Temperature check
I’ll be on Fox in a few minutes to talk about the Super Tuesday results and the GOP with Linda Chavez, who argues that John McCain is the “ghost of Ronald Reagan.”
I can think of a lot of words. “Ghost” is not the first that comes to mind.
Anyway, how are you all feeling this morning? Consider this a “safe space” (to borrow the P.C. campus term) to vent without being accused of suffering derangement syndrome, dyspepsia, or other maladies.
And here’s a bit of Mark Levin to chew on.
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Update 11:40am Eastern. Segment’s over. There was no time to rebut Linda Chavez and Jon Scott. So I’ll say it here:
To call a GOP candidate who sneers at profits and denigrates businessmen and greedy corporations and crusades for a liberal, global warming agenda the best Reaganite heir is simply self-delusional.
To cite Reagan’s illegal alien amnesty, without noting that he stated firmly that a nation without borders is not a nation, is disingenuous.
And to omit the fact that John McCain has a Hispanic outreach staffer who believes in “Mexico First” and the eradication of our borders–not to mention a national campaign finance co-chair who poured billions to fight against English instruction in the public schools–is dishonest.
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Ghost? How about antithesis?
Still not voting for Shmanesty McCain. Actually thinking about voting for Obama just to help start the process of:
1. cleaning out the party so they can decide what is is they actually stand for
or
2. officially becoming Independent and looking at third party options from here on out (no more Republican voting here)
As an Arizonan familiar with Johnny’s record, I will vote in November for the down ballot conservative candidates and write in the name of a true conservative for president.
It feels like the Republican Party has been hijacked…by liberals and the liberal media.
I took small comfort in seeing Colorado go to Romney. We had a huge turnout at our caucus, and while I think the caucus should go the way of the dinosaur, it was an interesting evening. Our precinct’s straw poll went Romney – 32, Paul – 17, and McCain – 1. the disctrict was just as strongly for Romney.
That said, getting home and seeing the results nationwide was not unexpected but still deflating as hell. Most annoying was the Huckabee effect in the east and south as the evangelicals refused to vote for “one o’ them there Mormon fellas.”
My thoughts exactly
It says volumes about McCain that, during the 2004 campaign, he told the Swifties to stop telling the truth about Kerry.
That’s enough for me.
The mere mention of McCain’s name with Reagan in the same sentence disgusts me to no end. I’ll spend the rest of the year saving my funds so I can pay heavier taxes. I’ll also get my last plane flights in this year due to the incoming Dem POTUS’s dismantling of our national intelligence system.
I guess I should start to learn Spanish, too.
Dear Michelle, Associates and FRiends,
What is to fear? If McCain is the trouble we suspect him to be, then by his own character flaws will he not defeat himself? Flawed anger is not fed by defeat, but by victory — by arrogance.
–bvw
As for how I’m feeling, I’m bemused. If the Republican party collectively thinks John McCain is the way to go for November, then we deserve what is coming to us on that fateful election night.
I feel that McCain’s speech about having to get used to the idea of being the frontrunner was rather arrogant. People have been accusing Romney of arrogance, but McCain’s statement is more arrogant than anything Romney has said. Of course he was celebrating, but it’s better to celebrate without words and tone of voice that essentially say “nanny, nanny, boo-boo.” Here’s hoping that these words come back to bite him in the same manner that Dean’s scream did unto him.
It appears to have turned into a Super Duper Pooper Scooper Tuesday.
I think Scarborough is right. The MSM and Fox hate Romney. I remember the great hatred the mainstream republicans had for Mormons in Arizona. It was the Phoenix 40 who started a campaign to get rid of the elected governor, Meacham the very day he took office (and eventually impeached him). They even teamed up with the Democrats though it meant having a Democrat as his replacement.
Michele you were being way too nice and let Linda Chavez have the last word.
I’m another Arizonan who will not vote for McCain know his record and how he treats us conservatives. He is a pompous ass.
Not surprised by the results. I will not/cannot vote for John McCain in good conscience. I’ve been telling friends that come November, I’ll be writing in, “Dwight D. Eisenhower.”
