"Republicans" Leaving a Sinking Ship?
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The son of William F. Buckley has decided—shock!—to vote for a Democrat.
Let me be the latest conservative/libertarian/whatever to leap onto the Barack Obama bandwagon. It’s a good thing my dear old mum and pup are no longer alive. They’d cut off my allowance.
Or would they? But let’s get that part out of the way. The only reason my vote would be of any interest to anyone is that my last name happens to be Buckley—a name I inherited. So in the event anyone notices or cares, the headline will be: “William F. Buckley’s Son Says He Is Pro-Obama.” I know, I know: It lacks the throw-weight of “Ron Reagan Jr. to Address Democratic Convention,” but it’ll have to do.
...John McCain has changed. He said, famously, apropos the Republican debacle post-1994, “We came to Washington to change it, and Washington changed us.” This campaign has changed John McCain. It has made him inauthentic. A once-first class temperament has become irascible and snarly; his positions change, and lack coherence; he makes unrealistic promises, such as balancing the federal budget “by the end of my first term.” Who, really, believes that? Then there was the self-dramatizing and feckless suspension of his campaign over the financial crisis. His ninth-inning attack ads are mean-spirited and pointless. And finally, not to belabor it, there was the Palin nomination. What on earth can he have been thinking?
Source
David Brooks
Matthew Dowd
The HITS keep coming!
Let me be the latest conservative/libertarian/whatever to leap onto the Barack Obama bandwagon. It’s a good thing my dear old mum and pup are no longer alive. They’d cut off my allowance.
Or would they? But let’s get that part out of the way. The only reason my vote would be of any interest to anyone is that my last name happens to be Buckley—a name I inherited. So in the event anyone notices or cares, the headline will be: “William F. Buckley’s Son Says He Is Pro-Obama.” I know, I know: It lacks the throw-weight of “Ron Reagan Jr. to Address Democratic Convention,” but it’ll have to do.
...John McCain has changed. He said, famously, apropos the Republican debacle post-1994, “We came to Washington to change it, and Washington changed us.” This campaign has changed John McCain. It has made him inauthentic. A once-first class temperament has become irascible and snarly; his positions change, and lack coherence; he makes unrealistic promises, such as balancing the federal budget “by the end of my first term.” Who, really, believes that? Then there was the self-dramatizing and feckless suspension of his campaign over the financial crisis. His ninth-inning attack ads are mean-spirited and pointless. And finally, not to belabor it, there was the Palin nomination. What on earth can he have been thinking?
Source
David Brooks
Matthew Dowd
The HITS keep coming!
Bavarian
New Member
Christopher Buckley had to resign from National Review for his error of backing BHO.
Kristol forced McCain on us, we could have had a true Conservative and now he, McCain< must pull out all the stops to keep the communist out of the White House.
Why do the dems get upset when we bring up BHO's ties to Wright, Ayers, ACORN, etc. when they keep trying to tie McCain to Bush 43?
Kristol forced McCain on us, we could have had a true Conservative and now he, McCain< must pull out all the stops to keep the communist out of the White House.
Why do the dems get upset when we bring up BHO's ties to Wright, Ayers, ACORN, etc. when they keep trying to tie McCain to Bush 43?
It might have a lot to do with MCain's claim he voted with Bush 95% of the time and that his campaign team is loaded with Bushies. (A number of Bush Rangers have also funded McCain's campaign... Out of generousity?)
This_person
Well-Known Member
I believe that's Obama's claim, not McCain's.
I wonder what the percentage is of Obama voting with Reid's policies. Being such a popular guy, Reid would really help out Obama's campaign
cwo_ghwebb
No Use for Donk Twits
I believe that's Obama's claim, not McCain's.
I wonder what the percentage is of Obama voting with Reid's policies. Being such a popular guy, Reid would really help out Obama's campaign
Well, if his U.S. Senate record is anything like his Illinois Senator record he vote 300 times, 100 votes for his party's policies, the other 200 'present'.
