Bitter? Da**** Right I'm Bitter -- Sending A Message To John McCain
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by David Hinz
The Problem:
Famously, Winston Churchill once said, "Democracy is a very bad form of government. Unfortunately all the others are so much worse." And so it is for Conservatives with the 2008 Presidential election. John McCain is a very bad choice for President, but all the others are so very much worse.
Each and every time that the good Senator from Arizona begins to re-earn the trust he has lost from the Conservative base, he does or says something to once again alienate that base. The two most recent demonstrations of this, of course, is his denunciation of the North Carolina Republican Party for running ads tying Barack Obama and the Rev Wright to two North Carolina Democrat Governor candidates; and his pandering in Louisiana in which he blamed the Bush Administration for the failures of the Hurricane Katrina aftermath while failing to mention the monumental failures of the local and state units of government (both of which, by the way, were totally Democrat.)
But, as mind-numbingly angry as this makes Conservatives, the alternatives, either a President Obama or President Clinton, are so much worse. Senator McCain appears unconcerned with the Republican base in his pursuit of independents and moderate Democrats, knowing full well that the base has no place else to go. It is time to send the good senator a message; a message that he cannot miss, and that will proclaim loud and clear our dissatisfaction with the candidate.
The Message:
I propose that each and every Conservative demonstrate his or her support for Senator McCain for President by purchasing a "McCain for President," bumper sticker, or better still, two. Then we should all affix those bumper stickers upside down -- as a clear message to the senator. As a former Navy flier, Sen McCain will understand that message only too well. As explained below, displaying an ensign or the American flag upside down is a message of danger. It means, "...a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property."
Respect for flag
Respect for flag is the title given to Section 8 of the U.S. Flag Code, and it addresses this very issue. In fact, this issue is so important that it is the first article written in the Respect for Flag section. Here is the introduction and article (a) in Section 8 of the U.S. Flag Code.No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
A signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property! I cannot think of a better description of the situation we face in this election. The issues facing this nation, and the next occupant of the Oval Office, are among the most important we have ever faced.
Radical Islamic terrorism, energy independence, Socialized National Healthcare, Carbon Credits to offset Global Warming fears and massive tax increases all threaten to change the American way of life. The answers proposed by both Obama and Clinton will destroy our freedoms. We cannot contemplate what damage a Democrat President, along with a Democrat controlled Congress can inflict on this nation.
We must do all that we can do to achieve a McCain victory in November. But, we must make it clear to this candidate that we WILL be heard, that he WILL listen to the base -- or else.
IF enough Conservatives display their McCain stickers in the distress manner, eventually it will be noticed. First, one would hope, by the MSM, who would naturally draw attention to any form of protest against the senator. They would naturally perceive it as a challenge to the senator. We could explain, when asked, that we support the senator, to a point, but want to draw attention to the fact that our nation is in peril.
If enough of us take up this challenge, to send a message to the candidate, we might be able to breath new life into the conservative movement. If we can get his attention, he might see the wisdom in recognizing the importance of his conservative base.
Let's start a movement. Can you see people at rallies holding up McCain signs upside down, and the MSM asking why?
--"Faith is a free work to which no one can be forced. Nay it is a Divine work, done in the Spirit."--Martin Luther
I'll blog it (with appropriate references to this one, of course) and my order for John McCain stickers is forthcoming.
Oh -- and for any other readers: two stickers per vehicle is best. If you just use one and stick it on upside down, you won't look like you're protesting; you'll just look like an idiot.
;)
Fred Thompson, 2008
As far as I'm concerned, consider the movement begun. ;)
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http://standstrongamerica.novahost.org/index.php?topic=193.0
I'm considering this "movement" our first of 13 'arrows' we conservative eagles are grasping while still holding out that olive branch to the Honorable Senator McCain... at the rate he's going he's gonna' have to nominate a 'bonafide' for VEEP and name conservative 'advisors' that would fill the Secretary spots come nomination time, well well well beyond Phil Grahm etcetera
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"Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread." -- Thomas Jefferson
"After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." -Fred Dalton Thompson
But seriously, if I put two on the back of my Explorer, I'm pretty sure I'll have to take off either my Fred08 Security-Unity-Prosperity or my Let Them Live (GA Human Life Amendment ##) sticker.
I'm gonna' just center it and see if it'll get the "point" across...
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Fred's gonna stay on the -Right Side- of the back of my SUV.
"After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." -Fred Dalton Thompson
smile
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"One man with courage makes a majority." - Andrew Jackson
"After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." -Fred Dalton Thompson
Anybody out there willing to sell T-shirts?
Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone. --Mitt Romney
going over right now to buy the two stickers....ROCK ON!!!