Thank you, John McCain. One way or another, come next year we’ll be looking at restricting freedoms and increased government intervention into our lives, particularly when it comes to activities that supposedly damage the planet. We also can look forward to a border that remains open, with an increased possibility of universal amnesty for illegal immigrants. Fantastic.
This election is quickly becoming about one thing…which candidate’s voice is least annoying to listen to. Even on that score our options stink.
I’m sure I’ll be focusing on any ‘lower tier’ elections – concentrating on house / senate / state / local conservative candidates….
As for McCain – I’m still considering whether to write-in / hold my nose / no-vote.
My emotions tell me one thing now – but there’s a lot of time til November..
As for our primary in 2 weeks – if Romney’s still in – I’ll vote for him.
McCain’s words will not have to come back and bite him. The Drain Dream Media will put away their kid gloves once he is running against one of their own beloved liberals.
While I’m certainly not a fan of McCain, I think what I am most worried about is the prospect of a Obama or Clinton running this country. I fear socialism more than I do a fake republican. McCain may be weak on immigration and fiscal issues, but he still lines up with me on a hell of lot more issues than the other possibilities.
I would much rather see Romney get the nomination, but if comes down to voting between McCain and Clintobama, I’ll take the old dude.
I cant shake this feeling that I(we) have been had.
A ‘McCain/anyone’ ticket will not win against Hillary or Obama. There is just too much energy and money on that side.
He’ll not only look like a walking corpse next to either of them, he’ll represent entrenched Washington politics in a way that even Hillary won’t (she’ll be the first Woman President ever remember? That’s fresh.)
Plus, every single strength he has with moderates and liberals in the Primary will be a detriment to him in the General Election against the Democrats, only worse, since he won’t have the conservatives to fall back on (since he’s spent so much time spitting on us.)
I was up late watching all the returns, while keeping one eye on the weather. At 1am, I finally woke up the rest of the family, grabbed the animals, and headed for the basement. It was like watching disaster unfold on two fronts (dangerous weather and the primary results). There were many trees and power-lines down as I took my daughter to school this morning — and too many sad stories about fatalities. All-in-all, it’s a real bummer of a morning. Although the Ash Wednesday Mass was very nice…
This whole thing is just so depressing, and I keep flipping back and forth between “I could never, ever vote for McCain” and “What kind of hell would we have to endure with another Clinton in the White House?” Probably what concerns me the most — other than the obvious train wreck of socialism racing our way — is the thought of Hillary having the opportunity to replace four SC judges. *sigh*
Our primary isn’t until May, so the GOP race will probably be over (barring a miracle at this point), so … I have until November really to decide how best to vote my conscience.
She did’nt let her she was cut off by John, Hey Michelle you looked really convinced by John saying “I’m sorry we have to go, you know Michelle we have you all the time” and plus the weather is more important than the future of our nation anyway, yeah they could’nt spare ten seconds to linda’s BS.
By then, it’s too late. These words need to bite him right now while there’s still a chance to have a brokered convention. Of course, these words are going to get no play on the MSM, so here’s hoping that we hear them ad nauseum on Rush, Sean, and Mark and that people spread the word otherwise.
That should say RESPONSE to lindas BS
Wartip-
I couldn’t agree more. As soon as the two candidates are decided…the MSM’s love fest with McCain is officially OVER.
They will bring up every negative thing about McCain out there!
Depressing getting up this morning. I went to bed early last night when I saw how it was going, lest I make myself sick watching the train wreck unfold.
As for November, I’m not pulling any levers for “Fine. I’ll build their G-D fence!” McCain. Sure, I’ll vote for every other (R) I can find in order to stave off our new Donk overlord, but McMaverick sold the party out a LONG time ago.
Oh yeah, I forgot that he’ll cease to be the media darling. All that Love will go to Obama (probably.) All McCain will get is the vitriol. So, he won’t even be able to count on the media overlooking the stuff it has until now, which I’m sure was their plan from the beginning.
Studgy, yellow teeth, McCain will be the representative of reactionary Republican grumpy old white men in the general election. Maybe it will be time for a conservative makeover by the new breed of conservatives who aren’t part of the elite globalists who have dominated the Republicans since Ronald Reagon.
