On Jan 19, 7:44*am, "~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:
4.Because in a culture that overuses the word “hero” (among many
others) pretty gratuitously, Mac is the real thing.
In many ways, yes. But does that qualify him to lead the country? I
don't think so...nor does it disqualify him.
5.Mac can keep things in perspective. *Age’ll give you perspective.
IYHO. I think Mac is too far over the hill to understand the modern
world. Leaders of other countries would not relate to him, nor would
the majority of Americans.
6.So will five and a half years in the Hanoi Hilton.
See #4
7.Because the various tyrants of the world see Barack Obama, and they
think “How Sweet. *Fresh Meat”.
IYHO.
8.Because France, Canada and Germany have both elected more-
conservative leaders since 2004; for once, they have a point.
IYHO
9.I’m not going to say “Bin Laden Endorses Obama” - but when Bin Laden
goes to sleep at night, who do you think he dreams will have his head
stuffed and mounted above the fireplace in the East Wing?
Oh, spare me. He wasn't afraid of your man Bush...McCain won't scare
him either. The way to get OBL is to work cooperatively with other
countries to track him down; something neither Bush nor McC were in a
mind to do.
10.Even if Bin Laden doesn’t think Mac’ll do it, he’s gotta have
visions of Sarah, Todd and Track Palin snowshoeing across the Hindu
Kush, finding, shooting and stuffing him.
GAG me!
11.Because while abortion has never been the sine qua non of politics
for me, it matters.
OK, that's a legitmate point on a tangible political platform.
12.And at the end of the day, Obama is pro-choice.
See #11.
13.And Biden is worse - a pro-choice Catholic.
See #11. And add 'redundancy' to that.
14.Because partial-birth abortion is inexcusable, and still Obama
excuses it (and I’ve heard Biden say not a thing about it).
See #7, and #11.
15.Because as bad as Bush was on spending, Obama will be much, much
worse…
Hard to believe, since Bush was single-handedly responsible for about
40% of the current debt.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09...y4486228.shtml
But in any case, see #7.
16.…and “balancing the budget” with tax hikes is economic suicide.
IYHO. And FWIW, 'balancing the budget' with record spending is even
worse.
See #15
17.For the good of the party, the GOP needs to return to fiscal
conservatism. *Whatever Mac’s other sins, he’s got a much better claim
to that than does Obama.
WTF?? The GOP has NEVER been 'fiscally conservative'!! That's the most
promulgated myth in politics...the extreme bulk of government debt and
spending has been under GOP leadership! And how can you claim that McC
will be better at it than Obama? See #5
18.Or Bush, for that matter.
Agreed.
19.What I said in 17 about “the good of the party”? *The same goes
tenfold for the nation.
Agreed, but I think Obama is better equipped to do that. IMHO.
20.Because the words “Chicago Democrat” mean something.
IYHO
21.Because that something is worse than “Minnesota Liberal”, which
itself is a horror to behold.
IYHO
22.Because I work hard for my money.
Good for you. I think most of us do....
23.Raising taxes kills jobs. Including mine.
No way. Your job relies on a changing tax code.
24.Because Hollywood is getting the vapors for Obama.
Who gives a FF? How does that disqualify him??
25.Because a lot of bigots and racists want to think I’m a bigot and
racist for not voting for Obama.
Hmm, you're not making this essential point very well...
26.Because the 3AM Phone Call is a real thing - moreso in our world
today than fifteen years ago, even.
Yes, but you need to prove that Obama would not respond to the '3AM
phone call'. FWIW, McC's age would work strongly against him in this
case...
27.And Obama has shown us no evidence that he’s ready to take that
call…
Other than being intelligent and able to motivate support....essential
elements for handling that 'phone call'...rather than knee-jerk
conservatism.
28.…or do much of anything else.
Gag me.
29.Because Obama has voted “Present” in the Senate over 100 times.
LOL!!! Check your facts, man. MCCAIN VOTED 'PRESENT' OVER 350 times!!
http://www.votesmart.org/voting_cate...p?can_id=53270
30.Because Obama has spent less time in the Senate…
31.…than Mac spent in the Hanoi Hilton. *Yes, Mr. Messiah, sir,
experience counts.
Curious how you can endorse Palin, then.
32.Because while I believe Obama isn’t a bad person, his presidency
will grant sweeping power to the Pelosi/Reid Congress, perhaps the
most depraved pack of hacks ever to wield political power in the
history of this country.
IYHO several times over.
33.No, I mean the most depraved pack of hacks, just like I wrote it.
