John McCain is the presumptive GOP nominee for president. In the face of serious opposition, his campaign is reaching out to movement leaders and trying to make nice.
Comment: It's a good sign that McCain isn't an ultra-conservative. He's someone who will compromise and bend. Someone who could become a very good president in his ability to not always conform to the party line. Unlike Obama, who always stays strictly democratic and is an extreme liberal. McCain is far better suited to do what is best for the country and not worry about party leaders whispering in his ear what to do.
Comment: Ted Sampley, who fought with US Special Forces in Vietnam and is now a leading campaigner for veterans??? rights, said: I have been following John McCain???s career for nearly 20 years. I know him personally. There is something wrong with this guy and let me tell you what it is ??? deceit.
"When he came home and saw that Carol was not the beauty he left behind, he started running around on her almost right away. Everybody around him knew it. Eventually he met Cindy and she was young and beautiful and very wealthy. At that point McCain just dumped Carol for something he thought was better."
John McCain is the classic opportunist. He's always reaching for attention and glory, he said. After he came home, Carol walked with a limp. So he threw her over for a poster girl with big money from Arizona. And the rest is history.
Ross Perot, a billionaire Texas businessman, and a former presidential candidate, who paid her medical bills all those years ago, now believes that both Carol McCain and the American people have been taken in by a man who is unusually slick and cruel -- even by the standards of modern politics.
Comment: McCain did not vote to "close a gun show loophole" as there is no gun show loophole to close, and wasn't one!
This is McCain helping the left wage a discrimination campaign against firearms owners in which there is something wrong with the gun owners' rights at all times, real or imagined! If not here, then certainly there. Making a false "threat" out of a person's rights is a discrimination campaign... the call to action is to remove the right.
McCain has done AS BADLY before on the firearms issue. His pro gun credencials are fairly new and VERY THIN! McCain has done WORSE on first amandment issues ,too!
McCain is all rudder and no keel! Unsafe at any speed!
(a little Navy talk, there).
Write in Romney!
Comment: This article is dated Feb.18 2008. Has anything changed?
Comment: Not much has changed, Pia.
I do think the GOP will mostly unite behind John McCain. What choise do they have! Just as the Dems will mostly unite behind Obama.
Independents, as usual, will decide the election.
Comment: Such figures don't come much more "top" in either political party than retired four-star General Wes Clark, the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe for NATO during the Kosovo War
What Wesley Clark said about John McCain
"I know he's trying to get traction by seeking to play to what he thinks is his strong suit of national security," Clark said of McCain while speaking from his office in Little Rock, Arkansas. "The truth is that, in national security terms, he's largely untested and untried. He's never been responsible for policy formulation. He's never had leadership in a crisis, or in anything larger than his own element on an aircraft carrier or [in managing] his own congressional staff. it's not clear that this is going to be the strong suit that he thinks it is."
Resume aside, though, Clark also took issue with the Arizona Republican's instincts on national security. "McCain's weakness is that he's always been for the use of force, force and more force. In my experience, the only time to use force is as a last resort. ... When he talks about throwing Russia out of the G8 and makes ditties about bombing Iran, he betrays a disrespect for the office of the presidency"
Comment: What General Norman Schwartzkoph said about Wesley Clark. "He has an integrity problem".
Comment: Dont ever try to make John McTemper angry, McTemper is just the right guy going to have his hand on the red nuclear button...then we all Americans waits under our table pray hard that the Russian dont return counter-back at us.
Comment: Let's see...'
... no one likes Mc. Not big news.
How's Chelsea doing?
Comment: The fact about Senator McCain is he has been a fantastic teacher! He, himeslf, and all by his self, has taught conservitives to never, ever trust him on domestic issues! He worked very hard to teach this leason!
And for conservitives it was a VERY expensive course of instruction, and in the end... not worth much! It was also an unforgetable lesson!
McCain does not quite understand the lesson he taught, and with such enthusiasm! Or that HE is indeed the teacher!
Comment: Oh happy day!!!!!!!!!! Bad news for McGremlin.......
Today's Gallup - "Since Hillary Clinton decided to concede the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama last week, Obama has established a lead over Republican John McCain in general-election polling. Obama's gains have come more from women than men, though he has picked up among both groups in recent days.
Obama's lead among women has now expanded from five percentage points to 13."
Wait guys, it gets better..........
"One of Clinton's core groups of supporters during the nomination phase of the campaign was older women. During the last few days of her active candidacy, Clinton led McCain by 51% to 41% among women aged 50 and older, while Obama trailed McCain among this group, 46% to 43%.
Since Clinton suspended her campaign, older women's vote preferences have shifted toward Obama, so that he now enjoys a six-point advantage over McCain."
Oh happy day!!!!!! The TRAITOR, CROOK, FRAUD, WOMANIZER is slowly dying!!!
Comment: Posted By: sharenews @ 06/11/2008 6:46:41 AM
Comment: IMPORTANT BULLETIN FOR ALL BLOGGERS ON THIS SITE:
TO NEWSWEEK STAFF:
This is to report that there is a FRAUD going on, on this site, in which bloggers are using the names of various bloggers (Obama supporters are most likely the culprits) who are fraudulently writing blogs that are deplorable and tagging them under other bloggers names (non-Obama supporters names). I officially reported such a fraudulent abusive use of fake postings that I just viewed on this site today that affected me personally. This is what it said in which the blogger fraudulently used my name as the poster:
IT SAID THIS. I NEVER WROTE THIS. SO ALL OTHER POSTERS, ESPECIALLY FORMER HILLARY SUPPORTERS, BEWARE:
Posted By: sharenews @ 06/11/2008 03:05:43
Comment: I agree. So why do so many Obama supporters make him out to be a Messiah?
