tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post1678081904186474413..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Personal Asides: My Interview on Black Radio McCains Calm Down Not Exactly
What the Doctor Ordered Lessons from the Book Grace and Power.Jake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-78183135566571238982008-02-10T08:29:30.000-06:002008-02-10T08:29:30.000-06:00Wouldn't it just have been easier to tell us t...Wouldn't it just have been easier to tell us to "calm down" and look for the areas where we can agree?<br><br>Really, you are sounding just like Mr. McCain and it is not appealing. I support your right to an opinion and respect that this is your blog but we have learned little from our own state here.<br><br>Jusy Baar Topinka is the "moderate" in Illinois and like McCain we were asked to rally behind the party. She was trounced by one of the most ineffectual and corrupt politicians in State history. The same will happen to McCain. Quit asking people to settle. This is not sour grapes or ego. It is a SERIOUS misgiving about the qualifications (or lack thereof) the candidate. He will lose when the crossover moderates and independents go back to the Dem candidate in the General Election.<br><br>Politics and compromise is one thing. McCain does compromise when he "reaches across the aisle". He abandons his party principles and adopts theirs. In the unlikelihood he were elected President he would do the same with a majority Democrat Congress and Senate, negating any supposed advantage to his party affiliation. Now you are asking that true conservatives do the same. Shame on you and all who would abandon principle just to line up behind a party name.Scott Meiscknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-8057385763252011372008-02-09T21:14:00.000-06:002008-02-09T21:14:00.000-06:00Tom, you seem to not pay attention well enough to ...Tom, you seem to not pay attention well enough to Rush Limbaugh with all of your rage. What the woman said on the show was that "Benedict Arnold was a war hero... before he became a traitor." That does not imply that McCain is a traitor yet... but if you ask me, he really is getting there....<br><br>Now, as somebody who supports small government, freedom, the bill of rights, less taxes, decentrilization of abortion policy, a nation that actually has borders, etc, I do believe John McCain has betrayed America... did he go join the British...? no, he joined the Democrats. It doesn't seem to matter who gets elected, because I share very little with either McCain or the democrats. Either way, things get worse. And what do you care, Tom? You had an opportunity to improve the situation in Illinois in '06, but were you against that. Now why does the liberal insider Senator carry more weight with you than somebody that actually managed a governmental office<br>(instead of making a career of voting) that happened to disagree with you on two issues? I honestly can't wait to see McCain get destroyed... by his own words at that.<br><br>A McCain presidency will have the same outcome as a Hillary presidency anyway. More taxes, more spending, government regulated healthcare (even more so), the punishment of the "evil" drug companies, blaming humanity for the global warming farce, more illegal immigration, liberal activist judges, and social control in the name of "good health" (my biggest pet peeve).<br><br>Nothing that John McCain says is going to make me think any different. He has a record, his presidency would have the same if given the opportunity.Lovie's Leathernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-44821373812052960662008-02-09T18:35:02.000-06:002008-02-09T18:35:02.000-06:00Fifth, the best way to win over skeptical voters i...Fifth, the best way to win over skeptical voters is to insult them and mock them. That should get them marching door to door for your desired candidate.<br><br>Sixth, sometimes it's OK not to vote for the candidate you've been given, if you don't like that she smokes too much or plays some ridiculous musical instrument. But disagreeing vehemently with the substance of a candidate's historical positions on important issues does not qualify you for failing to endorse said candidate.<br><br>Seventh, you absolutely have to vote for one of the two major party candidates. You can't vote Third Party or decide to sit at home. This is America! The Land of the Free! You must vote for one of the two candidates the government tells you to vote for. This is a democracy!<br><br>Consider yourself educated, Limbaugh and others. That ex-bureaucrat who used to have a Saturday column with the liberal paper in town and the vast radio audience in the 8PM slot with the same callers week in and week out is more in touch with the pulse of the conservative than the guy with the 20 million listeners.Richard Channingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-18326118772335780922008-02-09T18:33:58.000-06:002008-02-09T18:33:58.000-06:00I guess there are a few lessons to be learned from...I guess there are a few lessons to be learned from this.<br><br>First, the peasants are not qualified to have an opinion on who is elected to represent them unless they've screwed up race relations royally by enforcing upon us racial quotas in government. If you haven't screwed up a government program, you're not qualified to speak about government.<br><br>Second, representatives are not the people's representatives to government. They are government's representatives to the people, so you better just shut up and fall into line.