I’m organizing a fishing trip in November anyone may join me. BYOB…bring you’re own bait. Freshwater, pontoon boat, ice chest, sandwiches and maybe an a.m. radio so we can laugh or cry at all the insanity. you know how to reach me.
ajm
PS: I meant since after Ronald Reagan.
Linda again played the red herring line “86% lifetime rating”. Due tell, Ms. Chavez, what’s his rating for last year? The year before? Ah…
And just thought you’d like a heads up: The DNC has begun fighting McCain, outlining in an email things they’ll go after him on. They’ve even set up a “Fight John” page. Most of the text is here.
Sorry for the link to my site, but it came in an email and I can’t find it posted elsewhere.
Michelle,
I wish you would contact the Romney campaign and reach out to more media outlets about McCain’s hispanic director accompanied with picture (proof). This message needs to get out in a big way.
Romney is strong on the economy and illegal immigration.
I really do not believe the Romney camp or Rush Limbaugh knows about this news.
In reality, the conservatives ONLY started rallying around Romney following Florida…..ONLY ONE WEEK…and he overall did well due to that.
Suzie
I’m depressed today. We are so screwed. I just hope that whatever the Dems do in the next four to eight years can be reversed in a Conservative resurgence a la the Contract with America. But there is no energy or enthusiasm on the Right. It’ll be Hillary or Obama, maybe both. The evil corporations will be made to pay and no one in power will be able to figure out just how it all went into the crapper. Something bad will happen to Americans somewhere in the world and all they will do is wring their hands. It sucks to think we have to wait 5 to 9 years to have a hope of putting it all right again.
Can somebody do me a favor and wake my A$$ up in 4 years when I can vote again?
I have to say that as LDS I’m reading some real anti-Mormon elements into last night’s vote. I suspect that Huck won the south in part because, rather than vote their politics, many voted their religion. I did vote for a Mormon, but only because Fred is no longer on the ballot. I think I’ll be sitting this one out and I’ll suffer the consequences.
Too bad that didn’t get out. Michele I would love to see you team up with Phyllis Shaffly. She was the one who said that the Globalist (both republican and democrat) have made the Southern border of Mexico the new border. The two women with their fingers firmly on the pulse of what is happening in America are you and Shaffly.
Forget waiting 4 years! We need to clean out Congress in 2010!!!
you can tell a Lib very easily…. they take concrete written in stone History and try to reinvent it… If you beleive these Traitors, Reagan was a full fledged High tax, supress free speech, anti-Business, & do all human testing on Embryo’s President. (Which is what McCain is, and that they are trying to claim is in the same mold as Reagan). There is no shame at the top of the GOP!!!!!
I look at it optimistically. Social and fiscal conservatives could not consolidate around a candidate. Doesn’t mean the party isn’t conservative, just that the base was fractured. I’ve thought during this campaign that if Mitt were evangelical he would have swept, but maybe I overestimate GOP identity politics.
Regardless, McCain is fatally flawed and the coming debacle will make Dole look like Reagan. I’m looking at four more years of the same BS with nothing much done. And I’m also looking forward to the GOP growing a spine of steel in her first two years and what should be a more favorable 2010, after the Hildebeast fails at socialized medicine a second time.
The bad part is that we’ll be more vulnerable to terrorist attack and Ginsburg and Stevens will retire. But there’s no guarantee McCain’s nominee will be any better, and Souter and Breyer should be out of there after 2012.
There will be plenty of liberal policy disasters. The idea is that Hillary get the blame for them and said liberal policy disasters aren’t ascribed to a Republican.
Support your local Republican Congressional candidate and vote Constitution Party for President.
That that far fetched, especially if Obama gets elected. though he is portrayed by the dems and MSM as being the next Kennedy, I see him as the next Carter. Carter lead to the rebirth of Republicans.
The phrase “Keating Five” has been conspicuously absent from the campaign discourse to date. How many of us really espect this to hold true much past the point when McShame is the inevitable nominee? All of Hillary’s many picadillos will be swept away in one fell swoop. For every MSM mention of “Whitewater” there will be two or three mentions of the “Keating Five” scandal….count on it!
