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Barack Hussein Obama has come unglued because of something President Bush said. In a speech to Israel's Knesset, Bush said: "Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. Of course, that’s what one-time British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain did with regard to Hitler. It’s known as appeasement. But would that be Obama’s policy with regard to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Obama has said that he would meet and talk with such rogue leaders. What else would he do to please them? MSNBC’s Chris Matthews called Bush’s comments “a sucker punch” aimed at Obama. Oh, so? The fact that so many Democrats came unglued is a clue. From John Kerry to Nancy Pelosi to Obama himself, they’ve attacked Bush for the comment. The appeasement shoe apparently fits.

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The news for HRC just keeps getting worse. Now John Edwards has endorsed Barack Obama and the senator from Illinois is edging ever closer to the nomination. Hillary has but two strategies. First she has to appeal to the superdelegates that only she can win the big swing states. That’s not working as well as she’d like. The other strategy, and the only one that has a real chance is to demand that the votes count from Michigan and Florida. Those states broke party rules and were disallowed – and that was OK with Hillary. Until Obama began to pull away. Now she’s got to have those states or the Clinton dream of a third term is over. So she will continue to press on that issue – while hoping that Obama makes yet another gaffe – or that her research team can come up with something to damage Obama. If she DOES have something on Obama, now’s the time. It’s almost too late.

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I’m taking a lot of heat for my “Dump McCain Express” – but I’m not alone. Earlier in the week, I made the statement that I had never covered an election in which I had no candidate to support. Later the same day, I heard El Rushbo say virtually the same thing – almost the same words. I’ve been disgusted with John McCain for years – I just went back to 1999 and found columns I’d written about him. He’s ALWAYS been anti-Republican. It is NO WONDER that so many of us right wing talk show hosts are having trouble supporting him. We can’t help it if the Democrats are about to nominate their worst candidate since Jimmy Carter. But folks – so are the Republicans. A pox on BOTH their houses. Haven’t I told you that we need a better brand of elected officials? Now, you know what I mean. Regardless of who wins in November, the next four years are going to be miserable.

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For those of you who are still in denial about the liberalism of John McCain – witness his platform on Global Warming. The Arizona senator is proposing a cap-and-trade system designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions. His speech was designed to separate him from the skepticism on global warming, which has marked Bush's presidency. In a swipe at Bush, McCain says he will not wait eight years to take on the nation’s great challenges. "I will not accept the same dead-end of failed diplomacy that claimed Kyoto," said McCain. So you thought conservatism was suffering under Bush – that things couldn’t get worse? Wrong! McCain’s climate change proposals read like a passage from “Earth in the Balance.” Meanwhile, former Congressman Bob Barr is running for the Libertarian nomination. And Ron Paul forces may stage a revolt at the Republican Convention. It’s not over, folks. Not yet!

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The Obama campaign has already telegraphed its strategy for the general campaign: it will attempt to hang the Bush administration around John McCain's neck. McCain will continue the - quote - disastrous economic policies of the Bush administration. Is Obama right? Bush has pushed through some small tax cuts that Obama would rescind. But Bush has also presided over a great expansion of government. Bush expanded federal control over the education. He created a new cabinet department - Homeland Security. Bush expanded the entitlement state by adding a pharmaceutical benefit, and he has expanded CHIP insurance. Obama on the other hand is running on a platform of expanded government. He has proposed billions of dollars of new spending including a takeover of healthcare. When it comes to the economy, an Obama presidency looks a lot like a third Bush term.

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If you drive down to Austin from Dallas, you'll pass through Salado - a village of major golf courses and upper scale housing. But like most of Texas, there is a burgeoning immigrant population. Some of those immigrant parents have gone before the school board and, speaking through interpreters, have demanded that all school communications be offered in Spanish. Everything from voice mails left for parents to emails, to the district handbook. So will Salado school officials cave? Or will they take a page from Farmers Branch where city officials have taken major steps to keep illegal immigrants out. The first step in Salado should be to request immigration authorities to attend the next school board meeting and check IDs. Following that, the remaining parents who demand Spanish should be told no. Fortunately, "no" means "no" in Spanish as well. The rest of Texas is watching Salado.

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I'm just about ready to get on the DUMP MCCAIN EXPRESS. Calls to the radio show and tons of emails ran about 4 to 1 in favor of dumping McCain. There are a couple of factors we all need to watch.but I'm telling you: If he panders to the racial group La Raza, it's going to be hard to stay off the Express. Then again, if he names a REALLY conservative up-and-coming running mate such as Louisiana's Bobby Jindal - then maybe we can vote for him and hope for a one-term administration. Meanwhile, McCain is bragging that he will reach out to Democrats and even name some of them to important positions in his administration. But that's McCain for you - the same guy who delivered a speech on how he will nominate and get confirmation for strict constructionist Supreme Court justices. But McCain is the guy who led the Gang of Fourteen to prevent the libs from blocking appointments.

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There are two types of conservatives right now. The first kind says that we must elect John McCain because the alternative appears to be Barack Obama. Better to elect a liberal Republican than a liberal.well.liberal. The other type of conservative says: It's time to get tough on liberal Republicans. DUMP MCCAIN. So here's the question: Should there be a DUMP MCCAIN movement? As the Democrats settle on Obama as their nominee - is there a way that Republicans might un-nominate McCain. It's highly unlikely. But a bottom-up movement scuttled the Dubai Ports deal. Another killed comprehensive immigration reform. Yet another doomed the nomination of Harriet Miers. Could bottom-up movement result in someone other than McCain as the GOP nominee? It could if thousands of us made it known that we will not vote for McCain. It's not over until it's over.