The post-Watergate Democrats were at least largely people with their
nation’s best interests at heart; many were WWII and Korea veterans,
people for whom the flag meant something. *If you’re to the right of
Jane Fonda, the Reid-Pelosi Axis of Weasels should make your skin
crawl.
Hmm, IYHO again (and again and again)
34.Because Sarah Palin, as relatively new to politics as she may be,
is vastly more qualified to lead the most powerful nation on earth
than Barack Obama is.
see IYHO above, in many places
35.Because having Joe Biden a heartbeat away from the presidency
scares me a lot more than having Sarah Palin there.
See #31
36.Because having Joe Biden a heartbeat away from the presidency
scares me more than having Courtney Love, Lindsay Lohan or Crispin
Glover there.
Good thing none of them are VP. See #31. And you KNOW you're a
lunatic, right?
37.Because Mac will extend the Bush Tax Cuts. *Because…
38.…tax cuts are always good. Always. There are no exceptions.
Wow, don't even know where to begin.
Especially if they force you to cut spending.
I almost agree. Cutting spending = good. Depending on where its
cut....and somehow I think we differ on this.
39.Mac may not cut spending - but he will be not nearly the
spendthrift Bush was…
40.…and a year into an Obama administration, Bush will seem like a
miser.
LOL. Hard to believe...see #15
41.Because hundreds of union goons can’t be right.
Huh?
42.Because, unlike millions of “people” registered by ACORN and the
like, I exist, and someone needs to stand up for all of us actual
humans.
MILLIONS?? They only registered about 1.5 million nationwide, and at
least some of those were real people. Besides, how many of those
fraudulent 'millions' actually cast a vote?
43.Because all of the fictional “people” that sent anonymous (and
illegal) contributions to Obama’s donations will be rendered moot by
everyone who repudiates their fraud.
I have no idea what you are saying here.
44.Because every vote against The One is a finger in the eye of
MoveOn, George Soros (and his paid minions), Democrats.com, Media
Matters, and on, and on, and on.
Now, that doesn't sound very American to me.
45.Because Mac has a lifetime A from the NRA…
OK, see #11, sort of. Add IYHO to it.
46.…and Obama was for gun control, before he was against it…
BFD.
47.…before, given the company he keeps (and the chits he owes), he
will no doubt be for it again
So help me here...is it GOOD that he'll end up in favor, or bad? And
IYHO
48.Because too many of Obama’s supporters have been just too
insufferably triumphalistic.
Yeah, turnabout sucks, eh?
49.Because just enough of Obama’s supporters have pledged to do
crappy, unamerican things if Obama loses…
LOL, coming from you.
50.…and an Obama loss will be a wonderful way to flush out what truly
must be called “Unamerican” - the rejection of the votes of ones’
fellow citizens. *Let us get them out into the open - indeed, let them
“McCarthy-ize” themselves - so we can do something about them.
What?!? You have gone off the deep end, buddy.
51.Because Obama will make Jimmy Carter look like a wise, cool-headed,
competent statesman.
Jimmy Carter IS. And IYHO
52.Because it’ll give Keith Olberman a stroke.
WGAF (also for 53-56)
53.Because Chris Matthews’ leg will finally stop tingling.
54.Because I’m dying to see Katie Couric’s face the morning after.
55.Because P. Diddy and Sam I Am will stroke out.
56.Because Mac is old enough to to give a rat’s ass what people think
about him…
57.…and Obama seems to need approval.
LOL. IYHO
58.Because Mac blows up at people and the press…
Irrationality is always a good characteristic in a president.
59.…but hasn’t ever kicked anyone off his plane.
BFD. And this counters your point #58
60.In spite of Because Palin is such a lightning rod for the paranoia
and misogyny of the institutional left.
So if you like lighning rods, you must LOVE a black muslim president.
61.Because Sarah Palin has teenagers who’ve made her life difficult…
62.…and an infant whose very existence upholds the value of life…
Or shows the inconsistency in her preaching.
63.…a fact that makes the Orthodox Left purple with rage.
Whoever they are.
64.Because while Obama might have a bracelet from a soldier whose name
he can’t remember, Mac has two sons who are veterans…
'might'?
65.…and a son who’s an enlisted Marine serving overseas…
66.…where Track Palin is right now. *Yes, I do *think having an
investment in the issue will make for better, saner leadership - and
certainly less palaver about, say, invading Pakistan.
I tend to agree with you about that. More congressmen and senators
should have kids overseas.
67.Because while I’ve been a conservative for over 20 years, I grew up
a Democrat, around enough Democrats to care what happens to the party.
John F. Kennedy and Harry Truman would puke if they saw what Howard
Dean and Nancy Pelosi and Michaal Moore had done with their party. If
you’re a responsible Democrat, so should you. Help your party re-
discover its real legacy by sending John Kerry back to palookaville.
