John McCain at CPAC
Keith_Indy on Feb 07 2008 at 2:07 pm | Filed under: Election 2008, Keith's Page
McCain should be up any minute now…
3:07PM Special Guest Sen. George Allen from VA is up now.
- I’m a commonsense, Jeffersonian conservative.
- Preeminent role of President is Commander in Chief. And John McCain would be the best of the remaining candidates in that role.
- tenacious in stopping wasteful spending
- good fiscal conservative
- Conservatives are essential teammates
- John McCain is a leader
3:14PM Sen Tom Cobourn is introducing John McCain
- John McCain wont tell us one thing and do another
- Character, guts, determination and experience
- Said about surge “I’d rather loose the Presidency, then loose the war.”
- Courage matters most in Washington
- Disregard for his own personal political fortunes
- 1 of 11 Republicans who opposed “Bridge to Nowhere”
- voted against the Rx Drug program
- has the most conservative health plan of the candidates
- look at the Judges he’s voted for to see who he’d nominate
- pro-life for 24 years
- national security - most qualified candidate
3:23PM John McCain enters…
-Applause, maybe some booing.
-Pardon my absence from last year, trying to “not be seen as the front-runner for the GOP nomination.”
-Agrees with Romney on uniting party
-Campaign will be based on conservative principles
-Can’t succeed without help of dedicated conservatives
-Has strongly defended issues he shares with conservatives, as much as the issues he differs on
-Role of govt is to protect citizens liberty and property
-First CPAC attendance was at the invitation of Ronald Reagan
-Has not forgotten his political heritage
-Record as a whole is of a “mainstream conservative.”
-Look at his record for evidence
-Voted against “assault weapons ban”
-Position on immigration issue (boos on that one)
-Pledge to SECURE OUR BORDERS FIRST
-Then will address other aspects, must respect rule of law and not kick off another wave of illegal immigration
-Wont make promises he doesn’t intend to keep
-The choice will between him, and a Democrat who may take us back, to a Democrat weak on defense, and who’ll weaken us
-Will make sure that OUR principles will prevail over THEIRS (democrats)
-Will not sign a bill with ANY earmarks in it
-Will hold the line on expansion of entitlement programs, and will work to reform those programs
-Will make Bush tax cuts permanent
-Will cut corporate tax rates to keep industry in country
-Will repeal AMT (I think that’s what he said)
-Will deal with health care with free market principles
-Will nominate judges who’ve proven our trust
-Intend to win the war in Iraq
-Only candidate who appreciates the cost of war, but also knows what would happen if we withdrew, and wont let that happen.
-Will not permit Iran the weapons to advance their malevolent ambitions
-Will stay on offense against Islamic terrorism and marshal all of the government to that end
-Wants to keep America Safe, Proud, Prosperous and Free
-Will probably continue to have disagreements, but will consult with conservative leaders
-Even though a maverick, his true calling has been serving this country
-Asking for the support of conservatives
3:50PM McCain exits… Much applause. No booing apparent.
Overall a very good and persuasive speech. If he exhibits this during the general election, he has a good chance of winning.
Link to the full text of his remarks.
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Any chance of Romney and him making nice and picking him for VP?
I had thought I read that Romney wasn’t interested in the VP position, but that may have changed.
I do hope that McCain picks someone who can succeed him. Thompson would probably not be on that list, a little old. There are any number of more youthful, conservative picks he could make.
I’ll have to research his actual positions more, but I don’t think I’ll have a problem voting for him come November. Especially given that the opposition will be Hillary and/or Obama.
Strong speech. Placated me to an extent. Stressing opposition to AWB always perks me up for obvious reasons. Just don’t tap Huckabee and I’ll acquiesce.
Huckabee would be a poison pill on any ticket. For me, anyway, and I would assume many others like me.
Huckabee is definitely a deal killer.
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