More like Poltergeist…
Dr. T. Well said. I too voted for Mitt and was ashamed at all the Mormon bashing I saw. Subtle, but it was there. I’m not Mormon (was Catholic until they started supporting amnesty and harobing illegals) but I thought that Romney had the best ideas of those left. I can only hope for a brokered convention.
Michelle, when you are at CPAC, can you nudge Speaker Gingrich on the broker convention idea? Maybe the conservatives can pull a West Virginia on McCain!!!!!
MICHELLE MALKIN FOR PRESIDENT!!!
Sean Hannity for Vice President!
Everyone write that in.
Especially with the subprime mortgage crises we are having today, which is just a repeat of the whole savings and loan crises that McCain was very much a part of over 20 years ago. McCain should have been sent to jail for his role.
Hey, we lost. At least within the constraints of the GOP. Conservatives are the RINOs now as “Republican” has been totally redefined in the neocon Bush years.
Conservatism will survive as the will for freedom always does. In what political vehicle will it survive is the question.
Ugh. That’s all I have to say about that. But I can’t help thinking to myself “Come November, will I be okay with a dem who wants to lose the war on terror, give us universal health care (while claiming that we need to be fiscally responsible), appoint liberal judges and raise my taxes?” The reoccuring answer is no, I won’t be okay with it. So I might just have to hold my noise and vote for McCain.
I think we should have Bolton for President, MM could make a great Veep though! Nothing against our illustrious host, I just like the way John Bolton speaks and acts as well. Perhaps, Bolton for president, Gingrich for VP, MM for Secretary of State?
Win-Win?
Well, Rush just started here sounds like he’s in a fabulous mood.
Ummmmmm, that should read Hostess … 0100 here, need more coffee!
For all those people who say Carter gave us Reagan, just remember, Carter gaves Iran too. The last thing we need is Obama or Hillary to give us Pakistan.
Those of us who will not vote for McShame don’t really need to worry about wasting our votes. Johnny boy has no chance against the messianic campaign that will be waged by the liberal shills in the MSM. The instances of reporters gushing over the first female nominee or the first African American nominee will become the norm, not the exception….count on it. The first McShame temper tantrum, and it will come, will be reported upon and “analyzed” far beyond anything that Dean’s scream ever was.
My point is that McShame doesn’t have the chance of the proverbial rolling snowball in the nether regions.
I wasn’t going to comment on any blog until after Easter, but now this will be my final comment.
How do I feel this morning? I’ve already decided I’m writing in my candidate for President in November. The GOP does not represent me any more, so I’m not sure how I’ll vote on the rest of the ticket.
It’ll get worse before it gets better. If I can tolerate 8 years of a Clinton White House, I can tolerate anything. It would be nice, however, to see a Conservative light at the end of this dark tunnel.
Today is Ronald Reagan’s birthday. How ironic that I’m unable to see his shining city on a hill right now.
The only person more obsessed than the Dems with getting in the White House since the 2000 elections is McCain … at any and all costs … whatever it takes … sounds like a parrot to Hill doesn’t it? …
To further a comment I made on another thread …
I thought I could just hold my nose to vote McCain … then I figured I would need a clothespin … now it will take a gas mask …
GOD HELP US!!!
McCain isn’t the “collective Republican” choice. He can’t win a majority of the Republican primary/caucus voters. As was mentioned above, because the conservative vote in the Republican party was fractured, and the liberal vote wasn’t (Guiliani didn’t compete until FL), McCain is ahead in the delegate count, now in a nearly insurmountable way. As I said last night (or very early this morning), I am dead serious about a new conservative party for elections beginning in 2010. No RINOs need apply…
It is a simple statement from me that pretty much covers how I feel….I hate John McCain.
I despise what this R party has become and I will vote for down ticket conservative’s only and hope we can recreate the best damn party in the US once again.
I am going back to Espn.com or Si.com to read about my beloved Giants.
This is too depressing to read. Is there anyone that can jump in and save us?
What happened last night was that the walls of reality moved in a lot closer on your “safe space.” All the pitiful fantasies of how Romney was going to pull off some kind of upset, all the bizarre claims that yesterday’s stock market plunge had something to do with the primary contest, all the rending of garments and gnashing of teeth… what did it all come to?
