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Disappointing Democracy

2.25.08 @ 12:01AM

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I am a Vietnam Veteran and a conservative and I will NOT vote for John McCain under any circumstances. My reasons are as follows:

1) McCain is indeed a liar and his promises on taxes, the border and justices cannot be believed.

2) It will be easier to derail a far left agenda pushed by a democrat than a far left agenda pushed by John McCain.

3) My undergraduate and graduate studies in economics leads me to believe that the economy has a very rough road ahead of it. Better the democrats should get blamed for the coming economic problems than the Republicans and conservatives.

4) Conservatives have had to hold their nose and vote for a series of terrible candidates foisted on them by the Republican establishment. Gerald Ford, Bush I, Bob Dole and Bush II. Well that's all over, I for one will not hold my nose and vote for the worse candidate against the worst candidate ever again. And a lot of conservatives agree with me on this. I for one would like to see a third party that represent conservatives and the people of this country instead of global corporations whose only loyalty is to the bottom line.

5) We need a party and a candidate that who believe in real capitalism instead of corporate monopolies and globalism. We need a party and candidate that puts the country's welfare first instead of viewing the country and it's people as something to be plundered and utilized for their own self indulgent ends.

The Republican establishment and their globalist masters have given us the worst possible candidate imaginable. John McCain is a disgrace and should be neither running for nor holding public office. I never thought I would have to write in a candidate for president in a national election, but that is exactly what I will be doing in November.

I will make a prediction: John McCain will suffer a loss of historic proportions this coming November. What we are witnessing may well be the end of the Republican Party.
-- Paul Martell

Mr. Henry: you got that right. Republicans and in particular, conservatives, have no choice in this election. However, you didn't go far enough in your blame -- it was George W Bush that allowed this to come about. He wasn't decisive enough where it really mattered and that seems to be a genetic trait.
-- Pete Chagnon

Mr. Henry needs to shut up. Really. We, in the Western world, have a crisis in Foreign Policy. It requires John McCain and NOT the Democrats to handle it. At this time, you cannot afford the luxury, yes luxury, of choosing who is the better Conservative in this election. Remember, the United States of America IS the Leader of the free world.

John McCain is best equipped -- for obvious reasons -- to steer the West in this foreign mess; not the Democrats.

We in Australia, have a new government. One, I might add that has no real appreciation of the crisis facing the West.

You have an opportunity not to muck it up like we have. Articles like Mr. Henry's do not help at all.
-- Alexandra Taylor

I share your dismay at the inexplicable rise of McCain the Insufferable.

"It is as if a starving man, set before a banquet prepared by the world's master chefs and covering an acre in area should elect to turn his back upon the feast and stay his stomach by catching and eating flies." -- H.L. Mencken, in response to the election of Calvin Coolidge.
-- Bob Cotton

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