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Folks, I need your help. I just heard the pundit Bob Novak say on FOX that the Republicans are lucky to have John McCain as the nominee - because McCain is the ONLY candidate who can win for the Party. Oh, so? I suppose that's because McCain can bring in the Hispanic Vote. And if that's correct, then the Republicans are pandering to racial communities and are no better than the Democrats. McCain is already back to his old ways on immigration now that he's got the nomination. He's making TV spots in Spanish and pandering about comprehensive immigration reform - aka "amnesty"-- just as he did back when we all thought he was through. Here's where I need help. I think the socialist, leftist-extremist Barack Obama is going to be the Democrats' nominee. If he wins the election, the country is in deep trouble. But I can't stand McCain. Help me find some way to sport him.

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These days it seems that the terms DEMOCRAT and LIBERAL have become synonyms while REPUBLICAN and CONSERVATIVE have become antonyms. Sitting here - watching Democrats on the Sunday morning shows defend Obama for not leaving his racist pastor years ago makes me consider all this. To Democrats, taking over the White House with a liberal philosophy is so much more important than truth or consistency. If a Republican candidate had attended a racist church, conservatives would scream bloody murder. Conservatives these days care little for party loyalty. George Bush and John McCain destroyed whatever there was of that. But Democrats circle the wagons when their guys do something stupid. When a Republican speaks at Bob Jones University, that's bad. When Obama attends a racist church for twenty years, that's OK. The difference is that conservatives are willing to hold their people to a consistent standard. Democrats do not do that.

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Hillary Clinton's appearance on the O'Reilly Factor was a stark reminder of the difference in liberals and conservatives. O'Reilly is no raving right-winger - but he asked several questions from a conservative point of view. Such as "how much you gonna raise my taxes" - "why not waterboard if it saves lives" - "what if Hillarycare bankrupts the country." For her part, it seemed to me that Hillary tried to sound reasonable, believing that a lot of right-of-center folks would be tuned in. But what's "reasonable" to a liberal? She flatly stated that she would raise taxes on those making over $200,000 as if the government should have the right to decide who pays more. She droned on about adding new regulations and going after oil companies. Nothing about the bloated government being too big. But that king of talk is reasonable to Hillary and Obama - if not to most Americans.

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How entertaining politics can be. Barack Obama finally goes on FOX. So Hillary goes on FOX - the O'Reilly Factor, no less. Perhaps both Democrats are trying to prove they can deal with third world dictators by first dispatching Chris Wallace and Bill-O. For his part, Bill fought the good fight. He asked questions that would NEVER get asked on MSNBC. Such as - how much will you raise my taxes? Do you understand that is redistribution of wealth? Socialism? He pounded her about Rev. Wright, her proposed takeover of healthcare - even her own polarizing nature. The questions were fascinating. Her answers were deflections - all in the spirit of good humor! Look, y'all - I'm on FOX! I'm on the O'Reilly Factor for crying out loud. Bring on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad! Okay, so she admitted nothing, said little and dodged the questions - but she went on FOX and lived to tell about it.

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Just a couple of questions into the Clinton-Obama debate in Hollywood, I switched to an episode of “Lost” on DVD.  As Hurley would say, I was one disappointed dude.  I was expecting an actual debate since it was just the two of them.  But it was all policy-wonk talk – in a word, boring.  The problem with the two remaining Democrats is that there isn’t a nickel’s worth of difference in their policies except on the issue of drivers’ licenses for illegals.  Obama’s all for it – and Hillary was for it before she was against it.  Oh yeah, and Obama would end the war and he was always against it, while Hillary would end the war but she was for it before she was against it.  Little wonder that this race comes down to issues of gender and skin color – or how to control Bill Clinton if he gets back to the White House.  Other than that, it’s tweedledee or tweedledum in the Democratic Party battle.

I’ve always liked Ron Paul.  My libertarian streak constantly nags at me that government is too big, too bloated, too all-pervasive.  And that is the message of Dr. Paul.  He would reduce government, end the war, lower taxes – even abolish the IRS if he could.  There are things about the libertarian point of view that bother me.  I worry a bit that al Qaeda would be left to run rampant – but maybe Dr. Paul’s belief that other countries would step in to protect their own interests would pan out.  So I’m looking at it this way:  If Mitt Romney can’t make it past Super Tuesday, why shouldn’t we true conservatives throw in with Ron Paul?  John McCain would simply do too much damage to the already fractured Republican Party.  Dr. Paul, who may not be the new Ronald Reagan, may very well be the new Barry Goldwater.  Ron Paul may not become president, but he is the true candidate of change.

So where now goes the Republican Party?  John McCain’s win in Florida sticks another knife in the heart of the Reagan coalition -- which is now left bleeding.  Cal Thomas talks of the recent GOP retreat that he says was aptly named.  President Bush was there, arguing to borrow money for his stimulus package.  The House Republican Leader, John Boehner, begged his peers for a one-year moratorium on earmarks.  So maybe that explains why McCain is winning and the Democrats are favored in November.  Thomas says: “The Republican rank and file and independent voters prefer their liberalism straight up rather than diluted by party officials.”  But chin up, conservatives.  All is not lost.  It appears that we are likely to have a liberal president whether Democratic or Republican.  That gives true conservatives time to regroup and reform the movement.  And that’s what we need to be doing.