Captain's Quarters -

John McCain might just as well run as a Democrat; he is that far away from reality, and that far away from the Republican base voters. This guy just is not a very good politician; McCain-Feingold & the gang of fourteen; just plain stupid politics...

A must see & read is now up over at Michelle Malkins site...

This article makes me much, much less likely to jump on the Straight Talk Express for a ride to the White House.

I have no, repeat no, interest in doing anything to win back the favor of those countries who are displeased with us. I will not repeat not support any President who insists on supplicating (I hope that's a word--it sure sounds good) to foreign nations. They think they're morally superior to us already; going on a kiss-and-make-up tour will solidify that misimpression.

Any man who goes to France, et.al and kisses their rings...or says things that create implications he will...is not my idea of Presidential material. Any man who seeks out folks abroad to tell that we've done things for which we must be ashamed, is not my idea of Presidential material.

On TV last night, I heard this wonderful story of a remarkable vignette from American history:

The location: the 1908 Olympics in London.
The event: the opening ceremonies parade.

According to tradition, as a nation's contingent of athletes passed by the King's reviewing stand, the nation's flag was supposed to dip, to show respect to the king.

Prior to the American contingent marching by, an Irish-American athlete went up to the American flag-bearer and told him that, if the Stars and Stripes were to dip, he'd be in the hospital that night.

Our flag did not dip as it passed the King's reviewing box. The British were outraged.

When questioned by a hostile press afterward, a US Olympic Committee official did...NOT try to mollify the press and the British. He did not try to curry favor. Instead, he pointed to the Stars and Stripes, and told those reporters that America's flag dipped to no earthly king.

It still doesn't. And neither should its Presidents, or those who aspire to that office.

P.S.: May God bless the Irish, and their sprit, which made us a great nation.

I've seen senator John McCain on SNL (I think), singing "Feelings", then telling Barbra Streisand to stick to singing and leave politics to politicians. But it was apparently his high point...

For some reason, I don't spend a lot of time worrying that the militarily-helpless over-taxed over-regulated agnostic socialist grandchildren of German Nazis, or of Italian fascists, or of French colonialists, or of British colonialists, or of Belgian colonialists, etc. don't like me, as a conservative. I don't like most of them very much either. I think THEY need to shape up. Not me. They certainly have nothing to teach Americans about Freedom. They've chosen comfort over Freedom, and they'll end up with neither.

We could always rebuild Alcatraz!

McCain's stand on immigration and closing gitmo will cost him any chance he has of being nominated.

Additionally, it is suicidal putting al qaida sympathizers in our nations jails. Nothing like putting psychotic jihadists in with psychotic criminals to open their own multi-cultural Muslim Brotherhood. The most worrisome outcome to this foolhardy plan would be a tattoed jihadist starting up his own prison gang.

I despair. I had assumed the purpose of the military commissions was to evaluate the circumstances of capture of the various persons to see if they had, in fact, violated Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention (Treatment of Prisoners of War). Such a violation, along with any other violations, say of the Fourth Convention, on the treatment of civilians, would constitute war crimes. Then all that would be needed is a sturdy masonry wall, and a firing squad. I see no reason that these persons should EVER be released.

These rules exist to legitimately protect real soldiers, fighting for king and/or country, and not for rape and booty, and for the protection of civilians, which is to say, not terrorists fleeing the country after a bombing wearing a hijab.

Without such rules, we will have to assume that all armed persons, in uniform or not, are outside the rules of civilization. Further, we will have to assume that even those not armed may in fact be outside the rules. And when that happens it will mean genocide. Not only will it become thinkable, it will seem compulsory.

McCain continues to astound. The possiblity that he will be the Republican nominee is shrinking and he continues to make statements that encourage an even further shrink.

The comments quoted above sound like he was having a bull session with the press, through out the making the world like us comments, and received friendly chuckles. So he makes it a campaign plank. If the press chuckles, it must be a good idea!

John McCain ... has told The Sunday Telegraph that restoring America's sullied reputation abroad will be "a top priority" if he wins the White House.

Sullied reputation? Geez. McCain is the anti-Reagan of American politics. Just one anecdote should dispel such nonsense:

Recall how Europe and much of the world were having coronaries before and after mass marches protesting American nukes abroad prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Reagan's (and Thatcher's and Pope John Paul's) vision backed by American finances and military might enabled freedom loving peoples to survive their oppression knowing they had a superpower in their corner despite the socialists/communists who preferred the status quo. Many of those same people who tagged Reagan as the devil reincarnate now look back fondly because of his backbone and commitment despite his grave error in judgment. Thankfully for them that American didn't listen to them at the time of his most ugly.

We now live in an age of another form of oppression, one perhaps more brutal than even the Stalinists' brand, namely Islamic radicalism. It is the beast that constrains another generation of people and deserves the same vigorous stand by a dedicated superpower, the only one currently committed to the task and the one taking the most risk and expending the most resources. Does an apology for American aggression and our resoluteness seem inappropriate? Is this the ugliness to which McCain refers and deserving of apology to those who would rather see us humbled? And is our handling of heinous terrorists offending McCain's sensibilities such that he would endorse policies that processes these thugs civilly and at a greater peril to our citizen's interests?

I just don't see how this man can possibly be considered a Republican. Maybe he's aiming for Chirac's empty seat. I, of course, kid. McCain deserves respect for his service, but much of his legislative record and his campaign platform to date have been horrendous. His past service gets him only so far, and he reached the end of my tolerance before his most recent skipping of conservative venues and this new priority to, um, repair our reputation.

Imagine, pandering not only to the American Left but to the European Left. That and his own vote will get him, well, a vote. Wait a minute - this is a good thing. Go, John, go! Hello Romney. Or Giuliani. Or Gingrich. Or Hunter. Or Tancredo. Or Thompson...

mccain sucks.
a pseudo-maverick.
too conservative for some libs.
way too lib for most conservatives.
said we had to have one hundred thousand ground troops deployed in kosovo to win. WRONG.
jerk.

too freakin old.
too much CANCER.

This is just reason #61 why I'll never support McCain as the Republican nominee.

So far the top five are:
1. Too old
2. Too cranky - personality not suited for POTUS
3. McCain-Feingold (need I say more)
4. He's a senator - mostly talk and has never actually run anything
5. Not really a conservative (barely GOP)

Send them to Leavenworth? Those guys are not common criminals -- they've decided to declare war on us, and should be treated as unlawful war combatants.

I decided a year or two ago that McCain has evidently decided that Arab terrorists have equal standing with American soldiers, and therefore, he's more concerned about protecting Arab terrorists and their rights than protecting America.

I have yet to see him do or say anything to make me change my mind. I will never support Mr. McCain because of this tunnel vision, and would certainly never vote for him.

I can not believe that anyone believes that Europeans are going to like us better if we shut down Gitmo. They did not like us before Gitmo. They did not like us before Kyoto as far as that is concerned.

And you know what? These people could be shot as soon as they returned to their home countries and no one would give a rat's behind. As soon as America was not the one to blame...these terrorists cease to be of concern to anyone.

As for Kyoto, well if we do this and our economy collapses we will take Europe with us. I wonder if they would like that? But I refuse to give into some bogus list of grievances from people who are in no position to be lecturing anyone else about anything.