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Is Anyone Buying McCain?
2008-02-08 16:18:00
I talked about my personal reasoning as to why I'm having a tough time swallowing John McCain as the GOP Nominee yesterday, but I left out one point because I figured it would probably make an entire article in and of itself.The biggest argument that always comes up in Conservative cooler talk nowadays are the Supreme Court justices.If you have read Jeffrey Toobin's The Nine (which I highly recommend) then you know that the court is one justice away from swinging to a more Conservative outlook. Maybe even more Conservative than it has ever been.This is a big deal in just about every facet of the party for varying reasons but there are two major segments that have been salivating over this for years. On one side, you have what I consider the center of the party, the Reagan group. This segment of the party has always believed in having judges on the court that would interpret the Constitution in its original intent, which was to lay a groundwork for our Federal Government. There i ...

Voting for John McCain....
2008-02-07 19:11:00
Yes, like many true conservatives the idea of me pulling the lever for John McCain isn't sitting well. Frankly, its doing about as well down there as the dinner scene in Alien.There are a lot of things that Conservatives are going to have to swallow when they walk into that voting booth and close that curtain. Let's take a look at some of the issues I have with a vote for John McCain.McCain-Feingold: At the center of every Conservative lies the Constitution of the United States. It is what defines our rights as citizens of this great nation. McCain-Feingold ran free speech through the ringers a couple of times, then spit it out on the pavement.McCain-Kennedy: Otherwise known to the entire nation as the amnesty bill. How many Americans were rallying behind this legislation? If you consider pitchforks and burning torches a success then it was pretty popular. The last time I checked, any form of amnesty is the polar opposite of good Conservative values.McCain-Lieberman: This one ...

I've Seen the Future
2008-01-15 20:44:00
You have to wonder, how did we get here? You have to think to yourself what happened to our party? What happened to the thoughts and principals of Goldwater and Reagan? Where did the party go wrong?The answers to those questions may look extremely difficult on the surface but the honest answer is they aren’t, we just need to be prepared to look at the truth.There isn’t anything wrong with the party or the principals, it’s the people that are calling the shots, and when I say that I mean the voters who are placing the types of politicians in office that run under the guise and masquerade of conservatives.The irony is rich in today’s controversies of the Republican Party, because it all started where conservatives today want to begin, with Reagan. The day that the religious right stepped into the political arena of our party is the day that the inevitable decline began, and that decline is where we are right now.The problem that we have is that our own party members have forg ...

The Few...The Proud...
2008-01-07 14:23:00
The Republicans!It appears that I'm not alone in my real conservative thoughts. Now if I could only getting voting populace to jump on board somehow.... ...

GOP Duel Part Deux
2008-01-06 19:11:00
The first thing that came to mind watching the debate in New Hampshire was that it was a much calmer, and more neutered affair compared to last night. Although there were a couple of intense exchanges, it was nothing compared to last nights yelling match.It certainly appeared that tonight was pick on Huckabee night but I suppose that's what you get when you win the first round. It certainly seemed to me that he could not hold up to the pressure of being attacked, and in my opinion really had a bad night.I swear if I hear McCain say it wasn't amnesty one more time I think I might scream. To me, he came off once again as doing nothing more than pandering. Another big night for Fred Thompson in my opinion, he is really turning on the charm and coming off as an intelligent, articulate candidate. As to if that will translate into votes certainly remains to be seen. I also thought that Mitt Romney responded well to the controversies that were thrown his way as well and really, I bel ...

Where have the Real Republicans Gone?
2008-01-06 16:36:00
I realize I spent a good bit of the week hammering on Mike Huckabee, and that stems solely from my general belief that he is not a true conservative. His past record alone on taxation and immigration do nothing but prove he's politics are pretty liberal at best.After writing maybe my third piece pretty much railing on him, it got me thinking, where are the true Republicans at? Where have they gone?It seems like to me the entire world has pushed more towards the center than the right like most liberals want to tell us.I look at the candidates in this race and I wonder what happened to guys like Barry Goldwater?The closest person we have to that style of conservatism is Fred Thompson, and thus far he has had a very lackluster showing, although that could certainly change.The thing that disturbs me more than anything is the idea of voting based solely upon religion and forgoing the issues altogether. I fear that the Republican party as it was is gone, its been washed away in light of ...

GOP Meltdown
2008-01-05 23:57:00
The day started out pretty well for Mitt Romney who won the Wyoming Caucus, but I'm betting that was the highlight.If you watched the debates, you could certainly see a focused attack towards Romney. I can't say that this comes as any surprise as he is probably seen as the biggest form of competition from pretty much every camp.There are two things that came out of tonight that surprised me.First of all, Mike Huckabee did a good job in keeping quiet. I can understand the fact that he doesn't have his Evangelical base to back him in New Hampshire, but you are getting free face time to espouse your views, so why not engage at every chance you get? I realize his camp is probably biding their time for South Carolina, but it certainly couldn't hurt, unless of course you worry about sticking your foot in your mouth and we all know how good Gov. Huckabee has been in doing that.The second surprise that came out of tonight for me was how well Senator Thompson performed this evening. I t ...

