I wouldn't call McCain liberal. A centrist, an enigma, but not a liberal. If
you really read up on his ideas, he sounds a lot like Reagan (even on
immigration). I like the guy and will probably vote for him. Anyone who was
offered a release from an NV prison camp because he was an important
admiral's son and stayed there because the other men were staying is ok in
my book.
----- Original Message -----
From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Made in China
>
> "Tom Byrne" <kerib@ptd.net> wrote:
>> McCain will have an easier time beating her than Obama. All McCain needs
>> to
>> do is to pick a conservative VP and he will win both the middle and the
>> right. Most of the country is in the center to, may, slightly right,
>> McCain
>> wins. The Dems should have rolled given Bush's historically-low approval
>> ratings, but the Democratic Congress has earned even lower approval
>> ratings
>> than Bush. One has to try very hard to earn lower approval ratings than
>> Bush, but Congress accomplished the task.
>
>
> I am hearing a lot of talk from conservatives who basically plan to
> sit this one out rather than vote for McCain. The usual theory which
> is advanced is that if the country is going to go to the crapper, why
> not let the Democrat party get the credit? (The reasons given for
> this opposition is if you look at his history and policies, McCain is
> extremely liberal and even his so called strength of national security
> is an illusion when you start looking into it and seeing how he has
> handled illegal immigration and his desire to treat enemy combatants
> as criminals and handle them via the court system rather than the
> military.)
>
> As much as I would not want to see the country take a step
> backwards, I can't say that I disagree with this theory. Its a lot
> easier for a conservative congress to fight against a liberal
> president when that president is in the other party. (compare the
> relative success of Newt and the '94 congress against Clinton for
> example, as opposed to that same basic congress with Bush - who is not
> a conservative - at the helm.) Its a shame, but party lines seem to
> override principles.
>
> As far as advancing conservatism goes, I think a conservative
> Republican congress with a liberal Democrat president would fare
> better than that same conservative Republican congress and a liberal
> Republican president, even if that Republican congress happens to be
> in the minority.
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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