and legally or stay home.
Laree
That is exactly what we have all been saying all along … the so called “jobs Americans won’t do” were simply jobs where they were hiring cheap illegals to do them instead of paying proper wages to people who were either Americans or legally here …
Desert Lover,
It makes you wonder if McCain gets it? I mean he seems to be thumbing his noses at the majority of Americans who want American Laws enforced. Spilt familys up not if we stop the anchor baby practice.
Last night on the Factor, dhs chairman Chertoff, claims there will be 670 miles of fence up by the end of the year. 100 land owners on the Texas border are trying to hold things up. O’Reilly that is where emminent domain law comes into play, Chertoff we are moving with the emminent domain claim. We will see if this comes to pass WHERES THE FENCE.
Sorry last I looked McCain can only thumb one nose not noses GRIN.
Laree
Well … he is rather two-faced … so I guess he could have more than one nose …
I’ll tell ya what’s happening in the primaries: Conservatives are getting more and more depressed and deflated, and so the results will just lurch more and more leftward.
I told you so.
You don’t deal with terrorists for the same reason you don’t vote for liberals: It just gets you more of what you detest.
It’s too late for RomnestyCare (not that I support him), but maybe his new advisors will slap some sense into him on giving citizenship to lawbreakers:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/12/16/romney-on-meet-the-press-gun-rightsimmigration-positions-under-fire/
#73 DesertLover
The “now this” that I was referring to in my post #72 is the John McCain (Class of ‘58) candidacy, and my hope that I don’t have to keep my head down for another 27 years.
The reference to Irish whiskey is just in case I do.
J S Ragman
My #73 was a response to your #70, not your #72
DL
Oh. And I always said Army guys were thick. I guess I’ve got flies on me, now.
no problem … I was typing my response to the first one while you were posting the second one … they just crossed in hyperspace …
Can somebody lower the writing on the wall so Huckabee can see it? He has no chance of winning only handing us McCant. I wonder how much McCant had to pay Huckster to sell his soul.
10%
More good news! Law enforcement works! No thanks to McCain, Kennedy, Bush, et al.
Enjoy more good news.
LOL Blind Mule. He’ll probablly take the 10% and spend it on another attack add against the Stormin’ Mormon.
I know nothing of the RomneyCare that some keep slapping Mitt with…..but it had better be a really, really, really bad thing if they are somehow trying to say he’s as bad as McCain.
I see Mitt as by far the best candidate left who has a (slim) chance of winning the nomination of the GOP.
Bob, I’m praying for brokered convention so we could have a chance to draft Newt Gingrich. I’m not going to bet my house on a brokered convention, I’m just saying……
I like the new company Romney is keeping, and here is his article on the Al Quada-Iraq connection.
Holy Cow, I just got hit with 7 straight emails from Sen. Brokeback and Catholics for McCain. Delete x7
McCain’s Juan Hernandez versus Mitt’s Kris Kobach in Death Match 2008!
Or even better, in a national debate that is REQUIRED warching by all registered voters.
‘watching’
Michelle, how’s that spell-checker coming along you promised?
Anybody else hate McClinton using Hernandez’s slimy “my friend” when they are both anything but?
Also, in relationships, does a dominate personality adopt the sub’s ideas/catch phrases? I think that is an overlooked aspect that also speaks volumes.
I’m praying for an early October surprise against McCan’t…like Sunday night or Monday morning.
What’s the chance of that happening?
I doubt even Hillary would hang with that slimeball.
Full disclosure: I support Sen. McCain, and I think it’s close to a foregone conclusion that he’s going to be the GOP nominee. This obviously means that many of you who post here from the far right wing of the conservative movement are going to have a tough choice to make in the general election. Couple of thoughts:
1. You may want to check out the McCain website and review the list of endorsements. Quite a few pretty conservative folks, including Ted Olson, who’s about as conservative as it gets.
2. McCain considers himself a Goldwater/Reagan conservative. Most of you should probably go back and review the positions/records of these two pioneers of the traditional, modern conservative movement in this country. You might be surprised.
