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Friday, October 10, 2008

Not A Lot Of Love For McCain Among Fiscal Conservatives In Washington DC

I’m here at the Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream summit, and it sure is fun to be among a lot of other fiscal conservatives.

Being with these fiscal conservatives, there’s one thing I’ve noticed again and again both from the summit attendees and some of the speakers themselves: Nobody is excited about John McCain.

Which probably isn’t surprising, but you would think that less than a month before the election, with Barack Obama poised on the cusp of victory, that there would be a lot of people starting to hold their noses and supporting McCain.

That doesn’t appear to be happening.  And for a lot of these people, I don’t think it’s going to happen.  Given the sentiments I’m seeing from the conservatives on hand here at this event in Washington DC - and make no doubt about it, this is one of the largest groups of fiscal conservatives in the nation - McCain doesn’t have the support of the base.

And because of that, I don’t think he’s going to win this election.

That may not be a terrible thing, either.  President Obama isn’t going to be a good thing by any stretch of the imagination, but it may take losing the White House and losing more ground in Congress for Republicans to get themselves back on track.

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It is either him or Obama and my suspic ian is Obama is much, much worse.


No matter the age or state of health, for a military man it is always glorious to tilt at windmills, rescue a fair Dulcinea and be a gallant knight in armor in a glorious cause.

Neiman on October 10, 2008 at 02:19 pm
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McCain blew it.  He had a chance to shine by voting against the bailout bill because of all the “pork”.  He does not represent the fiscal conservative base of the party.  McCain talked the talk, but forgot to walk the walk.  Election over.

sc on October 10, 2008 at 02:30 pm

He does not represent the fiscal conservative base of the party.  McCain talked the talk, but forgot to walk the walk.

He didn’t even really talk the talk.

likwidshoe on October 10, 2008 at 02:35 pm
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"That may not be a terrible thing, either.”

That statement proves that Americans for Prosperity is a single interest special interest group and couldn’t care less about anything but their special interest.  They don’t care about the 2nd Amendment or legislating supreme court judges, etc.  Putting their own interest above the rest of the United States.  If they really cared they would do like you said, “hold your nose and vote”

No better than Obama’s special interest groups.

rightwing conspiracy on October 10, 2008 at 03:00 pm

It is either him or Obama and my suspic[ion] is Obama is much, much worse

The most important consideration in my mind is our foreign policy. Anything that resembles what Bush has started is no good for our country. The world is waiting to love again the America that once embodied lofty ideals and a dedication to world peace and diplomacy.
McCain’s pugnacious stance, adopted theatrically to attract overzealous bombs-not-talk “patriots,” is the exact opposite of what the world and heartland Americans would like to see in a figure that will be leading the planet’s mightiest nation. He is totally is unfit for such a mission.

Oswaldo on October 10, 2008 at 03:14 pm
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I saw the clip of a townhall meeting that Sarah and McCain were at, where an old country boy stood up and told McCain how angry he was. He was about as angry as I am, and told them they had an obligation to do what the the VOTERS who support them tell them to do. He stopped short of telling McCain he was one of the ones he was angry at - maybe he thought if he refrained from that, that McCain would yet “side with him” against the Dims.
McCain said, “I hear ya.”

I don’t think so. I don’t think Mccain heard a thing except hope that if these guys were angry enough at the Dims, they’d turn out even if they don’t like him.

I would vote for Palin, I guarantee. Sad to see her think so much higher of McCain than he has earned. And like one lady on the radio said, today, McCain has had 30 years to establish a reputation. So why are we supposed to think he is acceptable, now!

And he had earned that reputation the hard way. His vain promises which are contrary to his continuing actions aren’t going to get anywhere with the Conservatives he has already alienated.

For every Ayers, McCain has a Reconquista and a Shamnesty bill.

I am horrified about Obama - but to deliberately AUTHORIZE McCAIN????

I don’t have the stomach to authorize the McCain Feingold Thompson and McCain Kennedy Shamnesty author who secures positions as solid as the rock of Gibralter for his Reconquista friends, for him to be the accupant of the Oval Office.