Hmm, there is very little substance here.
68.Because Jimmy Carter endorses Obama.
As does the majority of America, at last count.
69.Because the only evidence I’ve seen about Obama’s performance under
pressure - his response to Georgia - makes Jimmy Carter look pretty
good in comparison.
I think running a Presidential campaign qualifies for 'performance
under pressure', and he beat the nads off of McC.
70.Also Neville Chamberlain.
BFD
71.Because I love my country more than I love the UN.
They are almost one and the same.
72.Because the GOP embodies confidence in this nation - something the
Democrats do not. *Belief that the US could be a good nation if we
adopted their platform in toto, perhaps, but not confidence.
Did you just fall off a truck? The GOP embodies raping and pillaging
this nation. Check the local papers.
73.Also exceptionalism. *America is the shining city…
Yeah, we tolerate nutjobs like the extreme right.
74.…which is a notion that makes Obama’s most-vital supporters
nauseous.
Not hardly.
75.Because Obama, like Kerry and Algore and Carter, consistently
mistakes “plans” and “summits” and “negotiation” for productive
action.
Like 'unilateral attacks' and 'unjustified warfare' and 'undocumented
WMDs'
76.Because as we saw in the wake of the market meltdown, Mac will put
“doing the right thing” ahead of political expediency.
You mean like run to Washington and do nothing?
77.Obama wouldn’t know how. *Like with Kerry and Gore, ”the right
thing” changes depending on the audience he’s talking with.
Hmm, IYHO.
78.Because I’m a “bitter, gun-clinging Jesus Freak”, and damn proud of
it.
No surprises there. Except for the Jesus Freak part.
79.Because I am Joe The Plumber.
I gathered that. Got those licenses to practice your profession yet?
80.Because I value freedom of speech - everyone’s speech, including
speech I disagree with - and an Obama Administration (and a Congress
under the unfettered control of the Tics) will start with imposing the
“Fairness Doctrine” to strangle conservative talk radio by fiat, and
start working its way down.
Conservative Talk Radio deserves to be flushed down the toilet. It's
destructive entertainment and radical divicive jingoism at its worst.
The US is nothing but worse off because of it.
Yet, I defend its right to exist. I just wish more Americans were wise
enough to not believe all that garbage and hate-spew. Folks like you.
81.Because you know people by their friends. *And Obama’s friends
include the Teachers’ Union…
82.…and the AFL-CIO…
83.…and AFSCME…
84.…and his “Mentor” Jeremiah Wright…
85.…and Bill Ayers.
Gee, he has only these people for friends? How did he ever get
endorsements like Colin Powell, etcetcetcetcetc...
86.Because Mac has one genuine skeleton in his closet - being part of
the Keating Five, albeit its least consequent member - and he’s owned
up to and made amends for it.
Maybe that's because McC doesn't take a stance on anything.
87.Becasue I survived the Carter years…
88.…and I don’t want my kids to have to do the same. *Indeed, I’ve
spent my entire adult life dedicated to trying to prevent that.
So how's it going?
89.Because this nation’s “soul” is in fine shape, and doesn’t need any
politician to fix it.
So you're now an Anarchist? Besides, last I checked, I think America
has lost its soul. You need to get out of the country more...but I
guess you don't really care about the 'outside world'...
90.Because, as I noted (presciently?) four years ago: *this country is
a better place with Republicans in charge. Lower taxes, lower
spending, smaller government…oops. Yeah, we conservatives have to take
our party back. Guess what? It’s easier to do when you’re in office.
How the hell do you say 'lower spending'???? Smaller government???
See #whatever above.
91.Because the Media deserves a huge, stinging rebuke for having been
in the tank for the left for the past 30 years. They deserve it more
now than they did four years ago. *Every year, I’m more convinced that
this nation’s well-being, even survival, depends on bringing the
mainstream media down to size.
LOL.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20021125/alterman
92.Because I supported Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson until there was
nothing more to support. *Mac had to earn my support.
93.And he did.
94.Because Mac is not from the coast.
??? Last I check, Panama was coastal.
95.Because Sarah Palin oozes “flyover land”. *America’s “flyover land”
is not only this country’s heart and soul; it’s this world’s best
hope.
IYHO. Its also a backwater.
96.Because liberalism’s track record for setting economies on the
right path is 0 wins, hundreds of losses, and (with the New Deal) one
weak tie. *And we need better than that.
LOL, and you gotta quit with the coolaid.
97.Mac hasn’t forgotten the hard lessons of war.
98.Obama would have no reason to have known ...
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I'd rather not. This was fun, but a real waste of time.