What a lot of hogwash. Stop crying already.

Priscilla on February 16, 2008 at 10:20 AM

What, are you blind, stupid, illiterate, or all of the above? There’s comment after comment after comment after comment of idiots advising those who don’t like McCain to “leave the GOP – we don’t need you” and I think that is outright stupid.

Do you think that’s a good move? Do you think that’s wise? Is that how McCain is going to win?

And exactly what crying are you referring to? Can’t you read? Or don’t you bother? I guess it’s easier to just make a snide comment. F*ck off troll, no one wants you here. No one.

Besides

I only hope that the trolls and the idiots who are part of the recent rash of sign ups at HotAir are NOT representative of McCain supporters in general…instead of trying to win over those who dislike McCain, they’re telling people “we don’t need you, you’re not the base, go to hell, get out of the tent, go ahead and stay home loser, etc.”

What a lot of hogwash. Stop crying already.

DreadWolf on February 15, 2008 at 7:05 PM

You’re right, plus Obama sponsored the legislation which actually passed this week that mandates the president to come up with a plan to eliminate half of global poverty by 2015.

McCain is SO MUCH BETTER than Obama or Hillary, and voting one of them in will NOT help conservatism.

I only hope that the trolls and the idiots who are part of the recent rash of sign ups at HotAir are NOT representative of McCain supporters in general…instead of trying to win over those who dislike McCain, they’re telling people “we don’t need you, you’re not the base, go to hell, get out of the tent, go ahead and stay home loser, etc.”

They need to work on their people skills, or their boy is going down in Nov, and the socialist policies to be implemented will be darn near impossible to reverse.

I’ll gladly acknowledge the areas of concern with McCain, most notably with immigration. However, when people claim that he is equal to or worse than Hillary/Obama on every other issue, it just doesn’t jive with the facts. I truly don’t know if it is ignorance, delusion or mass insanity. There seem to be at least three areas where McCain is far better than the Democrats, and these areas matter to me.

Winning the War in Iraq
McCain: “I’d rather lose the presidency than lose the war.”

That statement and his actions which supported it, frankly, make him the candidate with the most integrity of any by far. In MY opinion of course. Hillary and Obama’s stated positions are to immediately begin surrender. That’s a fact and we would be fools to doubt them. All those lives will have been lost for nothing if they succeed, and many more will be lost later when we have to go back in and correct their mistake. It’s Jimmy Carter time all over again with a Dem CinC.

Taxes
Have you seen Obama’s proposed tax plan? It is INSANE. And, it still falls $200 billion short of paying for all the new socialist programs he wants. No Republican will ever propose a monstrosity like this.

2nd Amendment
Obama has made his position as nebulous as possible. We KNOW that he or Hillary will never block a gun control bill. I have at least a reasonable hope that McCain will.

If people hate McCain so much they won’t vote for him based on immigration, CFR, waterboarding and Guantanamo, that at least is a rational position that they are entitled to. When you start projecting that hate into other areas where he is clearly different from the Dems, we’ve crossed over into Candyland. There is no rational debate in Candyland.

How does a Maverick victory bring back conservatism? It’s over dude.

Are you retarded? Maverick isn’t going to win. I’ve never said anything to the contrary. McCain’s only impact on conservatism is the fact that he’s going to detach it from the GOP.

An Obama victory could facilitate a conservative resurgence in the GOP by showing that a left-tacking moderate like McCain is a losing proposition.

How does a Maverick victory bring back conservatism? It’s over dude.

THE CHOSEN ONE on February 15, 2008 at 10:35 AM

Or rather how does an Obama victory bring back conservatism?
A. It doesn’t.

How does a Maverick victory bring back conservatism? It’s over dude.

I’m all for putting the conservatism back in Republican, but how do you plan to do this exactly?

By re-registering as Independents.
By not donating money to the GOP or McCain.
By not voting for John McCain.

That ought to do it. The GOP will realize the impact of abandoning conservatism quite quickly after November.

we’ll just quietly take our party back as you continue your appeasement to the left at any cost.

BKennedy on February 15, 2008 at 9:33 AM

I’m all for putting the conservatism back in Republican, but how do you plan to do this exactly?

I don’t see how handing the country over to Obama, who is the poster boy for the Left, accomplishes this goal.

Sounds like a crazy plan to me, but I’ll all ears.

Us moderates have the party by the balls now and we’re not giving it back.

Jump on the bandwagon. Abandon your principles. Go Rudy!McCain!

tommylotto on February 15, 2008 at 8:58 AM

Thanks tommylotto.