It’s time to drop the vitriol, the demagoguery, the hyperbole and get behind the presumptive GOP nominee. Otherwise, you’ve pretty much guaranteed our worst nightmare: President Hillary Clinton.
I think Ann Coulter was voicing her frustration, do I think Ann will campaign for Hillary? He!! no she won’t, do I think Ann will vote for Hillary? no, but I also think if McCain is the GOP candidate that she will not vote for him either, I think Ann may be right when she said Hillary is more conservitive than McCain.
Maybe Ann, MM and other conservitive’s that own the blogosphere and air waves could be convinced (If McCain look’s as if he will be nominated after Feb 5) to start a write in campaign for a suitable conservitive candidate. I’ve been thinking alot about this latley but everyone that is displeased at the prospect of McCain becoming POTUS or holding your nose and voting for the lesser of two evil’s need’s to be on the same page and vote for the same write in nationwide, here is the website address, http://www.conservitivewritein.org like I said everyone need’s to be on the same page though, some may think this is an impossible task but I think that as American’s we should think about all of the thing’s men have said where impossible and that have been proven to be possible. The fact is if this is to happen the time is now, after Feb 5 we have 1 month to organize and choose a suitable candidate and 8 month’s to campaign for the write in candidate that is longer than the two parties themselve’s have to organize behind their respective choice at their convention’s. This would be a true grass root’s campaign and if successful would be a wake up call to not only the Republican leadership that have hijacked the party but the Democrat’s whom think that the people of this country can’t think for themselves. Unite and take our country and political system back from the bloated over feed arogant career politician’s that think that we have no choice but to vote for them and their party.
One question how many of you started to or did click the link above? That was an object lesson A focus of attention, feeling, thought, or action. If you did then you should be able to support this idea. If not oh well.
My worse nighmare is having the choice of McCain or Hillary. That’s enough to keep me awake at night. I have looked very carefully at the things McCain has said…and done, and I have concluded that I cannot live with the thought of having voted for him……so, I’m not going to.
You left George “Coyote” Bush off the list! Please update!
Dakine, you “presume” too much. Many of us on this blog don’t pay attention to whom the MSM says is “this” or “that,” nor do we give it very much credence, so why in the world would we listen to you?
In my opinion, it’s the lazy, self-proclaimed conservatives, who allow themselves to be led around by the nose, and jump ship when someone yells “Boo!” Why any thinking person, with principles, would so caulously give them up just to support the “presumptive favorite” is beyond me.
It is not vitriole, nor demagoguery to point out McCain’s imperfection as a “Conservative” candidate, something many of us feel, he is not.
Yes, McCain is a fiscal conservative…check out his voting in 2007.
He didn’t really represent anyone but himself in 2007, but we’re to believe he’ll be there for us on “DAY ONE?”
Like the far right Utah legislature?
“Since the opening of the 2008 session on Jan. 21, Utah legislators have discussed around a dozen measures that would dramatically curb rights for illegal immigrants in this non-border state, which has become an unlikely battleground in the nation’s immigration debate.
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The state legislature is considering bills that would eliminate driver-privilege cards and in-state tuition for undocumented workers, give local authorities expanded power to fight illegals, and add safeguards to combat identity theft.”
And these far right state legislatures? With at least two (far right) Democrat governors signing these laws.
I don’t care what McCain considers himself. I campaigned for Goldwater as a college senior, then got to cast my first vote for him. I also voted for Reagan 4 times - twice as governor. Trust me - McCain is no Goldwater and no Reagan.
Goldwater and Reagan inspired me. McCain insults me with his, “You can’t do it, my friends (i. e., American citizens)” and his buddy Graham, when addressing the racist La Raza, called ME a bigot. McCain is not MY friend.
No vitriol. No demagoguery. Just firm principles. Like caring about American citizens before rewarding foreign invaders with overnight permanent residency.