The law will tell you, no matter how horribly an abusive husband breaks your body to pieces, if you take him back, that constitutes LEGAL forgiveness of sins, and you can NEVER bring charges against him again, an further, no matter what he does in the future, the past bad acts cannot help you justify new charges, you cannot use the past to help build support for a new case of new charges. Because you gave a LEGAL forgiveness.

I won’t vote for McCain.

I pray that something happens where I can vote for Palin and a new person on the GOP ticket.
I don’t need it to a bad thing for McCain, as long as it removes him from the ticket.

And we have seen through history, thousands of different things have caused abdication or retirement from the field of politics.

All I need is a miracle.
2 Chron. 7:14

Ombre Rose on October 10, 2008 at 03:18 pm

He is totally unfit for such a mission.

Oswaldo on October 10, 2008 at 03:20 pm

The most important consideration in my mind is our foreign policy. Anything that resembles what Bush has started is no good for our country. The world is waiting to love again the America that once embodied lofty ideals and a dedication to world peace and diplomacy.

Well, hell yes the mostly socialist world is yearning for another Jimmy Carter, a second Crown Prince of Appeasemet that will kow tow and toady to their every demand, all to be loved by his fellow socialists. Of course America will suffer, Comrade Obama has already promised to strip down our military, to gut our intelligenec services, to unilaterally give up our nuclear weapons, surrender Israel to his fellow Muslims and go to Iran to kiss his pal Iamabadhandjob on the lips. We will become a third world, broken down ecomony and a neutered state, but the world will love us, right?


No matter the age or state of health, for a military man it is always glorious to tilt at windmills, rescue a fair Dulcinea and be a gallant knight in armor in a glorious cause.

Neiman on October 10, 2008 at 03:20 pm

Neiman,

I thank God that the likes of you, Bush, McCain and other warmongers are the minority in our great nation.

Oswaldo on October 10, 2008 at 03:25 pm

I thank God that the likes of you, Bush, McCain and other warmongers are the minority in our great nation.

I realize you are completely detached from all reality, but I will try: If a man comes into my home to inflict and/or does inflict bodily harm on my family, I will kill that man to protect my family. If someone, on national soil or against Americam interests abroad attack my national family and threaten our liberty, I will kill that man to save lives and protect my national home. The principle is called self defense and any real man would do the same. Of course, Liberals by their veryt nature are sissy-boys and while they would cry if their family at home or their national family was attacked, they would not lift a hand to kill the attackers and save lives. That is why they are against Capital Punishment, they are so filled with compassion and being teary eyed do not have the cahones to protect anyone, even themselves from evil men.


No matter the age or state of health, for a military man it is always glorious to tilt at windmills, rescue a fair Dulcinea and be a gallant knight in armor in a glorious cause.

Neiman on October 10, 2008 at 03:35 pm

Neiman,

Are you really against

the America that once embodied lofty ideals and a dedication to world peace and diplomacy?

Or do you prefer conflict?

By the way, socialism is what is happening to our country right now thanks to the flip-flopping rightwing hypocrites who have defiled the real conservative ideology and got us into our current financial mess. It won’t be long before they nationalize half of our institutions.
McCain is flip flopping so much (nationalization uh … capitalism ??) it’s impossible to figure out what he’s about.
In any case, he is just one big desperate, untrustworthy, phoney clown totally unfit to lead our country.

Oswaldo on October 10, 2008 at 03:44 pm

Are you really against

the America that once embodied lofty ideals and a dedication to world peace and diplomacy?

Or do you prefer conflict?

When diplomacy is divorced from the means and will to defend our rights, then we will no longer be free men. It is idiocy in the extreme to depend upon the good will of our enemies, enemies because they are jealous of our prosperity and power. For instance: There is absolutely NO negotiating with Islam, not ever, as they are commanded to lie and make short term peace, but never to keep their word if it prevents them from forcefully converting the world to Islam. A man who wants what you have will lie and cheat to get and unless he fears you, he will get what he wants.

Appeasement is the refuge of cowards of men unable and unwilling to defend their lives, their family and their liberty.

By the way, socialism is what is happening to our country right now thanks to the flip-flopping rightwing hypocrites who have defiled the real conservative ideology and got us into our current financial mess.

