<p>Dstark please explain your thought process!</p>
<p>Are you voting either way in Nov for a dem, and you voted republican to stop McCain?</p>
<p>I’m a registered republican so I had to vote republican in the primary.</p>
<p>I like Clinton and Obama better than the republican candidates. </p>
<p>I do not want McCain to be president. He is looking senile to me.</p>
<p>I don’t want Romney to be president either, but I would rather have him then McCain.</p>
<p>Plus, I don’t want the republican nomination locked up. :)</p>
<p>So, I voted for Romney.</p>
<p>I’m in Ca.</p>
<p>100-year war got you down? (Glad to see the smiley face. ;))</p>
<p>100-year war or asset taxes?
100-year war or asset taxes?
100-year war or asset taxes?</p>
<p>War never looked so good. :)</p>
<p>You could have both if you like. Just meditate on it a little…</p>
<p>I’m hoping for neither. :)</p>
<p>"There are a lot more concerns than that. I am torn and have not voted yet. I know that in the general election I will support McCain or Romney over either of the Dems, but I’m having a bit of a problem voting for McCain in the primary. "</p>
<p>I couldn’t do it. Just couldn’t. I will vote for McCain in November, but I supported Romney today.</p>
<p>The headline on yahoo this a.m. was “McCain Takes Command” and that prompted a discussion in our house. One of the main points that came up was - who would you want as your “Commanding Officer”?</p>
<p>Granted, as a military family, we tend to look at things thru that viewpoint, but the same applies to a boss, CEO, etc. The role of that person is to be a real LEADER, not necessarily to be “popular”. (Who “likes” the guy who tells you that you have duty this weekend?!).</p>
<p>Obviously, McCain doesn’t worry as much about being “popular” as he does about getting the job done. That is really admirable & it’s really that type of attitude we need as POTUS. Ultra Right-wing conservatives take issue w/ McCain because he’ll work w/ dems - isn’t this bi-partisanship what we need also? </p>
<p>(I think some right-wingers don’t understand that he is perhaps more conservative than they are! He prefers “smaller government” so no frivolous constitutional amendments, for example - for marriage or anything else).</p>
<p>The question is, can McCain garner the support of Rush, Hannity, etc. and other conservatives while still attracting the more moderate voters? If he can articulate his message, he could actually “unite” several factions of voters & utimately BE a very very popular candidate/president.</p>
<p>In any case, he has more “leadership” in his little finger than all the other candidates combined! Given all those factors, he is perfectly suited to be “Commanding Officer” of America.</p>
<p>he is perfectly suited to be “Commanding Officer” of America.</p>
<p>We dont have Commanding Officers in America we are a republic. While I agree McCain has good leadership skills I am off put by the idea of a “Commanding Officer” of America</p>
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<p>GOOD! Stay home! I’m so sick of religious wackos trying to hi jack the republican party! What happened to fiscal conservatism and keeping the government out of our lives? Oh, they want to cut taxes (but they have been bigger spenders the last 8 years than ever - HYPOCRITES), but they want the government to intrude into our private lives!!! I’m hoping that they will wake up and see that there are alot more moderates than radicals in the party and that they are forcing us out! If they want Romney they can have him…</p>
<p>It may be time for a 3 party system - Ron Paul anyone?</p>
<p>Cheers for ag54!!!</p>
<p>But I’m voting Democrat, so consider this an official invitation to join me!</p>
<p>If McCain gets the nomination (and it looks like he will), the Republicans should take long, hard look at whom they choose for the VP slot. McCain seems healthy enough for now, but he has already reached the age where it is very common for people to start getting sick and dying off in large numbers.</p>
<p>“If McCain gets the nomination (and it looks like he will), the Republicans should take long, hard look at whom they choose for the VP slot. McCain seems healthy enough for now, but he has already reached the age where it is very common for people to start getting sick and dying off in large numbers.”</p>
<p>That’s a very, very good point. Which is why Huckabee had better not be the VP. I sugest Newt!</p>
<p>There was an interesting question someone on TV asked last night: Who was the biggest loser of Super Tuesday? </p>
<p>The answer- Rush Limbaugh, James Dobson, and the other right-wing intolerant hypocrites who are neither conservative nor truly religious but have successfully hijacked the GOP for very, very long.</p>
<p>I am happy for the Republican party. I hope John McCain stays true to his character and doesn’t go pandering to the “intolerant wing” of the GOP. That will truly destroy his chance of attracting independents and moderates and without that vote, he has no chance.</p>
<p>McCain could follow James Dobson to the gates of hell. The interesting thing to find out would be what happens when they get there.</p>
<p>No Newt, too much of a liability.</p>
<p>Condi or Jane Swift, hate to say it but he needs youth and a proven leader.</p>
<p>Swift would be funny after Kerry being swift boated…whole new meaning ;)</p>
<p>I was just listening to Rush and a guy called in and asked if Rush was going to change his mind after the convention and support McCain. He hemmed and hawed and didn’t give a straight answer. Then the guy said that he was not for McCain but that he could not vote for Hillary. Rush agreed and said a vote for McCain would be an anti vote for Hillary. So, I guess that’s the take they’re all going to go for.</p>
<p>Of course, he then went right back to bashing McCain.</p>
<p>There is no way Rush, Ann or Sean would ever vote dem…they would lose their paycheck…they are just ticked that the conservative right isn’t big enought to carry their candidate…they have lived out their usefullness. They need to respect other republicans</p>
<p>b&p - I agree. Very good points.</p>
<p>I consider myself a pretty staunch conservative & I support McCain. I don’t know where Rush & Hannity, etc. get the idea that McCain only attracts the moderates. McCain is a lot more conservative than the “Talking heads” give him credit for, but the beautiful thing is, he DOES attract the moderates too. That’s how the republicans will win in Nov. - not by catering to the extreme right wing.</p>
<p>Yahoo just posted that “analysts” (whoever that is!) say that the candidates are dividing the parties. That may be true of the dems, but I don’t buy that McCain is divisive - if people just give him a chance, they’ll see that he could be very unifying indeed.</p>
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<li>More socially conservative than Romney (or Giuliani).</li>
<li>More fiscally conservative than Huckabee.</li>
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<p>With his proven leadership, pragmatism, bi-partisan approach, & more knowledge & experience than any of the candidates, McCain is really the best of all worlds!</p>
<p>If people would just put their closed-minded partisanship aside, McCain COULD be a landslide candidate. Let’s get enthused & unified about McCain - there’s a heck of a lot more there to get excited about than Obama has!</p>
<p>"If people would just put their closed-minded partisanship "</p>
<p>It’s not partisanship. I’m a life-long conservative and I disagree profoundly with Senator McCain on immigration. That is a principled disagreement on policy, please don’t minimize disagreement, ok? A lot of it is legitimate.</p>