Bill Kristol On Why McCain Won New Hampshire
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Bill’s right, but McCain still could ruin this country with amnesty, I live in New Mexico and alot of the hispanics here don’t like the illegals except the radicals who think we should be returned back to Mexico.
January 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pmI still don’t see McCain winning this thing when it gets to the south but I suppose I could cast a vote for the man; like I said, whoever the Repub is guaranteed one vote assuming I make it to November 2008. McCain is not my favorite. None of them are…
Whatever happened to Rudy? He fall off the apple cart?
January 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pmGuys, it HAS to be McCain. Don’t you see? He’s the only Republican who COULD win in the election, and who would do so with a substantial majority.
It would finally “unite” much of the country because they’d have finally voted for the same guy. And all those stupid fucks who are “anti-bush but not anti-war” would finally have to shut the hell up. This makes the domestic battle lines a little clearer.
Plus, he deserves it more than the rest.
My two cents.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:18 pmAny chance McCain was setting himself up to win over alot of independents by siding with democrats on some key issues? I mean he had to know the amnesty plan would never ever pass congress. And since John has never really been a democrat supporter up until sorta recently im just thinking maybe. Afterall he is a maverick.
January 8th, 2008 at 9:09 pmIt looks like the people in Iowa or New Hampshire both could give a crap about the border states and what we are going through. I guess when the corruption makes it all the way to their states, they might think about who they are voting for.
January 8th, 2008 at 9:32 pmIt looks like a lot of support for McCain…We will see in a few weeks if he has his priorities straight…I know he has a couple right for me.
Hunter needs to be the vice pres to help with a future pres. run
January 8th, 2008 at 9:34 pmRudy is in Fla putting his campaign strategy together…I heard
January 8th, 2008 at 9:35 pmGo McCain!!!
January 9th, 2008 at 3:24 am“Guys, it HAS to be McCain. Don’t you see? He’s the only Republican who COULD win in the election, and who would do so with a substantial majority.”
Look Bob, it’s more of this “it HAS to be…” stuff that I was talking about. McCain is HARDLY the only “Republican” who could win this election. Giuliani and Romney both, without all the Republican in-fighting, could give as good a run at the White House as McCain could. We’ve already turned down McCain once, and there’s little reason to believe that we won’t do it again, especially against the Democrats of “change” (their new, cute little, meaningless slogan, but with an allure after eight years of George W Bush).
January 9th, 2008 at 5:34 amMcCain’s the only Rep. candidate who can get the Independent and some blue-dog Dem votes, esp. vs. Hillary or Obama. Crucial, imo.
January 9th, 2008 at 8:34 amtom: “McCain’s the only Rep. candidate who can get the Independent and some blue-dog Dem votes, esp. vs. Hillary or Obama. Crucial, imo.”
At least you wrote the little “imo”… as though it substantially changes anything.
The Independents were split in New Hampshire, between the Republican candidates, as well as between the two parties. So your comments on the Independents aren’t really accurate.
You might be generally right about the centrist Democrats though, but you can’t decisively say they will all lean towards McCain in the real race; you’d have to assume McCain is the ONLY Republican they would choose in lieu of Obama, Clinton, or Edwards, all highly socialistic politicians.
Blue Dog Democrats will support fiscally conservative moderates, which only partly describes McCain. Yeah, McCain is a moderate, but fiscally conservative? I’d like to see you make the fiscally conservative case for McCain; McCain has been untrustworthy on this point, especially where taxation is concerned.
So, imo, you’re making the same mistake Ranger is making.
January 9th, 2008 at 8:48 amMcCain’s the one. He’ll take care of conservatives on immigration, on spending he’s tight, and no one can touch him on national security.
January 9th, 2008 at 8:52 amIowa is full of evangelicals who don’t get out much. New Hampshire is full of libertarians who don’t get out much.
When they have to step over addicts, fight Mexicans for jobs, see with their own eyes what happens when a gang of thugs decide just robbing a defenseless woman isn’t enough, smell burning buildings and watch as brave men and women speed to their deaths, suddenly the ability to play the guitar and give a good sermon, or look tough and claim to be ‘bi-partisan’ won’t mean shit.
