January 23, 2008
Well, This Sums Up My Feelings…
…along, evidently, with Marie’s.
I’ll accept it and “move on” (no relation to the communist dot org), but I will forever be mystefied.
I mean, everyone’s clamoring for another Gipper Administration, but those of uncompromising, across-the-board conservatism that come along are shunted aside in favor of candidates who cross the aisle on a lot of issues that are of major concern to most Republicans. The more we whittle away the more solidly conservative layers of the candidacy, the closer we get to a McCain nomination. Under less serious circumstances (by this I mean that electing a POTUS is anything but picayune), I would call McCain running in the general election unacceptable, but I would have no choice but to vote for him in an effort to prevent the Klinton Karamazov, along with their socialist agendas, criminal enterprises and Chi-Com friends from moving back into that big white house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Looking at the remains of the pre-nomination Republican field, I don’t look forward to what comes after. The stretch to the general election will be both unpleasant and, going further(from a rhetoric point of view), an embarrassment to our country.
We actually had a genuine Reagan conservative right there, before our very eyes and votable for, and we failed to take advantage of it.
Oh, well. In the Silver Lining Department, I’ll at least be able to witness certain events of January, 2009 with a clear conscience!
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January 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 am
Though I will supoort the GOP nominee, which will be McCain or Romney with Rudy having an outside chance, I can only hope that the party will wake up and realize that a return to Reagan conservative principles is the path to victory and also the way to strength and prosperity for our nation.
Fred may still be the VP which will fill in some of the gaps with Mac, Mitt and Rudy.
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I just cant believe the American people blew a chance at having just about as close to Reagan as we could get in a candidate!
Then again Fred was just picking up some steam and up and dropps out!
I am confused and mad at the same time.
But I will keep on keepin on and vote for whoever supports the Troops and National Security first and foremost, that’s what matters to me the most.
Jesus, what to do?
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Ken –
I’ll also vote for the nominee, though I have the nasty feeling it will end up being RINO McCain. I don’t know how I’d support him beyond the vote, though, in any way beyond indicating that to me, he’s little more than a stopper to keep Hillary from getting in.
If Fred becomes Vice President, I only hope that he has as much influence in that administration as Cheney does as Bush’s VP.
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Marie –
I hated to see him go as well.
Prior to Fred, I supported Tom Tancredo until he dropped out. He and Fred were the only two Republicans out of the entire field who were uncompromisingly conservative on every issue, stood up for their principles and didn’t flip-flop to meet prevailing political winds.
There are no GOP candidates left in the race who can say the same.
I think that had Fred won the primaries, he would be best equipped to beat Hillary in debate. An honest, homogeneously conservative candidate with nothing to hide would be her worst nightmare.
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:43 pm
sigh Seth….there doesnt seem to be much pickins my friend…but we must forge
ahead nonetheless!:)
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Don’t despair. That’s what Hitlery and her people want us to do.
January 24th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Angel –
I am reminded of a quote I believe came from Abba Eban, to the effect that “the ‘Palestinans’ never lose the chance to miss an opportunity.”
Here we had the closest we could get to a Reagan-style Presidential candidate, and the majority of Republican voters in early primary states rejected him — this in the midst of a huge outcry on our side of the aisle for a return to Reagan-style government!
So perhaps, with a few word substitutions, the Eban quote might apply to Republicans…
Shoprat –
Despair isn’t quite what I feel, it’s more severe disappointment that a significant number of people on our side of the aisle didn’t realize what they had, and blew it (Fred) off.
I fear that in the stretch, McCain will beat out Romney (I no longer believe that Giuliani has a shot, and Huckabee will compete with him to run last).
McCain vs Hillary. Imagine the incoming laughter (as in ridicule) those debates will generate from the rest of the world, the competition will be almost as biting, relentless, slanderous, explosive and intercoursed in an upward direction as possible.
We had enough idiocy like that in November, 2000, this will be even more entertaining to the rest of a world that we believe regards us as its fearless leader…
In a word, Bummer!.
January 25th, 2008 at 3:55 am
“… Bummer!”
Pretty much sums up my feelings about this election when it comes to the GOP.
I had a GOP contribution solicitor call me the other day… I told the persistant little twerp that I would consider contributing to the GOP [again] when the GOP once again became serious about conservativism and the tenants thereof. Simply beating Shillary should not be the purpose of the party; but it sure seems to be.
January 25th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Old Soldier –
It seems that the politics of today are more about winning elections than they are about the American people. In fact, instead of government working for the people, it’s more like they’ve gone into their own business, relegating We, The People to the role of subcontractors whose goods and services are votes and tax revenues.
Congress is definitely in need of a political high colonic.