I NEVER wrote the above comment or ANY mention of Obama being a Messiah. At this point I am ready to bring this abusive process that you are using on your site to FOX NEWS as I have done this before and they are very responsive. I have copied this report to send onto the media if I dont see a stop to the smearing of my name or others on this site moving forward!
Comment: Posted By: sharenews @ 06/11/2008 6:46:41 AM
Comment: IMPORTANT BULLETIN FOR ALL BLOGGERS ON THIS SITE:
TO NEWSWEEK STAFF:
This is to report that there is a FRAUD going on, on this site, in which bloggers are using the names of various bloggers (Obama supporters are most likely the culprits) who are fraudulently writing blogs that are deplorable and tagging them under other bloggers names (non-Obama supporters names). I officially reported such a fraudulent abusive use of fake postings that I just viewed on this site today that affected me personally. This is what it said in which the blogger fraudulently used my name as the poster:
IT SAID THIS. I NEVER WROTE THIS. SO ALL OTHER POSTERS, ESPECIALLY FORMER HILLARY SUPPORTERS, BEWARE:
Posted By: sharenews @ 06/11/2008 03:05:43
Comment: I agree. So why do so many Obama supporters make him out to be a Messiah?
I NEVER wrote the above comment or ANY mention of Obama being a Messiah. At this point I am ready to bring this abusive process that you are using on your site to FOX NEWS as I have done this before and they are very responsive. I have copied this report to send onto the media if I dont see a stop to the smearing of my name or others on this site moving forward!
Comment: Hillary Supporters beware and rememeber the wolf's clothing Republican!!!!
John MCCain and his dog pack Republican impreached BILL CLINTON out of Oval office,for Monica lewisky scandal,Even Republican party Knows John MCCain scandal during his Military serivce in Vietnam to and fro from his base doing his sinful Bigamy affairs being allowed with Military Blessing ???cheat his first Wife...Just because at that time his Father incharge and Admiral right????/Now You Republican nominate him as Candidate??? what a Hypocrites Bunch!!!!!!
If US has a PRESIDENT of this magnitude appeals WOW !!!!!!really AMAZING real Talented never in AMERICAN history before,Im really PROUD to be American Again,,he's Zionist, Muslim, Christian, Black, White,Buddist,Hindu,Bengali,African,Red-Indian,Chinese,Japanese,Hawaiian,..........WOW this all are an ASSETS smart Americans can be proud of,only the FOOL and STUPID can treats this as LIABILITY that look exactly like themselves.
Barack Obama would actually be much better for America security. There's no doubt to me McCain would be better than Bush, the Bush years being probably as much about fueling terrorism than fighting it. But McCain would still represent (but less) what can be seen as America's arrogance, something that makes USA so unpopular around the world. A black man with Hussein as a middle name would send a clear message in Middle East that America is about freedom, an important contrast with some form of imperialism. Combined with Obama intelligence about understanding dialogging with enemies, I humbly think this would affect directly terrorism recruiting. I may sound over-optimistic, but I think his image alone as a president could do more for democracy in Middle East than any war.
This Economy common sense!! yet many Americans have difficulties to understand the basic of their existence in first place.Check out the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18 and 19). Take a look at Romans 1:22-32. Pretty sobering reading - if you are not too self-important and arrogant to think you've already got it all figured out and don't need the input of the Ancient of Days. Don't guess they teach Proverbs 1:7 at those Ivy League school.
Comment: The reason the right is mad, and so's the left..Is that Mccain will sell anyone out for a few votes, or throw them under the bus for political convenience.
Some people call him a Maverick..most call him a flip-flopper.
Comment: The Religious Right seems destined to insure the election of Obama. Heaven Forbid that the Republican party moves back to the Middle where most American's Live.
Comment: Who the hell keeps allowing all of these idiots to breed? THAT is the loophole we need to close.
Comment: NEWS FLASH!!!
John McCain---The War Hero---has just been named the next President of the United States!
Remember this great line:
"In a year that seemed so improbable ... the impossible happened!
This message WAS NOT endorsed by Johnny Mac---BUT I HOPE HE LIKES IT!!!
Comment: P.S. Who gives a rats a$$ about what Rusty Limbratt, Loyal InGrump or Dawn InSanity thinks! Tell them all to gooo take some of Rusty's Chill Pills! JOHN DOESN'T NEED THEM!!!
John McCain 2008!!!
Comment: P.S.S. WILL THE NEOCONVICTS PLEASE JUST LEAVE US "REAL" REPUBS ONLY!
Sincerely,
Love My Country!
Comment: Conserative is myth in america The republicans are More like Giant TAXS Consumers. All the Gop talking heads are just as out of it as McCain. Conservatism has been dead since 1980 this is Giant Tax Consumer policy. Waiting to create a depression. McCains Admin. policy All you can why'll you can, if you don't somebody else will. Taxs dollars or fair game just cya rules. Bush ,McCain SAMO SAMO.
Comment: McCain has a better chance of winning by moving to the Left, despite what the conventional wisdom may be coming out of the right wing of the Republican Party. He should demonstrate the courage of his convictions and press ahead with a moderate platform. Forget about bowing down to the Limbaugh altar. Americans no longer care what these blowhards think.