Nothing, that’s what.
If you’re a political moderate/centrist or a pragmatic conservative this morning, your Republican nominee just became apparent. And if you’re a “purist” conservative – well, you’ve got a decision to make.
Do you indirectly vote for Hillary by sitting it out on general election day with your thumb in your mouth, or by writing in some hopeless “protest” candidate?
Do you directly vote for Hillary, to exact your “revenge” upon a Republican party that “failed” you?
Do you tremble before the long, hard work of redirecting the Republican Party from within, “go independent” and reap the quitter’s reward?
Or do you make the best of a bad situation, do what’s necessary to prevent Bubba’s Third Term, and proceed forward from there?
Life doesn’t always give us choices we’d like. But there it is before you. You’ve got from now til’ November to ponder the possibilities and the consequences.
I don’t know if it will be possible through Congressional election battles to create a veto-proof critical mass of conservatives, but that should be our goal now. Whoever is elected to POTUS should be forced to deal with a core of true conservatives that can “monkeywrench” any plans to cause this country to lurch even further leftward.
Sheesh, I am depressed this morning…
Ummm, Yup
in_awe~
That will be easier to do with a Dem in the White House. Otherwise, they’d have to fight against the “head of the party” McCain…
I want to so bad, but then it’ll come down to it and I will end holding my nose and voting for this guy.
Agree with Mark Levin…time to start thinking about Congressional races to stem the excesses of whichever big government nanny-stater ends up winning the WH. The only way I’d ever vote for McCain now is if it’s a .001% difference between him and Barack Obama in November. Otherwise, I’ll vote third party or write in my name. After all, I meet all of the Constitutional requirements and at least I know I’m a real conservative
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I agree with everything in this post except for that statement.
Reagan was a great president and articulated conservative values better than any other modern president.
BUT, he was an open borders, shamnesty style Republican. Some conservatives refuse to admit this fact. Like it or not, Linda Chavez is correct (and I’m completely against her position on illegal immigration).
Reagan LEGALIZED 2.8 million illegals. He stated that illegals were doing the work that Americans would not do.
Here is his statement:
His position was no different than Bush’s on illegal immigration.
I know this dampens nostalgic feelings, but don’t shoot the messenger.
Our caucus uwas almost all Romney. 2 McCain, 2 Ron Paul, and all the rest (about 60) Romney.
McCain will not carry Colorado. Obama will.
So where is McCain going to generate the 9 electoral votes he has lost here?
And what price will we pay in the senate race where we have a good Conservative Schaffer up against a flaming liberal Udall whose billionaire backers are already launching a 527 and funding a negative campaign here to smear Schaffer. As they descriped it “We will put our foot on his throat (and crush any of his attempts to get a message out)”
So McCain is going to cost the GOP this seat as well, since Conservatives are a lot more likely to disengage form the campaign and contributions, since they see this as a betrayal not just by McCain, but by the GOP in General.
Its a sad day in Colorado.
Gabe – major difference – that was 2.8, not 12 million – and he excpected them to assimiilate. And he also demanded that the border be enforced, which the congress reniged on.
So your characterization is dishonest to say the least, and a blatent smearing lie just like McShamnesty would tell, at the worst.
Had it not been for the collusion in WV that first report of the day would have been a Romney success … McCain could not let that happen for all the country to hear … most did not hear “how it happened” … only that “Huckabee won WV” … remember how everyone was being warned to ignore any results because they would influence the rest of the country and how they voted … anyone want to take bets on how WV news affected CA and elsewhere as the day went on … IMHO it did significant damage to Romney and no one else …
I really wanna say: SITYS. It’s sad that our party is screwed but bittersweet to see my prediction of a bland GOP pool coming true.
(I got tired of all of those arrogant Chicago GOP and CPAC activists rolling their eyes at me and saying “Pffft!! Rudy McRomney walks on water!!”)
I wonder if the notion that we could run a dog against Hillary and still win led many in the GOP to relax and not worry about the quality of our candidate.
I really truly believe the GOP is reaping what they sowed.
One silver lining: a November 2007 Zogby poll says one person can ignite the ticket if chosen as a running mate.
