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Is Anyone Buying McCain?
2008-02-08 23:18:00
I talked about my personal reasoning as to why I'm having a tough time swallowing John McCain as the GOP Nominee yesterday, but I left out one point because I figured it would probably make an entire article in and of itself.The biggest argument that always comes up in Conservative cooler talk nowadays are the Supreme Court justices.If you have read Jeffrey Toobin's The Nine (which I highly recommend) then you know that the court is one justice away from swinging to a more Conservative outlook. Maybe even more Conservative than it has ever been.This is a big deal in just about every facet of the party for varying reasons but there are two major segments that have been salivating over this for years. On one side, you have what I consider the center of the party, the Reagan group. This segment of the party has always believed in having judges on the court that would interpret the Constitution in its original intent, which was to lay a groundwork for our Federal Government. Ther...
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Voting for John McCain....
2008-02-08 02:11:00
Yes, like many true conservatives the idea of me pulling the lever for John McCain isn't sitting well. Frankly, its doing about as well down there as the dinner scene in Alien.There are a lot of things that Conservatives are going to have to swallow when they walk into that voting booth and close that curtain. Let's take a look at some of the issues I have with a vote for John McCain .McCain-Feingold: At the center of every Conservative lies the Constitution of the United States. It is what defines our rights as citizens of this great nation. McCain-Feingold ran free speech through the ringers a couple of times, then spit it out on the pavement.McCain-Kennedy: Otherwise known to the entire nation as the amnesty bill. How many Americans were rallying behind this legislation? If you consider pitchforks and burning torches a success then it was pretty popular. The last time I checked, any form of amnesty is the polar opposite of good Conservative values.McCain-Lieberman: This ...
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I've Seen the Future
2008-01-16 03:44:00
You have to wonder, how did we get here? You have to think to yourself what happened to our party? What happened to the thoughts and principals of Goldwater and Reagan? Where did the party go wrong?The answers to those questions may look extremely difficult on the surface but the honest answer is they aren’t, we just need to be prepared to look at the truth.There isn’t anything wrong with the party or the principals, it’s the people that are calling the shots, and when I say that I mean the voters who are placing the types of politicians in office that run under the guise and masquerade of conservatives.The irony is rich in today’s controversies of the Republican Party, because it all started where conservatives today want to begin, with Reagan. The day that the religious right stepped into the political arena of our party is the day that the inevitable decline began, and that decline is where we are right now.The problem that we have is that our own party members have f...
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The Few...The Proud...
2008-01-07 21:23:00
The Republicans!It appears that I'm not alone in my real conservative thoughts. Now if I could only getting voting populace to jump on board somehow....
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GOP Duel Part Deux
2008-01-07 02:11:00
The first thing that came to mind watching the debate in New Hampshire was that it was a much calmer, and more neutered affair compared to last night. Although there were a couple of intense exchanges, it was nothing compared to last nights yelling match.It certainly appeared that tonight was pick on Huckabee night but I suppose that's what you get when you win the first round. It certainly seemed to me that he could not hold up to the pressure of being attacked, and in my opinion really had a bad night.I swear if I hear McCain say it wasn't amnesty one more time I think I might scream. To me, he came off once again as doing nothing more than pandering. Another big night for Fred Thompson in my opinion, he is really turning on the charm and coming off as an intelligent, articulate candidate. As to if that will translate into votes certainly remains to be seen. I also thought that Mitt Romney responded well to the controversies that were thrown his way as well and really, I ...
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Where have the Real Republicans Gone?
2008-01-06 23:36:00
I realize I spent a good bit of the week hammering on Mike Huckabee, and that stems solely from my general belief that he is not a true conservative. His past record alone on taxation and immigration do nothing but prove he's politics are pretty liberal at best.After writing maybe my third piece pretty much railing on him, it got me thinking, where are the true Republicans at? Where have they gone?It seems like to me the entire world has pushed more towards the center than the right like most liberals want to tell us.I look at the candidates in this race and I wonder what happened to guys like Barry Goldwater?The closest person we have to that style of conservatism is Fred Thompson, and thus far he has had a very lackluster showing, although that could certainly change.The thing that disturbs me more than anything is the idea of voting based solely upon religion and forgoing the issues altogether. I fear that the Republican party as it was is gone, its been washed away in light ...
