I have watched McCain for years and his opposition is almost entirely from the Ultra Right. He is correct in many of the things he says and does but where he isn't the Hate meter goes off the charts.
McCain did a great job of campaigning for the President in 2004 and gave a great speech at the convention. He is a Patriot who is his own man. However, I do not hate someone merely because I disagree with him. We do have freedom of thought even within the Conservatives.
The reaction of many here to McCain borders on the pathological.
I've watched McCain for years too. He is not a conservative and carries more (political) garbage around than a BFI truck after Thanksgiving.
Most of us elephants have long memories. McCain's behavior to conservatives in 2000 was appalling. He offended legions when he called Rev. Falwell an “agent of intolerance” and an “evil influence” in the Republican party. Recently, he has been sucking up to Falwell and trying to repent, knowing he needs conservative voters if he has a prayer at the nomination.
McCain has managed to trample on political speech by limiting the right of political expression with McCain/Feingold finance law, which is a joke. And last month when Don Imus interviewed him he answered a critics complaint about his campaign finance reform's stance with this gem:
"I would rather have a clean government than one where First Amendment rights are being respected, that has become corrupt. If I had my choice, I'd rather have the clean government."
Ah, and one of my favorite John McCain moments is when he immediately labeled the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth as "dishonest and dishonorable" as soon as they came forward against his good buddy, John Kerry.
How nice of him to slander over 200 brave decorated combat Veterans in favor of one sleazy anti-war activist turned media hero, when it suits him. I'll never forget how he treated the families of MIA's when they went to ask for his help. So forgive me if I don't consider John McCain a war hero either.
There are dozens more reasons to distrust and dislike the RINO, John McCain, the most recent being his pathetic stance on securing our borders.
Surely you realize that McCain did a complete turn around and decided to kiss up and make nice/nice and campaign for our President in 2004 due to a political trade off.
I'm going to have to decline listing the DOZENS of other reasons everyone should detest and not trust McCain because it would take up my entire evening. You don't have to do much digging to find them yourself.