Message to McCain--if you are going to flip-flop..

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

You two totally miss the point that party-line voters are exactly how we wound up with Bush II.  Were it not for GOP loyalists, he may never have served as President in the first place.  

How does it make any more logic to be another Democrat sheeple than it does to be a GOP one?  Especially if you had such deep-seated issues with Obama.

Vote the candidate, not the party.  That's how I vote with a clear conscience every time.

I am voting the candidate.  Barack's a better one.

Ever vote for a Republican, PM?

Yes, though mainly at the local level.  I tend to vote issues more than anything, and at the national level there are several issues, like the right to choose, that I believe are critical.  In Oklahoma at least, there just aren't any republicans who agree with me on the issues.

I'm the same.  The last repub I voted for was Largent...this was pre his dumb-donkey comments regarding how stupid the voters of Oklahoma were when he lost the gubernetorial race in 2002.  Haven't heard much of him since.  He sure fell out of favor with Oklahomans.

[RecycleMichael]

I have voted for a couple of republicans. I have even put a yard sign out for one and I hate yard signs.

Of course, the entire campaign he had to listen to me explain why he was really a closet democrat who just hadn't come to grips with his blue leanings.

I even gave money to a republican once. There was a crazy guy running as a republican in a primary against Jim Inhofe. I didn't know him but saw him at Bartlett Square passing out campaign propaganda. I went up to him, gave him a five dollar bill and asked him to say something negative about old Jim.

In a loud voice he called Inhofe a crook, a liar, an idiot, and a crook (the second time was to make sure I was happy).

I think it was money well spent.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

I have voted for a couple of republicans. I have even put a yard sign out for one and I hate yard signs.

Of course, the entire campaign he had to listen to me explain why he was really a closet democrat who just hadn't come to grips with his blue leanings.

I even gave money to a republican once. There was a crazy guy running as a republican in a primary against Jim Inhofe. I didn't know him but saw him at Bartlett Square passing out campaign propaganda. I went up to him, gave him a five dollar bill and asked him to say something negative about old Jim.

In a loud voice he called Inhofe a crook, a liar, an idiot, and a crook (the second time was to make sure I was happy).

I think it was money well spent.

Coffee-spitting laugh of the day award.  Wish I'd have been there to hear it and see the look of glee on your face.

[Hometown]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

You two totally miss the point that party-line voters are exactly how we wound up with Bush II.  Were it not for GOP loyalists, he may never have served as President in the first place.  

How does it make any more logic to be another Democrat sheeple than it does to be a GOP one?  Especially if you had such deep-seated issues with Obama.

Vote the candidate, not the party.  That's how I vote with a clear conscience every time.

Well you are ignoring the fact that it is something of a package deal.  Party Platform and all of that.

But regardless during my life my party's candidate has always been the best candidate.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

You two totally miss the point that party-line voters are exactly how we wound up with Bush II.  Were it not for GOP loyalists, he may never have served as President in the first place.  

How does it make any more logic to be another Democrat sheeple than it does to be a GOP one?  Especially if you had such deep-seated issues with Obama.

Vote the candidate, not the party.  That's how I vote with a clear conscience every time.

Well you are ignoring the fact that it is something of a package deal.  Party Platform and all of that.

But regardless during my life my party's candidate has always been the best candidate.

You said you were getting sick of the far left influence on the party, yes?  You don't think they are influencing the party platform?

Best candidate?  Oh yeah, that's right, I forgot about McGovern, Carter, Mondull, Dukakis, Algore, and Kerry.  

Where's that paddle HT, I thought I was getting a spanking? []

[Hometown]

I'm flattered that you are listening to me but Conan please try to get it right.  I never said I was sick of the far left influence on my party.  There is no longer a meaningful far left wing in this country.  

Anyway, Obama has positioned himself as a centrist.

Now, as to the quality of my party's candidates, as I have said before, I was taken in by Reagan during his run for this first term, but I quickly saw the difference between his rhetoric and reality and I did not cast a vote in that election.  In retrospect, Carter was clearly the superior candidate and it would be a better world today if he had won.

Anyway, I've heard of cruising for a bruising but never asking for it.  But, there's no rush on the spanking.  I want to let you spend some time anticipating the blistering I'm going to give you.