Sending A Message To The Candidate -- Part Deux

By David Hinz

On Friday, I penned a piece entitled "Bitter? Da**** Right I'm Bitter -- Sending A Message To John McCain." I posted it at The HinzSight Report, The Minority Report and at RedState. In it I recommended that we send a message to Sen John McCain that the base is not happy.

The vehicle I suggested for that message was the inversion of John McCain bumper stickers and yard signs. As a former Navy flier it is a certainty that John McCain is familiar with the meaning of a Naval Ensign or the American flag presented upside down. It is a signal of distress. From that post:

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

A signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property! I cannot think of a better description of the situation we face in this election. The issues facing this nation, and the next occupant of the Oval Office, are among the most important we have ever faced.

Radical Islamic terrorism, energy independence, Socialized National Healthcare, Carbon Credits to offset Global Warming fears and massive tax increases all threaten to change the American way of life. The answers proposed by both Obama and Clinton will destroy our freedoms. We cannot contemplate what damage a Democrat President, along with a Democrat controlled Congress can inflict on this nation.

In my original post, I used a John McCain bumper sticker, and presented it upside down, suggesting that others do the same. The point I was attempting to make was the fact that the nation, the Republican Party and the Conservative Movement are all in dire distress and extreme danger. That original bumper sticker, however, included a small American flag on the corner, and even though the quote above explains the circumstances by which it is appropriate to display the flag in such manner, some people believed it to be disrespectful.

With that thought in mind, to prevent any appearance of disrespect, I would suggest McCain stickers such as this:

The point needs to be made to the good Senator that the base is concerned. The base has just suffered through eight years on a roller coaster. The Compassionate Conservative now sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office gave us two excellent jurists in Roberts and Alito. He also gave us Medicare Part D, and No Child Left Behind (except those who needed vouchers to get out of their failing schools.)

President Bush stood tall against Radical Islamic extremists and the Greater War on Terror, then folded like a house of cards, signing the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that provided neither energy nor security to our nation.

This President pushed through Congress, a tax cut for every American who pays federal taxes, helping to bring back an economy assaulted by the attack on 9-11. He then presided over the most massive increase in government spending in history, vetoing not a single earmark bloated spending bill.

He took office with a Republican majority in both houses (I know all about Jeffords) and will leave office having, with the aid of an out-of-control leadership, turned both chambers over to Democrat control.

The current President tried to push through illegal immigration legislation, with Sen McCain acting as his right-hand man in the process, that would have granted amnesty to 20 million illegal aliens.

And therein lies the problem that conservatives face with their nominee. He gives every appearance of President Bush's weaknesses, without his redeeming values. He has relished his "Maverick" status, often reaching across the aisle to Democrats, without offering that same hand in friendship to conservative members of his own party.

It is time to try to get the good Senator's attention.

Another four to eight years of a President who has no concern whatsoever for Conservatives or for his Party, and there will BE no Conservative Movement or Republican Party. Four more years of neglect from the leader of the party in the White House, will end any hope Conservatives might have of retaking Congress for the next 20 years.

Contrary to my predictions a mere three months ago, I now firmly believe that the Republican nominee will almost certainly become President in 2009. Given the past eight years, John McCain has to be the luckiest SOB to ever run for office. He has done everything in his power to alienate his base, to the point that a not too insignificant portion of that base has been reduced to soul searching as to whether they can, in good conscience vote for the man.

Possibly -- quite possibly, in fact, he can win the Presidency without that base, given the utter determination of both Democrat candidates to lose. But, then again, you can never tell about the Democrats and their, as Rush likes to call them, "willing accomplices in the Mainstream Media." Once a nomination is finally achieved, the American people can expect an unrelenting onslaught of MSM attacks toward Sen McCain, and pure pabulum directed at the Democrat.

By November, it is entirely possible that Sen McCain might just need that base to win. By then it might well be too late. Now is the time to get the good Senator's attention, with the goal in mind of wooing him back to the Conservative base. A movement like this might well gain the attention of the MSM. They would love to report dissension in the Republican ranks. They might well bring it to the good Senator's attention for us.

Either way, the message needs to be sent. Join NOW!