Comment: We right wing conservatives might not be gung-ho over McCain being our nominee for president come November but we will all be on the train when it leaves the station. None of us want a sleaze-merchant like Hillary or a Louis Farrakhan desciple like Obama leading our country.
Comment: GI joe is right.
We should cast our lot with S&L scams, beer jockeys and adulterers.
All aboard.
Comment: Wait! Don't leave!!! My name is Bubba where do I sign up!!!
Comment: So?
Comment: Ann Coulter's endorsement is the kiss of death. The times are changing and the far right is going to be left far behind due to narrow minded thinking. The country, more than ever is a melting pot and this requires more open mindness than what people like Coulter and Limbaugh are capable of. They might have a loyal following but they are going to whine like victims all the way thru the election.
Comment: Coulter and Limbaugh have a loyal following of what a few hundred thousand people. Spread out around the country these people would do little to damage McCain's chances but the upside to McCain throwing Coulter and Limbaugh under the bus would be huge.
Comment: Question is: Who in their right mind would follow the supporters of the right mind?
Comment: It's odd they all successfully feed off bashing the liberals when the liberals have not been in charge of anything since the 1970's. The Republicans took over Congress in 1994 and we are nearing the end of Bush's second term. Before Clinton, Republicans were in charge 20 of the previous 24 years. So why aren't they angry and spouting at their own kind?
Comment: I'm just curious. I would like to know what Rush, Ann, Shawn, Laura et.al. have on the bottom of their DD214?
Comment: Any idiot who calls the Iraq war Bush's war reveals immediately that he or she is too dumb to talk about matters concerning their own government....rlpwriter
Comment: You, sir, may be the biggest buffoon of all
Comment: Hmmm, the problem with McCain has nothing to do with his being conservative, moderate or liberal. It has everything to do with his dogged support of this insane Iraq war and his loss of contact with reality as to exactly how long it will take us to "win" in Iraq. The thing that will sink John McCain is definitely his blind support of this war started so illegally. McCain supports Bush's war so the right just loves McCain.
Comment: Newsflash to Newsweek. The right has united behind Mccain after some venting months ago. Creating a divisive story for the GOP right now is just an attempt to fan an already put out flame. Nope, GOP has the ability to fight and support each other while the Dems are out for the kill and destroy their own. With this, which party do you think can work together to get things done? The GOP of course.
Comment: PERHAPS SEN. McCAIN IS SPEAKING FOR AMERICANS NEITHER ON THE FAR RIGHT NOR THE FAR LEFT. I KNOW I'VE HAD ENOUGH TYRANICAL RULE THE LAST 8 YRS BUT I SURE DON'T WANT A SOCIALIST STATE AS ENVISIONED BY THE LIBERALS/
Comment: All I can say is, if the ultra right wing pundits hate McCain, that makes me like him more. However, it is possible that they are pretending to hate McCain in a effort to make him seem more palatable to mainstream voters (who fear the vociferous ignorance of the radical right), similar to how they are urging Republicans to vote for Clinton in primaries, to make it easier for McCain to win, since Clinton is a less substantial foe than Obama. It's all just a shell game.
I'm a Republican and even a rather conservative one, but the holier-than-thou "professional conservatives" (people who make money off of peddling ignorance and hate) make my blood boil. They make the GOP look like a bunch of KKK lunatics, and discourage lots of normal people from being Republicans.
Comment: Another thing we agree on. The extreme right don't like McCain, which is one of the reasons I'm supporting him.
Comment: OMG, there is LIGHT! Speaking as a moderate and an independent, I hope there are more of you around. Sounds as if you are someone 'we can do business with'.
Comment: While that seems to make sense in a classroom, in the real world the Dem and GOP stand for different issues on their party platforms. The GOP is anti choice on their party outline. They appoint judges who support that. IF one is prochoice, environmentally concerned, anti corporate tax breaks, etc., there would never be a reason to vote for a GOP candidate. And especially, after the previous 7 years where the GOP party and congress ruined our country, I believe it is quite appropriate to follow a party. It's time for a change and a time for reason and logic. VOTE DEMOCRAT.
Comment: If it is positive change you seek you may want to reconsider your vote recommendation as the only good can come from McCain.The two democratic candidates are still a little wet behind the ears and will most likely create more problems than good .Vote intelligently.
Comment: After reading this article in my current issues class it urged me to come here and post a comment about the madness that political parties have created. It seems that a majority of our country's population will be basing their votes on whether one person is conservative or liberal, and democratic or republican. I may sound like an ignorant teenager but it seems to me that a story with the sole purpose of talk show hosts shooting down a candidate for not being an extreme conservative republican should not have gotten this far. In my opinion people should not look at it in the way of what party one follows, but rather their plans to make our country better. By badmouthing someone for having both liberal and conservative thoughts is hypocritical and absurd, aren't people allowed to think more than one way? It just seems that politicians are running for the support of their label and not for the better of the country.
Comment: So true it is sad but blind party patriotism is rampid amoung voters today reguardless of a candidates qualifications.Thank you for the great comment.
Comment: Interesting point you make, but it is not the fault of political parties. It is the fault of ideological extremists that can only think in terms of black & white. Now, they speak to more Americans on talk radio than any other group.
Comment: Its true on both side. The Ideological extremes are trying to take control, while the overall American Public is in the center.
Comment: It has been so for a long time, too. Why people sometimes allow themselves to get hijacked by the extremes is a constant surprise.
Comment: Although Mr Bell isn't a follower of he lunatic fringe, he does seem to feel that if the country votes for a Democrat president, we will all die.
