4 February 2008
And to Illustrate
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Constitution in Peril; Presidential Election 2008; What's News .
After the blog that Roy just wrote, we have an immediate illustration of the point. Get in line, say “heil McCain”, salute then shut the heck up. Forgive me, Mr. Dole, but did someone forget to tell me the elections are over and we have our nominee? I will let the article say the rest:
Bob Dole, the former Senate Republican leader, wrote an insistent letter to Rush Limbaugh on Monday and suggested that for the good of the party, the conservative talk-show host should stop his strafing of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
On Monday’s show, Limbaugh asserted that McCain has “lied about his reason for opposing the Bush tax cuts,” and added: “I think McCain has an animus toward the Republican Party. I think ever since South Carolina 2000 he’s had it in for the Republican Party, and one of his objectives is to destroy it and change it.”
McCain, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, has always had a shaky relationship with the party’s conservative base.
In a letter released Monday evening by McCain’s campaign, Dole strongly defended the senator’s conservative credentials, noting that his voting record is opposed to abortion and supportive of gun-owner rights.
As McCain’s campaign gained steam, Limbaugh has used the airwaves to remind listeners daily that he does not consider the senator to be a conservative.
Limbaugh has even suggested he might not vote Republican if McCain were the nominee.
A day ahead of the potentially decisive Super Tuesday primaries, Limbaugh launched new attacks on the senator during Monday’s broadcast, declaring: “John McCain has stabbed his own party in the back, I can’t tell you how many times.”
Dole wrote that as the former Senate Republican leader, he could vouch for the fact that McCain supported the party on all “critical votes.”
In a bill of particulars numbered 1 through 8, Dole wrote that McCain has a “Consistent pro-life record,” was a “Strong advocate for strict constructionist judges,” “Supported voluntary school prayer,” supported a balanced-budget amendment, was a strong advocate for cutting spending, consistently defended Second Amendment (gun-owner) rights, “opposed ‘Hillary Care,’ ” and was “Probably the Senate’s strongest advocate for strong national defense.”
The letter begins simply “Rush.”
“I have not seen you in a long time but I do hear you frequently and I know that you have serious reservations about Senator McCain,” Dole wrote.
“McCain is a friend and I proudly wore his P.O.W. bracelet bearing his name while he was still a guest at the ‘Hanoi Hilton.’ I believe our major candidates are mainstream conservatives and that our nominee will address our concerns by keeping taxes low, reducing corporate taxes, protecting and assisting the vulnerable, strengthening our traditional values, and above all, keeping America strong militarily, whatever the cost.”
AND AGAIN:
Gingrich: ‘We need to shrug off McCain… he is likely to be the nominee… McCain is well positioned as reformer against a machine politician like Hillary… Obama most left wing candidate to run since McGovern.’
In case it isn’t clear, Gingrich means we need to shrug off our distaste of McCain. Bite the bullet and pick this reformer. Just what is he going to reform, immigration?
8 Comments so far...
Cameron Says:
4 February 2008 at 6:35 pm.
Hat-tip to Jeff Fuller for finding this great article:
McCain, Huckabee Worst Picks for Evangelicals
Contact: Rev. Schenck, 703-447-7686
MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 4 /Christian Newswire/ — The Reverend Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK), in his capacity as a private citizen, today released this statement regarding tomorrow’s primary votes:
“I have spent the last 33 years as an active evangelical Christian. I am an ordained evangelical minister. I graduated from an evangelical Bible college and an evangelical seminary. I serve on the board of America’s oldest association of evangelical church leaders, and I head one of the most active evangelical ministries in Washington, DC.
“I have thought long and hard about the upcoming elections. I have prayed earnestly about them, and I have met many of the candidates and their top campaign people and I have studied their platforms and policy proposals.
“After careful and prayerful consideration, I have concluded that an evangelical vote for Mike Huckabee is a vote for John McCain, and a vote for John McCain will be a disaster for this country.
Nalvy Says:
4 February 2008 at 7:06 pm.
Why is it that people can still back McCain even though he is completely not the one for the job? Honestly I know I am not going to vote for him…the man never makes sense to me.
Oh and i do agree… a vote for McCain will be a disaster for this country.
People we want someone who will help this country back on its feet..not someone who will keep it down and out!
Joy Bischoff Says:
4 February 2008 at 7:45 pm.
Cameron, thank you for all you do for this site. You keep us well informed and we love you for it.
E.E. Says:
4 February 2008 at 9:14 pm.
Oh really, what polls? This article makes me so mad:
Polls gave McCain a wide nationwide edge but also showed his chief rival, the former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, with a chance to carry California, and both men belatedly added the state to their hectic travel plans.
Victory there - the largest prize among the more than 20 states holding primary contests - would help Romney puncture a sense of inevitability that is starting to grow around the Arizona senator’s candidacy.
Jesse Says:
5 February 2008 at 12:06 am.
Prediction time here. I think Bloomberg is waiting to decide whether or not to get into the race because he is waiting to see if McCain gets the nomination. Since they are both moderates, he may decide not to run. If he doesn’t, and McCain gets the nomination, I think a far right candidate will run. If Romney takes the GOP nomination, then I think Bloomberg will run. Either way I think the liberals want to see the Republican vote split. They will stop at nothing to take the White House. With a democratic congress, they will push us down that slippery slope so fast we won’t have time to take a breath before we plunge into the water.
Cavetrollhead Says:
5 February 2008 at 1:19 am.
Rush Limbaugh said today “One Candidate Now Stands for All Three Legs of Conservatism”
He was, of course, talking about Romney. It is the closest thing to an endorsement that I have heard.
Cavetrollhead Says:
5 February 2008 at 1:26 am.
Oh By the way, I found a Texas Poll putting Romney ahead.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_020408/content/01125109.member.html.member.html
Pickles Says:
5 February 2008 at 9:07 am.
Cavetrollhead when do you sleep? I hope that poll is right.
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