A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing

Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008, at 11:27 PM

"We have to go with McCain, Mike, he's the only choice we have between the three of them," I was told only this morning.

"He is, eh?"

"Yes, and at least he's a Republican."

"He is, eh?"

Well folks, I lived in Arizona for eight years before returning to Idaho, and I know John McCain for what he is. He is the best Republican the Democrats ever had.

There is an old saying that goes something like....."If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, flies like a duck.........."

John McCain has co-sponsored bills with Ted Kennedy, Russ Feingold. He is all for prolonging Bush's ill-conceived war no matter how long it takes. He is pro-amnesty and anti-gun. The McCain-Feingold Act is a direct violation of our first amendment. He was nearly recalled by Republican voters in Arizona in 2001 for trying to shut down gunshows. Only the events of 9/11 stopped the rallies to boot him out. Everyone immediately shifted to supporting Bush, to go after Bin Laden, (which we STILL haven't done). McCain himself probably doesn't know how close he came to losing his job.

I predict he will NOT win in November. He won the GOP nomination with two thirds GOP support, but he will not be able to count on total support in November like the Democratic candidate will.

If Hillary wins the nomination, Obama supporters will, by and large, support her. They might grumble a bit, but they'll walk into those booths and vote straight ticket, as they've always done. Same for Obama, if HE should win it. If there's a (D) after ANY candidate's name, that's where the checkmark goes.

A lot of Republicans are the same way, but not nearly as many. A great many Right-wingers vote their conscience, for the good of the country, and not necessarily the party. Statistics proved decisively that MOST of the Ross Perot votes came from the right. Bill Clinton won the White House with only 43%, which would NOT have been enough in a TWO man race. Perot took a huge chunk from George Senior.

THIS year..........I'd venture an experienced guess that the Romney and Huckabee votes came from Republicans who do NOT consider McCain "one of us." They consider him a "closet Democrat, a turncoat, not to be trusted." There are a LOT of us right wingers out here who are AMERICANS FIRST, and will NOT support just anybody who has an "R" on his registration card.

In a decade of "hanging chads" and Supreme Court calls, McCain will need every vote he can get, to take on Obama or Hillary......either of whom can count on left wing obedience, but like Bush, McCain too, has alienated too many oldtime Reagan-thinking Republicans.

I have a certain amount of respect for Hillary and Obama, in that neither of them are trying to portay themselves as something they're not. They're both very open about being the liberals they are. They admit it.

McCain on the other hand, has cut deals and played "pattycake" with his lib friends, and has a voting record to show it. But NOW that he has the nomination, he NEEDS ALL of us, and not ALL of us have short term memory.

McCain is as liberal as his opponents, yet smiles and tries to pass himself off as right wing. He thinks having an "R" after his name will be enough to get the job done, but I think he's in for a big surprise in November. No REAL Republican would ever support a liberal, but we absolutely will NOT tolerate a party traitor. I see a lot of my side either NOT voting at all, or just walking in and doing a "write-in."

If our side loses the White House, we will have deserved it. We have not only stood by and watched Bush flush it away, but we haven't even mounted a valid campaign for 2008.

The Democrats have at least put their best foot forward. In a party infested with Kennedy, Feinstein, Gore, Schumer, Boxer, Edwards, Metzenbaum and a complete circus of other clowns..........Hillary and Obama probably ARE the best they can muster....but at least they're trying.

But I know...........I KNOW...........WE can do a heck of a lot better than John McCain. So if this is what it's come to.....if we're saying this "closet Democrat" is the best we can do.......we don't deserve the White House anymore.

Our only other hope is that a good strong Independent candidate might emerge, and should that happen, enough Democrats might actually put our country ahead of "business-as-usual, and help us vote IN a "Ross Perot" of some kind, should the opportunity present itself.

Other than that....can you smell the tea in the harbor?

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I hope there is a very strong write-in candidate, or else I don't know what I'll do. I'm leaning toward McCain, and I haven't had a reason to vote Republican in years.

By the way, it's always bothered me, even as a child in school years ago, that the men at the Boston Tea Party were apparently so cowardly that they went in disguise...

-- Posted by senior lady on Wed, Apr 23, 2008, at 8:18 PM
Sorry, Mike; feeling witchy.

-- Posted by senior lady on Thu, Apr 24, 2008, at 9:11 PM
MichaelThe most succinct arguments I have heard on the matters you raise can be found in the form of essays at www.louisbeam.com Start with an essay entitled Multiculturalism.

While you may not agree with all of Mr. Beam's views, he is a decorated Vietnam veteran, and he has provided material and ideological support to the national effort to erect a viable and realistic plan of self defense in the event of an illegal military operation against the citizens of the US, such as a gun grab.

One of these concepts is called Leaderless Resistance: The Phantom Cell. It was first conceived by an American Army General in the fifties in case of Soviet takeover. In effect, it is one to three man cells who belong to no hierarchal movement or oganization (Can't be infilitrated and the cell is invisible and silent about their beliefs). These people will know what to do, they don't take orders from any centralized command. They will have the popular support of the true community and will operate much like the Irish Republican Army. If the climate permits, there will be a political arm like Sinn Fein to provide propaganda, ideological support, and vague leadership.

Northern Ireland provides the perfect example of how guerilla warfare, populist resistance, community support and strong nationalist fervor can create a network of resistance that oppressors are actually powerless to shut down. Please visit Youtube and enter: Irish Republican Army and then Louis Beam. Watch some of these videos.

You are reading the writing on the wall right, Mike. The time is closer than most of us realize.

Also check out Militia of Montana.

Guns are not the issue, there are millions of them everywhere. The government currently holds the people in check not by force of arms but by ideological propaganda disseminated through the controlled media. They broadcast images of themselves raiding homes and compounds on the news as a form of psychological warfare, that they might appear much stronger than what they actually are.

I do NOT advocate civil war or overthrow against the government or the rule of law, only self defense for people who have not violated the law. In closing may I say you have been critical of those you might term conspiracy theorists. The far right are the ONLY element of this nation who have created any real system of self defense and community support. I'm not talking about media poster boys of the right like Tim McViegh--I mean the real law abiding people who are as much against anarchy, terrorism and civil war as they are government tyranny. There is a need for people like yourself in that movement, people with military experience and true patriotism. Please check out Bo Gritz's writings and videos. Not only can the New World Order be successfully fought and defeated, IT WILL BE.

Remember that the founders were accused of Treason, Also remember that they were not the largest numbered faction in the country (third loyalist, third independence, third non-commital), so don't look for widespread approval of these ideas at the present time. In fact is better not to publicly speak of them.

Popular support will come when there are checkpoints on the streets and security forces are shooting kids like in Northern Ireland and jailing political dissidents and curfew violaters. Then there will be plenty of safehouses and material support for the patriots. Through God, all things are possible. As God was with us when this nation was founded, so shall He be with us again when we stand up for His principles and retrieve our nation from the hands of the Internationalists.Peace.

-- Posted by ritewing on Sun, Apr 27, 2008, at 2:23 PM
Never said anything about not agreeing with the Revolution...just have a problem with sneakiness (is that a word?): Putting the blame on another group is pretty low.

Throwing that tea in the harbor? No problem with that. Bearing arms against the English forces? No problem with that either, either in the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812.

Emotional buzz words are tiring. I love this country in spite of some very serious problems, and I don't like to be razzle-dazzled on an emotional level in an attempt to be provoked.

My father, grandfathers (and on and on way back) and my husband and sons have all worn their uniforms well, no bragging necessary.

Well, I guess I was provoked after all.

-- Posted by senior lady on Fri, May 2, 2008, at 11:03 AM

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