Unfortunately, that WAS the situation for the country 7 years ago. They voted (not the majority but you know that story) and many did die in an illegal invasion of another country. Bush lied to the American people time and time again.
It's time for reason and logic. Vote for change and vote Democrat. Vote for whichever candidate is running against McCain.
Comment: when I was a little boy and someone said something derogatory about me which I, in turn, related to my mother, she gave me advice which is still valid today: "consider the source!"
The degree of criticism and vitriol against John McCain by a legion of . so called, right wing talk show hosts and authors is less about legitimate and constructive political criticism and discourse than about commerce.
For better or worse, much of the conservative movement has been coopted by individuals posing as "experts" and "commentators" while, in fact, they are "entertainers" and celebrities."
Ruhs Limbaugh, Anne Coulter, Seah Hannity, et al are part of a lage and very profitable industry which makes millions of dollars for their employers, sponsors and themselves by packaging fear and hate and by playing on emotions and insecurities to generate and activate an "audience" which they can turn into revenue.
The voices currently arrayed against John McCain are orgainizing and embarking on a camaign to destroy him for one simple reason: it makes for good television and radio. It is a far more entertaining, not necessarily enlightening, show to whip up the audience, take a few calls to incite the no nothings even more and generate pubicity and get your name in the news magazines (like Newsweek) to build the ratings and book sales even further.
The Republican Party made a deal with the devil a few years ago; in exchange for support and allegiance from conservative talk radio, it would allow this medium to both dominate and dictate the political agenda of the Party. Now it finds these money changers have not only moved into the political temple, they are deciding who else should be allowed in and under what circumsances.
Rush Limbaugh and Anne Coulter have always cared more about their commercial success than the future of conservatism. They and their ilk are all about their interests, not the public's. If, in fact, this group is successful in splintering Republicans and depressing voter turnout and enthusiasm for Senator McCain, they will be aiding and abetting in a massive landslide for the Democrats wih all the uncertainty and danger such a cataclysm would contain.
Conservatives wake up! Stop being manipulated and played by a group who care more about their ratings and next book deal than the future of our party and its nation. Like it or not, John McCain needs every conservative vote he can get to stave off the ;possibility of handing over this nation to the Demcoratic Party for a decade or more. What are you going to do, go along with the recommendations of a group of self promoting right wing celebrities or vote your conscience?
Remember this is not like American Idol. This is serious stuff and we should begin to act like it rather than listen to self serving righ wing versions of Simon Cowell.
Comment: Ann Coulter adds no value to any conversation. She makes controversial statements as a way to make money. She has no legitimate concerns or views about anything. She does what is necessary to attract attention to her simple-mindedness. I think it is funny that her website lists rules for posting that include no obscene or vulgar comments when that is exactly what she spews each time she opens her mouth. She can dish it but she can't take it!
Comment: Sure! McCain's a liberal! And, I'm a conservative leaning sort . The electyion however is not for individual favorites, instead it is about who is best to moderate the leadership of the country.. This takes, I hope, a generally good and knowlegable person who can bring together enough of the people, including enough members of Congress, to best serve all of the peoples of our nation foremost. Then secondly, be able to assure the rest of the world that we're for the over all best interest and support as well. If in November John McCain looks like the best of what's left -he gets my vote. If not it'll be whomever fits the bill.
Comment: They have large audiences because unfortunately they have a large following. There are many who tout compassionate conservative when in reality they are/believe/live the opposite.
Comment: I have always wondered why Limbaugh and Hannity etc. have such large audiences. Don't their listeners work? I personally don't know anyone who has the afternoon available to sit around and listen to Limbaugh or the son of the Devil, Sean Hannity. It was mentioned that Thompson, Guiliani and Mitt were seriously flawed. Absolutely true but so are all the other candidates. Republicans look for another Reagan. I look fro another Kennedy.
Comment: While I recognize that there are many issues facing the next President, I find it difficult to believe that the single most important priority issue is how we are to "handle" the world of "crazies" that are coming after us from the radical muslim world. The only candidate that has the world experience and the gutsyness to scare and take on these "crazies" appears to be McCain. To look at the democratic candidates as being able to do so, in my opinion, is gross error and will result in the youth of today struggling in a world where their predeceessors failed to remove the "crazies" from the environment. McCain is clearly a very honest individual who's record establishes him as one of the few senators who has never catered to the special interest groups and was ready, willing and able to create and sponsor legislation that contained ethical standards that our legislators otherwise would simply avoid. McCain avoids tacking on "earmarks" for millions of wasted dollars, something the democratic candidates seem to spend without concern for propriety. I've been a registered democrat all my life. I now intend to wear an "independant hat ," casting my ballot for McCain. I can only hope that the ultra conservatives and religious right see the banality of their opposition to McCain and come to recognize that he is the only hope for this great country
Comment: Editor
In this volatile age, when everyone in the country is reeling from drive by shootings and campus massacres, it is incredibly irresponsible of the editors to approve a cover showing part of the head of a major presidential candidate just below the words (in large bold type) "There will be blood." Notwithstanding the fact that this is the title of a current movie having nothing to do with the presidential campaign, are there no staff sensitive or perhaps ild enough to remember 1963 and 1968? You could not have planned a cover more dangerous to and unsettled or paranoid mind. For Shame!
