[Content Provider]

McCain is a Republican? Coulda fooled me. There’s not much daylight between McCain and the official Democrat party platform.

[bert]

You are misinformed.

[JaneNC]

OH there is a difference.

He won’t raise taxes and he does not deny the reality of Islamic Jihad and he won’t cut and run in Iraq.

[G Larry]

Well, then you should go ahead and vote for the communists, either directly or indirectly.

Then you won’t have to concern youself about daylight.

[Polybius]

McCain is a Republican? Coulda fooled me.

Whether we like it or not, "very conservative" voters (who tend to frequent Free Republic) are nowhere near a majority in either the Republican Party nor in the United States of America.

Never were. Never will be.

Expecting the 5.2% tail to wag the dog in every single Presidential election is simply not reality.

Sometimes you have to choose between merely "right-of-center" or "God DAMN America" or throwing your vote away by writing in "Ronald Reagan" or whatever non-viable conservative candidate most floats your boat.

"We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately." ..... Benjamin Franklin

The Weekly Standard .... Take a glance at Gallup Organization surveys. In 2007, self-identified Republicans were about 28 percent of the mass electorate, self-identified Democrats were about 32 percent, and self-identified independents were about 39 percent. Fifty-five percent of Republicans self-identified as "conservative," 26 percent as "moderate," and 13 percent as "very conservative." ......... Now, do the simple math. "Very conservative" Republicans are only about 3.6 percent--28 percent times 13 percent--of the mass electorate. If that just seems too low, consult the American National Election Studies (ANES) and add the 12 percent of independents who lean Republican to the 12 percent who are self-described "weak Republicans" and the 16 percent who are self-described "strong Republicans." This sums to 40 percent of the mass electorate. But that still means just 5.2 percent of all voters (40 percent times 13 percent) qualify as "very conservative" Republicans.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“McCain is a Republican? Coulda fooled me. There’s not much daylight between McCain and the official Democrat party platform.”

You are correct. I’m backing you up.