$250 for John McCain. You can spend the rest of the money Bush sends you
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I've mentioned this once and I'll mention it again when May 1st rolls around, but this blog is for people who are planners.
On or around May 1st, most Red Staters will get a rebate from the Federal government. The easiest way to put some of it to use for the sake of your family, your country, and the economy (think of all those American media consultants) is take the second chunk of money (the first is going to your church, right?) from your rebate and write a check for $250 to John McCain.
Yeah, I know. If you are married and have two kids you're getting $1800 and you already know what you want to do with the whole $1800.
In fact, if you are like my wife and I, you've probably decided how to spend about $5000 of your $1800 so I am asking you to take a step back and consider $250 for McCain.
I'm not going to go into all the reasons here why you should vote for him and I'm not going to try to talk you into $4600 (the max if you split it between the primary and the general), but I'm just sitting back and imagining if 1 million conservative families took $250 from their rebate and gave them to McCain.
$250 MILLION ... now that would be something that we could use to beat Hillary or Barak with.
payment, too.
Good idea.
No investment will pay greater dividends than winning the presidency in November.
I may make it an even $300 by throwing $50 at the RNC.
If you don't like giving to the national party, I would suggest throwing that extra $50 to an organization like FreedomsWatch, Vets for Freedom, or perhaps some of our Republicans facing tough re-elections like John Sununu, or perhaps some strong challengers like John Kennedy.
“.....women and minorities hardest hit”
This is a brilliant idea, wish I'd thought of it.
...a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right...
---Thomas Paine---
Leave direct support for McCain to his enthusiastic moderates and dedicated independents. (According to his philosophy of BCRA, support or neglect of his campaign will have absolutely no influence on his subsequent actions if elected.) He gets my grudging vote in November, but there are plenty of conservatives in the state and local races to get my money and sweat equity.
Freedom of Religion not Freedom from Religion
carbon taxes.
Tim Schieferecke
My wife just lost her job, so we'll have to use it to pay the bills.
Personally, I think giving $100 to McCain and $150 to various other candidates would be beneficial. Losing more House and Senate seats is not good. Losing Governors and State legislatures is also bad news. I'd rather not see the Dems build up a big enough lead that Congress is in their hands for the next decade or two.
...a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right...
---Thomas Paine---
to override Pres. McCain's veto.
Without a GOP president, we will lose in Iraq, and who knows what other dangers a Dem president will create.
Pres. Clinton pushed to reduce military and intelligence funding, and treated Al Qaeda as if they were criminals rather than military enemies. Meanwhile Saddam stuck his finger in our eye again and again and made us look even weaker in the Middle East. 9/11 followed.
Pres. Carter was worse - he gave us Revolutionary Iran.
Winning the presidency and continuing to put radical terrorists and regimes on the defensive is too important. I'm not giving to any congressional candidates this year. It's all going to McCain or pro-victory/pro-soldier groups.
I say whatever you do with it, barring a financial hardship like NightTwister, give it to some organization that is going to use the money for good. Electing conservative candidates is certainly worthy of "our" money. [It would also be irony for McCain to potentially win the Presidency by using what would essentially be borrowed dollars.]
I would say that it would definitely do some good at pumping dollars into high-target states like Ohio, Florida and Michigan.
Fighting for conservatism one day at a time.
If McCain makes an attempt to make nice with Conservatives, he -may- get my vote. He hasn't earned my financial support.
Fred Thompson, 2008
on conservative issues when republicans were abandoning the cause - such as overspending (e.g., medicare D), and earmarks and pork (e.g., transportation bill).
and let's not forget that the gop would have no chance whatsoever to take the presidency this year - none - if we had retreated from iraq as secretary rice and some republican senators began to suggest last summer. it is due to the efforts of mccain and a few others who stepped to the fore at the moment of greatest political risk last year and insisted on persevering in iraq. he has been proven right - and the electoral chances of the gop are much better for it.
He's run on a conservative platform. He's talked about appointing judges, cutting taxes, ending earmarks, and winning the War. But some people won't ever be happy. Have fun pouting.
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Because I make 100K I am considered "rich" by Obama and the democrats. Thus I get ZERO back.
That huge amount of money I make allows me to live in a ONE BEDROOM CONDO in Washington DC. I still have law school debt I am paying back. Should I be whining like Michelle Obama?
Obama is Jimmy Carter- only without the sweater.
Since you don't get anything back, President Obama will make that up to you by raising your income taxes AND lifting the social security tax cap (around $90K AGI). So your marginal tax rate should go up a mere 12-15%.
I'd say a donation to McCain would be a good investment :)
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Nader would get on every ballot get 5-10% and deliver 2-5 swing states to us. McCain '08
NT