Comments on: McCain? And ALL My Other Remaining Primary Calculations http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/19/mccain-and-all-my-other-remaining-primary-calculations/ Conservatism for punks. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:20:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/19/mccain-and-all-my-other-remaining-primary-calculations/#comment-10337 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:43:56 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/19/mccain-and-all-my-other-remaining-primary-calculations/#comment-10337 I think when people lose, they tend to conclude they should imitate the winners. Defeat will make the Republicans more like Democrats. Furthermore, time spent ruled by Democrats will make Americans in general more like Democrats -- Russia didn't, alas, suddenly learn to become a rights-respecting, democratic paradise from its time under communism, and neither will we "see the error of our ways" from having bad presidents, I fear. People instead become habituated to and shaped by their rulers, and we should ameliorate that process at every turn. There will be no revolution, only damage control. I think when people lose, they tend to conclude they should imitate the winners. Defeat will make the Republicans more like Democrats.

Furthermore, time spent ruled by Democrats will make Americans in general more like Democrats — Russia didn’t, alas, suddenly learn to become a rights-respecting, democratic paradise from its time under communism, and neither will we “see the error of our ways” from having bad presidents, I fear. People instead become habituated to and shaped by their rulers, and we should ameliorate that process at every turn.

There will be no revolution, only damage control.

]]> by: Avery Knapp http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/19/mccain-and-all-my-other-remaining-primary-calculations/#comment-10331 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:08:51 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/19/mccain-and-all-my-other-remaining-primary-calculations/#comment-10331 I secretly sometimes hope they nominate Huckabee or McCain (as McCain looks likely pre-Florida) so that the Republicans learn a lesson getting Hillary or Obama or another statist in the White House - to win you need to gather the conservative vote, and nation-building ain't it. Hillary, you see, is wearing the black hat and every conservative (and independent) knows it. Huckabee and McCain are wearing white hats, and every conservative knows they're fake hats. I secretly sometimes hope they nominate Huckabee or McCain (as McCain looks likely pre-Florida) so that the Republicans learn a lesson getting Hillary or Obama or another statist in the White House - to win you need to gather the conservative vote, and nation-building ain’t it. Hillary, you see, is wearing the black hat and every conservative (and independent) knows it. Huckabee and McCain are wearing white hats, and every conservative knows they’re fake hats.

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/19/mccain-and-all-my-other-remaining-primary-calculations/#comment-10276 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:57:18 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/19/mccain-and-all-my-other-remaining-primary-calculations/#comment-10276 This may be too big a thought for a mere comment thread, but...if we are agreed that at this point the Republicans with a shot at being on the ticket are McCain, Huckabee, Romney, and Giuliani...and if -- _if_ -- I were to agree with you and Karol that McCain is unacceptable (and we all agree already that the Huckster is not), then it would seem Knapp, Sheinin, and Seavey alike must root for: <strong>Romney-Giulani ’08</strong> (at least given my assumption that the religious folk won't _yet_ accept the pro-choice guy at the top of the ticket). So NR's calculations win in the end -- or at least, Romney does have the most delegates as of 1/23/08, for what it's worth. This may be too big a thought for a mere comment thread, but…if we are agreed that at this point the Republicans with a shot at being on the ticket are McCain, Huckabee, Romney, and Giuliani…and if — _if_ — I were to agree with you and Karol that McCain is unacceptable (and we all agree already that the Huckster is not), then it would seem Knapp, Sheinin, and Seavey alike must root for:

Romney-Giulani ’08

(at least given my assumption that the religious folk won’t _yet_ accept the pro-choice guy at the top of the ticket).

So NR’s calculations win in the end — or at least, Romney does have the most delegates as of 1/23/08, for what it’s worth.

]]> by: Avery Knapp http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/19/mccain-and-all-my-other-remaining-primary-calculations/#comment-10263 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:49:18 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/19/mccain-and-all-my-other-remaining-primary-calculations/#comment-10263 As my (motly) conservative friend Karol of Alarmingnews.com said, ABMOH. Anybody But McCain. Or Huckabee. As my (motly) conservative friend Karol of Alarmingnews.com said, ABMOH. Anybody But McCain. Or Huckabee.

]]> by: Sean Dougherty http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/19/mccain-and-all-my-other-remaining-primary-calculations/#comment-10171 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:44:28 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/19/mccain-and-all-my-other-remaining-primary-calculations/#comment-10171 I'm with Cato on re-importing drugs. We wouldn't be importing Canada's price controls, we'd be exporting America's prices. The rest of the world has been free riding on us long enough - once there is a global market, the rest of those markets are going to have pay the same market rates we are. Canada's drug costs will go up, ours will go down, which is as it should be. Currently, they owe us with interest. I’m with Cato on re-importing drugs. We wouldn’t be importing Canada’s price controls, we’d be exporting America’s prices. The rest of the world has been free riding on us long enough - once there is a global market, the rest of those markets are going to have pay the same market rates we are.

Canada’s drug costs will go up, ours will go down, which is as it should be. Currently, they owe us with interest.

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