Yes, socialism is taking over America, but it is at the hands of the socialist party - the Democrats; and it was they mostly, that created this economic mess. While, I too decry the growth in government and the weakness of Republicans in permitting the nationalization of our business interests.


No matter the age or state of health, for a military man it is always glorious to tilt at windmills, rescue a fair Dulcinea and be a gallant knight in armor in a glorious cause.

Neiman on October 10, 2008 at 04:11 pm

Neiman

Yes, socialism is taking over America, but it is at the hands of the socialist party - the Democrats; and it was they mostly, that created this economic mess.

Let me guess. Your shit doesn’t even stink. Smells like roses right? Yea.


Yun Chu said, “You must strictly not express in words what is very significant. Both dragon and snake are killed in one blow.”

Sparkie Arbuckle on October 10, 2008 at 04:24 pm

Yes, socialism is taking over America, but it is at the hands of the socialist party - the Democrats; and it was they mostly, that created this economic mess

McCain must then be a Democrat, this week, since he is the strongest supporter of the ongoing nationalization, and is even proposing more (to look more “People’s Republic") to his ranting audience egged on by his Nazi (National Sozialist) Hitlerina (Heil McCain Gut, Obama Nicht Gut).
C’mon Neiman, you can’t really be serious about voting for McCain. You can always “write in” on the ballot for someone else.

Oswaldo on October 10, 2008 at 04:33 pm

Sparkie. Can’t y’all find a nicer picture of Johnny Cash?

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Oswaldo on October 10, 2008 at 04:41 pm
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Fiscal Conservatives, my Ass.... Rob..

If you were with fiscal conservatives they, and you would recognise how dangerous it’s going to be with an Obama White House and a Democrat Congress..

What Idiocy.. Better to hold your nose dudes..
You’re not going to set the stage for a Republican revolution by denying McCain the Presidency.
All you’ll do is help usher in four years of madness. Growing Government and a continuing shrinking economy..
All, with a guy that has “NO” track record at all, except for bad, bad voting in a brief career. And a bunch of friends who suffer from “Stinkin’ Thinkin’”..
Think it’s bad now? You wait..
All that’s happening now is a bursting bubble in the stock markets. It will end. Things will improve.
McCains right about the fundamentals. Still lots of Good Companies doing good work. Lots of people employed.

You and your Conservative friends need to pull your Heads out.

Jerry on October 10, 2008 at 04:44 pm
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Here is what American voters need to know.

The following information has been completed on my own time and not on behalf of any group or organization.  It is based upon my own research and uses contacts I have in all branches of the US government, conversations with think tank leaders, policy experts, election law attorneys, sources within the McCain campaign, and top political consultants.

Obama belonged to a Socialist Party.  New Information has come out confirming that Obama was a member of a radical socialist political party in Chicago called the “New Party,” composed of former Black Panther members.  Several documents have confirmed Obama’s membership as recently as 1996.  Obama’s supporters have attempted to “scrub” websites clean of this information but fortunately, researchers made copies of it before it disappeared. So far, the media is refusing to cover this story.

Obama continues to hide his past.  Obama has continued to block reporters from gaining access to any and all medical, school, and even legislative records from his state senate days.  The media should be screaming about this but they are not.  This makes Obama the least known presidential candidate in perhaps American history.  All of McCain’s records have been made available.

The only thing we do know about Obama’s time at Columbia University is that the title of his thesis was “Soviet Nuclear Disarmament” but he will not release it.  I wonder why.

Michelle Obama has written a racist thesis.  Access to Michelle Obama’s senior thesis at Princeton was also blocked until recent effort by researchers to gain access to it.  I can understand now why access was initially blocked. 

In her thesis, Michelle identifies herself as a black separatist and is clearly hostile to the notion of blacks integrating into the larger society with all the evil whites. This is Farrakhan type racism that could have easily been written by a Klansman from a white perspective.

Do you think if Cindy McCain had written a thesis about white separatism, it would be news?

Illegal foreign contributions are pouring into Obama’s campaign at an unprecedented rate.  Analysis of Obama’s disclosures reveal he has received around $32 million dollars from overseas, much of it from the Middle East. There are 11,500 foreign donations.  520 of the donors list their country as “IR” which is Iran.  He received millions from “Palestinians” and others hostile to US policy.  Such contributions are illegal and the Republican Party has asked the FEC to investigate. 

