Something... and Half of Something

Well, let me put it this way:

I don't like seafood; can't get it past my nose, especially the crustaceans and cephalopods.

On the other hand, I've developed this nasty habit of breathing, and my doctor tells me that ingesting sustenance on a regular basis is essential to continuing that habit.

Now if the only foods available to me were sardines, shrimp, and crabs, I'd go with the sardines, even tho I don't like 'em.

John McCain has morphed into a socialist and a wuss, I agree. But Hillary is a pathological liar who hasn't the faintest notion of how to recognize, much less deal with, the truth . . . and Obama is an African symphathizer whose ideas on economics and government are closer to Marx than Castro was.

So . . . if I gotta slip somethin past my nose this fall, it's gotta be the 3rd cousin bastard child of a red-headed Republican whore, not the penis-envying fake or the 10-round draft pick flake.

Bottom line, the Democratic Party and Republican Party count on an apathetic public to vote like sheep for one of their rigged candidates for President. The lesser of two evils (three at this stage of the process) is not acceptable. The country loses either way.

By all means, vote next November for other candidate races but boycott the one for President. Wouldn't it be great if the next President only got less than 40% of the votes cast? That would tell the new President and the DNC and RNC what little support they have and what the people think of them.

I already think it will be an extremely low turn out.

Outstanding Linda, thank you.
First off the lapel pin, I could give a rat's ass if anyone wears a lapel pin, flag or otherwise. The flag is not jewelry nor is it clothing nor is it a shoe mat for a terrorist asshole like Bill Ayres to disrespect. It has been the symbol of freedom and liberty for the United States since June 14, 1777, 231 years of real Americans have fought and died to defend it. I do care about respecting the flag, Obama has disrespected the flag, therefore he disrespected the nation.
Everytime I step on my porch I see my POW/MIA flag flying and think about those lost, dead in unmarked graves, bits and pieces scattered in the jungle, butchered by communist captors, those left to rot in some forgotten hell hole of a prison or shuttled off to a gulag in the Soviet Union or into Mao's China. These were someone's sons, brothers, fathers and uncles, just like John McCain. My greatest fear in Vietnam was not of dying but of being captured, never to be repatriated. John McCain of all veterans should be vigorously demanding repatriation of all missing in action and prisoners of war, instead he attacks anyone who even broaches the subject. Many of us in country at the time of McCain's incarceration would have gladly volunteered to rescue him and all the prisoners held, he has forgotten that we fought to win and to win the release of our captured men and women, not just pilots but each and every Civilian, Airman, Sailor, Soldier or Marine. There is nothing worse than to be forsaken by your country and your countrymen during wartime. Since his release John McCain has cozied up to the Communists, he has opposed investigating claims of U.S. servicemembers being sent to Russia from North Vietnam, he embraces his captor Bui Tin like a long lost brother, unseemly behavior for a man tortured by the enemy. He is outraged that prisoners are held at Guantanamo Bay and wants to close the prison, moving the prisoners to a federal prison to be treated like citizens, they are far from being mistreated at Guantanamo Bay, unlike the prisons of Hanoi and all over the jungles of Vietnam. Where the hell is his outrage at the treatment they gave our prisoners? Why doesn't John demand that those captors be prosecuted for their war crimes? Instead he curries their favor. This is the Senator who wants to be president, this is the person who will make decisions to send men and women into harms way, this is the person who will take this oath of office.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." First off he has not honored his oath as a Senator, in fact he partially abrogated the First Amendment of the Constitution he swore to protect and defend with the BCRA. Of the three candidates running he is the supposed lessor of the evils, neverthless he doesn't enjoy my support, now or ever.

Linda, I read here often but rarely comment. But Thank You for posting this and for referring to your previous article in February with the videos that I missed. I remember the hearing making the news but the outcome - not so much! I wonder how many of us are in the same boat?