I think I’ll write in Ronald Reagan this fall. I’d take a dead Reagan over a live McCain as President any day.
I can not blame McVain and Huckabee for they are what they are but what the hell is the Republican Party. The Republicans put them in the position they are in but they are not like me. I must then conclude I am not a Republican, I am not a Democrat, and I am not a Compassionate Conservative. I am once again a share holder in the Silent Majority.
If,if,if McCain wants my vote he will have to make some promises I will believe.McCain will have to swallow his gigantic ego and admit he was wrong about his amnesty push, his fellowship with liberal Democratic Senators, and his denouncing of conservatives,like me, who fought to protect the US from illegal immigrants last fall.McCain needs to prove to us that he is a Republican,dang it, not a Democrat Lite.
This is a huge order that I would be surprised he would attempt. He will invoke Reagan and claim he is in his shadow. I am not cussin’ during Lent so I won’t say how I feel about his comparison to Reagan.
I don’t think him choosing Huckabeast will help him, either. What a horrid ticket.
I don’t think it is over yet for Romney.I have enough Irish in me to be stubborn until the end.
My temperature today? Color me unimpressed with the GOP, a bit discouraged but not down and out because of McNasty.
There are many who vote based solely on electability. For those who voted for McCain because he could beat Hillary, what are they thinking now that the front runner is Obama? I don’t think McCain wins against Obama. Again, based solely on electability , I believe Romney’s experience and youthful good looks would make him much more competitive against Obama. All this shows why voting based on perceived electability, instead of on principle, is a disaster!
Any chance we can get the CIA documents (re interrogations of Johnny Mac in Vietnam) released before the rest of the primaries? We already know it’s coming out after the conventions. But do we need to have them released on the demonrats timetable?
Gabe … how about the whole story there … Reagan agreed to the amnesty bill with the stipulation that there were accompanying laws so that it would not happen again … those laws included fines and sanctions against employers … one big problem … the laws never got enforced so we ended up right back in the soup only worse than before …
eradicate the magnet of jobs and you eliminate the reason to flaunt the laws by coming here illegally …
Excellent!
I think that’ll come in due time from the Clintoons.
What irks me the most is that the liberal MSM actively worked to put a moderate liberal condidate on the Republican ticket. They made sure a conservative wouldn’t get a decent shot at it. Allen was taken down by the Washington Post, Hunter never got any press, and Thompson was declared ‘lackluster’ from the beginning.
If conservatism sucks why do liberals FEAR an honest contest between a real conservative and Hillary or Obama?
I’m not being dishonest; I’m being realistic. This was 30 years ago, and Reagan legalized 2.8 million illegals, instead of doing the right thing by deporting them. Look at his statement. He was open borders.
Why do you think there are now 12 million (probably a lot more than that) illegals?
Because of Reagan’s shamnesty, there was no incentive for aliens NOT to come here. They just expected a future amnesty, thanks to Reagan.
Reagan does not have infallibility, despite being a great president overall.
My point is that Linda Chavez IS correct when she states that Reagan was open borders. Her position on illegal immigration is completely wrong, but she is correct about Reagan being open borders. She is not “disingenuous,” as Michelle Malkin states.
Remember who did this…
Huckabee, and (I really hate to say this) his religious-test constituents. This seems to consist at least partially of people whose “social conservatism” begins and ends with their “pro-life” stance, and who feel that using the government to bring about their notion of the kingdom of god is just fine. They may make no pretense at being “economic conservatives” or “national defense conservatives”. They have a strong leaning toward populism.
Huckabee has shown his a$$ in this campaign, and I find him deplorable. It is curious that a believing Christian could view this man’s conduct and still support him.
McCain…
is who he is, and that has been detailed by conservatives of the caliber of Robert Bork, among many others. He has also shown his stripe in this campaign. He is a liar, a fake, and has no honor.
These are facts that none of us should EVER forget.
McCain CANNOT win in the South, and no Republican can win the presidency without the South. MAYBE he could join a VP candidate that would be strong enough, but I doubt it VERY seriously.
Given the results yesterday, McCain cannot win the inter-mountain West, and I very much doubt any Republican can win the presidency without that base of support.
