Comments on: McCain is tongue-tied in Texas http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/ Tracking the 2008 U.S. campaign Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:03:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Alma http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339931 Alma Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:42:57 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339931 New-Born Christians have been used by Republicans for voting purposes. The conservative elite do not care about them. See what happens with Huckabee! No one wants him there. He insists, but he will go nowhere. He won't even be offered the Vice-presidency. Watch, listen, and learn... New-Born Christians have been used by Republicans for voting purposes. The conservative elite do not care about them. See what happens with Huckabee! No one wants him there. He insists, but he will go nowhere. He won’t even be offered the Vice-presidency. Watch, listen, and learn…

]]> By: cons3rvative http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339903 cons3rvative Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:04:39 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339903 I'm a conservative republican. I've voted predominately Republican all of my life, and this is the first time I am disgusted with my party and their back room deals to cut Mike Huckabee out. I won't be voting for John McCain because he does not mirror my convictions and in short...I just don't trust him to do what is right. Regardless of how many endorsements he receives from the establishment politicians, our voices should still be heard, we should be the ones choosing our nominee. Our party is broken if all we can do is line up like robots and vote for McCain knowing his left-wing record. He will lose by a large margin to a either democrat. We need someone in our party to represent the people and be competition in Nov... Vote Huckabee!!! I’m a conservative republican. I’ve voted predominately Republican all of my life, and this is the first time I am disgusted with my party and their back room deals to cut Mike Huckabee out. I won’t be voting for John McCain because he does not mirror my convictions and in short…I just don’t trust him to do what is right. Regardless of how many endorsements he receives from the establishment politicians, our voices should still be heard, we should be the ones choosing our nominee. Our party is broken if all we can do is line up like robots and vote for McCain knowing his left-wing record. He will lose by a large margin to a either democrat. We need someone in our party to represent the people and be competition in Nov… Vote Huckabee!!!

]]> By: ricknhouston http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339897 ricknhouston Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:17:54 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339897 @45 Daniel says: February 29th, 2008 at 5:00 pm GMT Ed Weirdness said: “Are they really suggesting that any responsible voter would cast a ballot for any candidate simply because they hate his opposition more? Has our electoral process actually come down to this?” Uhhhhhh! Yesss! @45

Daniel says:
February 29th, 2008 at 5:00 pm GMT
Ed Weirdness said:
“Are they really suggesting that any responsible voter would cast a ballot for any candidate simply because they hate his opposition more? Has our electoral process actually come down to this?”

Uhhhhhh! Yesss!

]]> By: ricknhouston http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339896 ricknhouston Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:13:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339896 #42.... most of the American people are "brainwashed" by the 24/7 bombardment the Zionist owned American media machine. Let there be NO MISTAKE!!! The war in the middle east IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, about oil! What nobody is saying out of fear of being called "anti-semitic" is that the oil Americans are dying for is for ISRAEL! #42….

most of the American people are “brainwashed” by the 24/7 bombardment the Zionist owned American media machine. Let there be NO MISTAKE!!! The war in the middle east IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, about oil! What nobody is saying out of fear of being called “anti-semitic” is that the oil Americans are dying for is for ISRAEL!

]]> By: Michelle Malkin » John McCain’s botches of the week: “Liberal” and “dispirited” http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339882 Michelle Malkin » John McCain’s botches of the week: “Liberal” and “dispirited” Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:29:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339882 [...] Oy: Republican candidate John McCain has had trouble winning over some of his party’s conservatives, who suspect that deep down he’s not one of them. On Thursday, McCain may have confirmed their suspicions with a slip of the tongue. [...] […] Oy: Republican candidate John McCain has had trouble winning over some of his party’s conservatives, who suspect that deep down he’s not one of them. On Thursday, McCain may have confirmed their suspicions with a slip of the tongue. […]

]]> By: Daniel http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339874 Daniel Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:22:51 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339874 DebinTX, You say all you care about are the issues, but your comment that \"the man\'s only issue is war\", shows your complete ignorance of McCain\'s career. If you were to attempt to identify a \"signature issue\" of his at all, it would probably be campaign finance reform. Oh, but wait... I forgot -- you\'re a conservative, so you\'re probably under the delusion that it is in your personal best interest to allow as much money (i.e. corruption)in politics as possible. My bad... Oh, and by the way -- don\'t lie to yourself. What you are truly angry about, is that for once the primary was UNABLE to be manipulated and stage-managed. McCain was nominated by the majority of republicans, in their infinite common sense, despite, for once, the best efforts of the far right to dictate to the rest of us who they demand be coronated. Thank God. (FWIW, I like Huckabee alot. I\'d love to hang out with him, and maybe have dinner and jam a little. But some of his beliefs are a way too extreme for me(and clearly most other republicans also)to want him in charge.) DebinTX,
You say all you care about are the issues, but your comment that \”the man\’s only issue is war\”, shows your complete ignorance of McCain\’s career. If you were to attempt to identify a \”signature issue\” of his at all, it would probably be campaign finance reform.

Oh, but wait… I forgot — you\’re a conservative, so you\’re probably under the delusion that it is in your personal best interest to allow as much money (i.e. corruption)in politics as possible.

