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January 30, 2008 at 07:24:12

If You Love Our Country, You Must Love Right Wing Radio...

by Sandy Sand Page 1 of 2 page(s)

http://www.opednews.com

Yes. I said if you love the country, you must love all the right wing Lords of Loud, because they hate John McCain.

John McCain's platform:
More Bush. 100-Year's War. No Jobs

I hate to get caught up in the spin and snapshot of McCain's win in Florida, but I woke up this morning with a pit in my stomach at the very thought of McCain being the next president.

Even prior to Florida, McCain was leading in most of the polls. In yesterday's Los Angeles Time he out-polled Mitt Romney by nine points, and we're part of tsunami Tuesday.

It's obvious that Mike Huckabee is jockeying for the veepship, and will wield a lot power with however many delegates he winds up with at the end of the pre-prelims.

Just what we need. McCain, who unabashedly professes love, respect and a continuation of Bush's policies, also looks like he's ready to keel over any second.

The thought of McCain teaming up with a Bible-thumbing, evangelical Jesus freak who wants to rewrite the Constitution in the image of his god is more than nauseatingly spine-chilling.

The vice president is first, last and always one heartbeat away from the presidency, and McCain doesn't look like he'll survive four years in office.

Almost every time I write about McCain I say the same thing, and I'll keep saying it until someone listens. When are those tumors in his face going to be questioned?

Are they massive clusters of cancer cells, some of which have floated up to his brain and are slowly eating it away? Or, are they merely nasty looking benign body invaders?

McCain is no dummy, but his way of thinking has jumped from being a maverick to borderline insanity if not dementia.

He admires Bush. Since the 2004 election, he's been kissing the ass of the man who nearly destroyed him in the 2000 campaign. He wants to emulate Bush, the president who's consistently had bigger disapproval ratings for longer than any other president.

Forgetting everything else for the moment, Bush's stance on torture should be enough for McCain to revile him, not admire him and his policies. McCain is not thinking.

McCain vehemently opposed Bush's torture policies, yet he sees fit to say he'll continue all of Bush's policies. If that isn't insane, then nothing is.

Support for McCain might prove that the Europeans are right when they say we are a young country that still has to grow up. Either that, or we grew up too quickly and are now going through our second childhood.

In other words, half the country -- the Republican half -- is going senile if they support McCain.

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Professor Emeritus Peter BagnoloProfessor Bagnolo is a Renaissance man: Cultural Anthropologist, Architectural designer, painter, writer, novelist, theologian. As a child prodigy, abed with polio for almost two years, with an off the charts IQ, reading at the graduate level by 5th grade, offered an opportunity to skip three grades at age 8.Later He was a recipient of an Art Institute scholarship at age 11, a Ford Foundation Fellowship in Anthropology and in Painting and a merit scholarship in art, and was appointed a Graduate ...

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This is true, looks vaguely familiar-did you write one like this before? McCain, I think might be easiest to beat, but on the other hand Romney is such a stupid, phoney Bushite. I think that Edwards would do the best job on the Dem's side, but doubt he can catch the other two.

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo (144 articles, 1 quicklinks, 95 diaries, 1220 comments) on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 8:28:37 AM

Sandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, California. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, ten minuted newscast for KGOE AM. Following the closure of the Chronicle, Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspape...

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Sandy SandSandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, California. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, ten minuted newscast for KGOE AM. Following the closure of the Chronicle, Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspape...

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Yup!

I've written pretty much the same thing before, which I said...especially the part about McCain's health.

He, his support of Bush's policies scare the hell out of me. All the Republicans do.

This ain't nuthin' compared to how I really feel about McCain.

A vote for McCain is nothing more than further spreading the rot that's already deteroriating the contry and eroding the Constitution.

Read Mark's diary posted today and his prophecies.

by Sandy Sand (130 articles, 0 quicklinks, 153 diaries, 1174 comments) on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 10:32:02 AM

Robert Sargent is co-owner of a Washington State commercial printing company with operations in Seattle and Redmond. He has an Economics degree from the University of Washington and occasionally plays alto sax with the Husky alumni band. An amateur economist, investor and photographer, and fiscally conservative moderate at heart, Robert has been a "yellow-dog Democrat" since the Bush administration "began screwing up the world beyond repair". Active in local and national political races, Mr. Sar...

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Robert SargentRobert Sargent is co-owner of a Washington State commercial printing company with operations in Seattle and Redmond. He has an Economics degree from the University of Washington and occasionally plays alto sax with the Husky alumni band. An amateur economist, investor and photographer, and fiscally conservative moderate at heart, Robert has been a "yellow-dog Democrat" since the Bush administration "began screwing up the world beyond repair". Active in local and national political races, Mr. Sar...

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Once upon a time...

When the Supreme Court had just defeated Al Gore, I was talking to my friend Cheryl, and she went on and on, like you, about all the bad things that would happen because of a Bush Presidency.

"Relax", I said. He's the president. There are 3 branches of government, how much damage can he do? We'll be fine, there isn't that much difference between the Republicans and the Democrats".

Now I am very, very worried. I'm no less worried about a McCain presidency than a Romney one. But the worst possible scenario is the one you laid out, with Huckabee ascending via the Vice Presidency. Then I think I'd have to move to Canada.

Fortunately, I don't think McCain would pick Huckabee as a running mate. It would help him with the Southern Baptists and other Christian conservatives, but would hurt him with moderates and independents.