I agree, John McCain is neither Conservative nor Republican. Not only that, he's a minority candidate in what's now a minority party that is basically a sham and crumbling fast. And because he isn't a normal Republican (of any stipe), he's unlikely to pay any attention to what should be the base of his support. His recent preference for addressing La Raza while still supporting amnesty is proof enough of that.

There are truly monsterous debates taking place on blogs all over the Internet, both here and abroad, regarding whether or not to support the man. Perhaps you've read some. I've argued in several that as long as McCain doesn't care about my views as a 57 year-old Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, well, I'm not going to announce WHO I support for President. But my reticence goes a LOT deeper, just like yours.

I no longer believe - as his proponents do - that he is, in fact, any more believable, trustable or predictable than the Democrats currently running. He's shown plenty of tendencies to betray the very values he claims to stand on. In fact, I suspect that he is NOT fit to be Commander In Chief, the most important role any President takes.

The "always pick the lessor of two evils" philosophy has reached a dead end. I rather suspect it's a tie in this game. Flip a coin. Take a guess. Even pick randomly. The predicament is is simultaneously laughable and cryable for MILLIONS of us.

But there is one thing. And you stand for it. Never compromise your principles. Never, never, never, never, NEVER give in! Churchill said it best.

I would post something nice about McLame, if I could think of what it might be...

I agree and as a followup to TexasFred, I can't think of any excuses. It seems that there is a toll booth set up as politicians enter DC and the state capitols. The toll collectors are collecting common sense and decency so they all enter without any.

Just sent MacCaine an e-mail and accused him of pandering to the beaners. Told him he'd lost our vote (immigration) and that he couldn't be trusted by conservatives. heh heh heh!

Saying they "all suck" therefore they "all suck equally" is simply not rational. There is no question that McCain has WELL earned the scorn of conservatives and republicans. However, it would be foolish to dismiss him as a slightly more conservative version of his two opponents. Picking an arbitrary scale where 0=totally liberal and 100=totally conservative, if Clinton is an 8 and Obama is a 5, even if McCain is a 40 he is still the clear choice for conservatives. The fact that we'd prefer an 80 or 90 is lamentable, but irrelevant. Perhaps more importantly, I believe McCain will choose a VP that's a 70+ and surround himself with and nominate similarly numbered justices. And if I'm wrong, worst reasonable scenario is he'll surround himself with more 40. That doesn't seem likely to me, though. He WILL need the support of those in his party beyond gangs of 14ish. But even so, it's assured that either democrat will bring in more single digit thinkers and that is unacceptable. Isn't it?

As I said in an earlier post...

I have to ask myself, "What's worse, a moderate seeming Republican President who can garner support for the liberal agenda.....or a wild eyed Leftist who cannot?"

When it comes to that liberal agenda, McCain will be more successful at putting those things in place than Obama, or even Hillary. Why? Well, McCain, as a perceived "moderate republican," will be able to garner support from the party republicans and the moderate democrats in Congress. They will back him, whereas they would likely view Obama and/or Hillary as extremist and fight them.

After four years of liberal rule by a republican president, what do think our chances will be 2012? Make no mistake, if the horrors of a liberal agenda come to pass under McCain, it will be deemed the failed policies of the republicans. A liberal agenda put in place by a republican will destroy any chances we have to stop this insanity in 2012.

On the other hand, an extremist democrat would not garner the same level of support and will likely have to fight every step of the way. That's a good thing. And, if its Hillary or Obama who implement some, or even all of these policies, then yes, America will still suffer but it will be an obvious liberal democrat at fault and not a liberal in conservative clothing.

If McCain is successful, it will be a deemed a republican presidential fiasco and leave us holding the bag in the next election cycle. Holding that bag is likely to mean that rather then four years, we will have eight, and maybe twelve years of liberal rule. If Obama or Hillary are successful, well... then America will see what comes of socialist thinking, appeasement and the liberal agenda, put in place by a democrat. Then, we might get things straightened out in 2012.