Strategists: McCain Can Still Win the Debate Over Iraq

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support and ability to raise huge sums of money that John McCain lacks. Ron Paul has a consistent voting record over the past 30 years that puts John McCain’s voting record to shame. Ron Paul doesn’t change his views to match his environment and unlike McCain, Ron Paul has a great deal of knowledge on both economics and foreign policy. Ron Paul can save our nation from economic disaster by reinstating the gold standard, shutting down the Federal Reserve and the IRS and ending 95 years of oppression against American workers with the illegal Income Tax.
But the most important reason for nominating Ron Paul is to have a leader that we and the rest of the world can be proud of; something that we have not had for a very long time. I sincerely hope that the Republican delegates at the national convention will look at these things and think about the consequences of their actions when they choose their nominee for President. The time is too short to allow a Socialist candidate like Barack Obama to win the presidency. John McCain is too set in his ways to change his whole persona now. The only chance that we have to stop Obama and the destruction of our economy is to choose Ron Paul as the Republican nominee for President.
Thank you and God Bless America!
Sincerely,
Bob Vondruska
A concerned citizen

Bob Vondruska of CA 12:57PM July 25, 2008

Dear Republican Delegates,
I am writing this letter as a concerned American citizen, with hope that we can prevent the damage that will ensue with John McCain as the Republican nominee for President. Contrary to popular belief, John McCain is NOT the official nominee for his party and will not be so until the delegates officially cast their votes for him at the Republican National Convention in September. It goes without saying that this is not the wish of most mainstream republicans and people who call themselves Conservatives.
Until then, it is not too late to avoid the mistake of nominating an unpopular and divisive candidate who will not only lose the general election in November, but will do it in the same manner as Bob Dole twelve years earlier. Bob Dole not only lost the election; he lost it by a wide margin to a popular incumbent named Bill Clinton. Even though Barack Obama is only the Democratic Party’s nominee for President, he is a hugely popular candidate (much like Clinton in 1992) and has close to $300 million dollars to spend for his election efforts.
Can John McCain raise that kind of money? No! Can John McCain excite the voters with any of his proposals? No! Can John McCain excite anyone about anything that he says today or has said in the past? No! Can John McCain become the next President of the United States? No, absolutely not! So why would the Republican delegates send a sacrificial lamb to the convention and waste their time and their vote on a present day Bob Dole? In reality, Bob Dole was much more of a Conservative than John McCain and look what happened to him.
The Conservative’s in the Republican Party are looking for a candidate and nominee who can bring together the people and qualities that once made the Republican Party what it was in the days of Thomas Jefferson; a party that had principles and adhered to the Constitution. Can John McCain save the Republican Party from the disease that has ravaged the very heart of the Conservative wing? No, he can’t and he won’t! First of all, John McCain is not even a real Conservative, but is really a Liberal in disguise! A simple search of his voting record during his years in Congress and in the Senate will confirm this and should be all the reason for the delegates to reject McCain at the nominating convention.
This is why it is imperative for the delegates to nominate Ron Paul as the Republican nominee for President. Not only is Ron Paul a strict constitutionalist, but he is the only Republican candidate who can win the presidency in a contest with Barack Obama. He was always the most likable candidate during the Republican debates and besides garnering the most applause, he won just about every preference poll conducted after each debate. To say that Ron Paul is not a popular candidate would not be accurate, although this was the picture painted by the mainstream media to question the viability of his candidacy.
Ron Paul has the dedicated

Bob Vondruska of CA 12:54PM July 25, 2008

I hope Mccain doesn't break a hip trying to keep with Obama on the debate trail though!

of 11:36PM July 24, 2008

Obama will get smoked on almost any-topic especially if it's in a town hall debate

Jim of CA 10:08PM July 24, 2008

As soon as John McCain gets more "firmly" focused on Iraq, Obama is gonna shift gears and smoke him on the economic issues in America. And not a minute too soon either.
BTW, it's hard not to agree with Peter Principle, Previous Poster. I've read USNWR (the magazine) for 40 years, and its recent and growing "conservative" tilt is getting weary. NEWS PLEASE, NOT SPIN. Hello, editors? Anybody home?

Daniel David of NM 4:50PM July 24, 2008

ARE REPUBLICANS REALLY DETERMINED TO WIN THIS ELECTION?
http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/07/john-mccains-peculiar-path-along.html
… perhaps not.

PacificGatePost of WA 1:37PM July 24, 2008

"Strategists: McCain Can Still Win the Debate Over Iraq"
i.e. "Conservative Gasbags: We'll Say Anything the GOP Tells Us to Say."
Has US Snooze really morphed into a complete clone of the National Review? Or do you still have some vague pretentions of being a real news magazine? Because if its the latter, Liz Halloran isn't doing you any favors here.

Peter Principle of PA 9:22AM July 24, 2008