Debate Night!
2008-01-05 14:50:00
Saddle up for a four hour debate extravaganza tonight in New Hampshire.With their state primary landing on Tuesday, this is a last minute effort to secure some of the few undecided votes left, at least according to this Rasmussen Report.I'm pretty sure that unless we see some dramatic changes on the Dem side, Obama is going to be their Nominee and I believe New Hampshire will just emphasize that point.On the GOP side the waters seem to be muddier than ever. Most folks seem to think that John McCain will be the sure fire winner there but there is a lot of time to make ground with tonight looming.We also have Wyoming casting its Primary today for the Republican side, which I believe is just going to give us an ever murkier picture than before. One thing of I will be interested to see is how Mike Huckabee stands without his Evangelical base. Will he get blown out of the water tonight, as well as during the subsequent primaries? ...

Next Up: New Hampshire
2008-01-04 19:08:00
And just as quickly as it started, Iowa is over and we're heading into New Hampshire in the second Primary.I think we'll see a dramatically different result coming out of Tuesdays vote, I don't believe Huckabee will have his Evangelical base the way he did in Iowa (Then again, I was off the mark big time yesterday). We'll talk more about polls and guesses later, but before we even hit the Primary, we have the debates.Of course, in true political season conflict, folks are already up in arms over the exclusion of certain candidates. Kucinich has already filed a complaint over the fact that he was left out.Folks, I love elections and I love our system, but these people have been campaigning for over a year. If you can't meet one simple qualification out of three, then perhaps it's time to fold your tent as well. It's time to start focusing on America's version of the popular candidates and allow them as much face time as possible. Let's help those undecided people in the cou ...

Glenn Beck Does Iowa
2008-01-04 15:30:00
Glenn is hopped on pain medication and gives us his thoughts on the Iowa Caucus and Mike Huckabee. I happen to agree with a lot of what he is saying and it merely helps further bolster my argument that Huckabee is not a true Conservative. ...

The Iowa Meltdown
2008-01-04 00:06:00
I have to say that Iowa's turnout completely floored me. I honestly never expected the GOP base to lean towards Huckabee in such a dramatic fashion (More on this topic later as well). I suppose the real question all along should have been can he win outside of his evangelical base?As Mitt Romney stated though, this is the first of 49 other states and the only thing this really confirms in my eyes is that this could be a very interesting Primary season.Iowa was also the night that saw Biden and Dodd fold their tents for good. This comes as very little surprise to anyone as they never mustered much momentum throughout the year long campaign process.So now we turn our focus towards New Hampshire. If anything at this point I believe that our picture on the GOP side is as blurry as ever. I don't think we'll have any true idea of who the nomination will go to until after Super Tuesday at the earliest. ...

Mike Huckabee, the New Howard Dean?
2008-01-03 13:41:00
I was having a talk the other day with a very close friend of mine about Mike Huckabee and why it is that I don't see him winning the eventual GOP Nomination. Through the course of our conversation as I outlined my thoughts (much of which I covered a couple of posts down) my friend made what I thought was a pretty accurate prediction."Huckabee is going to be the next Howard Dean".I don't think i recognized the full gravity of that statement, even though I did agree with him at the time, I don't think he could have been more correct.As I pointed out yesterday, he basically made himself look like a complete idiot with his intimate knowledge on Pakistan. It seems like every chance he has had in the last two weeks to knock himself backwards, he's been happy to embrace by inserting his foot directly into his mouth. I don't think anyone has forgotten about the pretty scathing question about the Mormon religion to a reporter of all people either. Fast forward to just yesterday, when ...

Good for a Laugh
2008-01-03 13:23:00
With the Iowa Caucus this evening, please enjoy this moment of levity. ...

Iowa Predictions
2008-01-03 00:56:00
The Iowa Caucus will finally be heating up tomorrow after about a year of campaigning so I thought I should make my predictions as to who I see coming out of this thing on top.I should point out that Giuliani hasn't really bothered so much with campaigning there, so we can knock him out of the running right off of the bat.It seems to me that Mike Huckabee has done nothing in the past two weeks but alienate people left and right (more on this later), and I do believe ultimately this is going to hurt him in the final vote. Appearances can be deceiving, but after many debates, I tend to believe Mr. Huckabee is simply a moral conservative with liberal tendencies masquerading as a Republican. His past record on immigration, taxation and his recent foreign policy gaffes are probably enough to sink him pretty well. Oh, and let's not forget ticking off the striking Writer's Guild of America.Next on the list we have John McCain. I have to say it does surprise me to see him surging the wa ...

Holiday Reading & New Year's Resolutions
2008-01-02 23:38:00
I made myself a promise today that I'm going to start writing again daily. Take it for what it is. Now that I've moved half way across the world from the east coast things might be a little different than they were before, but it's better than nothing right? Of course it is.I thought I'd start off easy and tell you what I've been reading lately and the books I'd suggest picking up.An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems by Glenn Beck - This book contains chapters of many of the common problems that conservatives care deeply about countered with Glenn's "thinker" solutions. The book is not only common sense thought provoking, but a very funny read as well.Invasion of the Party Snatchers by Victor Gold - If you are a Goldwater / Reagan conservative then you will surely enjoy Gold's scathing indictment of the GOP and how bowing to the neo-con and theocrat base got us where we are today. For the younger generation like myself, this is nothing shor ...
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