I’ll give this for McCain, I don’t think he’ll go wrong on foreign policy or the various OVERSEAS theaters of operation. It’s what he’ll do domestically that’ll drive us nuts. Jihadis will be able to stroll across the border if he has his way. We’d just have to hope the first few attacks would be small scale before the outcry forced him to do what any sane person could’ve told him should’ve been done years ago.
I think Huck would fuck up everything, foreign and domestic, but not as badly as the dhimmis would. So, I’d still vote for them over any donkey candidate.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:17 amMcCain is dead wrong on the second amendment and that is the most important freedom we have. He is dead wrong on the border issue. He is dad wrong on campaign finance reform because that takes away our right to lobby through are membership to groups that fight for what we want i.e. The NRA. He has screwed us on various nominations of judges and other posts.
I respect him as a man but not as a politician. First time I ever heard of him was in boot camp via a Navy training video about the USS Forrestal fire, “Learn or Burn!” anyone remember that? I digress, he is not the man I want in the Whitehouse but he would be better than Billary or Osomaboma.
It seems to me that we don’t have any good choices this race. Huckabee is too much like a preacher, hell, he was one. I don’t want the government to spend too much time on who fucks whom in the ass and who can get married. They should focus on the economy, mainly by staying out of the way, just like most situations. They should secure our borders and get us out of stupid shit like NAFTA and the UN. Giuliani has a bad record on the 2nd amendment and immigration. Romney has a bad record on immigration. Thompson acts like he ran on a dare and isn’t working hard.
I want the feds to stay the fuck out of my life. They have become way too powerful. The founders never meant to have such a strong central government in the first place. Slowly but surely they have taken over where the individual states should have had the power.
I believe that the feds need to follow the fucking constitution and not over-step their boundaries like they have been. I think they should do away with unneeded federal departments like the department of education, the department of agriculture, and the IRS to name a few.
They should stop giving foreign aid to countries that hate us no matter what we do and use that money help at home. They should close most of our military bases around the world and open up bases on both our borders. We can patrol it and use it for training for the troops, lets face it, if they can stop illegals from crossing the border they can stop anyone from infiltrating their lines of defense!
Just my 2 cents, take it or leave it.
January 9th, 2008 at 11:00 amAmericaneocon: “…on spending he’s tight,”
No, he’s not “tight”, there are certain things McCain has done within only the last few years that he simply cannot run from, or get all of us to ignore. You can if you like, but don’t try to kid the rest of us. Read this:
March 12, 2007
John McCain’s Record on Economic Issues
Club for Growth Releases Third Presidential White Paper
John McCain is No Supply-Sider
Washington – Today, the Club for Growth released its presidential white paper on Republican presidential candidate Arizona Senator John McCain (PDF file or see below). The third in a series of white papers on presidential candidates provides an extensive summary of Senator McCain’s twenty-four-year congressional record.
While Senator McCain’s economic record contains a number of pro-growth positions, such as his support for school choice and free trade, and his steadfast opposition to wasteful government spending, his overall record is tainted by a marked antipathy towards the free market and individual freedom.
This antipathy is evidenced by the Senator’s vocal and class-warfare-laced opposition to the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts; his occasional but eager support for increased government regulation; his support for raising Social Security taxes; and his persistent attacks on political free speech in the form of the McCain-Feingold Act.
“The Bush tax cuts were a driving force behind the economic prosperity of the last couple of years and a cornerstone of a pro-growth philosophy,” said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. “Not only did Senator McCain oppose these cuts, he aligned himself with the likes of Ted Kennedy in his rhetorical attacks in 2001 and 2003. Four years later, American taxpayers still have not heard the Senator disavow his misguided statements and votes.”
“There are certainly aspects of McCain’s economic record that are praiseworthy,” Mr. Toomey continued, “but the question facing American taxpayers is whether they can sufficiently trust a McCain administration to produce consistently strong economic policies. Unfortunately, both his rhetoric and record suggest that the answer is no.”
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/03/arizona_senator_john_mccains_t.php
January 9th, 2008 at 7:48 pm