He has a 55% ACU lifetime rating — i.e., he votes with the GOP only 55% of the time — and his ratings the past two years have been 48 and 40. He’s a liberal; there is not anything even remotely conservative about this fairy.

He has actually voted:

- Against the Iraq War “surge”,
- Against the partial birth abortion ban (yes, really),
- For Crap and Tax,
- For all manner of gun and ammunition bans, even sponsoring the assault weapons joke/ban,
- For illegal alien amnesty.

He has a 100% rating from the teachers unions.

You are obviously a partisan Republican who doesn’t care about policy. I’m not. I’m a conservative, and Kirk will never get my vote.

Karenhasfreedom — Dr. Eric Wallace, but he doesn’t have a prayer.

http://www.examiner.com/x-17034-Chicago-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Mark-Kirks-bid-to-be-Illinois-antigun-Republican-Senator

So who is the real conservatative running against him in the primary?

Anyone? Buelar? Anyone?

So have you contributed to their conservative competition in the primaries yet? Some of the conservatives have a real shot.

Absolutely. I’m not financially able to do the whole $2,400, but I’ve contributed to several campaigns. I also am an active attendee of my local GOP, I write letters to the editor, I’m collecting petition signatures at a local gathering this weekend, and I go to my town hall meetings. Politics starts at the bottom. Focusing only at the elections at the top is a mistake most voters make.

And as much as I loathe McCain, McCain is NOT ‘the same as’ Obama. If you still do not understand that, you are wilfully blind.

Actually, while McCain and Obama both tried to project that image, they agreed on about 85% of policy. Afghanistan, National ID Cards, BailOuts, National Health Care…it’s easier than listing things they disagreed on. At the end of the day, there’s no significant differences between the two big parties any more.

Immigration is one of my hot-buttons, and that alone disqualified McCain in my book. I don’t care if he does win elections – he doesn’t win them for me.

Apparently, Peter Schiff just announced this morning. I think I’ll go send him some money.

Meg Whitman, Mark Kirk, Sharron Angle, Sue Lowden, Charlie Crist…..all of them represent more of the same.

So have you contributed to their conservative competition in the primaries yet? Some of the conservatives have a real shot.

And as much as I loathe McCain, McCain is NOT ‘the same as’ Obama. If you still do not understand that, you are wilfully blind.

Until then, YOU are as much a part of the problem as the celebrity loving Kennedy voters are. You vote how you FEEEEEL instead of voting for the candidate you know will do the least damage.

Actualy, that approach is exactly how they manage to keep stringing us along. You’re not doing any of us favors with that approach. You are, however, making the GOP very happy, because it means they don’t have any real responsibility any more.

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” — John Quincy Adams”

On September 16th, 2009 at 6:19 pm, WarEagle82 said:

It is LONG past time to fall back on the LoTE argument if anyone wants to restore American to its conservative principles. Voting for some idiot RINO is NOT the solution to our problems.

Exactly. There are no philisophically different in any of the Congressional race leaders across the country, as far as I can tell. (Peter Schiff maybe, but I don’t know how his race is going.)
Meg Whitman, Mark Kirk, Sharron Angle, Sue Lowden, Charlie Crist…..all of them represent more of the same. Most of those people have John McCain and Lindsay Graham raising millions for them.

If I lived in Nevada, I’d vote for Harry Reid before I’d vote for a RINO. At least Reid is honest about what he is. (In reality, I’d vote third party. I refuse to just stay home.)

Contributing to a political party is like going into a used car dealership, handing the salesman your money and saying, “Please give me something good.”

Easy, but really dumb.

Find conservatives who have a real fighting chance to win in their primaries. Contribute directly. Give until it hurts. Participate in the battles within the GOP or find a new party that isn’t led by spoilers (I don’t see any now).

Then, once the primaries are over, stop the Democrats. Until the Democrats are no longer so extremely collectivist (never gonna happen).

Poor guy is going to get 6 years of my style of diversity and understanding…and I love sending every email.

And THAT is what your refusal to vote for the lote is really about. It’s about you FEELING GOOD.

You might as well be a leftist yourself. That is exactly the way they ‘think.’

And, btw, WarEagle, those of us who vote for the lote vote for the LESSER of two evils. If the two candidates are REALLY equivalent, we’ll go third party, too.

OR GIVE US A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE WHO ISN’T JUST A BAG OF WIND.

Until then, YOU are as much a part of the problem as the celebrity loving Kennedy voters are. You vote how you FEEEEEL instead of voting for the candidate you know will do the least damage.