Comments on: Why the Hate for McCain?

By: Word | Free The Animal

Word | Free The Animal — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:48:41 +0000

[...] Exactly. McCain is loathsome because Bush is loathsome. You people drawing silly distinctions are just silly and [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:34:22 +0000

I keep hearing this man say We must stay in Iraq the war until we win.

What does win mean?

Where is the game plan?

This Man is nuts we are BLOWING 2 TRillion a year on WHAT?

We have Killed over 200,000 what is the number? You can not answer any of this until you answer #1 and 2.

By: Cooltruth

Cooltruth — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:35:39 +0000

McCain might be running against Barack instead of Hillary. I think that might make a better contest than if Hillary wins the Democrat nomination. McCain & Hillary could degenerate into a real smooze-fest as they aren’t THAT far apart on a lot of issues. I strongly preferred Ron Paul over any of the other candidates. May consider voting for Barack if he gets the nomination. I’m not particularly interested in voting for either Hillary or McCain. Writing in Ron Paul (or possibly voting for Steve Kubby) if it comes down to Hillary vs McCain as what the two major parties want us choosing between for our President!

By: links for 2008-02-08 « Romulo Lopez Cordero

links for 2008-02-08 « Romulo Lopez Cordero — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:18:57 +0000

[...] The Agitator » Blog Archive » Why the Hate for McCain? Yeah why hardcore conservatives hate McCain? (tags: McCain Elections republicans) [...]

By: Jack Lyons

Jack Lyons — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:34:27 +0000

McCain is all for John McCain.
Vote for him?
Never in a million years!

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:38:23 +0000

I think Tokin42 probably hits the nail on the head, although when it comes to Limbaugh, tax cuts come before immigration and the war on terror. Nevermind that McCain’s record on spending is “restrained” (by Senate standards), supply-siders don’t care about the spending side, only tax cuts. So McCain’s sin of voting against the tax cuts of ’01 & ’03 (something I’m not fond of, BTW) is unforgivable for Limbaugh & Co. When you add to that his compromised (from a conservative standpoint) views on immigration and the war on terror (not torturing detainees…..perish the thought), McCain’s other conservative credentials just don’t matter to the Limbaugh crowd.

I’d agree though, while there’s plenty to find troubling about McCain, for conservatives who absolutely hate Clinton, their opposition to McCain is inexplicable, even if he isn’t in lockstep with every position.

By: Woog

Woog — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:59:46 +0000

“Bush signed McCain-Feingold, but he didn’t really support it. He didn’t want to expend the political capital that using a veto would entail when he felt sure that the Supreme Court would find the law unconstitutional.”

Obviously then, assuming the above to be 100% true, Bush isn’t too keen on upholding his sworn oath of office of supporting and defending the supreme law of the land…

By: nom de guerre

nom de guerre — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:54:45 +0000

*brilliant* analysis there, kozmo. care to let us know why leftwingers “hate hate hate” bush, cheney, reagan, limbaugh, all the conservative USSC justices and so many more?

By: KozmoD

KozmoD — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:20:42 +0000

Why do they hate John McCain ? Because that is what right wingers do. They hate. They got nothin else.

By: The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » Open Thread: Chances Of A Brokered Convention?

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:35:11 +0000

[...] to reach 1191. There’s a lot of establishment resistance to his candidacy, although like Radley Balko, I’m not sure why, and between Romney and Huckabee, they could win enough states to keep the game alive, and [...]

By: witless chum

witless chum — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:10:40 +0000

“It would be like if Joe Lieberman were running for the Democratic nomination. You expect your political opponents to be against you, that’s why they’re opponents. But it’s another thing altogether when someone on your side betrays you, as Lieberman is perceived to have done to the Dems and McCain to the Rs. It’s not even so much about policy positions, it’s about the “aid and comfort” he’s given to “the enemy”.”

I think this is it. I was talking to my boss about this the other day. Liberals (like me) can’t stand Lieberman despite that fact that, on most issues, he’s not a bad Democrat. We can’t stand him because 1.) he defects on important issues 2.) he gets praised to the heavens for doing do. McCain gets the same thing.

By: Matt Moore

Matt Moore — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:48:41 +0000

Bush signed McCain-Feingold, but he didn’t really support it. He didn’t want to expend the political capital that using a veto would entail when he felt sure that the Supreme Court would find the law unconstitutional.

Obviously he miscalculated.

The real reason “conservatives” hate McCain is religion. He’s just not loud enough about Jesus to be seen as a social conservative.

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:27:01 +0000

nom de guerre: “…anyone who wants the job that much should never be allowed anywhere near it…”

Truer words were never spoken and descriptive of almost all the current candidates.

I went to vote yesterday, looked at the ballot, and yelled out, “Is this some kind of friggin’ joke? These are all idiots!” Then I tore it up and stormed out before they could tase me down and send me off to a secret eastern block prison.