Al Jensen,
Sacramento CA
Comment: I think that a lot of people are mising the point of talk radio. They only reinforce the convictions that some of us conservatives have. I don't need them to tell me what I think, I already know what I think through my own beliefs and ideas. McCain, a great American hero, has left true conservatives a little irritated. He has always had the ability to "reach out" to the other side. That is a great thing, but not to the detriment of true, conservative values. The Republican party has moved to the middle, and the Democratic party has moved to the far left. We conservatives feel as though we really have no choice in this election. It is truly a choice between the lesser of the evils. The only thing that I am holding out hope for is a real good vice-presidential pick. That might help out a lot of conservatives, but then again, it may not.
Comment: I'm not feeling much peace and love from "peace and love." You say I am shameless/ignorant and look bigoted. You suggest I should be ashamed to think what I do. Well, peace be with you.
Comment: Finally, one who is shameless/ignorant enough to admit that he/she agrees with Ann. Thanks for coming out even though you look truly bigoted Just my opinion.
Comment: Your first paragraph mischaracterizes what Ann Coulter said. The interviewer, knowing that he is Jewish and she is Christian, chose to boldly take up the issue of religious beliefs with her, and then took offense that she 1) has a non-relativist belief in Christ and 2) believes everyone should know Christ as their Savior. Now if he, as a Jew, doesn't want to hear this, then he shouldn't press the point with a genuine Christian. But he is the one who was uncivil in his intolerance.
Comment: mcgill it must be nice to have a crystal ball to know what would have been. That's your opinion to which you are entitled. My opinion is the if Mr.Gore had won, we would be ahead of the game regarding Global Warming and that he would never ever have invaded a country for the sake of his father. He 's a smart man. The same cant be said for our president. The reality however is that Mr Bush and the GOP have so wrecked the USA and it will take time to fix our country. We need change and we need it now. VOTE DEMOCRAT.
Comment: mcgill it must be nice to have a crystal ball to know what would have been. That's your opinion to which you are entitled. My opinion is the if Mr.Gore had won, we would be ahead of the game regarding Global Warming and that he would never ever have invaded a country for the sake of his father. He 's a smart man. The same cant be said for our president. The reality however is that Mr Bush and the GOP have so wrecked the USA and it will take time to fix our country. We need change and we need it now. VOTE DEMOCRAT.
Comment: Thanks Retired Marine. I knew this was all Clinton's fault. That's pretty funny but in reality Bush is to blame for this mess. The GOP is to blame. The GOP did it and if things were going well, we can all be sure that the GOP would be taking credit. They would have to - they had Congress and The White House until last November. Vote the liars out. VOTE DEMOCRAT FOR CHANGE AND CHOICE. Thanks for the laugh Mr. Marine.
Comment: I listen to talk radio quite often. It does give a sense of the current "feelings" of the moment. The problem is, they think that they speak for us, and that the listening public is too unenlightened to think for themselves. I have heard many strong arguments for policy from most of the pundits. However, I have also heard many plain stupid ego-driven comments from them . Myself, I think Rush is still on the Oxy"s and that Coulter needs to get laid. She's too high strung. Maybe an unsatisfied ***.
We know right from wrong, good from bad, righteous from evil. and up from down. I for one wish we would turn them off for 30 days and see what happens.
Comment: The Bush-leaguer doesn't need any help tearing down his legacy. He's doing a splendid job on his own. About the best thing he can hope for is that the boys and girls who write the history books have short or impaired memories.
An Alaskan Treehugging Gun Lover
Comment: Sorry oldefarte, I'm not buying and you shouldn't be selling it. Only a political hack, like McCain would attack conservatives who back the military 100% and only a lib would dredge up supposed 2000 campaign spin. We know McCain will pour troops into shadow war and then pull the rug out from under them with court cases in favor of terrorists. The conservatives are real Americans and we've had these liberals like Hi-liar-y and Ba-racist shoved down our throats by the MSM and lib-lovers like McCain. It is the ultimate psychological projection. Vast left wing calls everything conservative vast right wing and has the celeb/media/minority/lib special interest/academia promote it. And then shove a loser rino at us to vote on. My only hope is the sc justices live another four years and Bush blows the hell out of Iran before he leaves.
Comment: What are you "not buying"? I've had it with you back of the cave troglodytes posing as "conservatives". As one of the other authors noted, yours is not true conservatism - true conservatives want reduced governement. You and your Bushite friends are all for more government intervention, albeit pushing control of your agenda as opposed to the loony left's agenda. "Stalinist" is the better term for your political persuasion. I find it amusing that you think "only a liberal" could make the points I made - yet, on the Patriot Act, it was that arch-conservative, Bob Barr, who joined with Barbara Boxer to question the advisability of letting the government into everyone's home under the name of "fighting terror". Know what Barry Goldwater said when asked about gays in the military? He started talking about a gay friend of his who had climbed the cliffs of Navarone on D-Day with his fellow Rangers to silence the Nazi guns overlooking the landing beaches. Then again, we all know that Barry Goldwater was a flaming liberal, unlike your style of "staunch conservative", you know, guys like Sen. Larry Craig...
Comment: McCain has to declare firmly that he has mistakenly sided with Democrats against tax cuts, border security after amnesty, tough on terrorists, declaring the war a disaster and conservative judges. If he's not willing to do that we need another Perot movement to repair the GOP.