My bad…

Oh, and by the way — don\’t lie to yourself. What you are truly angry about, is that for once the primary was UNABLE to be manipulated and stage-managed. McCain was nominated by the majority of republicans, in their infinite common sense, despite, for once, the best efforts of the far right to dictate to the rest of us who they demand be coronated.

Thank God.

(FWIW, I like Huckabee alot. I\’d love to hang out with him, and maybe have dinner and jam a little. But some of his beliefs are a way too extreme for me(and clearly most other republicans also)to want him in charge.)

]]> By: Stan http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339873 Stan Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:57:24 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339873 Try and find the word democracy once in the US constitution. It is not there. The US is NOT a democracy, was NOT a democracy, and will NEVER be a democracy. 300 million people and only two parties to represent all these diferentiated needs? Arguing Clinton or McCain is to argue heads or tails. McCain is the vote for yesterday, Clinton is the vote for the status quo and Obama is the move towards socialism. Obama will be change, but it will not be what the US founding fathers had invisioned. Try and find the word democracy once in the US constitution. It is not there.

The US is NOT a democracy, was NOT a democracy, and will NEVER be a democracy. 300 million people and only two parties to represent all these diferentiated needs? Arguing Clinton or McCain is to argue heads or tails.

McCain is the vote for yesterday, Clinton is the vote for the status quo and Obama is the move towards socialism. Obama will be change, but it will not be what the US founding fathers had invisioned.

]]> By: DebInTX http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339870 DebInTX Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:08:54 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339870 McCain disgusts me, plain and simple. You can spout all the rhetoric you want, and label him liberal, a RINO, moderate...what I care about are the issues. This man's only issue is war, and we're supposed to believe he's qualified to execute one because he participated in a very different war 40 years ago. At the same time, the man who has the BEST plan to stop illegal immigration and rejuvenate the American economy has been dismissed because he used to be a preacher 20+ years ago. The Republican electorate deserves MUCH better than this manipulated, stage-managed primary. Huckabee gets my vote, write-in or not. McCain disgusts me, plain and simple. You can spout all the rhetoric you want, and label him liberal, a RINO, moderate…what I care about are the issues. This man’s only issue is war, and we’re supposed to believe he’s qualified to execute one because he participated in a very different war 40 years ago.
At the same time, the man who has the BEST plan to stop illegal immigration and rejuvenate the American economy has been dismissed because he used to be a preacher 20+ years ago. The Republican electorate deserves MUCH better than this manipulated, stage-managed primary. Huckabee gets my vote, write-in or not.

]]> By: Daniel http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339865 Daniel Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:00:11 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339865 Ed Weirdness said: "Are they really suggesting that any responsible voter would cast a ballot for any candidate simply because they hate his opposition more? Has our electoral process actually come down to this?" Yes Ed, it has. If you would rather, as a matter of principle, not vote at all than vote for someone who disagrees with you on one issue (immigration)-- then that is your right. It will, however, make it that much more likely that the country will be run for the next 4-8 years by someone with whom you disagree on every single issue imaginable. Some people prefer to cut off their nose to spite their face, I guess. "Extremists on the left tend to be just as critical of pragmatism as extremists on the right. Idealism without pragmatism is impotent." -—Richard Nixon Ed Weirdness said:
“Are they really suggesting that any responsible voter would cast a ballot for any candidate simply because they hate his opposition more? Has our electoral process actually come down to this?”

Yes Ed, it has. If you would rather, as a matter of principle, not vote at all than vote for someone who disagrees with you on one issue (immigration)– then that is your right.

It will, however, make it that much more likely that the country will be run for the next 4-8 years by someone with whom you disagree on every single issue imaginable. Some people prefer to cut off their nose to spite their face, I guess.
“Extremists on the left tend to be just as critical of pragmatism as extremists on the right. Idealism without pragmatism is impotent.” -—Richard Nixon

]]> By: Louis Nardozi http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339863 Louis Nardozi Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:55:57 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/02/28/mccain-is-tongue-tied-in-texas/#comment-339863 #7, HILARIOUS!!! McWar will help you keep your job? Better hope you're a weapons manufacturer or a food stamp administrator. Course you could always 'join up' and get shot at. Hundreds of thousands of valiant men and women are at 'stop loss' now which makes them slaves. They can't quit, even after their time in the service is up! That's what you'll be signing up for. Nah, seriously I wouldn't worry because to support the army we'll need with McWar we'll have to reinstate the draft. Godd thing we got rid of that dummy Ron Paul who's WRITTEN 6 books on economics and has come in under budget EVERY YEAR he's been in Congress. Wouldn't want some jerk like that getting in and saving all our jobs, would we? #7, HILARIOUS!!!

McWar will help you keep your job? Better hope you’re a weapons manufacturer or a food stamp administrator. Course you could always ‘join up’ and get shot at. Hundreds of thousands of valiant men and women are at ’stop loss’ now which makes them slaves. They can’t quit, even after their time in the service is up! That’s what you’ll be signing up for. Nah, seriously I wouldn’t worry because to support the army we’ll need with McWar we’ll have to reinstate the draft.

Godd thing we got rid of that dummy Ron Paul who’s WRITTEN 6 books on economics and has come in under budget EVERY YEAR he’s been in Congress. Wouldn’t want some jerk like that getting in and saving all our jobs, would we?

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