McCain to make GOP in his image
After his stunning victory for Barack Obama last November, John McCain has decided that he needs to prepare the electoral battleground for even more victories for the Democrats by making the GOP more like McCain, writes Politico‘s Alex Isenstadt;
It’s all part of an approach that is at odds with most other recent failed presidential nominees, whose immediate response to defeat was to retreat from the electoral arena. But those familiar with McCain’s thinking say he has expressed serious concern about the direction of the party and is actively seeking out and supporting candidates who can broaden the party’s reach.
In McCain’s case, that means backing conservative pragmatists and moderates.
“I think he’s endorsed people with center-right politics because he has an understanding that the party is in trouble with certain demographics and wants to have a tone that would allow us to grow,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who is McCain’s closest friend and ally in the Senate.
Yeah, nothing like expanding on a losing strategy. McCain’s problem through the whole election is that he tried to be a Democrat which turned off conservative voters. The article goes on to disparage “shrill voices” – but this is the kind of crap that makes voices shrill. Conservatives want someone they can vote for without holding their noses – my nose is still somewhat deformed from posting in support of McCain last year.
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Great, that’s what we need, more people we need make excuses to vote for. Let’s see, we need more centrists because a centrist got destroyed by a complete partisan…..yah, that worked out real great…… He probably thinks his pick of Sarah Palin is what cost him the election. Sen. McCain, you lost, please don’t think more of a losing strategy is going to help. If you keep doing the same shite, why would you expect different results?
This is the same sort of reason why chris christie in NJ, a definite RINO, is losing ground to the worst governor ever for our state. Even in blue jersey, why vote for the RINO when you can get the real thing in jon corzine?
The republican party is just not getting more of my money until they can decide to become the party of conservative values – and stay with it.
damn, some of you sound like the rightwing radio personalities. You all loved John McCain before the election, probably still have that McCain-Palin bumpersticker on your car/truck. Now you attack him, you knew he was a moderate righty when he ran but still made him your candidate. Blame yourself, you had many choices but decided to go with McCain.
Oh, and don’t give me that “I wouldn’t have voted for Obama, so I had to vote for McCain”. Welcome to the United States of America people, you actually had more than two choices in the last election, one of the choices was that you could have stayed home too. You have the right to vote, and the right not to vote.
You keep buying into this institution of political parties…it’s really working out!
McCain to make GOP in his image
Wimpy and half-retarded?
Yeah, that’s what the republican party needs.
It is amazing that the political types do not understand the two fundamental rules about voters.
1. Democrats WILL vote against Republicans
2. Conservatives will only vote for a conservative
So that means that Democrats can win by being centrists and “not Republicans”, but republicans will lose with the same strategy because the base of conservatives does not vote against liberals (historically), they only vote for conservatives. So, given the choice between a liberal Dem. and a moderate, centrist, or even liberal Rep. Conservatives will stay home.
The only reason I voted last election was BECAUSE of Palin. If Palin had not been on the ticket I would have stayed home or voted for myself.
Wow…IronKnight, I actually thought your points were perfect and that you were part of the intellegent right and understood the game.
But then you end with “The only reason I voted was because of Palin”….too freakin Funny. I’m sorry but if you really think she’s conservative than your as crazy as she is. Call me a sexist, but when did it become conservative to leave your children at home and go to work as the Governor of Alaska? I thought the conservative movement believed in keeping of the status quo, if that is true than women should stay at home and raise children. Right? I mean don’t conservatives believe that we should do as our founders intended? Did Martha Washington have a career?
Troll Alert!!!!
good response UpNorth. That’s all you can come up with?
Considering the monkey crap you’re throwing, it’s all that we feel like wasting our time on. And oh, BTW–conservative FAMILIES work. Doesn’t mean mommy stays at home just because she’s a conservative. You just keep swinging that broad brush around there, big boy.
I hope he’s successful, then I can permanently write off the GOP, which is the biggest obstacle to conservatism in the US today.
Apparently, NO ONE in McCain’s ridiculous family has heard the old saying, “It’s better to remain silent and let people think you’re stupid than open your mouth and prove it.”
No bumper stickers here. If Palin wasn’t on the Rep. ticket, McCain wouldn’t have gotten 40 percent of the vote in spite of the radical hate America Obama running against him.
