"Throw under the bus" is one of the most overused clichés and it needs to stop now!  I suggest we throw the phrase "throw under the bus" under the bus!  Certainly, we can come up with something better.  

While we are at it I suggest we cease and desist using other phrases like:
Progressive
Liberal
Enlightened

We should use the real terms which are:
Marxist
Communist

These euphemisms should be displaced beneath the mass transit means of conveyance.

SO after 50 YEARS of LOYAL service youre just going to THROW "throw under the bus" under the bus!! What an OUTRAGE. DISGRACE.

I belive LIBERAL also refers to support for CRAZY GAY MARRIGE and ABORTION as well as SOCIALISM

I'm all for changing all instances of the word liberal to socialist.  Now if we could only get the MSM on board...

Obama's Grandma was discarded like a cheap suit?

Obama's Grandma was ridden hard and put away wet?

Obama's Grandma was thrown out with the bath water?

Obama's Grandma was put down like a mad dog?

Obama's Grandma was flattened under a passenger vehicle?

No matter how you look at it..she was thrown under the bus where conservatives and Bush have been thrown by McCain.

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liberalism=socialism=communism  I will not use the term liberalism again in the future.

Well, I don't care, there's no way I'm going to just sit around and watch the likes of Barack Hussein Obama take over this country. If you can't see the difference between that twit and Juan, then go ahead and stay home in "protest" and see how far that gets you.

The MOST liberal senator in Washington against someone whose ACU ratings are in the low 80s??? Choice is clear for me...but I want to stay on topic, so here are my three irritating cliches:

hope
change
I'll never vote for the lesser of the two evils again

Antisoros wrote:Well, I don't care, there's no way I'm going to just sit around and watch the likes of Barack Hussein Obama take over this country. If you can't see the difference between that twit and Juan, then go ahead and stay home in "protest" and see how far that gets you.

The MOST liberal senator in Washington against someone whose ACU ratings are in the low 80s??? Choice is clear for me...but I want to stay on topic, so here are my three irritating cliches:

hope
change
I'll never vote for the lesser of the two evils again

Welcome back!  It has been a long time since I you have posted.  "Hope" and "change" are indeed overused.  Sadly, "I'll never vote for the lesser of two evils again" is terribly underutilized.  

What ever gave you the idea that I was "staying home?"  I' have narrowed my choice to a couple of third parties that have largely conservative platforms.  McCain thinks he can win with Hillary's supporters.  I think his fundraising to date indicates that he may have to because conservatives are obviously NOT donating to his campaign.  

Good to hear from you again.  Stop in more frequently if you can.

Hey thanks, Paleo, for the welcome back. You have a right do whatever you want to with your vote, you know that, but I just can't resist:

A vote for a third-party candidate is a wasted vote.

Another hoary political saying, usually true but not always. Yeah, it does look like many of the Hillary supporters are going turn to Juan. at least they're threatening to. The way it looks now, Juan is going to get everybody but the far-left (Barack Hussein Obama's) and the far-right and right-of-center types who can't stomach a RINO (like you). I don't believe it for a minute that it's *better* for the GOP or the country for him to lose to that communist Soros shill.

I'm getting PMs on some other boards all the time, thinking I'm some disenchanted Hillary supporter, to switch to Juan. It must be because I bitch about Barack Hussein Obama all the time. I hope you're not thinking Bob Barr, but one of them was a link to this "Falcon Party" that sounds okay, but needs to mainstream.

The state I live in is blue, but will turn red if it's between Juan and Hussein, I have to take that into consideration. But if I lived in DC or Alabama, I'd think about voting for Nader so one day my grandkids would have something (else) to laugh at me about.

McCain is trying for Hillary's supporters.     In all his accolades, he seems to think she is wonderful.   I would not be surprised to see McCain choose Hillary as his VP.  He would accomplish 2 things.  He would bring in all the Dems supporting her, plus the moderates and independents who would never vote for Obama, and he would make his final "in your eye" snub to conservatives.  If he's elected with her on the ticket, he won't have to honor any of those campaign promises he made to try to bring conservatives back like closing the border, conservative judges, etc., because he didn't need conservatives to get elected.  In truth,  he probably isn't planning to honor them anyway.  John McCain will do anything to keep from having to have conservatives put him over the top.  Don't be surprised if this happens and if Hillary agrees to it.  She thinks the Dems have been traitors to her and that she's been treated so poorly by them.  There are plenty of RINOs in the Republican Party, including McCain.  She would just be added to the list.  There's no difference in her and Arlen Sphincter or the rest of them.