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GOP Meltdown
2008-01-06 06:57:00
The day started out pretty well for Mitt Romney who won the Wyoming Caucus, but I'm betting that was the highlight.If you watched the debates, you could certainly see a focused attack towards Romney. I can't say that this comes as any surprise as he is probably seen as the biggest form of competition from pretty much every camp.There are two things that came out of tonight that surprised me.First of all, Mike Huckabee did a good job in keeping quiet. I can understand the fact that he doesn't have his Evangelical base to back him in New Hampshire, but you are getting free face time to espouse your views, so why not engage at every chance you get? I realize his camp is probably biding their time for South Carolina, but it certainly couldn't hurt, unless of course you worry about sticking your foot in your mouth and we all know how good Gov. Huckabee has been in doing that.The second surprise that came out of tonight for me was how well Senator Thompson performed this evening. ...

Debate Night!
2008-01-05 21:50:00
Saddle up for a four hour debate extravaganza tonight in New Hampshire.With their state primary landing on Tuesday, this is a last minute effort to secure some of the few undecided votes left, at least according to this Rasmussen Report.I'm pretty sure that unless we see some dramatic changes on the Dem side, Obama is going to be their Nominee and I believe New Hampshire will just emphasize that point.On the GOP side the waters seem to be muddier than ever. Most folks seem to think that John McCain will be the sure fire winner there but there is a lot of time to make ground with tonight looming.We also have Wyoming casting its Primary today for the Republican side, which I believe is just going to give us an ever murkier picture than before. One thing of I will be interested to see is how Mike Huckabee stands without his Evangelical base. Will he get blown out of the water tonight, as well as during the subsequent primaries?
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Next Up: New Hampshire
2008-01-05 02:08:00
And just as quickly as it started, Iowa is over and we're heading into New Hampshire in the second Primary.I think we'll see a dramatically different result coming out of Tuesdays vote, I don't believe Huckabee will have his Evangelical base the way he did in Iowa (Then again, I was off the mark big time yesterday). We'll talk more about polls and guesses later, but before we even hit the Primary, we have the debates.Of course, in true political season conflict, folks are already up in arms over the exclusion of certain candidates. Kucinich has already filed a complaint over the fact that he was left out.Folks, I love elections and I love our system, but these people have been campaigning for over a year. If you can't meet one simple qualification out of three, then perhaps it's time to fold your tent as well. It's time to start focusing on America's version of the popular candidates and allow them as much face time as possible. Let's help those undecided people in the ...

Glenn Beck Does Iowa
2008-01-04 22:30:00
Glenn is hopped on pain medication and gives us his thoughts on the Iowa Caucus and Mike Huckabee. I happen to agree with a lot of what he is saying and it merely helps further bolster my argument that Huckabee is not a true Conservative.
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The Iowa Meltdown
2008-01-04 07:06:00
I have to say that Iowa 's turnout completely floored me. I honestly never expected the GOP base to lean towards Huckabee in such a dramatic fashion (More on this topic later as well). I suppose the real question all along should have been can he win outside of his evangelical base?As Mitt Romney stated though, this is the first of 49 other states and the only thing this really confirms in my eyes is that this could be a very interesting Primary season.Iowa was also the night that saw Biden and Dodd fold their tents for good. This comes as very little surprise to anyone as they never mustered much momentum throughout the year long campaign process.So now we turn our focus towards New Hampshire. If anything at this point I believe that our picture on the GOP side is as blurry as ever. I don't think we'll have any true idea of who the nomination will go to until after Super Tuesday at the earliest.

Mike Huckabee, the New Howard Dean?