@non-so-amazingcrap – you continue to prove that prog’s have no idea what conservatism is beyond what MSNBC or CNN tells you.
Yeah, that’s the ticket! We need a Dhimmi-lite party. Just when you think that the Republicans can’t become any more stupid, up pops John “landslide” McCain with one of his patented plans to seize defeat from the jaws of victory. Wake up numbnuts, the American people are speaking loudly & clearly; they’re conservative at heart and unless the clowns in DC change course, the lot of them will be out on their keisters following the next election. When will this loser realize it’s past time to go home to Arizona, play shuffleboard and clip coupons ?
@Diego, sorry man I’m not a progressive either, try again.
@NHSparky, I understand that conservative parents work, I just thought they believed in keeping things the way they were, just like our founders wanted. Kind of going against there conservative beliefs. I on the otherhand have a wife employed who makes enough money that I can be at home with my children. Nobody else is raising my kids besides me. Can you say family values?
Conservatives today are not in favor of “keeping the status quo”. The status quo today is pretty liberal. Conservatives are in favor of major change. Not just any change, of course, but change in the direction of more personal and economic freedom. There’s a lot that we like about the way our government worked in the 19th century so sure, we’d like to “go back” to the 1800s in that sense. Just like liberals today like the way Sparta was run ca 500 BC — complete acceptance of homosexuality, government control of the economy, routine abortion and infanticide, rule by a highly-educated elite, etc — so in that sense liberals want to go back to 500 BC.
one things for sure, not so smart, you ain’t one of us. so take your no nothing brain to where the dummies reside…and just to refute your point, we did not nominate mccain. he was the nominee after iowa and new hampshire. two left of center states got to decide our nominee. that’s whats wrong with the system. i wanted fred thompson, but i like sarah palin too.
*** “I on the otherhand have a wife employed who makes enough money that I can be at home with my children” ***
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So, Amazing Stuff’s theory is that, people aren’t conservatives that don’t fit his/her retarded ignorant sterotype must not be conservative. And since Michael Moore says conservativs hate females, Palin must not be conservative?
Grow a brain. Palin is a conservative. Most intelligent people would be able to change their opinions based on facts, but I guess that’s too scary for you.
(Conservatives belive in having people watch the kids. Her husband was doing that.)
wow, attack me for my wife and I making the decision that after I finished my time serving our nation in uniform while she stayed home with the kids that now she would go to work and I would stay home with the kids. Great attack Toothless Dawg, that works…hah!
Oh and for all you that want to label me a Michael Moore fan or a liberal or not conservative, you kill me, that’s way too funny. I’m sorry but Sarah Palin is a joke, I hope she runs for a national political office, please Sarah run…maybe then we can make a true conservative movement and republican party.
I love people who label others with left or right or conservative or liberal…you have no idea.
McCain is the poster child for a third party. The officer at the Titanic British inquiry, when asked why they were going so fast through an ice field responded, so we could get through those dangerous waters more quickly.
McCain would order the Titanic rebuilt, throw more coal on the fire and speed toward destruction even faster. His arrogance far supercedes his ability.Incompetence is his far greatest skill. If he is the leader of the GOP it is a Zombie party.
My question about the McCain strategy is this: Is it based on heartfelt conviction that his way is best for the country? Or is it merely an approach to growing the GOP and the McCain support base within it? The Graham comment would appear to support the latter possibility.
In either case, it’s the wrong approach, and conservatives will not support it. But the answer would tell us to what extent John McCain deserves our respect.
I’ve never liked John McCain and I am a native Arizonan. He should’ve retired decades ago but like Jimmy Carter, he’s never had the integrity to go away quietly. As a conservative it is downright disgusting having watched McCain’s moves over the years jumping to the other side of the aisle with open arms. Does anyone remember the Kennedy-McCain Immigration Reform Bill? How about the McCain-Finegold fiasco? The only way this RINO’s march will end is by retiring asap thereby eliminating one more rino from within the wishy washy Republican rank and file………….
I voted for McCain/Palin ticket because I wanted my voice heard. Much like many independents voted for Obama as the anti-Bush, I voted for McCain as the anti-Democrat because I had no other choice. “Sitting this one out” is not an option in my book. Sitting home like many Conservatives did on election day only solidified “The One’s” victory. The only passion many Republicans had for the 2008 election was a direct result of Gov. Sarah Palin’s addition to the ticket.