Comment: I'm a war vet. So is John McCain. Neither Limbaugh nor Coulter have ever served their country in any capacity, let alone in a war. I'm a father of war vets. So is McCain. Neither Coulter nor Limbaugh (nor their hero, George W. Bush-League) can say the same. Where do these people get off impugning a man of McCain's stature and record? Not conservative enough? His conservative ratings are excellent. He's far more conservative than either Romney or Huckleberry-bee, but they were willing to grovel and kiss the ring of obnoxious, right wing pundits and family value preachers living large on the largesse of their followers. Limbaugh needs to get off his self-promoting high horse. He was party to the vile campaign tactics used by Rove and Bush against McCain in 2000 and the result is that the Republican Party is now rightfully despised because of the spendthrift incompetent whom he and Coulter and their ilk backed. Mr. Limbaugh needs to take an Oxycontin and chill out. Then he can give some of that Viagra he likes to smuggle to someone near Ann Coulter, so that she can finally get laid and lose the b*tchiness.
Comment: Well said! There are a few right wing screw balls left out of the mix but you addressed to two main idiots.
Comment: I don't understand such column inches wasted on a harpy and a limbarf. I never knew that tradiitonal American coservatism stood for power and control (fascist) or getting us to be christian (theist). In reality they both lean toward stalinism, but neither would ever so admit.. IAC, for those who would listen to "them" focus on the almost complete lack of fact or accuracy.
Comment: Why wasting all this coloumn? Neither harpy houlter or limblast are conservatives. Their view of conservative is both radical right (power and control) -and theist ( getting everyone to be "christian"). What they espouse does not resemble traditonal conservatism (though there are definately stalinist trends in both their rantings.). Also, if you must listen - do it carefully. Neither harpy nor limbloom is know for fact nor accuracy. Just "sick" (I mean (hot") air.
Comment: Please define traditional conservatism to us.
Comment: I personally , along with many others, heard Ann Coulter tout her support for Hillary should McCain get the nomination. I also heard her request that the Jews be purified.
Do you, kcarlson, not believe that this was said? I'm not surprised that no one will come out of the closet and actually defend these lunatics. However, we can be sure that there are many who DO believe and follow this thinking. I guess they are just too embarrassed to admit it. I don't blame them. It's shameful.
Comment: How seriously can we possible take an article full of quotes from unnamed and anonymous sources? I realize that is all the rage now in journalism, but it certainly does not help build the credibility or integrity of either the journalist or of the unnamed source. Maybe you should not put your names on your articles either.
Comment: How seriously can we possible take an article full of quotes from unnamed and anonymous sources? I realize that is all the rage now in journalism, but it certainly does not help build the credibility or integrity of either the journalist or of the unnamed source. Maybe you should not put your names on your articles either.
Comment: Who on earth cares what Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity says or thinks? They're all "carnival people"....anything for attention. Long on wind and short on intellect.
Comment: You must be an Ed Schultz fan. Now, that is an objective, open-minded talk show host that educated, intelligent, enlightened, peace-loving, compassionate progressives can listen to. LOL
Comment: I, personally, do not need any talk show host to do my thinking for me. Sorta like listening to speech by a politico and then some analyst coming on and telling me what they said as if I can't understand plain English. Sometimes these egotistical buffons (legends, in their own minds) are interesting to listen to, and sometimes laugh at, but none of them have ever changed my mind about anything.
Comment: The pendulum swings; Rush , Ann, Dr. Laura, and all the other irrelevent wingnuts will be left to twist in the wind. That whole bunch of windbags are just so pointless and so tired. It's kinda fun to watch them rant and rave and huff and puff. Take another pill, Rush. Slide on down into that peaceful comma of third rate celebrity. Nobody will even remember your name if a few more years.
Comment: And, you must be a New England Patriots fan. LOL
Comment: Before anyone calls me a ditto head, I have been way ahead of Limbaugh on this matter. I have sworn a long time ago that I would never ever support McCain for any national office. He has been one against simple civil liberties such as his attempts at wiping out smoking. I don't smoke, but is it really the function of government to tell someone they can't or try to destroy the tobacco companies, which makes a legal product? Then, there's the steroid thing. More importantly, his legislative agenda has been one with the Democrats. Rarely, was he an ally of the conservatives. He is anti-second Amendment. He helped the Democrats in blocking Bush judicial nominees. He voted against tax cuts, saying it favors the rich, words normally spoken by liberal Democrats. And finally, the top issue where he told conservatives to go to hell was the illegal immigration amnesty bill that he co-sponsored with none other than Ted Kennedy. Yeah, I'll vote Obama or Hillary before I'll ever vote for this guy.
Comment: Before anyone calls me a ditto head, I have been way ahead of Limbaugh on this matter. I have sworn a long time ago that I would never ever support McCain for any national office. He has been one against simple civil liberties such as his attempts at wiping out smoking. I don't smoke, but is it really the function of government to tell someone they can't or try to destroy the tobacco companies which make a legal product? Then, there's the steroid thing. More importantly, his legislative agenda has been one with the Democrats. Rarely, was he an ally of the conservatives. He is anti-second Amendment. He help the Democrats in blocking Bush judicial nominees. He voted against tax cuts, saying it favors the rich, words normally spoken by liberal Democrats. And finally, the top issue where he told conservatives to go to hell was the illegal immigration amnesty bill he co-sponsored with none other than Ted Kennedy. Yeah, I'll vote Obama or Hillary before I'll ever vote for this guy.
Comment: My challenge to Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter is can either of you openly state what kind of America you would like to live in? And what kind of President do you believe displays the principals that most reflect who you are as an American citizen and a citizen of the world.
Can either of you try to look into the Mirror of Dr. Ron Paul a true constitutionalist and Republican to see if he upholds the values and principals you seem to be searching for.
Comment: RUSH LIMBALLS IS A CRAKHEAD WITH A RADIO SHOW. HE IS NOT THE RIGHT.
