Comments on: Republican Voters Defy Pundits, Radio Talk Show Hosts http://www.bloggernews.net/113608 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:59:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sanity102 http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-239114 Sanity102 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:14:40 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-239114 orlandocajun Says: If anyone wants to see how he’ll do without the 30million talk radio listeners, let him continue to tack to the middle-left Mmm...I'd say, pretty darn good. McCain isn't about to cater to the hard Right when it is pretty obvious that it doesn't work for the "Real" Conservatives...Santorium, Hayworth, Tancredo, Fred, or Romney. Unfortunately, America isn't made up of Conservatives only...and McCain is running for leader of ALL of America. I always said that the GOP would lose the White House if it didn't shake the belief that the Talk Show Mafia was controlling them. NOW maybe the party of Republicans have a real chance to keep the position of Commander In Chief of the world's most powerful military during time of war...and to appoint judges like Alito and Roberts...and cut pork spending and ear marks...you know the REAL important issues concerning ALL Americans not just conservatives. orlandocajun Says: If anyone wants to see how he’ll do without the 30million talk radio listeners, let him continue to tack to the middle-left

Mmm…I’d say, pretty darn good. McCain isn’t about to cater to the hard Right when it is pretty obvious that it doesn’t work for the “Real” Conservatives…Santorium, Hayworth, Tancredo, Fred, or Romney.

Unfortunately, America isn’t made up of Conservatives only…and McCain is running for leader of ALL of America.

I always said that the GOP would lose the White House if it didn’t shake the belief that the Talk Show Mafia was controlling them.

NOW maybe the party of Republicans have a real chance to keep the position of Commander In Chief of the world’s most powerful military during time of war…and to appoint judges like Alito and Roberts…and cut pork spending and ear marks…you know the REAL important issues concerning ALL Americans not just conservatives.

]]> By: Linda http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-223462 Linda Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:07:13 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-223462 I would love Huckabee to be the nominee, but whoever happens to win in the end, let's all gather round and heartily support him. The objective is to WIN. Much is at stake here. The Democrats are pumped; we'd better be too. Linda I would love Huckabee to be the nominee, but whoever happens to win in the end, let’s all gather round and heartily support him. The objective is to WIN. Much is at stake here. The Democrats are pumped; we’d better be too.

Linda

]]> By: orlandocajun http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-220937 orlandocajun Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:11:08 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-220937 What know one seems to realize is that the people who voted for McCain (many of them Democrats) don't listen to conservative talk radio. Those who do, did not vote for McCain. I would venture a guess that those people have no idea what McCain stands for except what their hear on the MSM. Talk radio doesn't represent the entire spectrum of the Republican Party...only the conservatives. Many speak of conservatives as "far right". If we must be labled with something, then fine. Many are also overlooking that McCain has only 40% of the votes of the Party. That's hardly an endorsement by Republicans, nor is it any indication that voters are "defying" talk radio. Bush got over 50million votes in 2004. Assuming 60% of those Republican votes are conservatives, John McCain better figure out how to change his positions on many key issues if he expects to beat the Democrat. If anyone wants to see how he'll do without the 30million talk radio listeners, let him continue to tack to the middle-left. What know one seems to realize is that the people who voted for McCain (many of them Democrats) don’t listen to conservative talk radio. Those who do, did not vote for McCain. I would venture a guess that those people have no idea what McCain stands for except what their hear on the MSM. Talk radio doesn’t represent the entire spectrum of the Republican Party…only the conservatives. Many speak of conservatives as “far right”. If we must be labled with something, then fine. Many are also overlooking that McCain has only 40% of the votes of the Party. That’s hardly an endorsement by Republicans, nor is it any indication that voters are “defying” talk radio. Bush got over 50million votes in 2004. Assuming 60% of those Republican votes are conservatives, John McCain better figure out how to change his positions on many key issues if he expects to beat the Democrat. If anyone wants to see how he’ll do without the 30million talk radio listeners, let him continue to tack to the middle-left.