It would be a foolish strategy against Obama...but then I don't think there is any way McCain could beat Obama. He's got no energy or dynamism. He's tired, old, sometimes affable, but sometimes a curmudgeon. He's not going to inspire any group to flock to the polls, especially the Christian right.

by Robert Sargent (10 articles, 0 quicklinks, 24 diaries, 299 comments) on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 8:40:00 AM

I'm a native of New York City who's called the Green Mountain state of Vermont home since the summer of 1994. A former freelance journalist, I'm a fiercely independent freethinker who's highly skeptical of authority figures -- especially when they're on the wrong side of the issues I care about. But I'm not afraid to also call into question those with whom I would usually be "on the same page" if and when they, too, are on the wrong side of the issues I care about.
Skeeter SandersI'm a native of New York City who's called the Green Mountain state of Vermont home since the summer of 1994. A former freelance journalist, I'm a fiercely independent freethinker who's highly skeptical of authority figures -- especially when they're on the wrong side of the issues I care about. But I'm not afraid to also call into question those with whom I would usually be "on the same page" if and when they, too, are on the wrong side of the issues I care about.

The GOP's Doomed to Lose, No Matter Who's Their Nominee

It doesn't matter whether McCain, Romney or Huckabee wins the GOP nomination. . .Neither of them will win the White House, even if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee.

For one thing, Clinton would be foolish to not make Barack Obama her vice-presidential running mate. She needs him far more than he needs her, especially after "Bubba" opened up his big mouth and dissed Obama so much that he got almost everybody in the Democratic Party big-time pissed off at the fomer president.

For another, the economy is going to the dogs, no matter what the Bushnoids do to try to stop it from happening - and it's been an immutable fact of political life in this country since the Great Depression that the party that controls the White House loses whenever the economy goes south on its watch.

And third, because hard-line social and religious conservatives are still crazy with rage against McCain, the likelihood of a third-party conservative candidate will soar if McCain is the GOP nominee. If Romney is the nominee, New York's current mayor, Michael Bloomberg, will more than likely enter the race as an independent.

Either way, the Republicans lose -- unless, God forbid, there's another 9/11-style terrorist attack on U.S. soil before November.

by Skeeter Sanders (30 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 75 comments) on Friday, February 1, 2008 at 4:25:49 AM

Harpist, unemployed blue collar worker, and Bush basher living deep in the heart of Texas.
PappyHarpist, unemployed blue collar worker, and Bush basher living deep in the heart of Texas.

At one time...

...I respected McBraindead...err...McCain.

Then he became a boot-licking, ass kissing, self-effacing sycophant of the worst asshole to ever soil a seat in the White House. Now, I have no respect for him...not one Iota.

As far as I am concerned, the whole mess is a waste of time. The "choices" aren't really choices. Do we select a turd sandwich, or do we select a giant douche? I guess it depends on your definition of turd sandwich (Obama, Romney) and giant douche (McCain, Clinton).

Some choice!

Blessed be!
Pappy

by Pappy (61 articles, 0 quicklinks, 11 diaries, 863 comments) on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 12:07:26 PM

I don't talk about myself or my family. It's too dangerous. Anyone can be arrested now, no matter who you are or how peaceful you've been.
Amber LarsonI don't talk about myself or my family. It's too dangerous. Anyone can be arrested now, no matter who you are or how peaceful you've been.

Hitler Lost

Why doesn't someone mention the obvious? There's no way McCain could be winning legitimately! Remember what the general population thought of Bush in a recent poll? You're telling me LA is gung ho Bush. That sounds as farfetched as the notion that 98% of the German people voted for Hitler. (Yeah, that's what Hitler's henchmen claimed. I talked to someone who was there.) In my locale, people are saying they don't trust McCain. In fact, I've yet to meet anyone who does!

By the way, those radio lamebrains aren't right wing. They believe in an all-powerful, centralized government. We need a wing for people who believe in human rights: a wing out of here.

by Amber Larson (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 13 comments) on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 12:03:04 AM

The Era of Right-Wing Dominance Is Ending. . .

The fact that the right-wing talkmeisters are going apeshit over John McCain becoming the Republican standard-bearer is the clearest sign yet that, nearly 28 years after Ronald Reagan's election to the presidency, the era of right-wing dominance of American politics and governemt is coming to an end.

That's right, I said twenty-eight years. That's a generation, folks. The American political pendulum always swings in one direction or the other roughly every 30 years.

The GI Era that began in 1942 (FDR) after Pearl Harbor gave way in 1960 (JFK) to the great Liberal Era. That, in turn, gave way in 1980 (Reagan) to the great Conservative Era.

Now, in 2008, the Conservative Era is about to give way to what I predict will be the Consensus Era. But under which president? Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama? You decide.

by Skeeter Sanders (30 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 75 comments) on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 4:57:09 AM

Harpist, unemployed blue collar worker, and Bush basher living deep in the heart of Texas.
PappyHarpist, unemployed blue collar worker, and Bush basher living deep in the heart of Texas.

Between you, me...

...and the wall...er everyone else here, I sure hope you're right. I'm was over DUBYA's regime on the 21st of January, 2001. After all these years, I am way ready for something else.

If the unthinkable were to come to pass, and another Republican steals the white house, I'm going to become a fuckin' Canadian, eh! They have gay marriage in Canada, and I know a real cutie in Toronto. He wants me in the worst way.

Blessed be!
Pappy

by Pappy (61 articles, 0 quicklinks, 11 diaries, 863 comments) on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 5:15:36 PM