Comments on: Forget McCain, this Election is About Obama [Reader Post]

By: Mike's America

Mike's America — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:08:07 +0000

At this point it would be grossly irresponsible for any conservative to sit out this election because he wants to “teach the GOP a lesson.” I hope people rethink that.

I too was having a real problem supporting McCain. He told me to my face that if I disagreed with him on a range of issues which I brought up (gang of 14, immigration and “torture” of detainees) that I should not vote for him. “I’m not your candidate” he said.

Well, he’s not my candidate. I didn’t vote for him in the primary. But I can’t risk the damage that Obama would do to the country by not voting for McCain.

I hope McCain figures out that he can’t win without conservatives and chooses a decent running mate. But even if he doesn’t, I am going to have to hold my nose and vote for him.

However, I’m not going to donate any money to his campaign. Let all the squishy moderates and Independents pull their share in that dept. this time around.

By: SoCal Chris

SoCal Chris — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:47:44 +0000

I understand, and I’ve said here that Fred Thompson was my first pick, but I will be voting for and supporting McCain. Something that really invigorated my belief in John McCain even more was a conversation I heard yesterday between Mark Levin and Bruce Herschensohn who authored a novel entitled ‘Above Empyrean: A Novel of the Final Days of the War Against Islamist Terrorism’. Something Mr. Herschensohn emphasized about the current election is that the MOST important thing right now is winning the war. Domestic issues can be dealt with, he said, after that crisis is resolved. And that, he said, is what John McCain will do really well at accomplishing. He said we’ll know when that is accomplished when acts of terrorism are reduced to isolated acts of crime vs. an organized, large scale attack.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:28:55 +0000

I think the nomination of McCain argues against the GOP understanding the message. The GOP could win a huge victory in November on the strength of two issues, energy exploration and illegal immigration. They are starting to get it right on energy exploration but because of McCain they are avoiding the illegal immigration issue.

I really think in the end Obama will be the doom of the Democrat party this year. He is way out of the mainstream and even the average American that doesn’t pay attention can see that, even with all the fawning praise from the drive bys.

By: SoCal Chris

SoCal Chris — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:56:41 +0000

[At that point I knew I was dooming the country to another 4 years of a Clinton in the White House. As bad as that would have been it may have been worth it to teach the GOP a lesson.]

While I totally respect your opinion on this, I also have to say that maybe just ONE year (actually, 1 1/2 yrs.) of the Democrats controlling congress has done enough damage to the country to “teach the GOP a lesson”, which I guess was the idea many Republicans had in Nov. of ‘06 and why they (allegedly) stayed home on election day. I just think there are better ways of getting the message across, but that’s just me being the perpetual idealist. (Think Ross Perot and 8 years of Clinton).

Having said that, I AM glad to hear that you will at least vote against Obama!

By: BarbaraS

BarbaraS — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:53:50 +0000

Obama is not so naive about foreign as much as he is ignorant about it. The only people he has discussed this subject with are fellow liberals/socialists/communists who think to pull the wool over our eyes. And as we have seen they have a distorted view of this subject. They are the naive ones if they think they can talk terrorists out of their goals even though these same terrorists have said over and over again that they want to destroy this country and its people. I don’t beleive the dimwits. I think this is just a way to get elected by the stupid left. But notice how Obama is veering right. He knows the left cannot elect him. That’s why he is deserting them. He needs independents and he is courting them now.

By: ZachJonesIsHome

ZachJonesIsHome — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:00:47 +0000

On the lighter side:
If some of the other Obama scandals come out, he may not get the nomination.
Consider this parody: Sen. Clinton may still have a chance.
Senator McCain in a Time Rift!
Is John McCain Really Harry Potter?
http://zachjonesishome.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/mccain-harry-potter-lord-voldemort-obama-dark-magic-in-time-rift/

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:49:40 +0000

I think he is naive like Chamberlain was naive. He seems to think that he can talk Iran out of hating us and Isreal. You are right, he is a socialist and he wants the government to control our economy and us for that matter. All good reasons to vote against him, but I still think he is naive when it comes to foriegn policy.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:28:54 +0000

Oops…never mind…I made a correction here, then saw that I could just correct the original post. Very nice comments feature…I hate seeing typos after I publish a comment.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:27:48 +0000

I don’t think Obama is naive, I think he is socialist. Our enemies are socialists, of course he wants to talk to them! They don’t argue with or criticize him, which he apparently cannot tolerate…you know like all liberal socialists. He can’t debate because he is wrong (he is naive about that). He thinks that becoming more socialist will help America. He wasn’t making misstatements, he was telling the truth, but since all of his friends and associates are socialists, racists and criminals, he really didn’t know he would offend the rest of America. Now he is pandering to his perception of what the rest of America thinks (clinging to guns and religion) and he will say anything to get elected, so he can fix our souls by converting us to socialists.

Don’t ver analyze this guy, he’s not that bright. Haven’t you ever heard him speak without a speech written by someone with a high IQ? He is a good sock puppet for George Soros and that is about it. Ummm…and yes, that is dangerous.

Best regards,