My worst nightmare is voting for someone who will sell out his own country to grant instant residency and probable citizenship to up to 30 million illegal aliens. Which will encourage the NEXT 30 million to start crossing our border. No thanks.
Here is the nightmare that the policies of McCain, Bush, Kennedy, Hernandez, et al, have brought to San Diego. No thanks.
I was born in and live in California. I’m probably to the left of many people who read this website. But I’m telling you, I would vote for Satan himself before I would vote for John “Reconquista” McCain.
DISDAIN FOR MCCAIN!
As most of you wake up this Saturday morning, don’t be lulled into self-fulfilling defeatism by a mainstream media and your own disappointment at the way the world looks. Ronald Reagan would never approve.
Below is a template for a respectful e-mail to Chris Wallace at Fox News Sunday along with the address.
CALL the talk shows. E-MAIL the bigwigs in media. POST here and everywhere. GET THE WORD OUT! It’s a day to spend devoted to making change happen, and it can.
McCain has large support but generally soft support. GET OUT THE WORD:
1. Immigration.
2. Juan Hernandez and his demands that the United States disassemble all laws pertaining to immigration - McCain’s immigration advisor, right here, right now.
3. Voted against the Bush tax cuts!!!!!
4. Never did anything heroic as a soldier except get shot down and captured. Literally.
5. Almost willing changed party affiliation and joined the Democratic Party.
I also recommend that you IMMEDIATELY AND RESPECTFULLY E-MAIL CHRIS WALLACE with the following questions so he can legitimately bring them up to McCain. GIVE WALLACE THE COURAGE TO DO IT!
The e-mail for Fox news Sunday is
FNS@foxnews.com
You have less than one day to let them know how unhappy you are with McCain. If you have already e-mailed, don’t be shy or lazy - do it again!@
Here’s a draft to cut and paste in case you’re not quite sure how to say it, and don’t worry if it sounds like a form letter - the last paragraph takes care of that concern:
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Dear Chris Wallace,
As you know, many Republican conservatives are disgusted at the thought that as the pick and shovel grass-roots workers of our party, all our hard work has been rewarded by a possible standard-bearer in the form of John McCain.
In order to let the truth be heard, I respectfully insist as a loyal Fox News Channel viewer that you ask Mr. McCain the following questions and hold him to task for not giving straight answers.
1. What is your executive experience that qualifies you to be hired for the job of President of the United States? Not senatorial leadership qualifications, but executive leadership qualifications on your resume by which the American people can decide to hire you as President of the United States?
2. It has become well-known throughout the country over the last week that among your staff is a man named Juan Hernandez, well-known to Fox News viewers as a man who has bold-facedly called for the dismantling of virtually all US immigration law in an effort to essentially remove all restrictions to illegal immigration from Mexico. Why would you have a man like that on your staff if you claim to have heard the will of the American people to stop illegal immigration?
3. It’s a matter of record that you were one of two senators who actually voted against the Bush tax cuts, tax cuts widely recognized as saving the US economy the last time a recession was at hand. Why did you do that and given that record, why should the American people trust you to keep taxes low and manage the US economy.
4. As a follow-up, are you willing to pledge to the conservative base right here and now that you will under no circumstances raise taxes or sign into law a bill that does?
5. Only a few years back as senator you almost changed party affiliations and became a democrat. Given your personal closeness to extreme left wing democrat senators like Ted Kennedy, why should Republican voters believe that you wouldn’t follow through and change party affiliation and become a democrat as President?
Many people are aware of this list of questions and will be watching closely to see to it that you continue to do the people’s work by submitting these questions respectfully but forcefully to Senator McCain.
Yours Very Truly
Great advice, but I think I can write a couple of better questions.
I sent to Chris Wallace the following questions:
You said at the Republican debate on Wednesday: [Insert video clip here.] I’ll rely on people to judge me by the company that I keep.”
America wants to know:
How can anyone believe that you will stop illegal immigration when your Hispanic outreach coordinator is Juan Hernandez who is an open border zealot and was the head of Mexico’s Presidential Office for Mexicans Abroad?
