There is a coming backlash against the establishment McCain/Ose Machine
Posted by Aaron Park on January 31, 2008 at 09:51 AM
Rush Limbaugh made a stir when he said, don’t expect me to support the Republican nominee…
What Rush must have seen is the power coming down on the side of John McCain. McCain is part of the new wave of Republicans that have drank the Kool-Aid of swinging way to the left of Center to do what they think they need to do to win elections… this has occurred since we went for the win with Arnold.
Like Ose – McCain has attacked other Republicans repeatedly and has been on the wrong side of embryo destruction legislation / gun control / opposing tax cuts in the name of defecits – when his real intent was to stick it in the eye of President Bush…
McCain’s name is all over the Mainstreet Partnership website as Ose’s was when he was in Congress.
Club member Ben Mavy sums up what Republicans are all feeling right now as Huckabee stays in the primary expressly to split the Conservative vote away from Romney to help McCain win. My prediction is if McCain pulls it off – we will see a McCain/Huckabee ticket.
Mavy writes -
My sentiments exactly. One thing that is being overlooked right now because of our complete distrust of and disgust with McCain is the economy. Our economy is in a financial crisis, if you have yet to come to that conclusion please take a look: LINKED ARTICLE. It’s a chart from the St. Louis Fed that should cause us serious reflection. The amount of money banks are having to BORROW to meet reserve requirements isn’t only unprecedented, it is obscene. I am not predicting gloom and doom, but we would be blind to rule out the possibility.
When FDR had the opportunity to help the country out of the great depression, he instead stifled the economy through the largest increase in the scope of our government ever seen. Mitt Romney captured it well last night when he noted that our economy is at a tipping point. We saw that Huckabee wants to follow FDR and McCain wants to place new burdens on US companies through ridiculous regulations. We have the chance to elect someone that is more qualified to lead this country than any candidate we have seen since Reagan. Mitt Romney has a unmatched record of turning around failing businesses, organizations, and governments. He has demonstrated this remarkable ability in the private sector, as a volunteer, and as Governor of Massachusetts.
As a candidate Romney has his flaws, but I am thrilled at the prospect of having someone of his integrity, ability, and convictions in the White House. I really believe that a Vote for Mitt Romney is not just a vote against McCain (which is reason enough), but a vote for a great man who can lead our country through a difficult time.
Ben
When it comes to congress – is Doug Ose going to have the spine to say no to welfare giveaways masquerading as stimulus? If his past record is any indication, he will vote to raise our taxes.
“Mainstreet”!? We need to clean mainstreet up, not walk down it!!!
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I am really getting frustrated at the conservative movement within the Republican Party. The attacks on Senator John McCain are over the top. He is a true American hero. I agree that is he not the perfect conservative. He has tried to work with some of the liberals from the other party. The American voter is tired of all the partisan fighting. I know McCain does not support all the conservative issues.
All the conservative talk show hosts and the many of the conservative elected officials all claim they are strong on national security and the military. They are all strong on the military when they do not need to worry about serving in the military and their family members do not have to serve in the military. Look at the blow-hard Rush Limbough. Can you ever imagine Rush in any branch of our Armed Services? We all know about Senator McCain’s service to our country. The Senator also has 2 sons in the military, with one serving in Iraq. For you Romney supports, lets not forget what he said about his sons, they are serving their country by volunteering to work on his Presidential campaign. Give me a break. While I believe Romney is a good family man, his family does not come close to what the McCain family has done to serve out country.
Hi Mark,
Tell me specifically which attacks on McCain are over the top. The argument that McCain is owed the presidency because he served in the military is very shallow. If that is the case, my father is owed at least a seat in congress for his battle injuries from Viet Nam. Come to think of it, we should increase the number of seats far beyond the current 535 to accomodate all of our POWs, purple hearts and other veterans.
I thank John McCain for his service, his sacrifice for our country should be appreciated by us all. That is not the debate.
You say John McCain is the strongest on national security. You are dead wrong. There is little doubt that McCain was right on the war, but that is not synomymous with national security. John McCain is in fact THE WEAKEST on national security. He wants to close guantanamo, is against humane interrogation techniques that save American lives, he is EXTREMELY WEAK on illegal immigration (a national security issue often overlooked), and he is for US subordination to the UN.
McCain is no conservative.
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