1.On the ACU scale, McCain is a 65 and Hillary is a 9.
2.So, clearly McCain is more conservative than Hillary.
3. But, McCain is not nearly as conservative as we would like or some hypothetical GOP candidate who is not running.
4. Therefore, we will not vote for him.
5. Therefore, by not voting, we will tacitly support Hillary — who on the ACU scale is, again, a 9 on the conservative scale, ranking probably around Ted Kennedy.

Methinks, the boys on the right have gone temporarily insane with this argument.

HankB

If those are your issues, then by all means McCain is your guy. But here’s my question:

How can you believe anything he says? See, to me (and I voted for him once) he seems like he’s just going through the motions, saying whatever he has to say to get the nomination. His heart doesn’t seem to be in it. He seems stiff and formulated, reciting the same stale lawyer jokes from the 80s. He’s so…Imus.

Again, here in the reality based community we know the truth: In American history, Bush-Cheney represents the high-water mark in authoritarian leadership for the 20th century — and probably all time.

Can I buy some pot from you?

After four years under Hillary or Barack, exactly how many pieces of our country would be left for any ideologically pure conservative to pick up?

All due respect, that’s a pipe-dream. We in the reality-based community know the real truth: after eight years of Bush-Cheney the country is far worse off than ever. And any Democrat who wins is going to have their work cut out for them. And that doesn’t even begin to count all the belly-aching from Republicans who made the mess and cannot wait for someone else to come in and clean it up — again.

As Republicans we should choose our leaders democratically and ensure we are choosing real leaders. Blindly following the leader is a leftist notion.

Leftist notion? You must not read Will Rogers — “I belong to no organized political party: I’m a Democrat.”

Again, here in the reality based community we know the truth: In American history, Bush-Cheney represents the high-water mark in authoritarian leadership for the 20th century — and probably all time.

We must elect wise leaders to continue to be the party of ideas.

A suggestion: how about if you try to become the party of GOOD ideas instead?

For all of you who want anybody-but-McCain: I’m curious — in your opinion, who’s better? Giuliani? Huckabee? Romney?

I genuinely would like to hear your opinion. No snark, honest! It’s why I hang out here. I’ll hang up and listen to your answers.

Great question Fern, and the truth is that the “conservatives” who say this don’t give a damn about the War on Terror and the Iraqi liberation. They are more concerned with their ideological purity and less important issues like illegal Mexican immigrants working in their communities. It baffles me to hear from these types of idiots at every conservative forum I go to, but there they are in droves.

The fight against Islamism is real, and if they think it would be perfectly acceptable to hand that fight over to Obama or Hilary, then they never really believed it was worth fighting for to begin with.

If Republicans want to wait around for Reagan to walk from the grave and “save the part,” then they can sit out the election and “punish” the American people in the name of their superior intellect.