]]> By: The Stiletto http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-220378 The Stiletto Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:52:38 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-220378 The Stiletto also sees the merits of a McCain-Huckabee ticket - but Karl Rove did not seem to think so the other day on Fox News. Not really sure he ever said why ... None of the Republican candidates was perfect - or the Second Coming of Reagan - so we need to unite behid the nominee. No matter how "liberal" McCain seems to die hard conservatives he's nothing compared to what they will get if either Hillary or Obama gets in the White House with a Dem-controlled Congress. The Stiletto also sees the merits of a McCain-Huckabee ticket - but Karl Rove did not seem to think so the other day on Fox News. Not really sure he ever said why …

None of the Republican candidates was perfect - or the Second Coming of Reagan - so we need to unite behid the nominee. No matter how “liberal” McCain seems to die hard conservatives he’s nothing compared to what they will get if either Hillary or Obama gets in the White House with a Dem-controlled Congress.

]]> By: speedzzter http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-220026 speedzzter Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:29:54 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-220026 The GOP better get united . . . fast. A McCain/Huckabee ticket would be a great way to do it. McCain is strong in the West, Northeast and with moderate/independents. And Huckabee is a great communicator that vanquished Romney in the deep South on the strength of mere enthusiasm. And both McCain and Huckabee need to do very well before CPAC this week. The alternative is unthinkable for conservatives. Allowing Clinton or Obama to appoint as many as 4-5 young "living constitution" liberals to "lifetime" appointments on the U.S. Supreme Court and to stock the balance of the federal judiciary with rabid ACLU/NOW activists and hand-picked cronies of trial lawyer John Edwards as a consequence of a pre-school temper tantrum against McCain is analogous to dropping a hydrogen bomb to retaliate against a school yard bully. Helping Hillary or Obama lose the war in Iraq and thereby empowering Iran, encouraging a comeback by radical islamofascism, and creating chaos in the Middle East merely to teach John McCain a lesson is like burning down your house to kill a cockroach. SERIOUS THOUGHTFUL CONSERVATIVES can see ANY of the Republican candidates are vastly preferable to Hillary/Obama. Conservatives (including Rush) need to "grow up" and dial back the internecine rhetoric. The GOP better get united . . . fast.

A McCain/Huckabee ticket would be a great way to do it. McCain is strong in the West, Northeast and with moderate/independents. And Huckabee is a great communicator that vanquished Romney in the deep South on the strength of mere enthusiasm.

And both McCain and Huckabee need to do very well before CPAC this week.

The alternative is unthinkable for conservatives.

Allowing Clinton or Obama to appoint as many as 4-5 young “living constitution” liberals to “lifetime” appointments on the U.S. Supreme Court and to stock the balance of the federal judiciary with rabid ACLU/NOW activists and hand-picked cronies of trial lawyer John Edwards as a consequence of a pre-school temper tantrum against McCain is analogous to dropping a hydrogen bomb to retaliate against a school yard bully.

Helping Hillary or Obama lose the war in Iraq and thereby empowering Iran, encouraging a comeback by radical islamofascism, and creating chaos in the Middle East merely to teach John McCain a lesson is like burning down your house to kill a cockroach.

SERIOUS THOUGHTFUL CONSERVATIVES can see ANY of the Republican candidates are vastly preferable to Hillary/Obama.

Conservatives (including Rush) need to “grow up” and dial back the internecine rhetoric.

]]> By: Charles http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-219851 Charles Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:02:00 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/113608#comment-219851 I will never support McCain. If the Republican Party and the Media want McCain. The Democrats win this election...And I will go to work helping to remove the cancer of the Neo-conservatives (means not conservative, communist-lite) from the Republican Party. I just hope the U.S. is still here in 2-4 years. I will never support McCain. If the Republican Party and the Media want McCain. The Democrats win this election…And I will go to work helping to remove the cancer of the Neo-conservatives (means not conservative, communist-lite) from the Republican Party. I just hope the U.S. is still here in 2-4 years.

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