My thoughts:

McRomney lovefest.

I was very pleased to see McCain get burned. I believe he was the only candidate booed on that stage.

It was very obvious that CNN would've preferred to have not invited Huckabee and Paul at all.

Your thoughts?

McCain looks senile and surly to me. Romney looks smooth and suave. Huckabee seems like an eager Sunday School Teacher and Ron Paul, I don't know well enough to give an opinion.

McCain is like an American version of Russian president runner Zhirinovsky

McCain looks senile and surly to me. Romney looks smooth and suave. Huckabee seems like an eager Sunday School Teacher and Ron Paul, I don't know well enough to give an opinion.

I'm pretty sure you would at the very least like Ron Paul's views on foreign policy.

I'm pretty sure you would at the very least like Ron Paul's views on foreign policy.

Isolationism in an increasingly smaller world with greater competition for limited resources?

Its a pipe dream. Cooperation is the better goal and a more realistic one.

When I see carrots I automatically think sticks. :p

Isolationism in an increasingly smaller world with greater competition for limited resources?

Its a pipe dream. Cooperation is the better goal and a more realistic one.

When I see carrots I automatically think sticks. :p

It's only isolationism when you add protectionism to the non-interventionism. Paul is most certainly not a protectionist and wants free trade, with low tariffs and the elimination of subsidies on domestic goods. He's going for the whole "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none" thing.

It's only isolationism when you add protectionism to the non-interventionism. Paul is most certainly not a protectionist and wants free trade, with low tariffs and the elimination of subsidies on domestic goods.

Like I said, a pipe dream. In a recession and credit driven society, free trade would never work.

Think you can convince America to live within its means?

Like I said, a pipe dream. In a recession and credit driven society, free trade would never work.

Think you can convince America to live within its means?

The sad thing is I can't at all confidently say yes. I hope that if it doesn't happen with Paul, it'll happen down the line within my lifetime.

Romney won according to the people interviewed afterwards. Most thought the questions were confrontational/rude/odd. Their preferences were split among all the candidates. Most were underwhelmed.

McCain is like an American version of Russian president runner Zhirinovsky

Yes... he's all about conquest and "taking back" lost American lands. Damn those Filipinos and Cubans: we'll have them back into the fold one day!

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Yes... he's all about conquest and "taking back" lost American lands. Damn those Filipinos and Cubans: we'll have them back into the fold one day!~String

McCain won't take back anything except maybe some Geritol. He's an old, unattractive (in EVERY way) geezer who is embarrassing the hell out of/fracturing the Republican party. :(

McCain won't take back anything except maybe some Geritol. He's an old, unattractive (in EVERY way) geezer who is embarrassing the hell out of/fracturing the Republican party. :(

Wasn't defending him in that sense, I was simply pointing out the ridiculousness of yet another of draq's uninformed comments. He attempted to pain McCain as some American Zhirinovsky (who, wanted to take Russia back to the golden days of conquest, kick out all the Muslims and take back Alaska, Finland and the rest of the break-away republics).

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Wasn't defending him in that sense, I was simply pointing out the ridiculousness of yet another of draq's uninformed comments. He attempted to pain McCain as some American Zhirinovsky (who, wanted to take Russia back to the golden days of conquest, kick out all the Muslims and take back Alaska, Finland and the rest of the break-away republics).~String

I know. I understood what you were saying. :)

Yes... he's all about conquest and "taking back" lost American lands. Damn those Filipinos and Cubans: we'll have them back into the fold one day!

~String

is that like sarcasm? don't underestimate McCain

is that like sarcasm? don't underestimate McCain

Huh? Where do you get this from? Do you know anything about the guy, or is this just your chance to sound all smarty-pants? I mean, COME ON DRAQ, name one substantial thing that the guy has said or done that indicates he's going to be even a fraction as insane as Zhirinovsky.

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Among his many other faults, McCain does have an infamously hot temper:
Mr McCain's infamously combustible temper, an issue that has dogged him for years.

It cites such alleged losses of temper as: “Defending his Amnesty Bill, Senator McCain lost his temper and screamed, 'F*ck you!' at Texas Senator John Cornyn.”

The memo adds at another point: “Senator McCain repeatedly called Senator. Pete Domenici (R-NM) an “a**hole”, causing a fellow GOP senator to say, “I didn't want this guy anywhere near a trigger.”

"The thought of him being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Cochran said. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

"In his world, it's very difficult to have a simple policy disagreement," said American Conservative Union chairman David Keene. "Everything becomes personal. His position is right, and everyone else's is basically evil."

McCain, who supported amnesty for illegals, accused his colleague of making a "chickensh**" argument to try to sink the bill. "F*** you!" McCain shouted at Cornyn during the negotiations. "I know more about this than anyone else in the room." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080128/bs_ibd_ibd/20080128issues01
So who knows what the hell he might do.

What if all the Republicans drop out?

