Perhaps someone can enlighten me on this one but I believe that a conservative (Republican, if you will) is one who believes that personal effort and self reliance is the American way.

The opposite of this is for the government to provide ‘programs’ to feed, cloth and house its citizens which takes away personal initiative.

It follows that a ‘minority person’ expects the government to take care of him.

If I were a minority person and this is how I was categorized, I would be truly insulted.

racist men that believe the white man reigns supreme. I still can’t believe that any minority would ever call themself a Republican.

I remember reading an article about the stupid racist things he’s done and said in the past…just makes my blood boil!

Check it out…

http://www.rabbledabble.com/details.asp?sID=58

Keep up the good work Carl!

Sorry Ginny, but that’s pure crap. John McCain has a lifetime rating of 83 (on scale of 1 to 100) from the American Conservative Union.

http://www.conservative.org/archive2/2008potus.asp

John McCain, on balance, is plenty conservative, although he’s admittedly not the foaming-at-the-mouth hard core right-wing ideologue that a small minority of the population would prefer. But that’s precisely why so many moderates and moderate conservatives like myself like him and why he is so competitive against both Clinton and Obama.

You really need to learn to think for yourself and do your own research as opposed to being told what to think by the likes of Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh.

http://www.bercasio.com/movies/dems-wmd-before-iraq.wmv

Also, for all of Barack Obama’s soothing talk of “reaching across the aisle”, in reality it is John McCain, not Barack Obama, who has shown the political courage to seek compromise with the other party while angering his party’s “base”. Barack Obama has never done so.

Do you think we would buy into this war knowing there was no clear and imminent threat from Iraq?<<<<

Ahhhhh…but there was Michael. You continuously refuse to accept the reality of the petrodollar and the economic catastrophe that would have resulted in allowing Saddam to trade oil for Euros. There was a VERY clear an imminent threat from Iraq. I take issue with the administration for not being up front about it, but then again no one admits that they are going to war for economic reasons. You just don’t do that. No nation does. And BTW if people knew and understood the full impact of losing the petrodollar you are d@mn right they would support the war. In fact they would say “do anything at all to win.”

I unlike a lot of people who protest this war would be against this war even if Bill Clinton had started it.

If any political party used our troops towards a political agenda rather than the interest of our country, I would protest.<<<<

Protest your little heart out but the military of any nation past or present exists to protect not only the homeland but the economy and ideology of that nation. This war is no different than any war that has ever been waged. Now if you want to argue that war is a disgraceful practice I might agree with you however that is an idealistic perspective and we as a global culture have not evolved to the point where war can be avoided.

First off I am not a Democrat. I am a independent voter who wants to stop the abuse of our troops by the Republicans. Do you think George Bush could have sold us on this war if we knew it would mean we would still be there 5+ years later? Do you think we would buy into this war knowing there was no clear and imminent threat from Iraq? Do you think we fully understood the Sunni vs Shi’ite situation before we went in? We were so in a rush to punish SOMEBODY after 911, we did not really care who. So, in error we thought why not Iraq? It was only after we destroyed the Iraqi military that we thought, OOPS!!. Now what. Who do we leave in charge of the country?. Who will pay for the rebuilding of that country? Who will defend this country from Al Qaeda and Iran?

Yes, if you support the continued abuse of our troops, you should be offended by my comments. To take it a step farther, the Republican’s behavior is shameful. If the Democrats had done this, I would be as equally in contempt for their behavior.

I unlike a lot of people who protest this war would be against this war even if Bill Clinton had started it.

If any political party used our troops towards a political agenda rather than the interest of our country, I would protest.