2008-01-03 20:41:00
I was having a talk the other day with a very close friend of mine about Mike Huckabee and why it is that I don't see him winning the eventual GOP Nomination. Through the course of our conversation as I outlined my thoughts (much of which I covered a couple of posts down) my friend made what I thought was a pretty accurate prediction."Huckabee is going to be the next Howard Dean ".I don't think i recognized the full gravity of that statement, even though I did agree with him at the time, I don't think he could have been more correct.As I pointed out yesterday, he basically made himself look like a complete idiot with his intimate knowledge on Pakistan. It seems like every chance he has had in the last two weeks to knock himself backwards, he's been happy to embrace by inserting his foot directly into his mouth. I don't think anyone has forgotten about the pretty scathing question about the Mormon religion to a reporter of all people either. Fast forward to just yesterday, wh...

Good for a Laugh
2008-01-03 20:23:00
With the Iowa Caucus this evening, please enjoy this moment of levity.
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Iowa Predictions
2008-01-03 07:56:00
The Iowa Caucus will finally be heating up tomorrow after about a year of campaigning so I thought I should make my predictions as to who I see coming out of this thing on top.I should point out that Giuliani hasn't really bothered so much with campaigning there, so we can knock him out of the running right off of the bat.It seems to me that Mike Huckabee has done nothing in the past two weeks but alienate people left and right (more on this later), and I do believe ultimately this is going to hurt him in the final vote. Appearances can be deceiving, but after many debates, I tend to believe Mr. Huckabee is simply a moral conservative with liberal tendencies masquerading as a Republican. His past record on immigration, taxation and his recent foreign policy gaffes are probably enough to sink him pretty well. Oh, and let's not forget ticking off the striking Writer's Guild of America.Next on the list we have John McCain. I have to say it does surprise me to see him surging the...
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Holiday Reading & New Year's Resolutions
2008-01-03 06:38:00
I made myself a promise today that I'm going to start writing again daily. Take it for what it is. Now that I've moved half way across the world from the east coast things might be a little different than they were before, but it's better than nothing right? Of course it is.I thought I'd start off easy and tell you what I've been reading lately and the books I'd suggest picking up.An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems by Glenn Beck - This book contains chapters of many of the common problems that conservatives care deeply about countered with Glenn's "thinker" solutions. The book is not only common sense thought provoking, but a very funny read as well.Invasion of the Party Snatchers by Victor Gold - If you are a Goldwater / Reagan conservative then you will surely enjoy Gold's scathing indictment of the GOP and how bowing to the neo-con and theocrat base got us where we are today. For the younger generation like myself, this is nothing s...
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An Update
2007-12-07 22:49:00
My life has been a little turbulent lately to say the least. I have recently moved to Hawaii and have began a new life here pretty much. I think about writing often, but don't always have a lot of time to do so, and I don't want to be posting half ass stories and thoughts.Stay tuned, over the next few days I'm going to try to get back into it....In the meantime, get involved. Pick up a newspaper or a book and start educating yourself. It's time we took our sovereign nation back.
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The Dem Debate Meltdown
2007-10-31 15:56:00
I decided that I was going to sit down and watch the Democratic Debate s last night. I've watched every one thus far regardless of party so I sat down anxiously anticipating a rousing debate on this issues. Boy was I wrong.Let's start of with Dennis Kucinich. He first caught my attention early on when he claimed that nuclear power was the most expensive and most dangerous power source ever created. Now, we don't need to debate this whole issue, you can read the Wiki entry and draw your own conclusions there. Believe it or not, I'm going to now reference France in a positive light. Yes, they apply nuclear energy, reuse the waste, and have some of the cheapest power anywhere in Europe. You be the judge there, it's in the above link.The thing that angers me in this scenario is we have yet another politician (red or blue) stating their opinion as public fact. This is the same type of spin that we need to get rid of in politics. Yes, people should be smart enough to draw the...

Edwards Better Advocate for Women!?
2007-07-17 21:05:00
Just when you thought it was going to be a slow day on the campaign trail, Elizabeth Edwards opens her big mouth again, this time stating that her husband is a better advocate for women than Hilary Clinton. I'm pretty sure it was a thinly veiled shot claiming Hilary is really a man. ;)Actually, if you really think about it, Edwards does have nicer hair, dress better, and is at least tolerable in his speaking voiceMaybe Elizabeth Edwards is on to something after all....
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Giuliani to Reveal Five-Star Conservative Judicial Advisory Panel?