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How you claim to have a Straight Talk Express when you lied in the debate about Mitt Romney and Iraq withdrawal timetables?
slp
Anyone can write whatever they want, of course. I’d recommend those questions because they’re real torpedoes for the straight-talk tricycle.
However, a word of very serious caution if we want this to work: avoid words like “zealot” and “lied”. Avoid words Wallace himself would be uncomfortable saying. He’s a professional.
Don’t let your understandable seething contempt and venomous hatred for Sheriff OpenBoarders get in the way of the proper protocol and ediquette needed to gain the trust and empathy of a hardened professional television journalist. Yes, slp, you kept it polite to Wallace, but to get him to act, you must present your questions as though they were polite to McCain.
Be thoughtful, professional and polite. AND DO IT NOW.This might very literally be our last chance. Pour on the juice, but do it in polite numbers, not occasional “over-emphasis”. And be sure to get everyone you know into this. I’ve already cut and pasted this onto a couple of message borders, but you have to help because I only know a couple!
dakine
Hillary was a goldwater girl so McCain states he is a conservative in the style of Goldwater/Reagan means what exactly? Very little it turns out, here was some advice Bill Clinton didn’t take in 1998 big suprize huh. Scroll to the bottom.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/may98/quotes30.htm
I agree with you this much, the sheep probably will vote the way the MSM tells them, they are going to vote.
If Mitt loses out on Super Tuesday, the Republican Party is over. Mitt could start a new Conservative Party and make it a three way election. I will personally donate $500 dollars to get the ball rolling, if Romney chooses to run as an independant. He could win, and then so would we true, conservative republicans.
I think Charles Krauthammer is the voice of wisdom and rationality; however, I would like to prove him wrong since he said it’s too late for Mitt. The fight has just begun. (Have e-mailed Fox.)
Here is a revised copy of Mr_Conservitive_Cat and slp’s questions that I sent to FNS and emailed the link and this letter to all my friend’s.
Dear Chris Wallace,
As you know, many conservative Republican’s are dismayed at the thought that as the Reagan conservitive’s of our party, all our hard work has been rewarded by a possible standard-bearer in the form of John McCain.
In order to let the truth be heard, I respectfully insist as a loyal Fox News Channel viewer that you ask Mr. McCain the following questions and hold him to task for not being the straight talker he claim’s to be.
1. How can you claim to have the Straight Talk Express when in Florida and California you misrepresented Mitt Romney statment’s on Iraq withdrawal timetables?
2. You said at the Republican debate on Wednesday ” I’ll rely on people to judge me by the company that I keep.” It has become well-known throughout the country over the last week that among your staff is a man named Juan Hernandez, well-known to Fox News viewers as a man who has called for the dismantling of virtually all US immigration law in an effort to essentially remove all restrictions to illegal immigration from Mexico. Why would you have a man like that on your staff if you claim to have heard the will of the American people to stop illegal immigration?
3. It’s a matter of record that you were one of two senators who actually voted against the Bush tax cuts, tax cuts widely recognized as saving the US economy the last time a recession was at hand. Why did you do that and given that record, why should the American people trust you to keep taxes low and manage the U.S. economy and are you willing to pledge to the conservative base right here and now that you will under no circumstances raise taxes or sign into law a bill that does?
4. What is your executive experience that qualifies you to be hired for the job of President of the United States? Not senatorial leadership qualifications, but executive leadership qualifications on your resume by which the American people can decide to hire you as President of the United States?
5. Only a few years back as senator you almost changed party affiliations and became a Democrat. Given your personal closeness to extreme left wing Democrat senators like Ted Kennedy, why should Republican voters believe that you wouldn’t follow through and change party affiliation and become a Democrat as President?
Many people are aware of John McCain’s record and this list of question’s. We will be watching closely to see that Fox News Channel continue’s to be fair and balanced by submitting these questions respectfully but forcefully to Senator McCain.
Respectfuly,