Thread: The Revolt Against McCain

The Revolt Against McCain
By Greg L | 22 June 2008 | National Politics | 17 Comments

Presumed Republican nominee John McCain set fire to the tenuous bridge he had built with immigration reform activists last week by making comments to a carefully selected group of Latino voters in Chicago saying he would quickly push for amnesty for illegal aliens, and by identifying immigration reform activists as “the oppositionâ€

A depressing mess is a good way to describe what we are in. I don't know of ONE person who is happy with our two front runners. They are a joke.

I can not and will not ever vote for this man.... the lesser of the 2 evils are still evil

No matter how you slice it or dice it "This man will bring this country to it's knee's" Just like the Bilderberg and CFR wants

How in the world can the Republican Party get saddled with a nutcase whack-job who knows nothing about economics, is so anti-capitalist he uses "profit" as a term of derision, has never run a business or had any job outside of government, will raise taxes, is so stupid that he believes "stopping global warming" is worth destroying the American economy, won't drill ANWR to alleviate our energy deficit, won't appoint strict constructionist justices, won't protect marriage, would throttle free speech given another opportunity, hasn’t protected the borders in his 26 years in Congress, will give amnesty to 20 million illegal aliens, is beloved by the New York Times in addition to other liberal media, and lives in a delusionary world of rage and self-appointed war hero vanity?

McCain .... "hasn’t protected the borders in his 26 years in Congress, will give amnesty to 20 million illegal aliens, is beloved by the New York Times in addition to other liberal media, and lives in a delusionary world of rage and self-appointed war hero vanity" -- zeezil

As a Republican, I have no idea why Republicans supported McCain. I'm in North Carolina and everyone but Ron Paul had already dropped out by the time of our primary, so of course, I voted for Ron Paul.

McCain fulfilling last week’s promise to make amnesty his first priority in his administration would be more than troubling. There are already plenty of supporters of the notion to excuse illegal aliens from the consequences of their unlawful behavior within the Democratic Party, and doubtless many Republicans would support McCain’s proposal simply out of a desire to support their newly elected president. This would be hard to defeat, and anti-illegal alien advocates would have to work double-overtime to put a stop to this.

Populist said it the other day, and many of us here agree that the best scenario left in this battle is to allow the conservative base of the GOP to galvanize against the Democratics and to keep illegal immigration from becoming a bi-partisan initiative.

Originally Posted by realbsball

McCain fulfilling last week’s promise to make amnesty his first priority in his administration would be more than troubling. There are already plenty of supporters of the notion to excuse illegal aliens from the consequences of their unlawful behavior within the Democratic Party, and doubtless many Republicans would support McCain’s proposal simply out of a desire to support their newly elected president. This would be hard to defeat, and anti-illegal alien advocates would have to work double-overtime to put a stop to this.

Populist said it the other day, and many of us here agree that the best scenario left in this battle is to allow the conservative base of the GOP to galvanize against the Democratics and to keep illegal immigration from becoming a bi-partisan initiative.

Good point. The most effective way to stop this is locally at the lower levels and work our way up...