Moderate Republicans are just "Me Too Democrats" in disguise. Senator McCain lapses too much lately for me by going along with and appeasing moderates so he falls in this basket. All the while proclaiming that he is a Teddy Roosevelt Republican" - pffft (I think I spelled that right). He is not there nor is he a Barry Goldwater Republican (whose seat he was elected to) or a Ronald Reagan Republican. He is for all to see at this time a "Me Too Democrat".
I don't see any conservative traits in him like limited central power, reducing the federal bureaucracy, a balanced budget and states rights. Family, religion, private property and law & order or even the rights of the private person. He has now added defeatism to his list of accomplishments - like others on the Hill. Defeatism is what lost every war since WW II. Truman never meant to win in Korea, he had a 'no win' policy and this very same policy spilled over into Viet Nam - it was lost by the President and by the Congress. The "Me Too Democrats" of the Republican Party. Iraq will be the same unless we "wise-up".
The military did not lose any war in America's history - Congress and politicians did lose Korea and Viet Nam. History is repeating itself. The welfare state and government planning lives rose as a result this defeatism and was the welfare state was determined by internationalists and the self-anointed few - the "Me Too Democrats" and the Democrats of the age. Is history is repeating itself?
The tools of Law Enforcement are ineffective against global terrorists and the war on terrorism can not be won by treating terrorists as criminals. Eight years of pure failure by the Clinton Administration in doing just this should have shown the world that it will not work. Is history repeating itself?
The McCain Amendment on torture is another act, like not renewing the provisions of the Patriot Act, that will hamper if not hinder all efforts to bring terrorist to their ultimate justice. A few bad apples will always exist but we should not punish the majority, who are not this way, for the the actions of those few in this war.
An interesting similar article to read is
'Unilateral Disarmament by James Taranto' from the Opinion Journal of the Wall Street Journal
We now have a President who does not tie the hands of American soldiers, but unfortunately our Congress will make every effort to do so. I believe we must preserve and extend freedom, not only our own for ourselves but also for others because in doing so we preserve ours. I hope history will not repeat itself now.
Senator McCain lapses too much lately I agree with you here, and anyone who wants to disagree with McCain on the issues is fine. I don't care for the personal attacks on his character. On my list of politicians I would like to see retire, McCain is pretty far down the list if you include the democrats. If you want to only focus on republicans to can, he is pretty high up, but why we should focus on getting rid of republicans makes no sense to me.