THE RIGHT IS THE pARTY OF BUSH. CApITALISTS WHO ARE ALIGHNED WITH THE saudi'S AND OTHER FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD.. THEY OWN THE WORLD CApITAL AND INVEST HEAILY IN INSURANCE AND DRUG COMpANIES. THIS IS A FACT.
BUSH SUppORTS McCain and so does his brother JEB
IT IS OVER FOR RUSH LIMBALLS ANND COULTIER AND THE OTHER SUICIDE VOTERS FROM THE RIGHT WING. THESE RADIO HOSTS ARE DEALING WITH AN INTELLIGENT ELECTORATE THIS TIME AROUND. THEY ARE OF NO USE TO THE RIGHT WING ESTABLISMENTS AND HAVE BEEN DISMISSED AS DRUG ADDICTS IN REHAB.
CONSERVATIVE RADIO HAS REACHED IT"S peak. NO ONE WANTS TO SACRIFICE ANYMORE AMERICAN LIVES IN IRAQ. THEY NEED TO SEND RUSH AND ANN TO IRAQ. BECAUSE THEY ARE A BIG REASON OBAMA IS DOING SO WELL.
EVERY STATISTIC AND poll INDICATE THAT OBAMA MIGHT TAKE twenty five per cent of the REpublican vote.
AND McCAIN WILL gain fifteen per cent of the HILLARY VOTE.
OBAMA IS ON HIS WAY TO VICTORY.
Comment: A few months ago she declared on TV that Jews need "to be perfected," and suggested that America would be better off if it were all Christian. Ann Coulter
Could someone on the right side of the political spectrum, explain what this means. She can't be the only one who believes that. Does it sound a bit like Hitler? Compassionate Conservative? Hootarama
Comment: Will the dittoheads follow his lead? This is a rhetorical question as the ditto heads don't THINK, they are lemmings and will do whatever this drug addict tells them to do. We on the Democrat side welcome the support of all the big babies of the GOP. And please, continue the public tantrum. It's very entertaining.
Comment: No tough minded American, who are the fighters and builders of the epic American Dream - a work in progress from our Declaration of Independence to the current struggle, can ever take seriously the shrill catterwailing of Coulter, the hog calling McCartheysque grunts and squeals of Limbaugh. The assortment of lemmings that take their opinions seriously, in a year of hope and glory, with our first women and first black breaking centuries old taboos to rise against the very neanderthal thinking,-- surging forth with positive and heroic messages of hope, that all Americans can aspire to the mountaintop, not wallowing in the right wing swamp , but bursting forth with epic vigor, leaving the knuckledraggers beaten and breathing the last ugly gasps of intolerance .There is no time to waste with these hyenas and their rotten stinking message and vile gossip, as their defense of the horrific waste of life and treasure in the Iraq War, is hideous , and they are rapidly seeing the end of their time, and the beginning of the fresh clean and invigorating era of progressive American values again. Honor, respect and dedication to the original stirring values, that has inspired the earth to look to us, as an eternal beacon of fairness and truth - the majestic greatness will return by years end, and the squalid and dishonest will crawl back into their swamps, as the light of truth is shining and the years of ugly darkness are finished. Mr. Pat Shaffer Spokane WA 2-14-08
Comment: Dear Senator McCain,
Have you had a belly full of the right wing hate machine yet, or will you be the last on your block?
Comment: Dear Senator McCain,
Have you had a belly full of the of the right wing hate machine yet, or will you be the last on the block?
Comment: Message to Ann Colter: Main stream America can only hope that your siding with the democratic candidate's will only help us as we do not share the same views.After watching you on Fox news tonight you are clearly a disgrace to women in this country.You have no substance as you fail to answer questions seriously as you shake your blond head in a clueless manner it is now questionable that you wrote any books as you are truley an airhead...come clean who wrote the books?
Comment: Ok it is time for a reality check here as all of the right wing pin heads come out in droves we are approaching an election for one of the powerful offices on the face of the planet which is the President of the United States of America.This is not American Idol and should not be confused with this show.If it was American Idol I would declare Obama the winner but it is much more serious than that. We have three senators running for president two are liberal one is main stream and we have no right wing loones at this time thank you very much.The liberal option is no differnt then the right wing loon as no good can come from this the only option for the good of the country is main stream.McCain is the main stream candidate and a vote for McCain is a vote for America anything less is a vote against America.When you review the records in the senate MCcain is the mainstream candidate Obama and Clinton have both failed America as senators so why would we promote them?A Obama or Clinton Presidency would rival that of Jimmy Carter possibly the worst President in the history of the country.It is unfortunate that many of the younger voters in the country can not learn from history.It is clear that an Obama or Clinton presidency will sink this country faster than a bowling ball in a kiddie pool.
Comment: Worst President? My vote goes to the current occupant. A McCain presidency would be nothing more the a 3rd term for George the Terrible. The CONS time has once again come to an end, my only regret is that is has lasted 3-4 times longer than it normally has.
Comment: Anyone who doesn't think that the current President is the worst in the history of the office needs their head examined. 60% of Americans disapprove of his work in office. That speaks for itself. I don't know why anyone would think that a person who is obviously illiterate would make a good President. That clown would have to ask for assistance to read these comments!
Comment: Yes Jimmy Carter still holds the title as Americas worst president but he has a serious challenge from the current president.Do not confuse Bush with McCAIN if Mc Cain had won the first go around we could have avoided many of the issues we face today.Had Gore or Kerry won the issues we face today would be much worse and the future full of gloom.