Even more alarming is that $190 million of his contributions are unidentified.  The donor is not listed.  Many donors are clearly using fake names such as “Good, Will.” The problem is that the FEC has no power to freeze Obama’s campaign or even stop him from continuing to receive foreign money.

All that will happen is that Obama will be fined AFTER the campaign is over. With 10% of Obama’s money coming from overseas, this means that for the first time in American history, foreigners will influence the outcome of a presidential election.

Anti-American dictators are praising Obama.  Just about every anti-American dictator in the world has issued words of praise for Obama:  Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, North Korean ruler, Kim Jong-il, Venezuelan strongman, Hugo Chavez, Libyan dictator, Moammar Qadhafi, and so forth. 

Never before in American history have so many enemies of America praised a candidate for the presidency.  Not only that, but an array of communist and socialist parties both here and abroad have praised him.  Even terrorist groups such as the pro-Al Qaeda HAMAS and the Columbian terrorist group (and heroin producing) FARC have praised him.

And what did Obama promise in return? Such praise and endorsements do not come casually.  This means that people representing Obama must have met with these groups and leaders and have promised changes in US policy favorable to them.

Obama’s extremist friends go into hiding.  The Obama campaign is frantically covering up all Obama’s socialist and Marxist connections by keeping his wacko friends away from the press. They just need to keep Americans in the dark for one more month!  Moreover, documents that show Obama’s work with extremist groups are disappearing. But I don’t hear our crack reporters yelling “censorship!”

Forced union dues used for Obama.  The unions are gearing up for the largest campaign mobilization in US history.  We now know that they have allocated over $100 million dollars of forced union dues to a massive independent effort attacking McCain and supporting Obama.  On election day, hundreds of thousands of union workers will mysteriously call in sick and will work on getting the vote out for Obama.


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rightwing conspiracy on October 10, 2008 at 06:26 pm
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Polls are showing some discouraging trends.  They show that people are blaming the fiscal crisis upon the Republicans, even though Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were created by Democrats and banks were forced by Democrats to make high risk loans to low income people all in the name of “equality” and “compassion”.

Indeed, it was Obama’s group, ACORN, who played a key role years ago in pressuring these agencies to implement such policies.  Three of the key architects of this policy are now involved with Obama’s campaign.  Moreover, McCain is the one who authored sweeping legislation to reform all of this and it was blocked by the Democrats.

Americans don’t know who controlled Congress the last two years. Polls also show that most Americans do not know that the Democrats took power in late 2006 and thus had oversight over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; nor do they know that the Democrats shut down every inquiry into these rogue agencies and ignored every sign of trouble. 

Nor do Americans realize that right after the Democrats took control, the economy went south.  Except for the foreign policy arena which the Constitution explicitly grants power to the presidency, Bush has been a lame duck for two years in all other policy areas.

Indeed, every economic indicator plunged downward AFTER the Democrats took control of Congress in 2006 - inflation, unemployment, job creation, etc, and yet, a misinformed public is blaming Bush, and by extension, McCain for the economy and sadly will be voting based upon ignorance of basic facts.

McCain is not Bush.  Most Americans also do not know that McCain fought Bush on Iraq strategy, earmarks, spending, tax policy, education policy, homeland security issues, etc, etc, and that he is by far the most independent member of Congress while Obama never crossed the aisle and was just an isolated far left senator.

It is now clear that we are paying a price for the vulgarization of American culture.  We have polls showing many Americans get their “news” from Saturday Night Live, John Stewart, David Letterman, Jay Leno, and even from incoherent ramblings by such popular cultural figures as Alex Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and so on.

Americans engage in less serious reading and far more in entertaining themselves than any previous generation of Americans. This is truly sad and will cost our country in ways we can’t even predict.

Obama has hordes of attorneys ready to challenge votes.  We now know that the Obama campaign has around 10,000 lawyers volunteering to work on election monitoring.  As the Kerry campaign had four years ago, there will once again be an effort to decertify absentee ballots sent in abroad from military personnel, based on petty mistakes often made with such ballots.

Thousands of military personnel were disenfranchised four years ago and since they usually vote Republican, the Obama campaign will repeat this effort.

