Comments on: Republican Politics http://www.ipandora.net/2008/01/17/republican-politics/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:28:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: matthew http://www.ipandora.net/2008/01/17/republican-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-7469 matthew Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:40:17 +0000 http://www.ipandora.net/2008/01/17/republican-politics/#comment-7469 I'm sorry Jay. I listen to Medved and so I've heard these names before. Republican Senators are not ones to inspire me generally, they had leadership and couldn't keep out pork barrel spending or advance the conservative cause or agenda. Further, I cannot get past the Gang of 14. McCain/Feingold, McCain Kennedy. Yes, he is skilled at working across the lines, but he does not champion conservative issues at all. His political history is one of following expediency, not moral courage or principled stands. I’m sorry Jay. I listen to Medved and so I’ve heard these names before. Republican Senators are not ones to inspire me generally, they had leadership and couldn’t keep out pork barrel spending or advance the conservative cause or agenda.

Further, I cannot get past the Gang of 14. McCain/Feingold, McCain Kennedy. Yes, he is skilled at working across the lines, but he does not champion conservative issues at all. His political history is one of following expediency, not moral courage or principled stands.

]]> By: Jay http://www.ipandora.net/2008/01/17/republican-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-7465 Jay Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:52:03 +0000 http://www.ipandora.net/2008/01/17/republican-politics/#comment-7465 "But I fear too many years within the beltway, and those who have spent those years with him not recommending him in the droves we’d expect, are very indicative of a lack of character and ability." Or quite possibly the in-step GOP establishment or Bush loyalists do not own McCain and cannot control him thereby re-emphasizing his amazing character, political ability, and independence. You might refresh your recollection of all the conservatives who do back McCain and others who have seen the light: U.S. SENATORS Sam Brownback, Kansas Conrad Burns, Montana Richard Burr, North Carolina Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Susan Collins, Maine Pete Domenici, New Mexico Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Jon Kyl, Arizona Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Trent Lott, Mississippi Mel Martinez, Florida Gordon Smith, Oregon Olympia Snowe, Maine John Thune, South Dakota John Warner, Virginia Dan Evans, Washington FORMER U.S. SENATORS Dan Coats, Indiana Alfonse D'Amato, New York Peter Fitzgerald, Illinois Slade Gorton, Washington Phil Gramm, Texas Warren Rudman, New Hampshire Mike DeWine, Ohio Howard Baker, Tennessee Conrad Burns, Montana Alphonse D'Amato, New York U.S. REPRESENTATIVES Spencer Bachus, Alabama Mike Castle, Delaware Tom Davis, Virginia Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Jeff Flake, Arizona Ric Keller, Florida Mark Kirk, Illinois Ray LaHood, Illinois Steven LaTourette, Ohio Dan Lungren, California Todd Platts, Pennsylvania Chip Pickering, Mississippi Peter Roskam, Illinois Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida John Shadegg, Arizona Chris Shays, Connecticut John Shimkus, Illinois Fred Upton, Michigan Joe Wilson, South Carolina Jeff Miller, Florida Joe Wilson, South Carolina FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVES Steve Bartlett, Texas Jim Courter, New Jersey Joseph J. DioGuardi, New York Chuck Douglas, New Hampshire Ambassador Fred J. Eckert, New York Greg Ganske, Iowa Tom Loeffler, Texas Joe Schwartz, Michigan Dick Zimmer, New Jersey GOVERNORS Charlie Crist, Florida Mitch Daniels, Indiana Jim Douglas, Vermont Jon Huntsman, Utah Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota FORMER GOVERNORS William Clements, Texas Tom Kean, New Jersey Frank Keating, Oklahoma Jim Martin, North Carolina John McKernan, Maine William Milliken, Michigan Walter Peterson, New Hampshire Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania Buddy Roemer, Louisiana Jane Swift, Massachusetts Etc., http://www.johnmccain.com/supporters/ Of course, Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani will be next... “But I fear too many years within the beltway, and those who have spent those years with him not recommending him in the droves we’d expect, are very indicative of a lack of character and ability.”

Or quite possibly the in-step GOP establishment or Bush loyalists do not own McCain and cannot control him thereby re-emphasizing his amazing character, political ability, and independence.

You might refresh your recollection of all the conservatives who do back McCain and others who have seen the light:

U.S. SENATORS
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Conrad Burns, Montana
Richard Burr, North Carolina
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Susan Collins, Maine
Pete Domenici, New Mexico
Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Joe Lieberman, Connecticut
Trent Lott, Mississippi
Mel Martinez, Florida
Gordon Smith, Oregon
Olympia Snowe, Maine
John Thune, South Dakota
John Warner, Virginia
Dan Evans, Washington

FORMER U.S. SENATORS
Dan Coats, Indiana
Alfonse D’Amato, New York
Peter Fitzgerald, Illinois
Slade Gorton, Washington
Phil Gramm, Texas
Warren Rudman, New Hampshire
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Howard Baker, Tennessee
Conrad Burns, Montana
Alphonse D’Amato, New York

U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
Spencer Bachus, Alabama
Mike Castle, Delaware
Tom Davis, Virginia
Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida
Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
Jeff Flake, Arizona
Ric Keller, Florida
Mark Kirk, Illinois
Ray LaHood, Illinois
Steven LaTourette, Ohio
Dan Lungren, California
Todd Platts, Pennsylvania
Chip Pickering, Mississippi
Peter Roskam, Illinois
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida
John Shadegg, Arizona
Chris Shays, Connecticut
John Shimkus, Illinois
Fred Upton, Michigan
Joe Wilson, South Carolina
Jeff Miller, Florida
Joe Wilson, South Carolina

FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
Steve Bartlett, Texas
Jim Courter, New Jersey
Joseph J. DioGuardi, New York
Chuck Douglas, New Hampshire
Ambassador Fred J. Eckert, New York
Greg Ganske, Iowa
Tom Loeffler, Texas
Joe Schwartz, Michigan
Dick Zimmer, New Jersey

GOVERNORS
Charlie Crist, Florida
Mitch Daniels, Indiana
Jim Douglas, Vermont
Jon Huntsman, Utah
Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota

FORMER GOVERNORS
William Clements, Texas
Tom Kean, New Jersey
Frank Keating, Oklahoma
Jim Martin, North Carolina
John McKernan, Maine
William Milliken, Michigan
Walter Peterson, New Hampshire
Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania
Buddy Roemer, Louisiana
Jane Swift, Massachusetts

Etc., http://www.johnmccain.com/supporters/

Of course, Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani will be next…

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