McCain for all his faults is better than Huckabee. I will be going to our state Republican convention, my support for McCain is tepid at best, but in shaping the platform I intend to be vocal. People like Juan Hernandez working with the McCain campaign will be a reason for me to NOT give one penny to the RNC or the McCain campaign. I will give to other candidates, but not “Open Borders McCain”.

I hope Huckabee goes back to Arkansas so we never have to hear from this charlatan again. The MSM liked Huckabee probably because they knew there would be no problem finding skeletons in his closet. Ethics issues before, during and after his time as governor, his protection of his dog killing kid (and subsequent Eagle scout), his speaking for medical companies heavily involved in stem cell research (not adult stem cells), this man was a walking democrat dream.

My wife on the other hand is adamant that she will not vote for McCain.

Doh!

On March 4th, 2008 at 11:10 pm, TexasTiger said:

On March 4th, 2008 at 10:07 pm, Reggie Dunlop said:

He may be the least ugly at the dance, but sometimes there’s something to be said for abstinence.

Abstinence is great, but electoral politics isn’t consensual sex.

When Oh!b♥m♥/Clint♂n rape our armed forces and our economy, you won’t be spared because you’re sporting a purity ring.

I feel like I get shafted in the electoral process on a regular basis.

So, how about a chasity belt?

As for John McStain- being a war hero does not mean that you have enough experience to run a country. Enough said.

I may just not vote this time around either, because I also- do not pick the lesser of the evils.

By not voting- I know I don’t have a say in what happens politically around me, but I do know that I’ll have none of it. Whatever happens good- bad- or indifferent will not be on my hands.

With these three boobs running for president, who needs North Korea or Al Qaeda? Any one of those remaining fools on either side, will terrorize us from within.

Mike Huckabee is responsible for John McCain winning the nomination instead of Mitt, or Fred, or Duncan, or Rudy, or Ron. Or was it Duncan who took votes from Rudy? No….it was Rudy who took them from Fred….

By that logic, McCain’s obviously responsible for each of the others not getting nominated. He should pull out of the race now!

Or maybe we should just let candidates run, let voters vote, add it all up and see who wins?

When Oh!b♥m♥/Clint♂n rape our armed forces and our economy, you won’t be spared because you’re sporting a purity ring.”

That’s a very sad but true sentiment. Let’s think out what do do, we have time. There is still the “coronation” in the August RNC convention. Things can happen then, or even before that. If this is still the situation in November, go by the dictates of your conscience. Just remember we need more conservative congressmen and women.

When I see people on the party right (mainly Baptists and Evangelicals) proclaim that John McCain is not a “true conservative” I tend to think that what they mean is, “he does not represent MY brand of conservatism”.

Irish it is AMAZING that you come on THIS thread to say this. Did you not READ the other comments on this thread? Most of the people claiming McCain is not a conservative are also blaming Huckabee for Romney not being a conservative. They have bashed Huckabee every chance they got.

I don’t see this as an ‘evangelical’ thing (again it is a stupid word that doesn’t define anything). Black baptists (evangelicals) think McCain is plenty conservative and they won’t vote for him because he is conservative.

I think the problem is that people are stupid. The media makes people be stupid.

The vitriol on this thread for a person who really didn’t do anything bad to anyone else is uncalled for. All you ‘rational’ ‘conservative’ ‘good people’ should really consider what you KNOW and what you SAY.

Huckabee is by all accounts a good man. There is no need to bash a guy who has won millions of votes in the Republican party. I wouldn’t vote for Huckabee either. . . but I REALLY don’t understand where this vitriol comes from.

He knows he won’t be VP, it is even stupid to ask the question. . . but hey, it’s important enough to ask Rove. . . you know the guy who actually destroyed the Republican conservative movement with his desire to ‘win hispanics’.

You people here need to mature a little bit. I swear this is more like grade school than informative debate.

On March 5th, 2008 at 9:55 am, handyandy said:

To all Republicans…. please vote for John McCain. We want more Alito and Scalia type of judges on The Supreme Court. Not,God help us, more Ruth Bader Ginsburgs.

What in McCain’s record leads you to believe that this is what he’ll do?

You have to look at what people have actually done in crunch time, rather than listen to what they are saying when they are trying to get elected. And McCain’s track record strongly indicates that his choices will be, at best, closer to the Ginsberg type than they will be to the Scalia type. McCain has built his career on “reaching across the aisle” to liberals.

What makes you think he won’t continue this pattern as President?

However, the USA survived a Revolutionary War, a Civil War, two World Wars, four Presidential asassinations, four years of Jimmy Carter, and eight years of Bill Clinton. It’ll survive whatever comes out of this.

Good “come to Jesus” points. Too bad they’ll be resoundly ignored. There are many disenchanted Republican and Democrat voters unhappy with the immigration and the job/trade picture this year. Unfortunately, both parties are appealing to the weak-minded in our country who want immediate solutions to long-term problems with an stick-on bandaid.

Evangelical conservatives may feel that arm-twisting defiance is the way to stick it to McCain but I feel otherwise. I think they’re driving people away who, like me, aren’t overly religious, and don’t look at things in puritanical terms. I appreciate the debate but I don’t agree with folks like Ombre or RIC shouting me down because I don’t subscribe to the Evangelical brand.

The Democrats aren’t the only ones experiencing bloodshed and internecine warfare right now…

He did the race no favors by spoiling Romney’s run or pandering to Evangelicals. I found him just as disingenuous as the average politician. He just revealed some deep fissures that currently exist in the Republican party and won’t be remedied soon.

Sorry, Huckster, won’t miss ya… go to the Caymans and make some more speeches because there’s no way in hell you’ll get the VP nod.

McCain = conservative? Not by any stretch of the imagination. And if this is the outcome of the struggle for control of the Republican party, it’s now time for genuine conservatives to bid a not so fond farewell to that party and get serious about forming a new political party. Or at least get serious about choosing our own candidates and refusing to let others shove someone down our throats.

And Irish Rose, lest you think I’m a member of the far-right kook fringe, I’ll say this: What should be the biggest non-factor in determining “conservatism” is the abortion debate. Both sides of this issue need to realize that our current situation is the law of the land, and is now so historically entrenched that it really doesn’t matter who is on the Supreme Court. It is going to stay the law, and both sides need to remove it from the debate and move on to issues of more substance and greater importance to our country.

To those of you who are going to “stay home” and not vote – remember that there are going to be more things on the ballot than just the race for President. You can cast a ballot and leave one or more races/issues un-voted on. I’m going to have a very hard time voting for ANY of the candidates for President, but my state’s Governorship is up for grabs and the Republicans are going to be fielding a good conservative candidate to go up against a very liberal, somewhat shady Democrat. In addition, the house seats are up for grabs, and I sure as heck don’t want to send a Dem. to Capitol Hill to represent me. Same goes for my state legislature and senate.

So stay home if you like, but if you do, don’t start whining when your state falls into the hands of the far left Democrats. Staying home has far deeper implications than just the office of President.