....is there really no discernable difference between
these three candidates? Are conservatives really
prepared to "sit it out" or jump to a 3rd party protest
vote because they disagree with McCain on four of
twenty issues, and help elect Clinton or Obama with
whom they disagree with on nineteen of twenty?..."
.o0o.
My Fellow Conservatives...
Politics JB Williams
April 9, 2008
The conservative movement in American politics has never been more
fractured by in-fighting than it is today and we must find a way to
fix it, fast.
In the good ole days, all of my hate mail came from sniveling liberals
angry with my ultra-conservative message about the founding principles
and values that made America the greatest nation in earth's history.
But today, most of my hate mail comes from self-styled conservatives
and angry Republicans who can't seem to agree on what it means to be
Republican, much less conservative.
I believe that we are headed for a disastrous loss this November and
that such a loss can forever change the direction of this nation in an
irreversible leap into pure Democratic Socialism that will soon after,
be the ruin of my beloved country.
If I'm right, it will be "conservatives" who cause it, not liberals.
As a result of the "compassionate" policies of too many Republicans
over the last ten years or so, social spending at a pace that should
make even a drunken Kennedy blush, appeasing leftist notions from open
borders to immoral social behaviors, and failing to finish the battles
we accept in a decisive manner, Republican voters have lost focus and
faith in their own party or their ability to affect positive change
via the election process.
While there is valid cause for concern in all of these areas, the
answer is not to shrink from the challenges, but to rise to these
occasions.
Working directly with conservative congressional candidates to take
back conservative control of at least the senate is a must do no
matter who becomes the next President. But today, I want to address
the im****tance of who becomes the next President.
As you all know, John McCain is almost the last Republican I expected
to be the RNC nominee and just about the last individual I thought I
would ever vote for in November. We all know how he became the
nominee. We lost control of our nominating process long ago and in the
future, we must work to regain control here too.
But this November, each of us will find ourselves with the same set of
limited options.
1) Vote against Clinton-Obama by voting for the only
candidate left who can defeat Clinton-Obama
2) Sit it out and let Clinton-Obama win unopposed
3) Cast a 3rd party protest vote and let
Clinton-Obama win by default
Only one of these options keeps Hillary Clinton or Barrack
Hussein Obama out of the Oval Office for the next 4 years.
Now, some "conservatives" are claiming that either there is no
identifiable difference between McCain and the other two candidates,
or in some cases, that McCain is even worse than either Clinton or
Obama for the future of America. There is no factual basis for either
claim and to keep my fellow conservatives from buying into either of
these anger driven lies, I have researched and prepared the following
diagram of official positions on the top twenty issues facing our
nation today. Read my closing comments after reviewing the chart on
the candidates official positions.
CHART @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
positions are not based upon the current campaign rhetoric. All
three candidates are US Senators and as such, they all have a clear
record of official votes and formal position statements on all of the
top twenty issues. This chart of official positions is based upon
their votes and their official position statements as US Senators. In
some cases, their official positions are different from their current
rhetorical campaign positions aimed at buying votes. It is their
official past track record on the issues that tells us what they
really believe in and stand for.
If you doubt the facts presented in this chart, I challenge you to
research it all for yourselves at www.OnTheIssues.org or the
congressional records themselves.
Can any conservative look at this chart and honestly make the claim
that there is no significant difference between these three
candidates? Is the heated claim that McCain is just as evil as his
opponents true? Is McCain "worse" than Clinton or Obama for America on
the basis of what the three have worked to advance in the past?
As you can see, Barrack Obama holds only one semi-conservative
position out of 20 issues, and he shares that position with both
Clinton and McCain. As an inexperienced freshman senator, he has had
neither the time or power to advance the other nineteen liberal ideas
represented on this chart and that is why he is running for President,
where he would have the power to advance these positions.
Hillary Clinton holds only two semi-conservative positions out of the
twenty, one of them shared with both Obama and McCain. She too seeks
the power of the Oval Office where she can advance the other eighteen
liberal ideas visible in her record.
John McCain shares common ground with Clinton and Obama on only five
of the twenty issues, one of them a "conservative" position. McCain
has chosen common ground with Democrats on only four of the twenty
issues, and here are those four issues.
Gay Rights
All three candidates sup****t Same-*** Unions. None of the three
sup****t re-defining "marriage" to include homo***ual relation****ps.
Restrictive Energy Policy
All three believe in the Global Warming hoax and all three sup****t
dealing with it by reducing American consumption of oil. But only
McCain reaches beyond this answer to sup****ting further oil
exploration and refining capacity as well. So, there is a difference
even here.
Illegal Immigration
McCain and Bush are responsible for much of today's division within
the Republican Party due to their "anti-enforcement" positions of the
past and their quest to legalize illegal aliens already living in
America. But both Clinton and Obama oppose the idea of U.S. national
sovereignty and borders altogether. So again, we can find significant
differences between them if we care to deal in reality. Yet no matter
who is elected, at some point in the near future, some form of Amnesty
for those already here is going to pass into law. Count on it...The
debate is over what happens next?
Restricted Campaign Funding
This one is a funny topic. Few Americans including conservatives
believe that their campaign process is clean and fair. Few believe
that their vote means as much as George Soros' billions or the money
from China and other enemy states that seems to find its way into
American campaign coffers. Yet many conservatives feel that any effort
to curb these harmful practices is some kind of infringement upon
First Amendment rights of free political speech. I opposed McCain-
Feingold and we have already seen why, as a result of how poorly that
legislation was conceived. But is there really any doubt that we must
find a way to get funny money out of our political system? Some form
of campaign finance reform is required to accomplish that. What kind
of reform do you think Clinton and Obama have in mind? That only labor
unions can donate to political campaigns maybe?
On the other sixteen issues, John McCain has a conservative record as
solid as almost any conservative in modern political history.
So, is there really no discernable difference between these three
candidates? Are conservatives really prepared to "sit it out" or jump
to a 3rd party protest vote because they disagree with McCain on four
of twenty issues, and help elect Clinton or Obama who they disagree
with on nineteen of twenty?
I am not a fan of John McCain. I'm no fan of any career politician. I
worked hard to advance a more conservative candidate, just as most if
not all of you did.
I'm angry too, and on some days, I'd like to take my football and go
home as well. But that's called a "forfeit." If I pull my team from
the field in protest, convinced that I can't win the game no matter
what, then I am forfeiting the game and conceding the win to my
opponent without even making any effort to defeat them. I will not
forfeit my country or my conservative agenda for anyone, no matter how
angry I get.
This is not the losing thought pattern of any true conservative I have
ever known. I have never known a true conservative unwilling to fight,
nor have I ever known a true conservative that believed intentionally
losing was some brave new form of winning.
I do not want to cast a vote for John McCain in November for my own
reasons. But I have no hesitation whatsoever, stepping into the voting
booth and casting a vote against the two red agendas diagrammed above.
Show me how to do that without having to vote for McCain and I'll be
there. But if McCain is the only means of keeping the Clinton-Obama
red agenda out of the Oval Office come November, you can bet your last
dollar I will cast that vote.
If conservatives don't lay their temper tantrums aside and think
clearly, they can lose this election as well as this nation. They
already lost control of their party and unless they have the guts to
cut their losses until they can take it back, they will never regain
control of anything.
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JB Williams is a business man, a husband, a father, and a writer. A no
nonsense commentator on American politics, American history, and
American philosophy. A hard hitting columnist, attacking the socialist
cancer plaguing America today. He has a pragmatic "common Joe"
approach to even the toughest issues facing our nation.
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