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John McCain has been slipping further and further into moderate demise. He seriously thinks that he can win the presidency without the conservative vote. While most have stood against him some others have foolishly slid to his side in favor of the belief that it’s “him or Obama.” Count me in on the foolish side. While I’ve been on the wrong side recently the rest have been talking about the inevitable all along. Don’t expect McCain to make any real change to appeal to us on the right. It may just be something in the rumor mill but the current buzz is that Mike Huckabee is on the top of McCain’s list for VP. Call me stupid, call me blind, I didn’t think McCain would do anything else to anger conservatives.
You can add this one to the recent list of McCain’s moderate pandering. From running ads and launching a site in Spanish to his “climate change” tour, McCain is turning left and not looking back. I can’t seem to understand how the party has gotten where it has but it’s a shame that it has to be at the cost of at least four years of an ultra liberal. The die hard battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama won’t mean squat when the nomination process is done and over with. They will have a united party and we will be stuck with “The Maverick.” I want to know who is advising McCain to spit in the eyes of those running the Republican party. It’s almost as if McCain is in fact working for the Democratic party. However you look at it it’s not a pretty picture.
I’ve found myself turning this corner because in Hindsight I realize choosing McCain in spite of Obama is foolish. We can’t be expected to run to the “gates of hell” with a man that supports very few of our values. I asked myself, “What is first, my loyalty to the party or my loyalty to my values as a conservative?” That was an easy question to answer in the end. I can’t allow myself to step away from what really matters because of a false illusion that it is for the “greater good.” I find myself turning corners all the time but I know in when this is through I will have made the right choice. The point of this blog is to be personal and maybe I will relate with others on the feelings that I’ve had. I feel that this is what sets me apart from other political blogs. It’s raw, real and in real time.
From this point I think we’ll be seeing a race that won’t matter to a lot of people. How many will stay home? How many will vote for Mickey Mouse? The democratic party will most likely have a record turn out to the booths while McCain will struggle to simply get his own party to vote for him. In the end the Democrats will come together. We’ll still be wishing for our party back. The era of Reagan is long gone. The best that we can hope for is a quick and mostly painless four years. No matter who wins we’ll be stuck with open boarder and an open-to-more-taxes policy and a laundry list of other disasters. For the life of me I can’t understand why I veered off the path but let’s try and keep the vision. What vision? One of low taxes, small government, a strong military and with a little work, a strong border.
Reactions from around the blogosphere:
Huckabee for VP? - RCP
McCain’s Best Hope: Huckabee. - F3 Coalition
McCain-Huckabee: The GOP immigration drag queen ticket - Michelle Malkin
McCAIN-HUCKABEE: A TICKET MADE IN HELL - Right Wing Nut House - Older story but on topic.
Source: Huckabee Tops McCain’s Veep List - US News
What are your thoughts?
May 13th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
I certainly agree that my values are no longer represented by the Republican party. For the last 15 months, I’ve been toying with the idea of jumping ship and joining the Constitution party despite my fear that voting for a 3rd party does nothing to nullify some else’s vote for a Democrat. Nonetheless, voting for McCain is no better.
At least I’ll be able to sleep with a clear conscious.
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May 14th, 2008 at 3:37 am
My thoughts exactly. We can’t be expected to throw our values out the window for the sake of the party that has stopped caring about us in the first place.
Who to support? I don’t know, at this point I can’t see myself supporting any of these folks.
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May 19th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Mike Huckabee won the southern conservative states and Iowa that is 8. He got 2nd place in 15 states. He still has an approval rating of 65% in Ark. You think he would not help McCain? This election has been a battle between the So-Cons and the Fi-Cons. The social conservatives are no longer willing to be good little voters and vote for who they are told and then go away. The elite GOP old guard and the Fi-Cons are scared to death of Huckabee. He is no fluke he is the real deal. The elite of the GOP have taken the party to new lows and failed us miserably. The time has come for the social conservatives to take the reigns and bring the grand old party back to principles. The GOP can never win without the social conservatives. Try not to parrot what the power brokers say about Huckabee. Remember he ran on no money,no name recognition, and the conservative radio folks pounded him 24/7 while trying to convince us Romney was the 2nd guy in a 2 man race. Then came super tuesday..oops… Huckabee was the choice of the states the GOP has to win in the general. Even with Thompson sucking off his votes in SC he was very competitive with McCain. He would have won in SC without Thompson and the whole race would have changed and IMHO he would now be thinking about who his VP was going to be. If McCain wants to win he will put Huckabee on his ticket
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May 19th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
I see you dont post pro huckabee comments. This makes your blog meaningless.
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May 20th, 2008 at 2:24 am
I find it interesting that not supporting Huckabee makes my blog meaningless. It’s called “The Daily Conservative” not “The Daily Populist.”
Huckabee is cut from the same cloth as McCain. You’re talking about someone that is not supportive of low taxes and very weak on illegal immigration. The tag team of McCain and Huckabee would equal pandering to the left and one big open boarders policy.
The problem with your argument is that you assume that you can only be fiscally conservative or socially conservative, as if they can’t mix. We’re fighting for conservative ideals that these two people do not support. If you want a moderate and a populist in office then this is your ticket. If you support conservative ideals and fight for those beliefs then these two are your worse enemy.
Listen to top conservative on this issue, you’ll notice one thing, they can’t stand McCain or Huckabee. Perhaps you should stop voting on just one issue and realize there are plenty of important issues to take into account before dropping that name on your ballot.
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May 30th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Far from being meaningless, blogs like the Daily Conservative are a valuable part of the discussion. They also help demonstrate the effectiveness of the $80 million propaganda machine Romney bought out of poket to tar his opponents. People on the Romney payroll continue to hammer the erroneous message that Huckabee is a pro-illegal populist who compulsively pardons fellons.
Romney’s operatives may not still be on the payroll, but they are still active in perpetuating these myths because frankly, they’re hoping their guy can get the number two slot. IMO, both Romney and Huckabee would be good choices, but for different reasons.
Since this post is about Huckabee, I’ll stick with him. First, Huckabee was the first to oppose McCain-Kennedy like legislation and instead supported a proposal similar to Mike Pence’s close the border and deport illegals when they’re found. Second, the “taxes” made infamous by Romney’s newest bought and paid-for franchise, the Club for Growth, were for the most part voted on by the people, mandated by courts, and repealed by a date certain. Overall, the tax increases cduring Huckabee’s tenure were actually less per capita than those of his competitor during his tenure — and Huckabee served as governor eight more years than Romney. Third, on other key conservative issues, Huckabee has been a conservative all along. He was not a recent “convert” to conservatism when the focus groups indicated a liberal bent toward raising taxes, promoting gay marriage and abortion, et. al. might be a political liability. Finally, Huckabee as he has pointed out, does not have to “un-say” anything about McCain.
I’m not at all happy about McCain as the nominee. We would have been better off from a fiscal point of view with Thompson, Romney or even Huckabee (if we go based on the real record and not the purchased propaganda record). From a social point of view, Thompson or Huckabee would have been the better choices. From a 1oth amendment point of view, anyone but McCain would have been a better pick.
We have what we have, and IMO, Huckabee would be a good choice ONCE THE CHOICE IS MADE. The reason? CFG and Michelle Malkin, and Ann Coulter, etc. would all have to view the candidacy based of real facts and not campaign hype they all perpetuated or in some cases disiminated for hire. I think if we look at Huckabee sans propaganda, we’ll find a candidate more worthy of our support than the guy at the top of the ticket.
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