By: CK

CK — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:38:15 +0000

Methinks they doth protest too much.
What the next president will face and fail at:
Economic depression
China’s ascention
Global resource consolidation by a nation 10x the size of the USA.
Food price inflation
State and municipalities having to cut services, schooling, expenditures to the bone due to falling real estate and income tax incomes.
5 losing military adventures ( 6 if the USA does something stupid with regards to Iran )
A thoroughly crippled army and marines.
The dollar becoming a local currency and consequently rapid devaluation of the dollar in international trade.
3 Trillion Dollar plus blow out in the CDO, CDS, Pier Loans, LBO markets.
The largest prison population on earth … prisoners not for crimes against humans or property but for the exercise of private preferences.
The Boomer retirement. Brains and creativity leaving the productive arena to the whiniest, least creative, least energetic generations this country has ever seen.
Total failure of the local education system. What once produced at least acceptable wage slaves now produces mass illiterates at higher costs.
Now ask yourself, do you want your party to be the one in power when this shit hits the fan? Having been in power the 8 years previous, no way to spin it as a dem issue; if the repubs win this year. All the above remain their baby and they can breast feed it as best they can in public. I think the repubs want to guarantee that they lose the presidency this year and at best hold their heads above water in the senate and house. If McCain wins, that is another dem senator appointed. Does McCain have any coattails to draw downticket support?
Last night, McCain won his home state, OK, and a bunch of democratic states that will not vote republican. Huckabee took his home state, and the south. Romney took alaska, montana, ND and his home states. ( 3 for 3 in his home states so far ).
There be monsters ahead, big ugly scaly firebreathing asset devouring monsters. And when it comes time to face monsters, Republicans are always ready to let a woman face them.

By: Adam W.

Adam W. — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:29:50 +0000

“Attorney General Giuliani.” God Radley, don’t even joke about that. Halloween’s still a ways off.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:00:22 +0000

Super Tuesday was HUGE!

So..I’m just thinking…there is a strategy for Mitt Romney coming out of a day like today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAOJ36T-HYM

There…there is it. It’s a strategy overlooked by the mainstream media.

I think it’s great.

By: Maurice

Maurice — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:12:23 +0000

I don’t think they “fear” him as you say. More like they fear what he’d do as a Presidential. As a Libertarian who is fiscally conservative and favors constructivism in our judiciary I’ve found it rather easy over the course of the last 20 years to consistently vote Republican. Why? Because Democrats have consistently advocated intrusive and illiberal big government policies as the cure-all for every societal ill. Tired of the Republican’s asinine War on Drugs? Well elect Democrats and get a War on Fat, a War on Sugar, War on Smoking, and a War on Gun Ownership as well. In each and every election the Reps always seemed to be able to provide a candidate that just seemed like the lesser evil every time. Not this time. McCaine is not a lesser evil. He’s also not a conservative, he’s not a liberal, he’s not a libertarian, he’s not a constructionist, he’s not…well it’s easier to just say what he is – he’s an opportunist. John McCaine cares about John McCaine. He’ll adopt whatever strategies he thinks will get him elected.

Amnesty for illegal aliens is horrendously unpopular among the American public, John McCaine says he’s changed his mind on the issue but in reality he would institutionalize it. The occupation of Iraq needs to end, he says he’s “against the failed policies of the Bush Administration” but he’d keep us in Iraq for decades perpetuating those mistakes. He’ll say what he thinks it takes to get ahead, then screw us first chance he gets. That’s why folks like me won’t vote for him. This year, I break with tradition. No longer will I choose the lesser of two evils, this year I vote for pure evil. Hillary all the way.

By: Tokin42

Tokin42 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:08:12 +0000

The 3 biggest issues according to Republican voters are the war on terror, immigration, and taxes. McCain is seen as weak on 2 of the 3.

After McCain-Feingold I swore there was no way I’d ever vote for McCain but if it comes down to either him or hillary, well, that’s not really a hard choice.

McCain has taken great pleasure at poking his fellow republicans whenever he gets the chance. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that people don’t forget that when it comes to running for national office.

By: Elroy

Elroy — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:03:35 +0000

Conservatives aren’t that enamored with Bush either. Remember Harriet Miers, immigration reform. Bush campaigned as far more conservative than he has acted as president. The hatred of McCain stems from his dislike of the conservative base of the republican party and his attempts to undermine it.

As for the war in Iraq, I get fed up hearing people talk about it as if not going to war were a “no brainer” decision. Plenty of good intelligent people had strong feelings on both sides of the issue. I guess we will find out for certain in about 50 years whether it was the right decision or not.

One thing though, many conservatives who supported Bush only for his stance on the war on terror will have to start to wonder if going through 8 more years of a Bush-like presidency is worth it to get a president who supports the war on terror. But aside from Ron Paul, who isn’t like Bush on the Republican side?

By: Saladman

Saladman — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:00:44 +0000

It may be that they recognize that Bush wasn’t a conservative, and they recognize the damage McCain could do in furthering Bush’s domestic agenda for 4 or 8 more years, and the vitriol is a way to save face while urging a change in direction.

Limbaugh at least has said on the air that Bush isn’t a conservative, just a Republican. I don’t know what Coulter has said on the issue.