Now, for those of us that aren’t centrist-liberal Republicans, we’ll just quietly take our party back as you continue your appeasement to the left at any cost.

As a conservative, I assume you agree with a market economy. The market corrects itself and gives the consumers what they want. If the market wants silly teen sex comedies, Hollywood will crank them out by the dozen. If the market wants bloody slasher films, we will get those instead. Think of two party politics the same way. There is a continuum from right to left:
__________________________|____________________________
DEM | GOP

The line in the middle is constantly shifting and the party that represents the wants and needs of this country gets elected. If the GOP moves right it looses. If the country moves left and the GOP stays the same it looses. The GOP is not the conservative party. It is the right of center party that only cares about staying in power. If it has to tack left to keep up with the changing demographics of the country, it will in a heartbeat and not shed a tear for loosing you.

You have to decide whether you are a member of the right of center party or whether you are a code-pink-like radical fringe that is so out of step it has no impact on the direction of this country. Are you going to protest Pelosi for not stopping the war? Are you going to be a haughty Frenchman boycotting American movies because they are crude and anti-intellectual? Are you going to marginalize yourself?

Chakra Hammer on February 15, 2008 at 3:11 AM

There’s no anointing going on, but the fact is that they have the largest audience in the talk radio marketplace of ideas. You are free to think for yourself and obviously you can change the channel if you don’t find their shows compelling.

It is interesting that none of the three have embraced Huckabee’s brand of “conservatism”.

First of all, Obama is not a slam-dunk in the general. There are a lot of independent voters who like Obama AND McCain, but think that Obama is just not ready for his close-up yet. Don’t get me wrong, Obama will be tough, but I don’t think he’s inevitable by any stretch.

Secondly, regardless of what Rush and Sean and Levin say – and I listen to them all – at this point, they are trying to hold the conservative base together, not trying to destroy McCain, because it’s too late for that. Rush has already stated what appears to be his position on the general, which is that McCain is who he is, and he should not try and present himself as anything but a centrist with some conservative positions.

If McCain is smart enough to pick someone like Pawlenty as his running mate, the talk show guys will feel validated that they have made a difference and they’ll start talking him up.

Rush, Hannity and Ingraham, are leaders for the Conservatives.

Oh really?

Who anointed them, to speak for me?

Assuming you’re on the Right, due to your membership at Hot Air…Do you happen to listen to radio/podcasts? Rush, Hannity and Ingraham, are leaders for the Conservatives. Hewitt, Prager and Gallagher are Republican Party Unity advocates. Perhaps select one or two from each, both sides are compelling and persuasive. Neither will command you what to think, but you will find that your true thoughts are reflected on one side or the other.

RushBaby on February 15, 2008 at 1:09 AM

Michael Medved, Dennis Prager, Rusty Humphries, Larry Elder, Dennis Miller

Good enough. >:}

No. You didn’t miss much. Romeny is secretly working on 2012 with the inbreds from CPAC anyway, so this was just for show.

THE CHOSEN ONE on February 14, 2008 at 5:33 PM

No need for that, we do need everyone, even people that can’t spell Mitt’s last name correctly. ;)

wubu on February 15, 2008 at 12:34 AM

Just one more recommendation, and this is probably my best one. Listen to Mark Levin.

At this point there is not much difference between in candidates given… I am waiting for an epithany

wubu on February 15, 2008 at 12:34 AM

Assuming you’re on the Right, due to your membership at Hot Air…Do you happen to listen to radio/podcasts? Rush, Hannity and Ingraham, are leaders for the Conservatives. Hewitt, Prager and Gallagher are Republican Party Unity advocates. Perhaps select one or two from each, both sides are compelling and persuasive. Neither will command you what to think, but you will find that your true thoughts are reflected on one side or the other.

At this point there is not much difference between in candidates given… I am waiting for an epithany

We need far less week-kneed, ball-less, lazy, cowards.

Gregor on February 14, 2008 at 6:47 PM

Gregor,
Is that your website that you have linked your handle to?

The reason I’m asking is I’m open to ideas.

Click on my handle and it’ll take you to my blog. Leave me a comment somewhere to get the ball rolling.

Thanks

P.S. Maybe Hillary sneaked everybody’s balls out in the dark of night?

Trying to vote for the lessor of 3 evils is going to be a real challenge this time around.

wubu on February 15, 2008 at 12:03 AM

May I help? Follow your conscience concerning leftist candidates.

Bound to be some qualified Republicans down-ticket who will will earn your positive vote.