2007-07-16 21:02:00
So it seems that Giuliani wants to put on a good impression by announcing a power house Judicial Advisory Panel . I just don't see Conservative s getting behind Giuliani on this move alone, he leans a little more to the right than I think most people would like.Last week, he was smeared by Firefighters for a myriad of thier own reasons. What I find hilarious about all of this is if the issue centered around 9/11 then why are just now hearing about it? Say it with me, election year is coming.I think we can easily conclude that this is certainly another checkmark in the long line of smear campaigns leading up to the primary. The question is how will the general voting populace receive it?Of course, this is all probably unimportant information. The second Fred Thompson or Newt Gingrich announce, we can stick a fork in Rudy as well.
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Edwards Kicks off Poverty Tour
2007-07-16 20:38:00
Does anybody else find the idea of a poverty tour kind of odd? If poverty is a big issue you want to address, wouldn't taking the fat loads of money you're spending to tour poverty stricken areas and donating to feed said poverty striken people a better idea?I know I don't need to say this, but it's just another photo opportunity, plain and simple. Instead of trying to help people that are poverty stricken, why don't we get them jobs and offer them low income housing? Oh wait, we have the welfare system, nevermind.As long as we have a system in place that makes it too easy for people to not work and make money, we're always going to have 'poverty' issues. Let's help empower people and get them employed, which in turn would more than likely get them health care as well.Seems like a good many of the issues Mr. Edwards is concerned about would quickly dissapear, and the kicker is it would probably cost less tax payer dollars to do so instead of hemmoraging money to support...
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More Staff Depart From McCain Campaign
2007-07-16 20:21:00
When I said last week that the McCain Campaign was finished, I really wasn't kidding.More major defections today, citing the campaign leaders are no longer there, so these people don't want to be either.McCain started his decline from the first debate, and continued to successfully kill any hope he had with his stances on immigration and Iraq. Oh, let's also not forget about that whole trampling of free speech.Let's be honest here, this self clearing per say is nothing but good news for Republican voters because it cleanses the pool of one option. We all knew McCain didn't have a chance in Hell with conservatives anyways, so I suppose this is one positive of the early campaigning this year.
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The State of Affairs
2007-07-15 20:54:00
First of all let me apologize for the lack of updates. It has been a crazy week and I'm a little out of gas.I was fully prepared to relax and pick it up tomorrow but I had a great conversation with an old friend yesteday and I wanted to touch on it.I hate the word Libertarian. I'm not a Libertarian, I'm a Republican. I'm a founding father's Republican. Most conservatives really are.The problem that we have here is that we need to mobilize on it. Let's stop being segmented and looking for an alternative, let's rebuild OUR party. Instead of allowing moderates or neo-conservatives to represent us, why don't we start electing true Republicans that share our beliefs? Leaving the party to create a new one doesn't make a difference, it just muddies the water even further. We need to work together and clean house in the way we want, electing the representatives we want.The only way to fix the state of the Republican party is to assemble and use due diligence. Not seperate....
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Edwards and Clinton Trample YOUR Freedom
2007-07-13 23:57:00
I was completely ready to take today off until I sat down a while ago to read Drudge. When I ran across the idea that Senators Clinton and Edwards believe that only "serious candidates" should be at future debates astounded me.Now first of all, Kucinich is miffed bigtime, and rightfully so. What completely shocks me here is that these two people somehow think their opinion is just on this topic, when in reality it is the opinion of Americans.Besides all of the other things these people have said that would hinder the rights that we have in this country, this one takes the cake.Who in the world would want to vote for an elitist candidate who obviously doesn't give a spit about the opinion of the populace?Yes, I realize I'm a conservative, and although I'm not so hot on the Republican party right now, I understand how this could be percieved as typical rightist speak.Believe me when I say this, this situation is not about left or right, it's about right and wrong. What this bas...
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Iraq Progress Good?