Obama is registering thousands of illegal aliens.  While the Obama campaign works hard to disenfranchise the men and women fighting to protect us from terrorism, at the same time they’re working feverishly to register illegal aliens, felons, and the homeless by the hundreds of thousands.

Video clips have already appeared on You Tube showing the Obama campaign registering illiterate homeless people.  Most states do not ask for proof of citizenship to register to vote, so hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens will be voting for Obama.

The group that has specialized in registering illegal aliens for a decade is, in fact, Obama’s former “community service” group—ACORN.  While ACORN has been in legal trouble repeatedly for this work, the Obama campaign has contracted them out do to “voter registration.” Wink, wink.

Lots of felons will be voting.  Not by coincidence, democrat governors and democrat legislators are granting felons the right to vote.  Just last week, the Virginian Democrat governor gave thousands of felons the right to vote.  Remember, crime pays!  The Governor claims this action has nothing to do with the coming election.  Right.


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rightwing conspiracy on October 10, 2008 at 06:29 pm
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Democrats are already disqualifying ballots in Ohio.  In Ohio, the Democrat Secretary of State is already disqualifying thousands of Republican absentee ballots, claiming they didn’t check some obscure box on the absentee forms.  The GOP is filing suit here.  But expect Republican ballots to be challenged all over the country by the legions of left wing trial attorneys who are volunteering their time to help steal the election just in case it’s close. 

Taxpayers groups are being ignored by the media.  There are four major taxpayer groups in Washington DC that monitor taxation and spending issues full time.  All have now rated Obama as one of the worst senators on tax, spending and pork issues, while also rating McCain as one of the best senators on these issues.  All have issued press releases but the media has purposely ignored this story.

Obama supports gay marriage.  Recently, both Obama and Biden have made false statements about opposing gay marriage.  They know the vast majority of Americans oppose gay marriage, but in both private messages and private speeches, the Obama campaign has informed the homosexual community that they favor repealing DOMA.

DOMA is a federal law that if repealed, means all states will have to recognize married homosexuals who move there from states which have already legalized homosexual marriage - like Massachusetts and California.  It’s a back door way of legalizing gay marriage nationwide and it’s why all the radical gay groups have mobilized for Obama unlike any other candidate before.

With the exception of Fox News, none of the above mentioned developments is being covered by the major media in any meaningful way.  All have been given this information.  We all know, however, that if McCain took millions of dollars from Middle Easterners, was praised by a half dozen foreign dictators, and hid all his medical and school records, there would be huge stories on TV, radio and the newspapers for weeks on end.

The media is protecting this candidate to a degree never before seen in presidential campaign history.

Predictions if Obama Becomes President

I have been asked for my predictions of what will happen if Obama were to win the presidency and take solid control of both houses.  Put your seatbelt on:

Jobs will leave America and job creation will decline.  The capitol markets are starved for cash due to the credit crisis. What is needed more than anything right now is tax cuts for corporations so they can survive the coming recession. This is the worst possible time to raise corporate taxes as Obama is proposing.

Our corporate tax hikes are already among the highest in the industrialized world and this was killing us BEFORE the fiscal crisis.  But Obama doesn’t understand how the economy works.  He views corporations as a source of funding for his social programs. Period. 

If he goes through with his corporate tax hike, look for corporations to 1) Outsource jobs overseas 2) Move the entire corporate headquarters overseas, 3) Delay expansion plans, 4) Lay off workers.

Obama’s proposal for a government takeover of health care insurance will send the stock market plunging in regards to health care plans, due to the instability such a proposal would create. Obama’s plan will drive private plans out of existence, eventually taking over the entire health care market.  Also, as in Canada and other nations with “universal” health care, the good doctors leave the profession, creating a shortage, and waiting lists will be instituted for most procedures.

The doubling of capital gains taxes will bring job creation to a grinding halt.  There aren’t many economists who argue with this point.  But Obama doesn’t seem to understand this.  If this goes through, look also for the unemployment rate to rise.

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rightwing conspiracy on October 10, 2008 at 06:31 pm
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There will be a flurry of lawsuits against private Christian schools, churches, etc. on the gay issues, all due to the legalization of gay marriage which creates a legal framework for a full frontal assault on American culture.

