Posted by
Gamecock on Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:44:50 PM
On the occasion of the recent summer solstice and John McCain's precipitous fall in the polls, Gamecock recalls crowed warnings of the latter before the latest equinoxes.
As a then objective Democrat Party activist during the 2000 primary season and eyewitness to the post-New Hampshire, pre-South Carolina primary, I know first-hand that McCain lost in S.C, due to his stands on issues and failings of character.
Contrary to the McCain-Hardball-Matthews-Fineman fiction that McCain lost in SC, after swamping the Establishment's Bush in NH, due to Karl Rovian slanderous telephone push-polling plants in the SC boonies, I watched McCain self-destruct due to his own non-straight talk on abortion, the SC Confederate flag compromise and taxes.
He did not lose because a self-described GOP loner made slanderous statements about McCain during phone calls.
McCain was discovered (by the Late Rev. Jerry Falwell and CBN Founder and President, Pat Robertson) to have told California republicans during the summer prior to the SC primary that he would not support a Supreme Court justice that would overturn Roe.
McCain then slandered all conservative Christians when he got called out.
McCain equivocated on the flag issue as Bush decisively said the issue was for the state of SC to decide. McCain was more concerned with future invitations to appear as a co-star on Sunday morning TV.
Finally, McCain voted against tax cuts, while Bush endorsed tax cuts.
The slander against my state prompts me to right this "I told you so" column. South Carolinians did not reject McCain because he has a non-Caucasian child.
That was a bigoted lie.
South Carolinians reject Roe v. Wade as bad law, favor tax cuts, honesty and decisiveness, and reject slander based on uninformed and dishonest characterizations of the black caucus endorsed Confederate flag controversy.
Some contend that McCain's stand on the immigration bill is "principled." It may be. But the manner in which he follows principle leaves much to be desired if it is.
Whether it’s cursing out colleagues who dare offer amendments to his back room deal, cursing in resignation at the prospect of building a fence, or stating that we won't build a fence when his own bill says we will, we can do without that kind of principle.
Even the MSM is having a hard time trying to hide the fact that McCain's polls are dropping due to immigration and not his consistent support for Iraq War, as they nearly always say that his downfall is due to his stands on both issues.
The facts show that McCain's fall occurred only after the secret immigration, Grand Compromise was unveiled and his VP, Lindsey Graham compared border security conservative republicans to supporters of Jim Crow laws and "no Jews or Irish need apply" sign hangers.
This rooster crowed warnings that McCain's SC support in earlier polls would not stand up, as they were attained due to relative name recognition, the lack of a Bush in the poll, and the inclusion of many democrats that can vote in an open primary.
One Rooster crowing confirmed. One to go.
I believe that Romney will finish no lower than second in the 2008 SC primary.
At present, I lean to Giuliani, ever so slightly, but am pleased with Romney, Thompson and Hunter.
It’s the issues that drive conservatives, which is one of the main reasons I left the Democrat Party.
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
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