John McCain Speaks At CPAC
It’s a good start, but it will require action and not words for me to believe him.
Ed noted this from today’s speech:
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3:52 – That was an excellent speech. McCain genuinely reached out to conservatives in a heartfelt manner. I’ll talk more about this on the Heading Right Radio.
3:51 – Just realized I was marking the time in CT. Sorry!!
2:42 – McCain sounds energized and is commanding the room. It’s one of his better speeches, and he’s hitting all the right notes for the crowd. A lot of them are his supporters, but Mitt’s backers easily outnumbered those at CPAC. At the least, his opponents are giving him a chance to convince them.
2:40 – “I will not sign a bill that has earmarks in it — any earmarks. … I will make the Bush tax cuts permanent.”
2:38 – On FISA — Democrats are blocking our ability to defend our nation against Islamist terrorists.
2:36 – “I am not in the habit of making promises to my country that I do not intend to keep.” That’s a good line. It sure beats “patriotism, not profit”, which has disappeared, thankfully.
2:34 – A few boos on immigration, but a lot of cheers and a laugh from McCain. He says he respects the opposition because it was based in an honorable defense of the rule of law. He now understands that no one will trust Washington on immigration until they actually secure the border.
February 7, 2008 - 05:47 PM on February 7th, 2008
From what I’ve heard he has an 83% conservative voting record. I know people are not real happy with his immigration laws (which he’s changed his position on BECAUSE of the people) and his campaign finance legislation but 83% is a good record. The other 17% can be written up as bi partisan cooperation. What’s wrong with that?
The man is an american hero and I will support him if he is the nominee although I am terribly disappointed that both Romney, Giuliana, and Thompson are no longer in the running. I vote Tuesday 2/12 and I’ve not yet decided who I will choose.
Question for everyone cuz I don’t know the answer. All names are still on my ballot and I might vote for someone who has dropped out. Has it ever happened that someone who has dropped out at this point come back into the race because of the primary votes and ended up elected?
February 7, 2008 - 06:52 PM on February 7th, 2008
McCain is saying all the right things. Bottom line: Can we trust him to do the right things?
February 7, 2008 - 08:50 PM on February 7th, 2008
SFL voted for McCain in the Michigan 2000 presidential primary (it’s an open primary) against GW Bush.
McCain won the state.
February 7, 2008 - 08:56 PM on February 7th, 2008
I don’t know that there is a politian that I do trust Robert, but I do know that I am going to support McCain. I want to hear more of what he says, but he has a long way to go before people welcome him…I agree with Bon Bon’s assessment..
February 7, 2008 - 09:00 PM on February 7th, 2008
Sen. McCain, 2003: “Amnesty Has To Be An Important Part.”
“Amnesty has to be an important part because there are people who have lived in this country for 20, 30 or 40 years, who have raised children here and pay taxes here and are not citizens. That has to be a component of it,’ he said. ‘How can we have a temporary worker program if we’re not allowing people who have been here for 30 years to hold jobs here?’” (C. T. Revere, “McCain Pushes Amnesty, Guest-Worker Program,” Tucson Citizen, 5/29/03)
February 7, 2008 - 10:12 PM on February 7th, 2008
Bon Bon- No, not that I am aware of. If you noticed on Tuesday, early voters cast their ballots for Thompson..it was basically a wasted vote.
February 8, 2008 - 12:49 AM on February 8th, 2008
That just shows how out of touch with reality McCain is. If there is anyone who has been here illegally for 30 years, it’s their fault they’re not citizens. We gave them all amnesty 20 years ago and all that did was attract more illegal aliens.
McCain hasn’t changed a THING about his position on amnesty for illegal aliens being wrong. His Hispanic outreach director is an absolute open borders former member of Vicente Fox’s cabinet. McCain is still an open borders, amnesty for all illegal aliens, fraud. If you listen to his position on it, he hasn’t changed in the least, he’s just claiming that the borders have to be secured “First” BEFORE giving 12-20 million illegal aliens, including violent criminals and gang members amnesty. He’s even gone so far as to sound byte the whole thing and pass the buck by claiming that he’ll have the border state governors certify that the border is secure. There are two VERY important problems with that comment. First off, securing the border is the responsibility of the FEDERAL government, not the states. Secondly, that allows open border illegal alien vote whores like our Janet Napolitano to certify that half a box of toothpicks and a roll of dental floss is adequate to secure the border. It simply didn’t sink into his thick white hair covered skull that the voters weren’t saying secure the borders before granting amnesty, they were saying SECURE THE #$%^&* borders and NO @#$%^& AMNESTY. Letting them stay and pay a small fine is NOT putting them at the back of the line. At this point, short of a terror attack on one of the debate sites that kills all three of the front runners, we’re pretty much going to up to our asses with newly legal foreign nationals who refuse to speak English or return to their home country. Aliens who reek havoc on our penal system, our educational systems and our health systems.
I won’t support him, in fact I’ll only vote for him because there is no other choice. I would actively support anyone who campaigns in a Republican primary against him for his Senate seat if he loses.
February 8, 2008 - 12:56 PM on February 8th, 2008
#7 FAO exactly right on (as usual). My reaction too. I guess by McCain’s logic we should implement a statute of limitations on all crimes, of whatever nature, also? For example, forget about Cold Case Files. If we can’t find the perp in 20 years, they go scott free. Kings X, they walk.
If you commit a crime, you accrue equity. The longer you go without being prosecuted, the closer you are to avoiding it all together.
What a lunatic…
February 8, 2008 - 08:25 PM on February 8th, 2008
“McCain hasn’t changed a THING about his position on amnesty for illegal aliens being wrong. His Hispanic outreach director is an absolute open borders former member of Vicente Fox’s cabinet.”
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And I heard on some right-wing talk radio show that the guy has duel citizenship. (!)
February 8, 2008 - 09:59 PM on February 8th, 2008
SFL he does. He’s of Mexican descent and has US and Mexican citizenship. He also took an oath to the Mexican government which could, if looked into, jeopardize his US citizenship. If I remember correctly his name is Juan Hernandez. He’s a MAJOR open borders advocate almost to the point of being a supporter of reconquista.
McCain may be acting like he’s saying one thing, but his actions are decidely saying something else.
February 8, 2008 - 10:16 PM on February 8th, 2008
FAO, here is the post I did on the subject