Freedom of Religion not Freedom from Religion
Rush had it right (again, as usual) today. GOP members must be mavericks just like he has been, and side with ideas and not parties.
-- A true evolutionist would let endangered species die off. Anyone care to change sides?
-- Saving baby whales and baby trees, but killing baby humans. Huh?
-- imwithfred but where is he? --
They don't have to start in California.
The upside down McCain sticker!!!
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Perhaps a McCain '08-'12 (McCain until 2012?) slogan indicating that we may only tollerate 4 years of this crap. I'm a little low in the creative juices. Maybe someone else can figure out how to make it slick or witty.
You know I'd just die to vote for a Zel Miller this election cycle. Or maybe, just maybe, a Lieberman candidacy.
*going back to my timeout now*
"Hey, I call 'em like I see 'em. I'm a whale biologist."
I'm ordering my "Next Please" bumper sticker too.
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"Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, but the Democrats believe every day is April 15."
--Ronald Reagan
Maybe a McCain sticker behind a Not sign with "Next Please" stamped over top!
--"Faith is a free work to which no one can be forced. Nay it is a Divine work, done in the Spirit."--Martin Luther
(not a promo)
Any clue how to simply post a pic of them for view? Alternatively: http://www.zazzle.com/pd/find/qs-mccain/pt-128?st=date_created
I also like Baltimorejohn's "McCain 2008 Only Because the Other Choice is Socialism".
"Hey, I call 'em like I see 'em. I'm a whale biologist."
Well shoot, there goes the party again. What's more, I thought Gov. Huckabee dropped out of the race but in no less than two weeks he's (a) launched HuckPAC and (b) began touring with McCain, whilst getting the MSM to plaster them together on the "Mangled Tour Express" bus. Sheesh!
So Full Disclosure -- Hillary had a goal Wednesday, to raise $10+ million in 24-hours. I kicked her campaign $5 while at the same time $10 to the NC GOP to keep that hard hitting TRUTHFULL ad running.
To date I have contributed a WHOPPING $0.00 to John McCain's 2008 campaign. A shame perhaps, as I sent money and my MI primary vote his way in 2000.
My how times have changed.
I'm going to try to score some free bumper stickers off of McCain's campaign AND then follow-through having surgically removed our Flag first.
McCain is the one in Distress and doesn't seem to care.
Final word -- and no, as my Californeeeya friend Luis asked me earlier -- this is not a threat but a p-r-o-m-i-s-e...
McCain + Huckabee = My "non'vote" for them, period. I can only stomach so much before disbelief sets in.
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"There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100 per cent Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else."
-- Theodore Roosevelt
Hammer...have you noticed McCain's fund raising prowess??
Hillary had a goal Wednesday, to raise $10+ million in 24-hours.
While Hillary is raising $10 million in 24 hours in a losing bid for her Party's nomination...It's taken McCain the entire time he's had since he secured the nomination to raise $11 Million!
Anyone have any doubts where this is going? If McCain wins this it will be despite McCain not because of him!
--"Faith is a free work to which no one can be forced. Nay it is a Divine work, done in the Spirit."--Martin Luther
It's 2:30am and I haven't read the whole thread so I apologize if I'm repeating someone's idea here...but I suggest attaching a McCain 08 upsidedown as a tag for all your posts on Red State as well!
--"Faith is a free work to which no one can be forced. Nay it is a Divine work, done in the Spirit."--Martin Luther
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paste the link above into your tag...You need to add a "<" at the beginning to make it work.
So Let It Be Done!
This sums up my views perfectly! I am on board with it.
With Permission, I am going to e-mail this around to get it going here in South Dakota.
Wubbies World, MSgt, USAF (Retired):
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(""The only reason that some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.")
Great idea!
...when I wake up to find 4 of the 5 top recommended blogs at RedState are "I hate McCain" blogs.
"After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." -Fred Dalton Thompson
I am reminded of the man with the donkey cart driving down the road. When the donkey would stop and refuse to go, the man would get out of the cart and hit the donkey with a two-by-four, then whisper in his ear.
When someone asked him what the two-by-four was all about, he told them, "The two-by-four is just to get his attention."
I suggest we support John McCain for President. But we need to first get his attention.
It took me a bit to get used to the idea. But you're right, we can support him and still send a message.
"After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." -Fred Dalton Thompson
Hate hurts no one but the hater...Vote mcCain...But scream like a banshee about it!
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
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"One man with courage makes a majority." - Andrew Jackson
It's finally kicking in after the 2nd cup.
"After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." -Fred Dalton Thompson
Spare the rod, spoil the child!
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He who spares the rod hates his child!
That having been said, I plan on loving McCain with an unassailable love by the time we're through pushing him over the line despite himself!
