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Of John McCain and Even Scarier Stuff

by RickG · 02/05/2008 1:26 pm

Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi has a good piece on conservatives’ legitimate questions/criticisms/dislike when it comes to McCain. He also makes these sobering observations about how quickly and completely political fortunes can change:

Who knows? The mood of the country might be swinging towards John McCain pragmatism. Conservatives might be an ideological minority in the Republican Party, once again. But things change.

After all, one day Karl Rove is planning a permanent Republican majority, the next day he’s a Fox News analyst, pondering whether Democrats will have a veto-proof majority in the Senate in 2009.

Hillary Clinton and a veto-proof Democratic Senate. Does that send a shiver up your spine?

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15 Responses to “Of John McCain and Even Scarier Stuff”

Dov on February 5th, 2008 at 1:37 pm

Hillary Clinton sends a shiver up my spine all alone
RickG on February 5th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

1.

I assume you don’t mean that in a good way.
Peter on February 5th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

What sends the biggest shiver down my spine is not having a single conservative party.

If McCain wins the nomination, the only thing that won’t have me just skip voting for any presidential candidate is that we will probably have at least one SCOTUS justice be replaced. At least with McCain, there is a chance it may be a conservative judge.

If there was essentially no chance of a new appointment on the SCOTUS for at least 4 years, I might even be tempted to vote for Hillary or Obama over McCain. I see storms on the horizon, storms that McCain will ignore, and I’d rather the Democrats be given ‘credit’ for the aftermath.

Should I start learning Chinese new?
Bannable Lecturer on February 5th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

Course we had that shiver when Huckup won Iowa

Saw this coming a mile away

Game of liars poker
jimb on February 5th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Hillary Clinton and a veto-proof Democratic Senate. Does that send a shiver up your spine?

Naah, we’ll survive. At least the Country Boys, according to Hank Jr. What we should really be worrying about is TEACHING THOSE DAMN FAUX REPUBLICANS A LESSON!

/so do I really need a sarc tag here?
An Observer on February 5th, 2008 at 2:16 pm

#3: Ask yourself this sobering question. If McCain sided with the Democrats via the “gang of fourteen” to filibuster the Bush appointees, is there really a chance he will appoint conservative judges in opposition to the Democrats?
Peter on February 5th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

#6, as I said, “At least with McCain, there is a chance it may be a conservative judge.”

Note - chance.

With Hillary or Obabma it will be a 100% certainty of a non-conservative judge.

Hey if I had it my way:

Duncan Hunter - President
Alan Keyes - Vice President
Fred Dalton Thompson - Sec. of State (obviously appointed by Hunter and supported by Speaker Of The House Patrick)
american woman on February 5th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

With McCain or Hillary/OBama…….. the country could be seeing adverse conditions the next 4 years. Who do you want to be blamed, a republican in name only, or a democrat?
jimb on February 5th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

#8 - The country will see adverse conditions in the next 4 years (the more likely scenario), or it won’t. I don’t really like the gambit of pinning those woes on a president, because in all fairness, the stage is set now. The idea of having a Dem in office when the house of cards crumbles only works with the portion of the public that doesn’t pay attention.
american woman on February 5th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

Jimb if the house crumbles, it affects everyone. They will pay attention, don’t you think?
jimb on February 5th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

#10 - Oh, sure, but I’ve never subscribed too much to blaming the president for everything, any more than I want to give him too much credit.

Do you think that Bill Clinton deserved credit for the economic boom of the 90’s?

Do you think that Reagan deserved any bad press for the stagflation he dealt with during his first term?
KentBook on February 5th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

AW: Here you go again–now you’ve gone from STB, to oooh, let the Dems fail on their watch. Any failure of the US is going to fall on all of us, Rep. or Dem. why in the world will that be better under any case.

I’ve tried to reason with you and the others, gently, even to start and to think of either just letting you guys STB and shut up; then came up with a strategy to bring conservatism back if wer’e forced to have McCain–what Peter & jim are saying is that McCain is still better than any Dem, 100% that a Dem will retire the 3 lefties at SCOTUS and replace with lefties even worse than Ginsberg! With McCain we could hold his feet to the fire at least, just like Bush and Meyers.
american woman on February 5th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

Kent, John McCain does not take well to having his feet held to the fire. He is omniscient.
jimb on February 5th, 2008 at 8:22 pm

John McCain does not take well to having his feet held to the fire

LOL - As opposed to which politician? McCain’s temper is close to the surface, but not a one of today’s politicians like to have their feet to the fire…
pimlico on February 5th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

McCain may win without the conservatives in Nov. He could take votes from the libs and moderates. That would be aproblem for the publics ability to effect the out come of things like the immigration bill. He won’t have to listen.