<br><br>Third, it's not the candidate's responsibility to win over voters. It's the responsibility of voters to vote for whoever the government sticks on the ballot.<br><br>Fourth, you must not judge a candidate based on his or her past. Their most recent speech, though it may contradict the candidate's history, is what is to be believed.Richard Channingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-41460535778388419612008-02-09T15:47:36.000-06:002008-02-09T15:47:36.000-06:00McCain, who I didn't support will get my vote....McCain, who I didn't support will get my vote.<br><br>Why???<br><br>Because John McCain as President is the far better alternative to those two on the Democratic side.<br><br>I am a conservative first and foremost.<br><br>John McCain is the most electable of those running for office that share a subset of my conservative views.<br><br>The alternative is disaster.Babinichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-57521247774711973332008-02-09T13:30:58.000-06:002008-02-09T13:30:58.000-06:00Are some of you so blind that you cannot see? Can ...Are some of you so blind that you cannot see? Can one imagine a greater horror than the mass murder of MORE unborn helpless human beings? Do you wish to install soviet socialism on our country? Please realize that Hillary / Obamanation is the end of the USA.<br>Sober up!<br><br>Larry- Tienes la cara de un perro!<br>Sincerely from the heart of my bottom.Frank Nofsingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-80912128905859076332008-02-09T07:06:21.000-06:002008-02-09T07:06:21.000-06:00You are attacking every one who has supported the ...You are attacking every one who has supported the Republican party for years while you cozy up to John McCain who has clearly and purposefully crossed over to the Democrats many times. I have listened to you on the radio for years but now you are different. Why?<br><br>I am a conservative who believes that we should not be over spending. I believe in lower taxes which Senator McCain did not vote for. In order to fund the Iraq War, President Bush is funding many Democratic things for votes. Is this right? The deficit is ballooning under him. Is this good?<br><br>I believe that if you want real homeland security that you must control the borders and immigration. Senator McCain is very soft on this issue. How can you be soft on the border and so hawkish in a war sense? And then President Bush is religiously following a free trade path that is harming once strong Republican areas in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. Is he not pushing these people toward the Democratic Party by doing so? Isn't part of homeland security, having economic security?<br><br>And then you use this Benedict Arnold metaphor. It seems to me that you are now the Benedict Arnold because you now go against conservative values which you are willing to dismiss in the name of politics. Haven't such political games been the problem all along? Do you also want to share in President Bush's historically low approval ratings too?<br><br>You now despise and demonize Rush Limbaugh because Mr. Limbaugh correctly points out Senator McCain's repeated and severe failings as a Republican.<br><br>Mr. Roeser with due respect, the problem is with you not Rush.Marjorie Bainesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-17808185106280715802008-02-08T09:37:36.000-06:002008-02-08T09:37:36.000-06:00Thank you for your comments on Rush and company. ...Thank you for your comments on Rush and company. I think he has been the most divisive force in the country for years. Coulter, with her bitter tongue and outrageous attire, is another.<br><br>I couldn't agree more. They hurt, not help.elizabeth alexandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-90883574357248725472008-02-08T08:31:03.000-06:002008-02-08T08:31:03.000-06:00If Romney is a Republican Party First Patriot for ...If Romney is a Republican Party First Patriot for picking up his chips and exiting stage right, what does that make Hucksterbee and Doc Paul?Frank Nofsingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-29851603230185964742008-02-08T04:01:35.000-06:002008-02-08T04:01:35.000-06:00To forfeit an election contest due to a division i...To forfeit an election contest due to a division in the ranks is deeply troubling. Consider the price that America paid when Theodore Roosevelt bolted from the Republican Party after he had lost the nomination to his successor, William Howard Taft, in 1912. Eight years of Woodrow Wilson resulted and the USA marched off to a foreign war that many Americans opposed.<br><br>In 1988, Ross Perot quarreled with George H. W. Bush and helped propel William J. Clinton to two terms in the White House. It is time to rally round the flag. We can ill afford to let history repeat itself.<br><br>As for all of the radio broadcasters, the truth is that Romney was not their first choice for the nomination, they embraced him after the other entries stumbled. I strongly doubt all of these pundits were with Romney from day one.<br><br>Romney's most effective speech of the campaign occurred when he announced his withdrawal. Had he made this speech several weeks earlier, he may have won more contests. I am not inclined to see his defeat as being premised on religious grounds, he was too indistinct and nondescript too often -- and I was prepared to support him over McCain. Playing to the center/right did not help him. McCain also used Huckabee to outflank Romney in Iowa and West Virginia. If Romney had two more states in his column, the race might still be on.Dan Kelleynoreply@blogger.com