Hotduck

Hey guys it has bean a few days but I have bean busy so now that I got sometime I want to say something about McCain now pretty much getting his patty nod for the president. Now I am way more conservative then McCain however I would still gladly vote for him, and he was my second pick for who I wanted too get the nod after I realize that Thompson was getting nowhere. Why?

First McCain ‘s got principles not all of which I agree with but in case some of you have not notice the presidents with principles are the only ones who get anything good done. He Is willing to risk everything to get something he believes in done, and since most of the things he believes in are in fact conservative 82 percent to be exact I say the right would be pretty good shape with him as the nations leader.

Second theirs two much all the line it amazes me McCain is way more conservative then any of the top Democrats and the fact that some on the right are willing too role over and not vote and let the Democrats have White House with a left wing Congress is just odd to me why not have someone run the nation he is mostly aggress with us instead of someone who is never with us?

Finally he is just as conservative as Bush if not more and the right never gives GWB as much of a hard time. Bush has made the government bigger, spent like crazy and signed campaign finance reform. Add that too NCLB and sporting McCain on a pathway too citizenship why does McCain get more heat form conservatives ? The fact is McCain doesn’t kiss are ass as much as Bush does and boy do we like are assess kissed. McCain is right in are face with he disagrees with us Bush is a lot more nice about it.

So I hope the right does the right thing and help's McCain become the president.

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Hypnox

I will also cast my vote for Sen John McCain. I feel he will restore credibility
to the Republican party. The Bush Presidency has caused major collateral
damage to the reputation of the great Republican party. I feel Sen. McCain
has what it takes to repair the damage that has been done to the Republican party.
And moreover I feel Sen. McCain will move America and the Free world towards a brighter future.He has a lot of good innovative ideas for Americas
and the Worlds Future.

calmObserver

i would agree that he will help the republican image. can he restore it? hard to say, first let's see if he can get elected.

much will depend on what happens between now and november ~ i suspect the economy to be worse and iraq maybe same or worse, but not better. do we the people want someone who has publicly stated he would stay in iraq for 100 years!!! can we even afford it?

mc cain is an honorable man, but i suspect his past has shaped his present view ~ how can it have not? anyway i think he has lost touch with what americans think they are. how else can i explain his statement in vietnam a few years back where he stated the wrong side won??

since when is the side that wants to remove foreign interference the wrong side?? so if he was a brit back in 1770's would he have also said the wrong side won? i question mc cain's abilty to put the shoe on the other foot

Lost Soul

I will hold my nose while voting McCain...lesser of three evils.....Obama would get my vote if he wasnt a frickin retard liberal democrat....I will never vote for that party again.....party of cowards and white flag wavers......and Hillary is about the worst person I can imagine to be President.....if you compare her to Bush, on a scale 1 to 10, I would give Bush a 3 and Hillary a -5.

Lost Soul

From talking to my buddies still over there, reading and listening to the news, Iraq is getting better everyday and the surge is and has been working. So I dont know where you get is will be worst when in truth is getting better each day.

As for the economy, it will always have its up and downs. I am doing OK and so are most of the people I know. Nothing has really changed for us yet. I do know I am refinancing my house thus lowering my mortgage payment again.

LampCord

Couldn't agree with you more.

I wish I believed raising taxes would help our economy. I wish I believed global warming was the biggest issue the world faced. I wish I could believe running like a bitch from Iraq would make our country more secure. I wish I believed all we need to do to solve our problems is sit down and negotiate with Iran and N Korea. I wish all of these things so I could vote for Obama! It would be really fun to jump on that bandwagon!

Unfortunately for me, I live in the real world. Not the happy, make believe, America is the real problem world of academia, the main stream media and the Democratic party.

So I dont' get to vote for Obama. Or Hillary. And I'm forced to vote for McCain who despite all his issues, at least lives in the real world where terrorism exists and some problems can't be solved with a group hug or thoughtful introspection.

Sometimes the best argument for voting for a Republican is the Democrat they are running against.

-- Thomas Sowell

Wraith

There are a few issues I disagree on with McCain. The biggest issue I have with him is I don't believe he will really do anything about the illegal immigrants. He supported the Amnesty Bill, and would seem likely to support such a travesty in the future. Also the statement about staying in Iraq for 100 years if necessary sounds like one of Dubyas brain farts.

On the other hand, He is not a religious fanatic who wants to replace the constitution with the bible. And I do believe he is an honorable man for the most part. If he can show a way to reign in the crazy spending in govt. I'd be willing to give him a shot at it. I'll have to wait and see how he outlines his plans.

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Albinonewt

Not a chance in hell. I look forward to 2012 when I'll hopefully have a chance to vote for a conservative again.

You know I find sort of funny? The number of McCain supporters that compare him to President Bush and think that helps his case.

Wraith

It seems all but inevitable that McCain will be the repub nomnee. If I were a hardcore conservative, I'd still vote for him because he is closer to that than any dem nominee will ever be. I can understand from the far right POV he is far from perfect, but wouldn't you rather have conservative lite in the WH than a hardcore democrat.

Your comment about Bush is interesting, because I know some repubs who don't like him at all but voted for him just because the alternative was Kerry. What has changed to make not voting or letting the dem candidate win a more attractive alternative to McCain. Just trying to understand the reasoning.

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"Oh people, know that you have committed great sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you!" -- Genghis Khan, Bukhara 1220

Grez

Hell ya you have to vote for him, even if it means you have to hold your nose. He is about my fourth choice to vote for based on my values and important issues that I agree with, but going to the other side leaves me with virtually no agreement.

If nothing else, if supreme court judge openings were to come up, if your conservative at all, you want Mccain in there, not Hilary or Obama.

Its sad Romney is gone, he would have been the best pres out of all, because I think he truly cares about America and whats best for it, not just to be the next president like the rest.

One day we'll get a real president that cares again, I can only hope.