Guys, Amazing’s just throwing shit at the wall, seeing what may stick. Nothing more. Just trolling for dialogue.
Yeah that’s it UpNorth, you figured me out.
Dialogue. This is what websites like this are about…An exchange of ideas and of course frustration. One must publically give voice whenever possible in times like this and be willing to be marked and targeted by the leftist and liberal loons. We are in a battle for the country and our families. It is interesting to read the comments from those who critize those of us who voice our opinions. It is at the point when we quit talking that things could quickly become very dangerous….Behind closed doors those manipulative individuals with fascist ideals will no doubt seek to re-educate and disarm the nation. (We know that this has been going on for decades, in increments) How else can total control be achieved if 2nd Amendment rights are not done away with. We cannot afford to be a polarized nation for the obvious reasons of survival in a world full of enemies and yet this is exactly what we’ve become……………
and frank you can thank o-buttcrack and his minions for that. face it, there is going to be another civil war in this country. i refuse to live under a dictator who hates white people(because i’m white). he hates christians and any who would oppose the one’s wisdom. like me!
“The only way this RINO’s march will end is by retiring asap…”
No, there’s one other way. Satan finally called Ted Kennedy home and soon Robert Alzheimer Byrd will follow. It tells you something when the only way to get rid of a Senator is to wait for him to die.
nice…wishing for someone’s death. Now is that conservatism?
wishing for someone to die has nothing to do (one way or the other)with conservatism or weather you are one. because you aren’t one you wouldn’t know that. you have no idea what we stand for. basically but not completely its God, country and family. and whats best for them.
Marc, I didn’t see anywhere in your post where you “wished” for “someone’s death”. I just saw it as you stating a fact, everyone dies, after all. But someone throws it out there that you’re wishing for a death, and equates that with conservatism. Only a lib would do that, one who really has no grasp on what conservatism is.
What a great way to expedite the GOPs final transformation into today’s “Whig” Party.
UpNorth…go read what John S. wrote.
Marc T….God, Country and Family. Guess I must be a conservative then. I’m jewish (or did you mean the Christian God), I served my country for 11 years, and now that I’m out of the service I stay home with my chidren everyday and raise them. Yeeehaa, I’m a conservative!! too funny
I was commenting on Marc’s post, in error. I meant to comment on what John S posted. But my remarks stand, he didn’t express the “wish” for someone to die, it’s a natural thing. Everyone dies.
ok amazing stuff, maybe i misted your point in post #3. please extrapolate on what you were trying to say….and i can live with the jewish God. mostly i have no use for the muslim god.
by the way, i wish daily that obuttcrack, reid, pelosi, jesse jackass, clinton and all the abortion doctors would die and burn in hell. sorry God
ps- amazing stuff, something i forgot. jew=democrat . for the most part, anyway. democrat= corrupt, america hater, amoral, anti-God, pan handeler ect…and i don’t understand why. evangelicals are the jews best friend in the world. do you think obuttcrack is going to defend isreal from the muslims. wanna put money on that. maybe jimmie carter will step up to the plate. not.
Love the hate coming from this site….awesome stuff!
@UpNorth….there you go, just check out marc t…is that today’s conservatism?
@anonymous and Jonn….thanks for the snapshot of this website today, good stuff. Anonymous, you must get really mad when Sean Hannity and some on the right defend Israel? Defending us nasty, hateful, anti-god (lol), American-haters (that’s funny, I served).
Do you hate Eric Cantor too?
??? Someone needs to take his prozac. Marc T is no more “today’s conservatism” than I am, or Jonn is, or McCain is. Or anymore than you’re today’s dKos, DU, Puffington HO or anything else on the left.
Again, point out where anyone “wished” for someone’s death on this post. You can’t do it. And no one else on here has had to mention 3 times that they “served”, only you. Makes one wonder.
Again, it’s a troll.
you know what amazing stuff ” bite me “. you don’t feel the love. well yaa. democrats are scum. they are the one’s that started the viciousness. i’m just not going to take it and fold like a house of cards. thats what mccain does. so ok you’ll get no love from me. someone has to take a stand for whats right. and remember thy don’t call my side the right side for nothing.
