tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post8147842847128679021..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Fortune Favors the BoldRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-66867218566664032552009-05-13T09:29:00.000-04:002009-05-13T09:29:00.000-04:00I don't think RSM was saying that the economic con...I don't think RSM was saying that the economic conditions were what drove him the the GOP, it was the economic principles.<br /><br />As a former Democrat myself, I can say that the idiotic economic premises of liberalism are what drove me to become a Republican. I just couldn't wrap my head around the idea that taking money from one person and giving it to another helped the economy. <br /><br />The other big thing for me was personal responsibility, especially in the mortgage mess. Yes, things happen in life to all of us, but the Democrats were saying that ALL the foreclosures were because of fraud or "predatory lending." They REFUSED to admit that there were many who were grossly irresponsible with their own resources and probably shouldn't have been owning a home in the first place.Matthttp://zoominac.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-34828823094460222722009-05-12T22:42:00.000-04:002009-05-12T22:42:00.000-04:00"That wasn't the message that made me an ex-Democr..."<I>That wasn't the message that made me an ex-Democrat in the 1990s. It was the economics, stupid.</I>"<br /><br />timburns beat me to it. He is correct, if it was the economics you were stupid.<br /><br />For conservatives it is always Liberty, stupid! If you have Liberty the economics will follow.Steve in TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990498448942991511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-91678038581591186282009-05-12T14:35:00.000-04:002009-05-12T14:35:00.000-04:00I got an idea. Somebody nominate Michelle Malkin f...I got an idea. Somebody nominate Michelle Malkin for Governor of her state. I'm guessing it's MD, but if it's PA or DE or NJ that's still okay because those states all need someone like MM who has real testicular fortitude.beaglescouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11753542875195582390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-8430180540245071432009-05-12T12:02:00.000-04:002009-05-12T12:02:00.000-04:00"The GOP also needs something else: Courage. Witho..."The GOP also needs something else: Courage. Without the courage to speak boldly in favor of solid political and economic principles, all else is in vain."<br /><br />That's the crux of it. The GOP needs a serious injection of testicular fortitude. Instead, the GOP seems to be going the other way, led in no small party by the increasingly disappointing efforts of my own senator, John Cornyn, at the NRSC. They're scared shitless of real conservatives, which doesn't do much to attract independents to the party that is supposed to champion conservatism.thirteen28noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-77505935344293648052009-05-12T10:29:00.000-04:002009-05-12T10:29:00.000-04:00That wasn't the message that made me an ex-Democra...<I>That wasn't the message that made me an ex-Democrat in the 1990s. It was the economics, stupid.</I>Uh, no it wasn't. It was the Civil Rights legislation and the migration of all good Southern men into the Republican party. After, Stacy, you're nothing if not a conventional Richard Russel clone.<br /><br />The idea that the booming economy of the 1990's would chase someone <B>from</B> the Democratic Party. Only a fool would believe such tripe.timbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11840503196010960235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-3153301968095351342009-05-12T09:27:00.000-04:002009-05-12T09:27:00.000-04:00I'm glad you got a link over at HotAir. Your blog...I'm glad you got a link over at HotAir. Your blog is turning into one of my daily reads.<br /><br />I had the pleasure of attending the University of Wisconsin, and voting for Gore my freshman year simply because that's what everyone else was doing. I 'woke up' sooner than most, by virtue of being in the military and witnessing first hand how the small but vocal far left treats its nations defenders. <br /><br />I think it helps for conservatives to have started out as liberals. A machine politician is a machine politician, whether from the right or left, and lifelong Republicans tend to support the platform more than the principles.BadgerHawknoreply@blogger.com