What These Eyes Have Seen

I am a registered Democrat, but have been voting Republican for the US Presidency. I like them more, they are more Conservative and have more morals. Sadly this past Tuesday in NJ I did NOT vote for Clinton or Obama, they are definitely not much of a choice . I voted for Edwards and then found out that he was no longer running! But I do vote, I am voting for Huckabee.

Posted By: jalyma @ 02/06/2008 9:45:25 AM
Comment: who cares?

How about the whole US and quite a few in the rest of the world. A person's past tends to shape their future. I like McCain, if Hilary wins the Dem nomination I'll vote for him. Assuming he wins the Rep nom, of course, because I think he's the lesser of those 2 evils.
That being said, I think the choices are less evil overall than they have been.

What are the most important issues right now? Our falling dollar/out-of-control spending (2 sides of the same disastrous coin) and our dependence on foreign energy (which has recently hammered our dollar even more). John McCain is deeply committed to addressing those issues (check out JohnMcCain.com). No more Pork Barrel Spending under his watch. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, FOLKS! All these other soft issues are just media noise. WAKE UP, THIS COUNTRY'S IN A SEVERE FINANCIAL CRISIS!!!!!!!!!

You want arrogance? With McCain you can get it. Your February 11 story shows it.. There is a place for individual arrogance and McCain displayed it in his captive survival mode and his "maverick
" performances in the Senate. But individual arrogance - as displayed by the current occupant of the presidency - is not what we need to lead our country. Thoughtful, itelligent and of course ultimate decisive action is what this country longs for.

What about Condoleeza Rice as possible VP?

I wouldnt worry about staying in Iraq for 100 years. The bank will not allow us to be there, regardless of what McCain wants. Arguing with McCain over 100 year stays in Iraq is like arguing over the color of the drapes in the house we built in Iraq thats about to be foreclosed on.

Newsweek's cover story, "Becoming John Mc Cain" should have been titled, "Creating John Mc Cain."
From the very first paragraph, Evan Thomas' article is filled with misinformation and deception, intended to glorify the Senator's unearned reputation. At the same time, Thomas completely ignores the wealth of government documents and historical news articles that show Mc Cain in a very different light.
Many Vietnam veterans, myself included, hate Mc Cain and see him for the astoundingly arrogant, self-serving jerk he really is. Mc Cain's despicable performance while serving on the Senate Committee for POW/MIA's, is a graphic demonstration of the man's unbelievable dishonesty.
John Mc Cain is a creation of the media. Had his father and grandfather NOT been naval admirals, there NEVER would have been a Mc Cain "war hero."
I put Mc Cain in the same category as his buddy, John Kerry, another media "hero."

I am by no means a Republican, but I would vote for John McCain just to shut those facists up. I am so sick of these people (people who make irresponsible statements filled with hate) controlling how America thinks.

Even though I do not support McCain, i look at him as a hero. I can not imagine what he has been through in the war.

The problem here is, we are voting for a President, and unfortunately McCain can not be trusted. He has lied so many times and continues to do so. We have enough of a problem in the world getting other to trust us. We certainly do not need a man who has a history of being a liar leading our country. We need a peron who can be trusted to keep his word.

The conservatives and those who love our country are going forward to support Mitt Romney. We will not be dictated to who we will vote for by the media or the powers of Washington crooks. Even sad stories, though
striking, will not allow us to change our minds when it comes to integrity.

There is no such thing as a perfect candidate. At least not this year. Here are our choices: we can elect Obama or Hillary and resign ourselves to a socialist future paid for by high taxes and our nation's security in the hands of one of those supremely unqualified candidates, or we can seek a path of military strength, fiscal conservatism, and keep the pressure on the feds to make the borders tight and shut down the sources of income for illegal aliens by electing a Republican. As for Romney: We have enough mormons in the FBI and CIA. We certainly don't need one in the presidency, even IF he is telling the truth about his stand on every issue, which he isn't. I would no more vote for Romney than Tom Cruise. McCain has much to recommend him: courage, intelligence and a strong history of supporting conservative causes, with the ability to compromise when necessary, since conservatives are not the only ones living in the US. I don't mind a bad temper when it's aimed at a fool or foolish idea. But, the best thing about McCain: he can save us, our children and our grandchildren from the disastrous effects of four years with Hillary or Obama.

I think this article is criminal, and typical of reportorial fawning over McCain. The fact is that he has reversed his positions right and left lately, and told some fibs in the bargain. He may bristle at the suggestion he has not behaved honorably in recent times.

That is too bad. If the shoe fits, you're stuck wearing it.

This article makes no attempt to dwal with his many reversals of position, and fibs about why, or about his former position. He SOOO worried about vets, but has introduced not one piece of legislation to make his pal W. standup and see that they get proper medical care after they are injured. Now tax cuts increase federal revenues (a position not even the Cato Institute supports.)
McCain "believes" it though, because it allows him to support war without end while supporting irresponsibible tax cuts.

Might convenient. What message does it send our children when the man our press has annointed as our most "honorable" leader says there really is a free lunch.

--Nobody has been more critical of the prosecution of the war than he was, he says. Yeah --where were the bills in 2003 and 2004 to get more boots on the ground. There sure weren't any coming from McCain.

The fact that our press has anointed such a man as "Mr Straight Talk" merely demonstrates that they have no grasp of the nature of integrity. Lying when the truth is inconvenient is STILL lying.