More misgivings about McCain and his “there will be more wars”
See this article by Pat Buchanan, who was visibly concerned on Fox when discussing McCain’s statement last week “there will be more wars.” In an article entitled “The Great Betrayal,” Mr. Buchanan says why. Where Bush was right, McCain stood in his way, and where Bush was wrong, McCain was pushing him along:
Offering more “straight talk” on the Sunday before the Florida primary, John McCain made an arresting prediction: “It’s a tough war we’re in. It’s not going to be over right away. There’s going to be other wars. I’m sorry to tell you, there’s going to be other wars. We will never surrender but there will be other wars.”
Ike promised to “go to Korea” and ended that war. Nixon pledged to end Vietnam with honor. McCain says we may be in Iraq a hundred years and warns, “there’s going to be other wars.” Take the man at his word.
Mimicking the Beach Boys’ “Barbara Ann,” McCain has joked about “Bomb, bomb, bomb—bomb, bomb Iran” and urged the expulsion of Russia from the G-8. He wants to expand NATO to bring in Georgia and the Ukraine. This could mean confrontation between Russia and the United States over whether South Ossetia and Abkhazia should be free of Georgia or ruled by Tbilisi, a matter of zero vital interest to this country.
We are forewarned. John McCain intends to be a war president.
Where Bush has lately cleansed his administration of neocons, McCain offers the last best hope for a neocon return and restoration and more wars in the Middle East. And if, as seems probable, Bibi Netanyahu again becomes prime minister of Israel, he and a President McCain will find a pretext for war on Iran.
Year 2008 may prove a defining one for conservatives. For on many of the great issues, McCain has sided as often with the Left and the Big Media as he has with the Right.
Where Bush has been at his best, cutting taxes and nominating conservative judges, McCain has been his nemesis. Not only did he vote twice against the Bush tax cuts, McCain colluded to sell out the most conservative of Bush’s judges
In 1993, McCain voted to confirm the pro-abortion liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But when Bush set out to restore constitutionalism, McCain formed the Gang of 14, seven senators from each party. All agreed to vote to block the GOP Senate from invoking the “nuclear option”—i.e., empowering the GOP to break a filibuster of judicial nominees by majority vote—unless the seven Democrats agreed.
With this record of voting for Clinton justices and joining with Democrats anxious to kill the most conservative Bush’s nominees, what guarantee is there a President McCain would nominate and fight for the fifth jurist who would vote to overturn Roe v Wade?
McCain also colluded with liberals to pass McCain-Feingold, a law that denies to Second Amendment folks and right-to-lifers their First Amendment right to identify friends and foes in TV ads before national elections.
On ANWAR, too, McCain votes with the liberals, and on global warming he has moved toward Gore.
After five record trade deficits have denuded the nation of thousands of factories and 3 million manufacturing jobs, McCain is still babbling on about Smoot-Hawley. “When you study history,” he told a Detroit newspaper, “every time we’ve adopted protectionism, we’ve paid a very heavy price.”
But what history was McCain talking about? From Lincoln through Calvin Coolidge, the GOP was the Party of Protection that put 12 presidents in the White House to two for the Democrats, and the U.S. became the most awesome industrial power and self-reliant nation in the history of mankind, producing 42 percent of the world’s manufactured goods. Even Hillary, whose husband passed NAFTA with McCain’s support, has begun to question the free-trade paradigm and the disastrous results it has produced.
On controlling America’s borders and halting the invasion through Mexico, McCain collaborated with Senate liberals in the McCain-Kennedy amnesty, which was rejected only after a national uprising.
When 190,000 Arizonans petitioned in 2004 to put Prop 200 on the ballot, requiring proof of citizenship before an individual could vote or receive welfare benefits, John McCain led the GOP congressional delegation in opposing it unanimously. Prop 200 passed with the support of 56 percent of all Arizona voters and 46 percent of Hispanics.
Unsurprisingly, Juan Hernandez, the open-borders chatterbox and former adviser to Vicente Fox, has turned up in McCain’s campaign.
On the two issues where Bush has been at his best, taxes and judges, McCain has sided against him. On the three issues that have ravaged the Bush presidency—the misbegotten war in Iraq, the failure to secure America’s borders, and the trade policy that has destroyed the dollar, de-industrialized the country, and left foreigners with $5 trillion to buy up America—McCain has sided with Bush.
Now McCain is running on a platform that says your jobs are not coming back, the illegals are not going home, but we are going to have more wars. If you don’t like it, vote for Hillary.
