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Wednesday, July 22. 2009

Quote of the Day

I think the biggest debate on the right side of the spectrum is not so much between libertarians and social conservatives as it is between those who want to be right, and those who want to win elections.


Eric at Classical Values

Posted by Bird Dog at 13:03 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Libertarians are so easy.

Me thinks, John McCain voted for Hussein0 and laughed himself to sleep knowing wannabe libertarins voted McCain.

Certainly, he campaigned for the mudboy.
#1 Leag on 2009-07-22 13:16 (Reply)
"I'd rather have someone who is right half the time than someone who is wrong all the time", is a very dangerous position to hold in this context. Voting in favor of half-measures is a sure way to kill your integrity. It's the exact problem Republicans are facing right now. They compromised what they believed in and no one can be sure where they really stand on anything anymore. If you vote for the guy who is right on a bunch of minor issues but wrong on major ones, how is that much better than Obama?
#2 Alchemist on 2009-07-22 14:57 (Reply)
At least partially bullshit, unless your only reference to the whole d*ned mess is "Go Team!"

If the SOB is a disaster don't vote for him, whether or not he wears your colors. Yes, if he's fairly close to your position go right ahead.

"Just like the Other Guys, but cheaper!" is not an inspiring campaign slogan.

Regards,
Ric
#3 Ric Locke on 2009-07-22 17:58 (Reply)
Oh, bull-fn-shiite. "I'd rather be right than president"...well we all wanna change the world. Screw "right". I just want to be left alone. You can take your "right" and shove it. That's the problem with the so-called "conservatives", they think they're "right" and the rest of us need to get with their program. They try to hide behind some libertarian language (which they don't really believe, otherwise they'd be libertarian) but a large majority in this country sees right through it. If they truly believed in what they say they believe, we wouldn't be in the mess we are in today.
#4 KRW on 2009-07-23 20:20 (Reply)

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