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
That's one way of putting it for sure...
:>)
My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
BTW...A redheaded step child works too!
Hope you're not redhead or a step child BTW
My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
personally I go for the Arabica French Roast or espresso roast as darm as I can get it.
Sumatra is good as well...I save that for treats!
My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
Your name is John not Janus! Referencing the Roman God Janus who had twofaces, and two ways of looking at everything. I want to proudly vote for McCain in November. I don't want to drag myself to the polls and feel like my dog did when I took him in to get cut!
Tim Schieferecke
John
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Why would God invent something like whiskey? To keep the Irish from ruling the world of course
to lose his manhood, and I think he forgave me. I'll be going in aware of Janus McCain's proclivity towards militant enforcement of his linguini treatment of political adversaries. I hope I'll be able to forgive myself. Better yet, I hope he gets the message so I can be proud of my choice. To any of you out there who refuse to vote for him now, I have one suggestion. Just tell yourself you're voting against Hillary or Obama when you fill out the ballot for McCain. That's what I'm going to do when I vote for him, err. I mean against HillBama.
Tim Schieferecke
I understand how much better McCain is than either of the two Marxist Baby Killers. However a vote for McCain is a vote for a Republican Party which believes Americans are stupid and weak. Therefore I hope a Conservative steps forward (Duncan Hunter, J.C. Watts, Alan Keyes, Sarah Palin), to offer a ballot choice. I doubt any of them have what it takes to do this, however. And No, I don't care if this hands the WH to the Democrats.
-- that's what I saw in passing yesterday. Wouldn't be half surprised if we ended up with a Bob Barr/Alan Keyes (Libertarian Party) or a Keyes/Barr (Conservative Party) ticket this fall.
Such temptation!
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"Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, but the Democrats believe every day is April 15."
--Ronald Reagan
since the message you think it will send to John McCain will pale in comparison to how it will be interpreted.
Not sure I don't still have it a little, but I also believe McCain still isn't giving conservatives the time of day. To me, that's more important.
"After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." -Fred Dalton Thompson
being presented upside down IS the danger signal...although I can certainly see the concern against appearing to be unpatriotic. The solution, quite simply is to use a McCain for President sticker without a flag
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For those who haven't done so...I posted html up thread to put in your tag line. I suggest coming up with a cute phrase to go along with the Upside down sticker. Please feel free to copy it and use it in all your posts.
For those who don't know how to create a tag, go to "My Blog" Click on My Account and post the HTML text I posted in the box provided...
All of us on Red State should have this tag or something like it in their posts! Send personal emails to Red Staters you know who are like minded but might not have read this post!
My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
means to suggest to the MSM that its still 1963 or 1863 in Dixie.
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"One man with courage makes a majority." - Andrew Jackson
It says more about your sensitivity to race than McCain "clearly" saying what you feel he meant. He said it was "out of touch with reality." I understand why people might be upset with that comment.
But he did not "clearly" say that its still 1963 in Dixie. And that level of sensitivity is not usually an attribute of the right. There's no need to make up something he didn't say. There's plenty to talk about that he did "clearly" say.
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fellow denouncers of the ad have said it is "playing to race."
Adam, I don't base my opinions on "feelings." Please don't say that again. I base them on experience filtered thru my extremely potent high IQ (as determined by liberal testing).
Let's hold McCain to the same standard as Gamecock. An intentionally vague attack placed in the milieu of specific attacks by others, in the context of 30 years worth of lib dem msm false racial attacks against republicans.
obvious
But my blog was incomplete. I'm working on another now to elaborate what is meant by
face to face.
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that "McCain clearly means to suggest to the MSM that its still 1963 or 1863 in Dixie."
Glad to see that you agree that "He didn't say anything clearly." If you feel your time is best spent parsing what might be implied or assumed, that's your choice.
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they have support.
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In the spirit of coming up with solutions as opposed to just criticizing others (doesn't that whole sentence make you want to gag?), perhaps you'd prefer something like these:
http://www.zazzle.com/pd/find/qs-mccain/pt-128?st=date_created
"Hey, I call 'em like I see 'em. I'm a whale biologist."
is WAY the lesser of evils:
An Obama bumper sticker that says:
"Obama's butt: parked in God Damn America pew for 20 years and counting"
and a third bumper sticker that says:
"We the People are the boss"
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I totally disagree with this upside-down bumpersticker idea, but I LOVE the "parked in GD America pew" one.
Y'all do realize that if/when McCain is elected, he's not going to feel as though he owes conservatives jack, don't you? It's not like he's been beholden to a hard-line agenda thus far; why would he do us any favors if we don't support him?