And this was to be the Year of Change.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:21 am
This seems to be a perfect opportunity for Mitt to distinguish himself from warhawk McCain.
But how is Mitt distinguished, what makes him different on the war?
Doesn’t he agree we should have been there, like McCain?
If he doesn’t agree with McCain’s prediction that there will be war and war after war, then based on what principle does he disagree? How and why would he not lead us into war again?
Here is an opportunity for Romney to say something that’s very popular AND is a correct principle. I’d think he would jump on this.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I am getting concerned over McCain’s infatuation with war combined with his headstrong anger. SCARY! I keep hearing him repeat WAR WAR WAR!
To me this is much more serious than his lack of understanding of the economy and not being a fiscal conservative.
I agree with Ronald Kessler a “McCain Presidency Would Be a Disaster
While McCain clearly has formidable supporters, and his stand on the Iraq war was admirable, those who have dealt with him over the years have been appalled by his outbursts, a character trait the media have largely ignored”
If he will tell boldfaced lieds about an opponent how will he respond with his hot temper in a position of power?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGrWt-XICHc
http://ajliebling.blogspot.com/2008/02/near-defection-of-john-mccain.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7WJeqxuOfQ
February 5th, 2008 at 10:22 am
I am so disgusted that the so called “conservative Leaders” of the Republican Party have been sitting on their thumbs and now, at the last moment, they are all scrambling with angst about the future of the conservative movement and the party itself - we have lost our way and it will take a very long time to get back - congratulations. I have lost faith in Dr. Dobson - the “king” of family values - no other candidate represented the strength of family values more than Mitt, Bill Bennett - his sanctimoneous positions, Pat Buchanan and his constant talk about losing our country, Rush - the defender of modern conservatism William Buckley - the “father” of modern conservatism, Glenn Beck who is so very concerned about the economy - Mitt has the most experience with economic issues, et al. I hope they all lose their cushy jobs as a consequence for not standing up for what they are supposed to believe - I know I will no longer purchase the magazines and pay the internet fees for “membership” - membership in what? They have all sat back and given too little too late - our only hope now is that the grass roots effort can give Mitt a chance to stay in this until the end. We have to hope that he will even be willing to do it after all he has done and given - for what? to be abandoned until the last minute by those he was fighting for. We should be so ashamed that we have stopped standing for something.
February 5th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Pat Buchanan and so many other ‘authorities’ on conservativism are being left in the dust of voters - John McCain is their choice.
http://hickeysite.blogspot.com/2008/02/john-mccain-votes-at-precinct-23-of.html
February 5th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Pat Hickey,
John McCain will never get elected. If he gets the nomination for Republican Party, we will vote for Hillary. We don’t want McCain to be in the White House with Republican’s label. Go tell your boss. Conservatism wouldn’t put a wrong person into the White House for their party, and your boss need to learn the lesion from Bush Sr.’s re-election in 1992. He broken his promise, and he paid the price.
February 5th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Pat Hickey-
Also, the conservatives supported Bob Dole in 1996 election even though Senator. Dole was a moderate Republican, because Bob Dole has a much better personal characters than McCain, and he has the open-heart that every politician needed. Bob Dole lost his primary to Bush Sr. in 1988, but he had never seeking for revenge, and had been very cooperative with Bush Sr. on every issue as the minority leader in the Senator.
John McCain has a different personal character with Dole with no open-heart or whatsoever that any politician needed. He lost the primary to Bush Jr. in 2000, and has been seeking and seizing every opportunity he could to revenge Bush. All those liberal bills he proposed with Democrats in past few years, was a personal revenge he made to Bush Jr.
We don’t vote him not just based on his history of liberal voting records and corruptions on Capital Hill, but his bad personal characters, which would terribly hurt the Republican Party and the Country
February 5th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Helen,
Keep Hope Live!
http://hickeysite.blogspot.com/2008/02/john-mccain-sun-times-endorsement-now.html
February 5th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
If McCain gets the nomination from the Republican Party in general election, Democrats will pure all his old garbage into the media to embarrass the Republicans. Those who voted for McCain will have their faces to be slammed by McCain’s scandals.
February 5th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
It is absolutely true that once McCain wins the republicain nomination, all of his scandals will be exposed. He is a very hot-headed person who’s contridictory statements actually scare me. Check out this video regarding McCain’s flip-flopping on major issues.
http://campaigncircus.com/video_player.php?v=7536