2007-07-12 21:59:00
Our administration is stating that thus far the movement in Iraq is going well, and that 8 of 18 steps have been achieved. Of course, reactions have been mixed across the board.As I said earlier, I wish we were more concerned with the issues in our own country such as border security and foriegn energy dependencies. However, we are making great progress in the liberation of Iraq, and I applaud our troops for it.My only real qualm here is that we haven't fought this war properly since day one. Either do it, or don't. We need to stop pandering in a middle ground, and do everything we can to secure Iraq and achieve our goals there. We also need to take care of our issues at home. That should be our first priority above everything else.
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Summer of Terror Continues
2007-07-12 19:15:00
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has a feeling that this is going to be one hot summer for terrorism. Yesterday, reports began to surface that Al-Qaeda had reached levels seen in 2001, near the 9/11 attack. Chertoff apperared on Good Morning America today however, and refuted that claim.So where does this leave us? I have to admit that personally I was all for the war on terror in the begining of this all. I also understand that pulling our troops out at this point would be nothing short catastrophic to the Iraqi people. I feel like the older I get ( a ripe old 28 now) I become more of a Nationalist. The only thing I think about this issue now is why are we there when we haven't even sealed our borders?This is in no means a slam on our troops who put their lives on the line to allow me the freedoms I have. This is however a philosophical question of why we are at this point in our country, and what can we do about it now?Right now I'm not really sure there ...
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Unity 08 and Law and Order
2007-07-11 20:16:00
I've spoken before about Fred Thompson and his Law and Order factor. I truly believe that it gives him a leg up simply because he is more recognizable to the common person. Those of us that watch politics like a hobby know all about him, Joe Blue Collar probably doesn't know where all the candidates stand.Of course it is very early, and I think the American populace has yet to garner a huge interest because of the length of time to the elections.Last night, another Law and Order star appeared on O'Reilly. Sam Waterston is now pitching the idea of Unit y 08 on cable network news. The idea is pretty simple. Anyone can goto the site and nominate their idea of an ideal Presidential/Vice Presidential combo. The community will then vote their nomination, and those candidates will run as Independents.I have to say I like the idea. This is truly a for the people, by the people scenario, but I just don't see it garnering a whole lot of steam.I think a third party is a good idea, the...

RFK Jr. Goes off the Deep End?
2007-07-10 21:11:00
Does anyone else find it highly ironic that a person with access to the Kennedy Trust, which was made from big business America, is now calling said corporations traitors for not doing their part to help Global Warming?So your family makes an obscene amount of money, but now that's not good enough because their horrible corporations are ruining the environment and doing nothing about it?And they say Conservatives are fear and hate mongers. Give me a break.
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TeamWTFOnline Wants You!
2007-07-10 20:55:00
I have a group of pretty good friends that run a nice little forum based around some great causes. Team Wants To Fold Online is a group of guys that run some easy to install programs that help do research for things like cancer cures. You basically install a small program on your computer than will run in the background and churn information, helping to research certain aspects of the diseases, and hopefully lead us closer to a cure.This costs you absolutely nothing, and is a snap to install. If you like good causes, this is certainly an easy one to get into.

McCain's Sinking Ship
2007-07-10 20:34:00
Well, it looks like you can officially stick a fork in the 2008 McCain Campaign. Most of his important staff members are leaving. Sordid speculation is flying as to the exact means to this end, but any way you slice it this is another bad piece of news for this Presidential bid.I've always looked at McCain as I do Giuliani. He's too far in the middle for my tastes, and too liberal in others. I just don't really consider him a conservative. If you couple that thought with the last debate, where he repeatedly shot himself in the foot, you can surmise how we've ended up here.This is actually good news in my eyes. The less serious candidates we have, the better picture we'll have painted. We just have too many damn candidates, period. One could argue that politics like that of McCain and Giuliani would allow them to pull voters from both sides of the fence, but I'd rather us clean the pool instead of muddying it further. John McCain has turned into the Republican martyr, th...
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Live Earth Lukewarm
2007-07-09 22:07:00
I have to say I'm not shocked at all that Live Earth didn't draw big television ratings.I'm willing to wager that most of the people that went didn't go solely because of the cause, but probably to see the bands themseleves. I believe that the majority of the American populace probably realized what a hypocritical affair the whole idea of 27 concerts preaching conserving energy and being more green.
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