With the Obama administration using its power to promote homosexual marriage, gay attorneys will work in tandem with Obama’s justice department to chip away at religious freedom, claiming gay rights now trump constitutional rights.  Lawsuits will be aimed at forcing private Christian schools to admit gay teachers and to teach gay sex alongside heterosexual sex in sex ed courses.

Similarly, churches that refuse to marry gay couples will be the subjects of lawsuits as well.  Indeed, gay legal groups are already laying plans for the final assault on what’s left of America’s Judeo-Christian culture.

Union power will have a negative impact on the economy.  Obama has promised the unions he will remove the secret ballot which means unions will be able to intimidate workers as they did in the 1950s.  This means more power, more money, and more demands on industry.  This also means more corporations moving offshore or filing for bankruptcy.

The cumulative impact of higher corporate taxes, higher capital gains taxes, and stronger unions - on top of a severe fiscal crisis—means America will likely have a recession lasting 3-4 years. 

Criticism of Obama’s agenda will be suppressed.  Similarly to the Clinton administration, Obama will use the power of the government to harass opponents with IRS audits.  He will also suppress criticism of his agenda by passing the “Fairness Doctrine” which will cause radio stations to remove talk shows.  The talk show industry is already preparing for the assault.  This is not a joke.

Illegal alien rights will be federalized.  Obama has spent much of his career fighting for the “rights” of illegal aliens.  There is little doubt he will use his Justice Department to fight for these “rights” which in turn will attract millions of additional illegal aliens.  What little gains made in the last few years in fighting for a more secure border will be lost.

The reemergence of bogus race-based rights.  Obama believes in wild racial conspiracy theories such as quotas for police arrests and pull overs, reparations for blacks based on the notion all whites are guilty of perpetrating slavery in the past, and that lending agencies based their lending policies on race instead of credit risk.

Indeed, it was the last issue used by Obama’s group, ACORN, to fight for high risk lending policies which caused the mortgage crisis we have today.

This worldview will mean that Obama’s Justice Department to spend its resources on charging businessmen with racism for not hiring enough minorities, spending millions on federal studies “proving” racism in law enforcement, and going after universities for not implementing race-based admission plans.

Internal Security will be weakened resulting in America becoming more vulnerable to terrorism. Obama has been critical of our internal security apparatus, including the program that monitors the phone calls of foreign terrorists and other elements of the Patriot Act.  What most Americans don’t know is that Bush’s aggressiveness on internal security prevented dozens of terrorist plots, many of which the public never knew about. 

Obama’s close ties to ACLU type attorneys make it likely that he will weaken internal security measures such as the Patriot Act.  This will send an “open season” message to Islamic terrorists. 

Just this week, a court has ruled that we must release terrorist prisoners from Guantanamo and grant them all the rights US citizens have. Obama supported this decision.  Then we have Obama declaring in his own book (Audacity of Hope), “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”

Gas prices will rise.  Obama’s hostility to drilling and nuclear power means he will rely totally on “alternative” forms of energy to meet our energy needs but there isn’t an energy expert alive who will claim this will enable us to meet our energy needs anytime in the next few decades.  Coupled with Obama’s proposal to increase taxes on an already over-taxed oil industry - which will be passed on to consumers - you can expect to pay steep prices for gas for many years to come.

Welcome to Obama’s America.

Steve Baldwin is Executive Director of the Council for National Policy.

rightwing conspiracy on October 10, 2008 at 06:32 pm

Oswaldo - I thank God that the likes of you, Bush, McCain and other warmongers are the minority in our great nation.

If Bush, McCain, and Neiman were “warmongers”, you would support them.

likwidshoe on October 10, 2008 at 08:09 pm

Rob:

it may take losing the White House and losing more ground in Congress for Republicans to get themselves back on track.

Assuming, for the sake of argument, that what you say is true, it would take a minimum of 4 years for the GOP to be in a position to change the overwhelming numbers in congress.

In the meantime, President Obama, in concert with Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid, will have put into law a plethora of socialist economic and social legislation, the likes of which this nation has not seen since the New Deal. 

Then , so-called fiscal conservatives will really have something to grouse about.

