Well isn't this special?
The Politico says Bob Dole
wrote an insistent letter to Rush Limbaugh on Monday and suggested that for the good of the party, the conservative talk-show host should stop his strafing of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Bob Dole, of all people, talks to the czar of conservatism about John McCain.
Limbaugh has been talking lately about John McCain's liberal tendencies and how bad it would be for the Republican Party in a strategic sense if McCain gets the nomination.
Rush Limbaugh has (rightly) been reminding listeners that McCain has shown little loyalty to the Republican Party for nearly the last 10 years.
McCain sold out the First Amendment with his unconstitutional and media-pleasing McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform (aka the Incumbent Protection Act).
McCain undermined his party's leadership in the fight over judicial nominees, instead joining other liberal Republicans and Democrats to form the "Gang of 14" which blocked party leaders from taking the fight to the mat.
McCain has opposed the Federal Marriage Amendment to protect the institution of marriage from homosexual activists and activist judges.
McCain is an amnesty proponent and isn't serious about immigration and border control.
McCain has undermined the president in the war on terrorism by claiming that waterboarding is on the same moral plane as beheadings and blowing up innocent men, women and children.
McCain opposed the Bush tax cuts.
McCain plays footsie with liberals like Ted Kennedy and seeks the approval of the "mainstream" media.
That's who John McCain is. The Republican Party used to be a home for conservatives; now it seems to be the party of small-time liberalism.
You might also say that Mike Huckabee isn't a conservative, and you'd be right. Yes, he's consistently pro-life, and almost completely consistently pro-marriage. But as I've said numerous times, he's a liberal on almost everything else. And Rush has not by any means given Huckabee a pass; in fact, Limbaugh, too, has nailed Huckabee as predominantly liberal.
In fact, Limbaugh has lamented the lame choices in the GOP field altogether, so it's not simply a personal ax to grind against McCain.
But then back to our cameo appearance in this election by Bob Dole. Bob Dole was cut from the same liberal, excuse me, "moderate" cloth as McCain going into his disastrous 1996 campaign. Dole took no consistent conservative stands, generated no excitement in the conservative base, and gave conservative voters no reason to give of their time, money and energy to elect him. Classic RINO campaign.
Now we appear poised to repeat the defeat of 1996...and humorously Bob Dole is back, just in time for Super Tuesday, in a cameo role for the sequel.
4 comments:
McCain and Romney's conservative credentials are laughable. Mike Huckabee is the true conservative. He knows how to govern, having actually done it for 10.5 years. Even Mitt Romney said he'd make a good president, until he decided to run himself that is. Mitt flip-flops on everything. McCain is a conservative only 80% of the time. Imagine what that other 20% will do to our country. Vote Huckabee.
Jan, I hate to break it to you, but in case you haven't looked at Huckabee's record, he's no better than McCain or Romney...and the case might be made that he's considerably worse.
Huckabee is consistently pro-life, almost completely consistently pro-marriage. But after that, he's a tax hiker, big spender, big-government proponent, soft on immigration so soft on crime he makes some Democrats look tough, and soft on national security.
If you're still under the delusion that Mike Huckabee is a conservative...(sorry about that pause; I had to go laugh myself silly for about 5 minutes)...please read this compilation of Huckabee's record: http://www.dakotavoice.com/2008/01/is-mike-huckabee-conservative.html
Bob, so you're saying you'd rather have a guy that changes his position on nearly everything every few years, and panders to whichever crowd he happens to be in front of (Mitt). Look at his real record on www.trueromney.com, it is shocking.
And yes Huckabee is better. He actually does what he says he will do. When he makes a promise, he keeps it. So irregardless of something that he may have done or said in the past, whatever he is saying now, he will do. He is a man of his word. I certainly can't say that about Romney.
According to The Tax Foundation, Arkansas; tax burden is below the national average. It ranks 27th on the list with a per capita tax burden of 10.30%, below the national average of 10.60%.
Arkansas also has the second lowest property taxes in the nation (only Alabama is lower) and is one of only 16 states that offer tax breaks to seniors.
Soft on crime... What a joke! The man signed the death warrant for over 15 people. If you bring up the fact that he commuted sentences, it is because EVERY convict is entitled to ask for commutation in Arkansas. His number of commutations was proportionate to other Arkansas governors. Comparing his record to other states is comparing apples to oranges. I would much rather have a man make a bad decision than make no decision just to protect his political rear-end like Romney.
I know I'm not going to change your mind, but your comments needed to be addressed.
Finally, regarding McCain. The man just plain scares me. He seems like a loose canon.
Jan, I think all the GOP candidates, make that ALL the candidates, are sorry choices. The good ones dropped out weeks or months ago.
For the record, I'm not a Romney fan. His pro-life conversion came far too close to his presidential run to convince me, and he acted like a lap-dog when the Mass. Supreme Court decreed in it's royal capacity that homosexuals had some sort of right to "marry" that no one could find written anywhere. And I consider his health care plan for Mass. far too heavy-handed.
While Arkansa's tax situation is debatable, Huckabee's crime record is undebatably lousy. He issued more clemency than Bill Clinton, of all people. And comparing his clemency record to neighboring states might not be true apples to apples, but if it's anything, it's to Huckabee's detriment, since the surrounding states had greater populations, yet he issued more clemency than 6 other states COMBINED. Criminals may have had a right to ask, but that didn't require Huckabee grant it.
The man simply does not understand evil, and that it must be dealt with firmly and decisively. He does not understand the duty of elected officials to protect public safety. He has shown this with his clemency record, and has shown he'd be no better defending our nation from bad guys, with his comments which show he lacks the resolve to deal firmly with foreign threats. Huckabee's "nice guy" persona mistakes Christianity for noodle-spine.
We can agree on McCain, though. The media calls him "maverick," but I think your "loose cannon" is far more apt.
Have a dandy Super Tuesday, Jan!
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