What if all the Republicans drop out?

Most CCRs I know are saying they won't vote if McCain is the nom. Some say they will vote for Clinton and just let the libs take responsibility for ruining the country/economy. Some say they will write in Romney, Huckabee, or Thompson. If Romney is not the nom we will see something like we have never seen before. I won't vote for McCain either.

Most CCRs I know are saying they won't vote if McCain is the nom. Some say they will vote for Clinton and just let the libs take responsibility for ruining the country/economy. Some say they will write in Romney, Huckabee, or Thompson. If Romney is not the nom we will see something like we have never seen before. I won't vote for McCain either.

You would rather have a liberial pres than a republican then? If Mcain is the nom..

Most CCRs I know are saying they won't vote if McCain is the nom. Some say they will vote for Clinton and just let the libs take responsibility for ruining the country/economy. Some say they will write in Romney, Huckabee, or Thompson. If Romney is not the nom we will see something like we have never seen before. I won't vote for McCain either.

Listening to the prophet Coulter again?

EVERY CCR worth their weight does NOT like McCain. He is NOT a Republican, NOT a conservative, and God only knows if he even goes to church. He's an old, unattractive geezer with cancer who has NO business even running for POTUS. :mad:

Rush, Hannity, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, and most of the best CCRs out there have no use for him either. He's getting all the RINO endorsements like Ah-nold and Rudy.
Ugh. :(

So would you rather hillary or obama be the pres then Mcain?

EVERY CCR worth their weight does NOT like McCain. He is NOT a Republican, NOT a conservative, and God only knows if he even goes to church. He's an old, unattractive geezer with cancer who has NO business even running for POTUS. :mad:

Rush, Hannity, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, and most of the best CCRs out there have no use for him either. He's getting all the RINO endorsements like Ah-nold and Rudy.
Ugh. :(

On the plus side, he's a warmonger who's serious about Islamofascism! I like him as a person, but he seems a little nuts.

On the plus side, he's a warmonger who's serious about Islamofascism! I like him as a person, but he seems a little nuts.

He's not a warmonger. He was a POW but he's not great on anything else. He would end our most effective ways to get terrorists to talk. He's a hot head, admits he knows NOTHING about the economy, voted against tax cuts, immigration reform, etc. I can't stand him. The only way I would vote for him was if he made Romney VP but I don't think that will happen.:(

EVERY CCR worth their weight does NOT like McCain. He is NOT a Republican, NOT a conservative, and God only knows if he even goes to church. He's an old, unattractive geezer with cancer who has NO business even running for POTUS. :mad:

Rush, Hannity, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, and most of the best CCRs out there have no use for him either. He's getting all the RINO endorsements like Ah-nold and Rudy.
Ugh. :(

you don't get the CCRs are irrelevant they no longer matter

you don't get the CCRs are irrelevant they no longer matter

That's what liberals said in '00 and '04. :roflmao:

That's what liberals said in '00 and '04. :roflmao:

no liberal knew said that but after bush their power has been broken and with the rise of the liberal christian democrats to counter them they don't matter anymore and the republican party has lost them for using them for so long

"Liberal Christian democrats"?? I don't know any and I don't think anyone can be a Christian and a liberal/democrat. Supporting baby-killing and other liberal issues can never be Christian.:(

"Liberal Christian democrats"?? I don't know any and I don't think anyone can be a Christian and a liberal/democrat. Supporting baby-killing and other liberal issues can never be Christian.:(

that is because you have a closed mind do your self a favor and learn to think for yourself like read only or madanthoney and you see how it is possible

What if all the Republicans drop out?

Funny!

~String

So would you rather hillary or obama be the pres then Mcain?Maybe. It might be better to have an all Democratic government to be responsible for the mess they'll make than to have a liberal Republican who'll go along with them an give them cover.
"Liberal Christian democrats"?? I don't know any and I don't think anyone can be a Christian and a liberal/democrat. Supporting baby-killing and other liberal issues can never be Christian.:(Sadly, there are even communist Christians. It's called "Liberation Theology".
In the second half of the 20th century, Liberation Theology, a fusion of Christian and Marxist ideals, emerged from among some of Spanish America's prominent Catholic theoreticians. Marxist ideas seemed to propel the religious. In Liberation Theology, Latin Americans are the underclass, the oppressed. They are victims and not responsible for their spiritual and economic condition. Outsiders force both on them. Liberation theologians hoped through Christianized socialist mechanisms to find a better life here without losing eternity hereafter. Some had no compunction in calling for violence to change the system. They were opposed to such Western concepts as free enterprise and private property. http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2001/09/daily-09-03-2001.shtml

Among his many other faults, McCain does have an infamously hot temper:
So who knows what the hell he might do.

LOL!

I would imagine they would probably double glaze the windows in the oval office in case he decides to throw some furniture or aides out of the window in a fit of temper.:)