A great idea here is to go read the Comments Section at this link — and to follow all the links IN those comments in that Section (I’ve taken the liberty of including most of those suggested links at the bottom of this Post) — and THEN read the ridi…

And the best part is, I’m far from alone.

Zetterson on January 23, 2008 at 11:53 AM

No you are not alone. As a matter of fact, let me add a few “NEVERs” to the list.

And the best part is, I’m far from alone.

Well, except for all the others, I mean.

A pox on them all, I say.

What good does it do? It exposes the bias of people like you who read into comments what you WANT to hear instead of what the candidate actually said.

csdeven on January 23, 2008 at 9:48 AM

So you want to expose, not learn? Kind of like dissing Fred, and then embracing Mitt when he does worse?
Who is exposed?

right2bright on January 23, 2008 at 9:43 AM

What good does it do? It exposes the bias of people like you who read into comments what you WANT to hear instead of what the candidate actually said.

The problem with McCain goes deeper than what he says about taxes and what he says today about immigration that contradicts what he said days or weeks ago. It’s about the battles McCain chooses to fight and the enemies he chooses to make.

This is the point I have been making to family and friends when they talk about McCain. “But how could a hero like him support those things? That’s not what he says…”

Well put…

Interesting. Can you leave a link to that promise by Mitt?

csdeven on January 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM

What good would that do? You just ignore them (links) and waste someones time…if we give you that link will you turn your back on Mitt?….you know kind of like when you dissed Fred for driving a red truck, but embrace Mitt for his RV.

Example: Romney just lied to the folks in Michigan about bringing back low cost mfg jobs there. That is total BS

georgealbert on January 23, 2008 at 7:36 AM

Interesting. Can you leave a link to that promise by Mitt?

You still dont get it. At least to us, he is around 2%. Not 50%.
broker1 on January 22, 2008 at 9:52 PM

In the context of the original comment, you should say McCain is a 98% crappy candidate and a 2% decent candidate.

Just throwin’ it out there…

Rush Limbaugh: Why should we shut up? In Nevada, Romney cleans up, and nobody talks about it. “Romney is nowhere. He’s off the charts. He should quit. Thompson should quit. He should get out of the race!” They remain on……

Senator, our values included respect for the law.

fred5678 on January 23, 2008 at 4:41 AM

Well said, fred5678. Isn’t it interesting how so many “law and order” types (like Bush and McCain) conveniently ignore the likely effect of having tens of millions of brand new legal U.S. residents/citizens who believe (because we’ve taught it to them) that they are free to ignore any U.S. law that stands in the way of something they want? Want to live in the U.S. but don’t have a visa? No problem, just sneak across the border illegally. Want a job in the U.S. but don’t have a green card? No problem, just steal a citizen’s SS number, or make one up. Want welfare benefits you’re not entitled to? No problem, just sign your name to an affidavit full of lies.

How many times have we heard the Left’s lame rationalization that “they’re just trying to provide a better life for themselves and their families”? Can’t the same be said for all sorts of other people who choose to break the law? I’d be willing to bet that your average embezzler, burglar, drug dealer, etc. are also trying to provide a better life for themselves and their families. We don’t accept that excuse for their lawlessness, so why should we accept it for millions of law-breaking foreigners? And what kind of society are we going to have if tens of millions of people believe that they’re free to pick and choose which of our laws they’re going to obey?

Example: Romney just lied to the folks in Michigan about bringing back low cost mfg jobs there. That is total BS

… I, for one, will NEVER forget what he tried to do with the amnesty bill.

Livefreeordie on January 23, 2008 at 2:45 AM

And which bill he will eagerly sign as POTUS, if he gets the chance.

I give McCain all the credit in the world for his service and sacrifice – I don’t think anyone seriously disagrees. But that does not excuse what he is so fervently trying to do to our country with his immigration bill.

I have a good friend who was a Kiowa pilot in Iraq in 2004 – hard crash landing, broken back, and now recovered. While my friend was risking his life to guard the “front door” against terrorists, Bush and McCain actively sought to undermine our country’s security via the “back door.”

In a recent year, over 140,000 OTM’s were caught crossing the border (maybe 1/3 of the total??) – including this woman. The OTM’s include people from all the terrorist-sponsoring countries. No back door security = no national security.

McCain swears and sneers at those legislators, and citizens like me, who simply want our laws enforced, as his own Arizona is now doing, and very successfully.

His policy is to reward (grant residency and path to citizenship) to law-breakers who have no respect for our laws (immigration, ID theft, fake documentation, etc.) and demand “immigrant rights.” He dishonestly echoes that tired false dichotomy of Bush: “We can’t deport 12 million blah blah THEREFORE we must make them citizens.” To ignore the very successful policy that four states are using – attrition by enforcement – is intellectually dishonest.

McCain’s policy will keep these villages in perpetuity, because his sytem of rewarding illegals is just an enticement for more to risk their lives crossing the desert to settle in more of these villages. His bill will grant permanent residency, after only a 24 hour waiting period for background and health checks, to up to 30 million law breakers. And with that news, we will have another 30 million right behind them, because no fence will be high enough to stop the flood.

No thanks, John. I refuse to accept your anarchy. I vote for law enforcement.

From McCain’s web site:

Recognize the importance of assimilation of our immigrant population, which includes learning English, American history and civics, and respecting the values of a democratic society.

Senator, our values included respect for the law.

A lot of former fred supporters, and possible Romney supporters generally, acknowledge that Romney says mostly the right things. The trouble is, he seems to offer these glibly as crowd-pleasing platitudes, and they’re not sure if he actually believes …

Some interesting links:
Project Vote Smart : McCain’s vote on taxes [31 Not Voting]
Hot Air archive of March 19th “McCain’s voting growing ever more liberal”
Americans for tax reform where John McCain said to reporters [off the record] that he would raise taxes as president.
Here is an extensive report on John McCain CongressPedia

hosted by sourcewatch.org. (You can stay up all night doing this stuff. )

John McCain is just a couple of chromosomes short of a Donkey…

That’s funny right there…. I don’t care who y’are!

I agree, by the way.