Comments on: Democrats Help Hyper-Right Attack McCain: Claim He Is A Closet Democrat

By: wiley

wiley — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:50:50 +0000

Perhaps there is nothing new in this story, and maybe McCain never seriously considered switching sides, but the story is true. He entertained the solicitation from the dems and enjoyed it, as evidenced by his joining forces with the left, and even leading with them in some major legislation (McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Feingold, McCain-Edwards, McCain-Lieberman, etc.). Although he remained a repub, in action he was clsoer to a Scoop Jackson dem — hawkish in national defense, but liberal or dem in most other ways. And this is the guy we want to be our GOP standard-bearer for president?

By: lee

lee — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:30:10 +0000

AJ,
You have always been one of my favorite bloggers. I check you out several times a day. You`re posts on Iraq are great. But, your attacks on “your” so called (Hyper-Right) leave me a bit confused. You treat them in the same manner as you accuse them of treating John McCain. This an election year and we need a free flow of ideas and challenges. Everyone is very passionate about his candidate and their ideas, and needs to be heard. As long as everyone stays truthful, let`s have a good discussion, and let the chips fall where they lie.

So lets all take a deep breath,relax and respect each other and not take pot shots at each other. Most everyone will get behind that candidate come November. This is my first ever comment, so don`t be too hard on me.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:21:31 +0000

McNutt is a bonafide, genuine LiBrul LIAR, and anyone who believes different, is smokin sumthin!

I am a Staunch conservative and am tired of voting for the “Lesser of Two Evils,” I will write in Fred on election day!

By: Whippet1

Whippet1 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:39:13 +0000

AJ,
The Democrats aren’t helping the Hyper-right attack McCain…THEY are attacking McCain because they know it will hurt the Republican chances in November. Old news, lies, smears…that’s the Dems way. I’m just surprised that they started so soon…I think they might be a little bit early here… They usually wait until closer to the election to drop these tricks …when there’s no time to verify…

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:36:39 +0000

Worse than being a spent political force, conservatism is a spent intellectual force. It is nothing more than a hate movement at this point. At least we know for sure, now.

By: kittymyers

kittymyers — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:49:45 +0000

I don’t know about anyone else here, but I’m not to blame for the poor choices we’re left with. I haven’t even voted in the primary yet; it’s next Tuesday.

By: ivehadit

ivehadit — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:07:57 +0000

Great posts, Terrye. Conservatives that are rallying to vote for Hillary or not vote have jumped the shark. THEY have damaged THEMSELVES. They have no one to blame but themselves. They are now having a hissy fit because their fellow citizens are not backing them 100%. Wonder why? Sarcasm off.

They are a mess and as I have said for a few years now, they are the same coin as the liberals just the opposite side. They need to look in the mirror long and hard and see what they see. Their own pathology. It won’t be pretty.

And btw, congress makes the laws, not the president. Congress has been getting a pass for so long..its good to see their approval ratings so low now. If they were a corporation, they would have been shut down a long time ago…fraud and malfeasance, donncha know. Lol!

By: CatoRenasci

CatoRenasci — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:55:04 +0000

Terrye,

I remember some insanely far right types (e.g. Anthony J. Hilder) who referred to Reagan as “Red Ronnie” because he had been a Roosevelt Democrat and president of SAG. I thought it was humorous then because no one took Hilder seriously (except for some turns of phrase — “Liberalism is more than just a mental disease, it is a sickness of the sould” and the quality of his alliteration – “Pusillanimous Pinks, Punks, Perverts and Purveyors of Filth have paraded neath the UN-American flag of the National Liberal Front “so-Viet Cong” in acts Tantamount to Treason…Hippies, Hookers, Hypes and Heathens Hostile and Heretic out-Herod Herod.” is a classic of the genre)

That said, I do find the fact he has Juan Hernandez as an advisor — a dual citizen former Mexican cabinet official who has openly said he wants Mexicans in the US to remain focused on Mexico — to be deeply troubling. Even if you favor a path to citizenship, it should be a path to becoming an American, not a path to the goals of the Mexican irredentists, who are very real.

By: Terrye

Terrye — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:36:45 +0000

Kitty:

And they have no one but themselves to blame for that. If Ronald Reagan were here today, they would point out that he used to be a Demcrat, supported amnesty, call him Ronaldo and pitch a fit. Same old same old.

It might just be that the problem is not with the candidates, it is with them.

By: satrist

satrist — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:33:58 +0000

I am so disgusted by conservative talk radio. I will never go back to listening to them. They are just as mean spirited as the liberals that I have disliked for the same reason. Thank God there are a couple of decent talkers left like Praeger and Medved. They are the only two that I’ve found to be fair, intellectually honest, and civil. I don’t agree with either of them all of the time but appreciate their respect for those who do disagree with them.

By: kittymyers

kittymyers — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:18:33 +0000

The fact is, there are no good choices for the right this November.

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By: AJStrata

AJStrata — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:06:33 +0000

Terrye,

We even then, I wanted you to be right.

By: Terrye

Terrye — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:04:48 +0000

AJ:

I just wanted to be wrong. Anyone who would fall for a story from the likes of Daschle, wants to be beat. He does, he wants to lose. He must.

By: Terrye

Terrye — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:03:34 +0000

WWS:

Wasn’t that awful? Heartbreaking in fact.

By: WWS

WWS — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:58:06 +0000

The worst part of this story is that there’s absolutely nothing new – I heard every one of these claims (and the New York Times did it’s best to promote them) years ago. They fell apart then, they fall apart now. All this “woulda, coulda, shoulda” talk from Daschle is nonsense. Just like Kerry being surprised that McCain turned down his offer to be his running mate.

In other news, I’m sadly reminded that it’s 5 years since Challenger blew up pretty much over my house at the time. I remember a long, deep, rolling series of booms at 8 am sharp (my time) that rattled all of the windows in my house and shook me out of bed. I immediately went to the news because I thought that some nearby business or refinery had blown up. All I found was puzzled reporters trying to figure out why all contact had been lost with Challenger – and at that moment I got that sick feeling in my gut, that feeling where you know what’s wrong but can’t yet admit it.

Pieces of debris rained down for nearly half the day afterwards.