Additionally, Commander-In-Chief Obama will have gutted our defense capability ala President Clinton and will have moved the Supreme Court and hundreds of federal bench appointments so far to the left that it will take a generation to undo the damage.

If that’s OK with you, then by all means take comfort in punishing John McCain for not being what you want him to be. 

I will take McCain ANY DAY over the damage which our nation would sustain under a unitary government headed by Barack Obama.


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pparets on October 10, 2008 at 08:38 pm

Not that anyone else cares, but I consider McCain a “guide” for Palin, preparing her for the two terms when McCain bows out.  She already is showing signs of independence and I think that’s why McCain chose her.  He doesn’t want someone that always agrees with him.  I don’t agree with McCain very often but NObama is too dangerous except for myopic organizations like Americans for Prosperity, I guess.


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C. Y. on October 10, 2008 at 09:00 pm

C.Y.:  How right you are!  Fiscal conservatives often fail to understand that economic policy is frequently dictated by social issues.  Social conservatives often ignore the realities of fiscal policy.

For that reason, the right suffers from a cognitive dissonance which never troubles the left and which explains why so often we choke on our own conflicting principles.


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pparets on October 10, 2008 at 09:37 pm
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Are you really against

the America that once embodied lofty ideals and a dedication to world peace and diplomacy?

Or do you prefer conflict?

Oswaldo on October 10, 2008 at 03:44 pm

Are you really against the lofty ideals of our Founding Fathers, who took a great deal less provocation to fight for their rights, when they held the Boston Tea Party, and then did not shy away from the Revolution when the English soldiers started the attack?

Those values give you the heebee geebees, don’t they!

The Dim Liberals have been stripping our rights with their Socialist and UNCONSTITUTIONAL agenda for many many decades, and you would just love it if we just laid down and become doormats. Your comrads dream of a coup in America “without a single shot being fired”.

But you don’t have any majority - and the proof is in the FACT that you don’t DARE let any item on your agenda NEAR a BALLOT INITIATIVE - you only go through JUDGES who are willing to abuse their authority and the Constitution, to work with Socialists to accomplish DESTRUCTIVE measures against America - for items STRAIGHT OFF THE JOSEPH STALIN AGENDA.

Those are NOT “American Ideals”.

And we do NOT approve of them.

The reason that McCain is struggling for support anywhere is because he is a RINO accomplishing the DIM heavylifting.

It is NOT because as you try to imagine, that he represents any Founding Father ideals, any more than you do. He does NOT.

You know every time any item of your agenda gets on a BALLOT initiative, the Conservative view gets about 87% of the vote.

And the RATIFIED CONSTITUTION of the USA and of EACH STATE doesn’t require THAT much to ratify an AMENDMENT.

But the POWER of our Government FLOWS FROM THE MAJORITY RULE of the American CITIZENS, and not from the Government, and NOT from World Courts or World favor.

You display the fact that you do NOT have a majority AT EVERY ELECTION, because NONE of your agenda items get on the ballots WITH YOUR APPROVAL.

Because YOU ALREADY KNOW THE RESULT.

So you do what STALIN suggested to you - USE THE COURTS to tear down the institutions in your way.

NOT DEMOCRACY AT WORK, NOT a Democractic Republic - NOT FREEDOM.

Minority rule is always a DICTATORSHIP - oppression.

STENCH!

You don’t have the votes, nowhere NEAR them.
You cannot even win an election with as MUCH as 50% DEAD EVEN of the votes cast no matter how much Dim voter fraud is involved.

Not even your best - Clinton, not even with H. Ross Perot to split the vote for the Conservatives - you got NADA.
We don’t want you. The only ones who vote for you are gullible fools who believe stupid lies, and don’t go look things up for themselves, or else people so desperate for a cigarette or a peanut butter sandwich, they don’t care what they are doing for it.

Ombre Rose on October 11, 2008 at 01:53 am
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NOT DEMOCRACY AT WORK, NOT a Democractic Republic

So, which do you want, democracy or a democratic republic?

rightwingconspiracy, in your predictions for an Obama presidency you forgot to mention the martian spaceship invasion, the invention of the “gay gun” that turns people gay, and the conversion of all bibles into kindling.

dannyboy on October 11, 2008 at 10:53 pm
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