"Vandar" <vandar69@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> topcat wrote:
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>> "Cure_Ewan" <karrde_smuggler_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>"Vandar" <vandar69@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>>>topcat wrote:
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>>>>>"zob" <zob@ cox.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>Karrde's opinion is not the "narrow minority opinion" when speaking to
>>>>>true conservatives. When a large group of people stay home or vote Dem
>>>>>in Nov, as Karrde says, the Republican party will once again throw up
>>>>>their hands and say "What happened?".
>>>>
>>>>Once again? When did they do that the first time? Certainly not in the
>>>>last two Presidential elections.
>>>
>>>206, but apparently nobody was listening.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Exactly. The Repubs lost Congress because they decided to act like
>> liberals. Next they will lose the White House.
>
> They lost Congress because the country finally got fed up with Bush's
> rampant stupidity. It's a rare day when this country is better off with a
> stalemate, but Bush gave us that day.
> He is a horrible President and Congress paid for it.
>
>>>>>For every voter like you McCain gets, he'll lose two conservatives.
>>>>
>>>>And those two he'll lose will sink the country further by voting for the
>>>>absolute worst candidate this country has ever had. Great strategy.
>>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>Any of the three major contenders still standing would qualify as "worst
>>>candidate this country has ever had."
>>>
>>>Four years of hell to set the party back on the right track vs. turning
>>>the Republican party into a bunch of copycat Liberals? My choice is
>>>made. I only hope the Conservative wing can gain control of Congress to
>>>help cushion the blow of the next four years.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Don't worry, if the conservative wing isn't in control initially, it will
>> be after the first mid-terms.
>>
>> Btw, I was talking to one of my friends/business associates today. He
>> asked me who I voted for in the primary. I said Romney. He said "Me too".
>> He's an "Ayn Rand" disciple, what they call an "individualist", I guess.
>> I told him about all the people I've been speaking with who have pledged
>> not to vote for McCain. He said add him to the list. This is another guy
>> who *always* votes Republican, but won't this time.
>>
>> The funny thing is McCain wants *us* to change for the good of the party,
>> how about him dropping out for the good of the party?
>
> Because it wouldn't be for the good of the party. The party needs to get
> back to its roots and McCain is MUCH closer to that than Bush or Romney
> has ever been.
>
You're wrong here, imo, Vandar. You know I like you and respect your
opinions even when I don't agree with them, but I don't think you give Bush
a fair shake. As I've said before, the Bush Presidency would get a "good"
grade from me. Not "great", but good. I think you've been somewhat
brainwashed by the tide of Bush bashing.
Has he spent too much? Yes.
Has he pandered to liberals too much for no return? Yes
Should he have invaded Iraq? I say yes, but maybe that's your beef with him.
After invading Iraq, should a better plan have been in place? Yes, but no
war goes as planned.
But he's also protected the homeland and kept the economy fairly strong. I
don't know if you saw the article I posted about how the Bush economy
compares pretty favorably to the Clinton economy. I'm sure you've made some
decent cash during his term, as have I.
Other than the constant stream of negative liberal press, I don't understand
exactly why otherwise intelligent people seem to hate Bush for no reason.
Maybe you can explain it to me. That said, if he could run again, I would
not vote for him, but probably not for the same reasons you wouldn't. I'm
fed up with his pandering to liberals, and I can just see John McCain doing
the same thing. That's why I won't vote for him.
I honestly think Romney would be the best President out of the group that is
left. He has executive skills. He wants to deport illegals. He understands
business and the economy.
TC
