Posted Feb 17, 2008 by 
mlh in Politics | 18 comments | 216 views
It's over folks, wrap it up. John McCain just won the White House. I don't care if his opponent is Hillary, Obama or the flying spaghetti monster. The race for 2008 is over and John McCain is the 44th President. There is quite a bit of "the principled" conservatives bloviating about who, what, when, where in regards to supporting another Compassionate Conservative in the quest for the highest office in our political arena. Some have even said that Hillary is more conservative than John McCain but when asked to substantiate that, the deer-in-the-headlight-stare is all too obvious.
John McCain, prior to 2000 was considered to be a middle-of-the-road conservative but after 2000, he became inclined to inline to the left. Naturally, this caused quite an adamant stir among my fellow conservatives, including myself. After all, we are conservatives first and party affiliated last.
Back in October of 2006, the much hated Rush Limbaugh said this about "principled conservatives" staying home and not participating in elections:
Now that we have John McCain as the front runner for the GOP, thanks to the stay-at-home shallow-minded electorate, there are many of us, a vast majority of us, that will throw in with John McCain because a vote for either Hillary or Obama will be a vote for socialism and vast sweeping and massive tax hikes and quite possibly United Nations control of American Life. Such Big Government "reform" is unacceptable even to a middle-of-the-road conservative and middle-of-the-road Democrats.
Returning to the original premise that John McCain has cinched the White House, today, on 2/17/2008, John McCain, the next President of the United States, had this to say and this was exactly what John McCain needed to say and exactly what you (and I) never thought we would hear him say in a million years:
* They will not use all the surveillance capability we have to protect us, we will.
* They will not honor our commitment and see our victory through in Iraq, we will.
* They will not prevent your free speech from being desecrated by the fairness doctine, we will.
* They will not nominate sane Judges, we will.
* They will not defend the sanctity of life and marriage, we will.
* They will not keep taxes low and our economy strong, we will.
I like the new John McCain. It better not be a ruse. Democrats must now run as the tax raising party. Let's see how that works for them. Seeing that the socialists disguised as Democrats always run on an exact opposite of any GOP candidate, they will have to run as Mondale did and we all know how that worked out, don't we?
If and, I say this cautiously, if, McCain continues on this road to conservative healing, expect this to be the result.
Vote it up at Digital Journal
John McCain, prior to 2000 was considered to be a middle-of-the-road conservative but after 2000, he became inclined to inline to the left. Naturally, this caused quite an adamant stir among my fellow conservatives, including myself. After all, we are conservatives first and party affiliated last.
Back in October of 2006, the much hated Rush Limbaugh said this about "principled conservatives" staying home and not participating in elections:
[...] “This notion that it doesn't matter who wins because the Democrats aren't going to have a big enough majority? That's going to lead to another thing that I will share with you. It's going to lead to the nomination of John McCain for the Republican presidential candidacy. In two years, you same people who will have helped bring about an ascension to power by the Democrats, are going to be so angry -- you're going to be so fed up -- over what they have tried to do, over the things they will maybe have accomplished, that you are going to demand power back, and you will accept anybody that you think has a chance of winning it. And right now, that looks like McCain, above anybody else -- who, I must tell you, is not a conservative. And so what are you probably going to end up doing? You're going to be so frustrated by 2008, and the thought of Hillary Clinton becoming president so obnoxious, so abhorrent; that in 2008 you will flush your precious principles down the drain and elect a Republican, precisely the kind of Republican you think you're running against now -- or you will at least nominate one. Who knows how that election will go? So the very principle that you are fighting here, if you succeed, you will be given a candidate who fits the very thing you're angry about: somebody who's not conservative enough but probably has the best chance of winning.” [...]Did he call that one correctly, or not? No wonder he is so hated by many that have the Liberal Mind Pathology.
Now that we have John McCain as the front runner for the GOP, thanks to the stay-at-home shallow-minded electorate, there are many of us, a vast majority of us, that will throw in with John McCain because a vote for either Hillary or Obama will be a vote for socialism and vast sweeping and massive tax hikes and quite possibly United Nations control of American Life. Such Big Government "reform" is unacceptable even to a middle-of-the-road conservative and middle-of-the-road Democrats.
Returning to the original premise that John McCain has cinched the White House, today, on 2/17/2008, John McCain, the next President of the United States, had this to say and this was exactly what John McCain needed to say and exactly what you (and I) never thought we would hear him say in a million years:
Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the likely Republican nominee for president who is seeking to shore up support among conservatives, said today that he would not raise taxes under any circumstances. "In fact, I could see an argument if our economy continues to deteriorate, for lower interest rates, lower tax rates and certainly decreasing corporate tax rates, which are the second-highest in the world," McCain said on ABC's "This Week."A funny thing happened on the way to St. Paul. John McCain is becoming a conservative. A shocking metamorphisis, to be sure, but what more can you say? John McCain now has more than enough ammunition to beat Hillary or Obama. He only has to be willing to use it. 2008 will be a simple, focused choice on the issue.
* They will not use all the surveillance capability we have to protect us, we will.
* They will not honor our commitment and see our victory through in Iraq, we will.
* They will not prevent your free speech from being desecrated by the fairness doctine, we will.
* They will not nominate sane Judges, we will.
* They will not defend the sanctity of life and marriage, we will.
* They will not keep taxes low and our economy strong, we will.
I like the new John McCain. It better not be a ruse. Democrats must now run as the tax raising party. Let's see how that works for them. Seeing that the socialists disguised as Democrats always run on an exact opposite of any GOP candidate, they will have to run as Mondale did and we all know how that worked out, don't we?
If and, I say this cautiously, if, McCain continues on this road to conservative healing, expect this to be the result.
Vote it up at Digital Journal
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