The RNC is also responsible for this travesty, and they have to be brought to book for it.
So, we have dialed in a Dimocrate presidency for at least four years.
Romney, Hunter, a few others could follow the Reagan pattern now. They could build a killer base of support by fostering the election of conservative House, Senate, and state-wide candidates. They must become the voice we hear when we think of the voice of conservative thought.
I genuinely think we can only look toward the horizon for any hope. We have none in the near-term.
I will urge anyone I can influence to vote on election day, since other candidates on the ticket deserve our support. I will not vote for McCain under any circumstance. I will not give to the RNC, only to individual candidates.
LOL
I’ll set my alarm and call you John.
Robert Reich saying on CNBC that McCain and Hillary agree on economy. They are the same. Other guy (don’t know name) doesn’t see how McCain can do well in red states at all.
Until yesterday, I had decided to not vote in November if McCain were the Republican nominee. But, now I’ve decided I will vote, but hold my nose. Why? With Hillary or Obama as president, my guess is they will try to get amnesty pushed through. We already know McCain will. I originally thought to let the dems have it for 4 years to allow themselves time to screw up and give the Republicans a stronger chance in 2012. But, then I got to thinking about shamnesty and realized how “we the people” mobilized and shut it down, thanks to Michelle and others. We’ve seen how dems are going to support their man (woman) in the White House no matter what. If Hillary or Obama is President, I fear the dems wouldn’t join in to oppose amnesty, but they would eagerly jump on the band wagon against it if McCain were President. To me, terrorism and amnesty are the two biggest issues that will determine the destiny of our great country… both must be stopped. At least I feel somewhat safe that McCain is willing to deal with terrorism in a proper manner (well, except for shutting the border).
Last year’s shamnesty debate awoke a sleeping giant… the people. We are watching and paying closer attention to what is going on in Washington and around the world more now. All we need are people like Michelle and others to spread the word when it is time for us to act. Think – “Gathering of Eagles”, counter protests against code pink in Berkeley, and many others.
And if all of that doesn’t sway you, I have just one thing to say – Bill and Hill in the White House 4 more years… NOOOOOOO!
Sadly, “victories” like these will make McCain think that he is right about the many things he is so wrong about.
Doubly sadly, if asked, I would wager that majority of people who voted for him would give you a slackjawed look if you said “who is Juan Hernandez?” and start visibly drooling on themselves when asked if they know what the implications McCain-Feingold had for the First Amendment.
You’d more likely get three soundbites then they would fall into a stupor.
Triply sadly, I will be forced to vote for him if Hillary is the Dem candidate, if for no other reason than to stave off the socialist picks for SCOTUS that Hillary would make. At least with McCain, we might have a prayer (in hell) of getting someone who at least recognizes the Constitution as the heart of out nation’s laws.
We will simply have to take to the trenches as we did last summer to fight the illegal hoards who want to overrun this country.
Like McCains mother (no political expert, but an expert on McCain) said, I will have to hold my nose (and suppress my gag reflex and clench my buttocks) and vote for him.
He may be the evil of two lessers, but Hillary is evil incarnate (P.S. see the Fish article in the NYTimes on the irrationality of the Hillary Haters: it is good for a laugh).
Isn’t that what Shamnesty 2007 was all about? Let’s legalize aliens. . .with the stipulation that it will never happen again.
Why do we give Reagan leeway on this very bad decision and not Bush? It must be nostalgia.
You must include FoxNews in this. Even O’Reilly is now calling conservative the “radical right wing.” when they do not support McCain.
I just feel sick to my stomach. I really do. When Juan McCain’s popularity plummeted after shamnesty, I was glad. What has happened to this party? Why did they change their minds about him? Are they just religious bigots, voting not-a-mormon? Because of his non-front-runner status, and the fact that he ignored Iowa, McCain hasn’t had the scrutiny that he richly deserves.
Sure, call Sandy Burgalar 555-ROBBER I’m sure he would be glad to help.
#57 On February 6th, 2008 at 12:25 pm, Regulus said:
“If you’re a political moderate/centrist or a pragmatic conservative this morning, your Republican nominee just became apparent.”