That's how politics works--big donors, lobbyists, and interests groups (and we are an interest group) of all kinds know this quite well. Treat the candidate right, and he/she will treat you right more often than not.
Crap on the candidate, and you won't get a seat at the table. I want my voice heard in a McCain Administration, so I make my support well-known (even though I quite simply can't afford to be a big donor and still put food on the table).
Just sayin', is all.
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~ Beth ~
upside down bumper sticker.
Guess who else won't owe conservatives a damn thing if elected? Obama
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endure insults that empower the pc police in hopes he throws us a bone. He is the dawg. We hold the bones.
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Why would he pay any attention to us anyway if we just lay down and allow him to dump a steaming pile of cow dung on us?
My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
He's going to continue to tick you guys off for as long as he's on the national scene - its just something that happens like a cat hissing at a dog. I guess it will provide plenty of blog fodder though.
McCain says he was influenced my the Rush led amnesty bill smackdown.
Is he lying about that too?
btw, has Mccain ever ticked you off? If so, how?
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"One man with courage makes a majority." - Andrew Jackson
I got mad at the Dems for their non-comittal behaviour on Iraq, but I just don't take what politicians say personally, so while I disagree with them I don't get mad. I was disappointed when I heard McCain pledged no new taxes, though I'll admit that - not ticked off though.
I agreed with what Rudy said about signing the pledge when he said that you take one pledge as a president. The president takes a pledge to defend the constiution of the United States and he shouldn't be taking pleges that could conflict with that. Besides I do think we need to raise taxes or lower spending, the current fiscal policy is insane.
increase will certainly end up raising taxes. Even politicians who pledge not to raise taxes end up raising taxes.
Every President we have had in my lifetime has raised taxes on occassion. Your worries about boxing a President in are unfortunately unfounded.
Besides, it is only by boxing in politicians on taxes can spending cuts ever materialize.
end up raising taxes" So they shouldn't take the pledge, I for one still believe in honesty. Its irresponsible in my mind to say you're not going to raise taxes. And McCan ran in the primary and got votes not having taken the plege and then he flipflopped and took it, but nobody's perfect.
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all used to answer a simple question
you may have a future in the msm
ps
We both know you were actually ticked at McCain, not just disappointed. Maybe not mad, but, of course you
(who were you referring to that "take it personal" btw?)
would never take it personal. Whatever that means.
I think it means you have a touch of mccain snobbery.
ticked?
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(who were you referring to that "take it personal" btw?) I'm referring to everybody's who's spent all of the last two days whining that McCain threw an insult at the NC GOP, its like complaining that you got sprayed by a skunk. We're lucky John McCain didn't say something worse, he says what he shouldn't - its just one of his faults.
that's whining about McCain?
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but this is definitely more interesting. Especially more interesting than New Testament greek homework.
and when I got back everybody was still doing what they were doing when they left. So I probably wouldn't have been on the issue as long if I hadn't taken a twenty four hour break.
for more than 24 hours. I'm dumbfounded.
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I guess some of us have a better attention span?
My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
on immigration. Yeah he was influenced to change what the order of what he was pushing for, so yeah I guess you could say he can be influenced some, but the thing is he didn't back off of CIR in the very heat of the battle when his poll numbers tanked and when the thing got defeated, so I'd say that's pretty good evidences that he won't be influenced easilly.
things because they are hard."
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"One man with courage makes a majority." - Andrew Jackson
True...BTW, I've seen many a dog's nose bloodied by a quick sweep of a cat's claws!
My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
Your idea is solid. But McCain is The Maverick and I doubt he feels compelled towards the conservatives in any way now.
All I know is he will almost assuredly have to appoint some SCOTUS judges and all I want are more Justice Scalia clones.
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I wasn't planning on doing a McCain bumper sticker this year.
But this idea captures my thinking perfectly.
I think I will have to carefully cut the flag out with a utility knife so that I can stick it back into the same hole on the upside down sticker with the flag flying proudly right side up.
Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone. --Mitt Romney
Including the above image, you may use it where you see fit, and there is some merchandise available too!
We did not have a revolution in order to have democracy - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
forgot the link! http://www.hinzsightreport.com
We did not have a revolution in order to have democracy - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
I've seen it in a couple threads and it's distracting!
My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
the writing is way to small. Either people wouldn't get it or be staring at my chest for a long time.
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For the tag. Add to your preferences in My account under the edit tab. (Ad "<" to the beginning of the above text)
My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
Swamp Yankee: 1. New England trailer trash or northern redneck. - Urban Dictionary
Hey David...it's time to update and repost this!
We need as many folks as possible on this. If you repost and we all recommend it again we can get more on board!
My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!
I might just do that. Any others? We need a lot of us.
Fred Thompson, 2008