@UpNorth…please learn how to read. Check out number 37. Give me your email address, I’ll send you my DD214, DA Photo, ERB…anything else you need for proof?
its not what you did in the service that we detest. its what you did after you left the service that we detest. just like john mccain, who is no hero, did. my father and uncle and best friend all served in vietnam with distinction without notoriety. only difference; they weren’t captured… you think i didn’t mean #37. or i’m ashamed of what i said. take a long walk… it’s you side that started the name calling, with the hate talk. i’m just not going to put up with it anymore. the truth is you can dish it but can’t take it. btw to add to #38 democrat also = babykiller. so stuff that in your pipe and smoke it. oh and have a nice day, amasing
“my side”…what side is that? Another person trying to label someone as being left or right, conservative or liberal, a Democrat nor a Republican. How pathetic!
I’m neither, I don’t follow a political party nor an ideology. I’m an American, that’s it.
You have no idea what I’ve done after my time in service. I’m neither a protester nor an advocate for more war. You will never be able to figure me out.
Marc T, you are clueless. Keep walking into the voting booth and voting “R” all the way down. So I know what you are….SHEEP.
Oh yeah, please point out my “hate talk”, I don’t see it.
i didn’t say you were hate talking. your side (liberals) hate talks. and i don’t vote straight rep. i don’t vote for pro-abortion rep or squishy rep. so you don’t know me either. and you started it by running your mouth about how we voted for mccain like we actually liked him. one things for sure amazing. freedom is not free. dictators must be fought or they will rule. liberals “feel” that being nice to the world will make them play nice. when they go down they will take my part of the country down with them. so screw them. and all the useful idiots.
Is your part of the country different from the rest of the country?
Again…you labeled me as a liberal. Do I have to say it again. I’m neither a liberal nor a conservative, I’m neither a Republican nor a Democrat, and I’m neither on the left or the right. YOU can stop trying to label people. Your very closed-minded if you think that some people in this country can’t look at all sides of an issue and research an issue before making an intellegent decision.
You keep believing in bumperstickers (freedom isn’t free)…I’ll live in the real world. Oh, and you have had nothing to do with that bumpersticker, since your pussy ass decided that our country wasn’t worth your ass going down to a recruiter and signing up to defend it.
Back to your point about McCain, if you didn’t like him then you shouldn’t have voted for him. The problem with both Dems or Rep is that you settle for the lesser of two evils, you people are part of the system. You’ve become institutionalized. The left did that in 2004 when they voted for Kerry because he was “anybody but Bush”.
There is over 300 million Americans and we are told to vote for one of two men to lead this great country for the next 4 years. Sorry, but I have way more options than that. But Marc, you keep acting like sheep…that’s been working.
because you haven’t made up your mind shows your a no good for nothing piece of garbage. and btw dickhead i served 4 years in the navy. so again bite me. and if you think i’m not going to vote for mccain when its between him and the muslim, your even dumber than you look. and you go ahead and live in the real world while true patriots save our country from the muslims and the dictators and yes the liberals too.
Well, Marc…thanks for your service!
Did you defend all Americans when you served or only the Christian Americans? Since you are obviously a person who hates muslims.
Do you really think Obama is a Muslim? Your losing your credibility (like you had some).
“Made up my mind”..are you serious? I’m an America, just cause you label yourself a conservative, don’t hate someone who’s not sheep.
You lost last year and in 2006…stop crying. Put up a candidate/candidates that can win and who can actually complete a sentence, then you may have a chance.
As I said, you are part of the system, you’ve been institutionalized. Our government owns you. They’ve given you two choices out of 300 million people and you accept that. SAD!
i don’t need your credibility amazing because your a democrat. yes i do hate muslims cus they want to kill my children just for not being a muslims. nuf said. btw bush is is a smart man. you don’t get to be prez if your not. but what he does have, which clinton, kennedy, reid, pelosi, jesse jackass, obuttcrack and all the rest of the demonrats don’t have is wisdom. and when obuttcrack the boy destroys this country’s economy you won’t have me to blame. just the idiots that voted for the empty suit. you know, like you.
if only the old media trumpeted the misspeaks of the democrats like they do reps we’d really see how smart the dems are. you know like biden.