“…do you make the best of a bad situation,…”
I so badly want to believe that McCain would not be as bad as a declared socialist…however, as I stated on another thread the other day, how can I be convinced that McCain would in fact be any better, any different, than a declared socialist?
There’s:
1) McCain-Feingold.
2) McCain supported amnesty.
3) “I’ll build the goddamned fence” doesn’t sound too reassuring.
4) McCain is associated with Juan Hernandez…verrry scary.
No time to find other points right now, but the gist is of this is that, after what McCain has said/done over the past 8-10 (?more?) years:
The burden of proof is on HIM to convince the folks uncomfortable with him that he in fact would make a better president than would one of the declared socialists.
The burden of proof is NOT on those uncomfortable with McCain to show that he would be no better than would a declared socialist.
The burden of proof is HIS, to show that he:
would not amnesty illegals;
would secure our borders;
would preserve and safeguard U.S. sovereignty;
would keep us safer than would a declared socialist;
would continue to fight, and would defeat, the Muslim jihad barbarians;
would not increase our taxes;
would not nominate leftist, the-Constitution-is-just-B.S. judges (I cannot call them justices!) for the Supreme court and other Federal courts;
would not further erode our freedom of speech;
would in fact get rid of McCain-Feingold;
would leave our intellignece services, Gitmo, and military alone, so that they may protect us; and in fact, you know, fight this WAR against those Muslim jihad barbarians;
would let us develop energy sources so that we can tell the Chavezes and the oil sheiks of the world to go perform an impossible act upon themselves.
Again, the burden of proof is on Mr. McCain, not on those at whom he sneers.
Temperature check?
I feel like I’ve just had one with a giant rectal thermometer…
Rod–jor, granite!!!
oops:
5) The ill-conceived “gang of fourteen”.
How could I have forgotten to list that?
Apologies….
I’m glad you asked. I’m feeling betrayed by my own party. I’m feeling like the morning after. I’m feeling like I don’t know if there’s a difference between the parties anymore.
In short, I’m feeling like Ron Paul feels every day. Maybe he was onto something.
Michelle, seems to me that John Scott was intentionally unfair to you and your rebuttal this morning.
Strange that people are saying that it feels as if the party has been hijacked.
That is the way it felt to a lot of Republicans when the Wallacites poured into
the party to support Reagan. I remember hearing the “grownup” Republicans,
I was a “young” Republican at the time, complaining that “those people” had
hijacked the party, that they were taking control of “our” party. This feels much the same way. Just food for thought. I know you all are going to jump
on me and say it’s not the same thing, so have at it.
I wish Ronald Reagan were around and could seek a third term. I wish Ollie North could get elected president. I think Pete Wilson would make a pretty good president. But none of this can happen. There is a rotten, absolutely rotten, crew of candidates on the Republican side. Romney is a Republican version of John Kerry. Like Kerry, Mitt is a patrician who has the word preppie written all over him. He ran for governor as a liberal and governed as a McGovern liberal. Just look at his judges if you doubt me. Huckabee is a reincarnation of Goober Pyle without the charm. McCain is a war hero and a man of extraordinary courage, grit and tenacity. But that is all he has to offer. So there is only one thing to do. Stop worrying about who the candidate will be and start preparing to defeat Hillary. Recall that in 1988, the first Bush was no great shakes. He was to Ronald Reagan what Rosie O’Donnell is to Cindy Crawford. But it was possible to alert people to how Dukakis was another Carter and to defeat Dukakis. That is the task today. Sorry folks, Ronald Reagan and Milton Friedman are not walking through the door. But Hillary is edging ever closer.
If you watched Jay Leno last night, you saw in his JayWalking segment that many voters have no idea what’s going on or who the candidates are. Billary has name and facial recognition, and Obama has racial recognition, but other than that, they go to the polls with no real idea as to why they are really there.
On behalf of baby killers who comit a so-called “American Holocaust” via abortion and on behalf of traitors who support Al Queda by wanting the US to withdraw from Iraq, I want to thank Michelle’s readers for not voting for the pro-life, pro-Iraq War candidate.
I’ll let you in on a secret: being one vote away from reversing Roe v. Wade, I was getting a little nervous.