Comment: Worst President in US history? My vote would have to go to the current occupant. The last thing this great country needs is a 3rd Bush term. The Cons time is once again done, the main problem is that it lasted about 4 times longer than it normally does.
Stoneman
Colorado
Comment: Conservatives try to destroy you?!? What has your party tried to do to the legacy of President Bush?
Comment: Conservatives try to destroy you?!? What have you people tried to do to the legacy of president Bush?
Comment: i bet coulter isn't really that succesful, it's prolly some rich rightwing nut buying up all her books so as to make her SEEM succesful, But yes, Republicans have allowed themselves to be hijacked by these politics of hate and selfrighteousness. cause they are like hamburgers, you know they're not good for you.but they taste nice so you eat more and more.
Comment: Aren't you late for the night shift at McDonald's?
Comment: We see now what happens if you don't fall in to lock-step with the Far Right. They try to destroy you. They just will not accept that MOST Americans are not idealogues. America is NOT Red or Blue. America is Purple. You CAN be for lower taxes and stem-cell research. I laugh at the notion that conservatives "represent most of America." They don't even represent most Republicans.
Comment: Why you people in the media give disgusting personalities like Ann Coulter any media coverage from which to spew her venom is absolutely beyond my understanding. The woman is a vile and poisonous wart on the face of America. And so is Rush. I will be voting for Obama, but the one great thing I do see about McCain is that perhaps he is helping to pull the Republican party out of the hands of the right wing hypocrite lunatics.
Comment: It's people like you who are killing McCain's chances for the White House. Maybe that is your intent. You, the New York Times, Bill Press and every liberal in the world are endorsing McCain. It wouldn't look very good for Obama or Hillary if Pat Robertson had endorsed them, would it? Bill Press? Are you kidding me? One must be an ultra lib to gain the support of a Bill Press.
Comment: if the situation was reverse, some rightwing gun nut would've already gunned a theoretical leftwing coulter down like a dog. Good thing liberals are more civilised than that ...
Comment: I believe Cho was a liberal. Did you listen to his words in his pre-massacre video? It was all about the snoopy, bad rich people, your typical liberal class envy mantra.. So much for civilized liberals.
Comment: I keep hearing from the Democrat about getting out of Iraq. Obama said he would have never been there in the first place. Saddam needed to be taken from power if not the United States than who. We get all upset about Michael Vick and his dog fights, the Japanese killing whales. How long would you have let Saddam kill humans and say it is none of are business. Go to google and type in [.saddam hussein mass graves] If we as Americans do not think this needed to be done then we should not feel the need to help any country.
Comment: Why would we go into a stable situation like Iraaq when people are being killed in greater numbers in
darfur. is it race isit oil or both that made a wr in Iraq trump saving people in Darfur?
Comment: They are about to fall off that bandwagon they jumped on because the UberConservative is a thing of the past. They're clinging as hard as they can by yelling as loudly as possible and making grotesquely off base remarks to incite people's ire. In other words, it's business as usual but not it's so much louder because they know they're losing their influence on a large number of people. No one listening means no power & no money.
Comment: Republican conservatives just can???t seem to accept the will of the American voter. Talk radio hosts and Fox News commentators seem to be in shell shock about McCain???s success. What they fail to see is that they are the problem and we can see through them. While their theatrics are good entertainment, we are tired of their hate-filled rhetoric, tirades, and lies. The traditional heart of the Republican Party is returning to its roots because we see through these neocons. We know of their Iran-Contra propaganda and untruths about Whitewater and the Clintons.
Two examples of their favorite rantings come to mind: homosexuals and abortion. In 2008, most Americans have a gay family member, coworker, neighbor, or friend. We realize that gays don???t want ???special rights,??? just the rights afforded them under the U.S. Constitution. I???m not even going to discuss gay marriage here, because straight people have done enough to make a joke of this sacred institution. No person I know would ever be in favor of abortion, but it is legal and the right of the mother. Why must the right-wingers decide that we are not intelligent and need them to decide our opinions on these issues?
Limbaugh, Coulter, Ingraham, and Hannity and their like have enjoyed a ride, but now we see though their vile. Their opinions are yesterday???s news and we are tired of them. Perhaps they should form their own party, because they are no longer welcome in the GOP. The Republican voters decided that at the polls.
Atlanta Voter
Comment: Republican conservatives just can???t seem to accept the will of the American voter. Talk radio hosts and Fox News commentators seem to be in shell shock about McCain???s success. What they fail to see is that they are the problem and we can see through them. While their theatrics are good entertainment, we are tired of their hate-filled rhetoric, tirades, and lies. The traditional heart of the Republican Party is returning to its roots because we see through these neocons. We know of their Iran-Contra propaganda and untruths about Whitewater and the Clintons.
Two examples of their favorite rantings come to mind: homosexuals and abortion. In 2008, most Americans have a gay family member, coworker, neighbor, or friend. We realize that gays don???t want ???special rights,??? just the rights afforded them under the U.S. Constitution. I???m not even going to discuss gay marriage here, because straight people have done enough to make a joke of this sacred institution. No person I know would ever be in favor of abortion, but it is legal and the right of the mother. Why must the right-wingers decide that we are not intelligent and need them to decide our opinions on these issues?
Limbaugh, Coulter, Ingraham, and Hannity and their like have enjoyed a ride, but now we see though their vile. Their opinions are yesterday???s news and we are tired of them. Perhaps they should form their own party, because they are no longer welcome in the GOP. The Republican voters decided that at the polls.
Atlanta Voter