Antisoros wrote:Hey thanks, Paleo, for the welcome back. You have a right do whatever you want to with your vote, you know that, but I just can't resist:

A vote for a third-party candidate is a wasted vote.

I have explained my thinking on this matter in detail on numerous other posts on this forum.  I specifically explain how I have concluded that voting for a third party is not a wasted vote.  Conservatives voting for a socialist, anti-capitalist, anti-freedom, open border, MMGW believing advocate like John McCain is worse than a wasted vote.  It is a vote for all those things conservatives oppose.  Voting for a man who has promised to deliver the very things we oppose is the true "suicide vote" for conservatives.  

John McCain holds virtually no positions that actually differ in substance from Barack Obama.  John McCain says he will prosecute the war in Iraq.  But, I suspect he is either out-and-out lying or he will "compromise" with Liberals once elected and demonstrate his "growth" by withdrawing precipitously from Iraq to prove he is still a "maverick."  The man cannot be trusted on anything.  You can take that to the bank.  

I am not out to influence your vote.  Vote for McCain if you want.  I am only saying I am tired of being lied to by RINOs who are intent on bringing socialism to America.  I won't be voting for socialist, RINO Republicans.  When I find a true conservative on a ballot I'll cast my vote for him or her, regardless of party affiliation.  But, I will never vote for a Republican just because he or she is a Republican again ever.

Voting by party label, and just party label is what has gotten us into this mess. Not voting because of party label isn’t any different.
I do not see how voting for a third party nominee in this presidential election is going to achieve anything.  There will not be enough votes to get them elected and it will siphon votes off of Senator Obama or Senator McCain. Your vote would in effect not gain much except for a feel good moment that would end as soon as the ‘other guy’ got in office.  

Conservative core values have eroded within this country over the last 30 years.  It didn’t start in Washington. It started in our hometowns and local schools. Conservative values can be brought back but it has to start at the bottom. The GOP values have been scuttled just to gain votes and short-term approval ratings. They no longer have a value system that is recognizable. The DNC is a just modern Trojan horse.

A presidential election is not the place to test how far an independent or conservative candidate can make it.
Nor is it the place to promote the attitude ‘I’ll show them’.  Just look at the primaries. This type of vote needs to start within our local elections. So as these people move up the government ladder voting for a person of character and past performance, not a label, will become the clear choice.

I have mentioned this before, but McCain is my best choice right now. I do not agree with everything that he promotes. Some things he says just makes my blood pressure spike but then I didn’t agree with everything Bush W. or Bush H. promoted but they were so much better than the ‘other guy’ that it was a clear choice.
Senator McCain’s overall platform is not as clear as some of our former presidential choices and some things make me want to slap him upside the head but what is crystal clear to me is that he believes in the greatness of this country and will do what has to be done to protect this country. I cannot say that about Senator Obama.
To be blunt, abortion, capital gains tax, healthcare and all the other issues that we [conservative and republican vs. democrat] constantly battle on will not mean a thing if we do not defeat the this DNC candidate. Obama will do whatever he can to bring us closer to Communism in his four years and he will put this countries national security at risk in ways that will take decades to mitigate if at all.

What I am hoping is that Senator McCain’s attitude of working across the isle will set the precedent and prove to the people of this country and all those who want to take it over, that the time to end “the Party comes first and American’s come second” has now ended.
Party control, my friends is Communism in its simplest form.
Senator McCain is not afraid of upsetting the applecart. That is something in my opinion that this Congress needs. That this country needs. Congress has spent so much time in fighting about who is better at standing watch at the front door the have paid not attention to the back door. The have become ineffective in leading this country.
Senator McCain’s stance on judicial nominees, which have huge long term impacts on this country, his plan on looking at every government program and his plan to prune those that are not working or cut out those no longer needed and stopping earmarks, even if not achievable within the next four years can start the ball rolling that can be built on in the future.  

These actions and attitudes may in fact help set the stage for the success of future Independents and Conservatives candidates.

Don’t cut off your nose despite your face is the old adage that come to mind.