I believe that's Obama's claim, not McCain's.
I wonder what the percentage is of Obama voting with Reid's policies. Being such a popular guy, Reid would really help out Obama's campaign
Obama isn't running AGAINST the record of Democratic Party.
There is video of McCain boasting of his 95% Bush/Republican voting record.
Is that better or worse than McCain missing 63% of the votes in the 110th Congress. (Maybe he didn't want to commit.)
This_person
Well-Known Member
No, he's running on a message of "change", even though half the time he's been there he's been in the majority party, voting with that party virtually 100% of the time he's bothered to show up and vote.
In other words, he's being dishonest in what he's running as. He's running for change, change to the status quo of Reid and Pelosi. Unfortunately, most Americans don't know who Reid and Pelosi are, let alone what they stand for, so he's got that going for him!
This_person
Well-Known Member
Worse. McCain has missed too many this year, but overall he's got a pretty good record. Between IL and the US Senate, Obama's got a horrible record overall - one of the worst.
That's a very bombastic statement, bordering on hysteria.
The Democrats' ship is sinking as well, but they still hang in there and toe the party line rather than think for themselves.
Isn't that a Republican trademark?
Did you want me to find some really good quotes from Democrats?
I just got my new voter registration. It has a nice, new, shiny R on it.
Pete
Repete
I just got my new voter registration. It has a nice, new, shiny R on it.
Did an ACORN representative pick you up and drive you down to register? Which free gift did you choose, the ham sandwich and a Bud or the Obama / Biden sunglasses?
Huffington Post - Oct. 18, 2008
The Palin Plunge: Voters Sour On McCain VP Pick
The more voters learn about Sarah Palin, the more wary they become. Once the focus of post-convention Republican euphoria, the Alaska Governor is now viewed as a serious liability to the McCain campaign.
As it stands, Palin's polling numbers are daunting: with the unfolding economic crisis, her favorable to unfavorable ratings have switched from a positive 40-30, according to a September 12-16 New York Times survey, to a negative 32-41 in an October 10-13 survey.
Palin is, additionally, costing McCain newspaper endorsements. Editor and Publisher calculated that as of Oct 18, Barack Obama led McCain 58-16 in the competition for the backing of newspapers. Many of the endorsements cited Palin as a factor in their rejection of McCain. The Salt Lake Tribune, which supported George W. Bush in 2004, commented that "out of nowhere, and without proper vetting, the impetuous McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. She quickly proved grievously under-equipped to step into the presidency should McCain, at 72 and with a history of health problems, die in office. More than any single factor, McCain's bad judgment in choosing the inarticulate, insular and ethically challenged Palin disqualifies him for the presidency." The Kansas City Star, in turn, described Palin as "unqualified."
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The Palin Plunge: Voters Sour On McCain VP Pick
The more voters learn about Sarah Palin, the more wary they become. Once the focus of post-convention Republican euphoria, the Alaska Governor is now viewed as a serious liability to the McCain campaign.
As it stands, Palin's polling numbers are daunting: with the unfolding economic crisis, her favorable to unfavorable ratings have switched from a positive 40-30, according to a September 12-16 New York Times survey, to a negative 32-41 in an October 10-13 survey.
Palin is, additionally, costing McCain newspaper endorsements. Editor and Publisher calculated that as of Oct 18, Barack Obama led McCain 58-16 in the competition for the backing of newspapers. Many of the endorsements cited Palin as a factor in their rejection of McCain. The Salt Lake Tribune, which supported George W. Bush in 2004, commented that "out of nowhere, and without proper vetting, the impetuous McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. She quickly proved grievously under-equipped to step into the presidency should McCain, at 72 and with a history of health problems, die in office. More than any single factor, McCain's bad judgment in choosing the inarticulate, insular and ethically challenged Palin disqualifies him for the presidency." The Kansas City Star, in turn, described Palin as "unqualified."
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RadioPatrol
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yeah they are Puff'n on some'tn over there .....