Posted on 01/25/2008 10:06:39 PM PST by KDD
The wretched state of the Iraq war is likely to make 2008 a difficult election year for any Republican. To win, the GOP candidate will need to represent the so-called "fusion" of traditionalists and libertarians. At the very core should be a commitment to limited government and individual liberty.
On this score John McCain fails. He's a courageous man, who endured much while a POW in Vietnam. But the presidency requires good judgment as well as good character. And that McCain lacks. Columnist Dean Barnett complains that "McCain has seemed determined to remind conservatives of every thumb in the eye he has delivered to the conservative community," most recently his decision to skip the annual Conservative Political Action Committee conference. But the CPAC snub is merely symbolic. McCain has dissed conservatives most dramatically with his statist, authoritarian positions. Indeed, McCain cheerfully tells listeners that in 2004 he was considered a potential vice presidential nominee by both parties -- not a positive for anyone who actually believes in ideas.
Alas, McCain represents the worst values of both parties. PERHAPS THE KEYSTONE OF MODERN conservative politics is
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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Doug Bandow piece that’s made any sense (years and years), but this one is very much on the mark. It really dissects McCain’s public record of going off the reservation from anything that could be argued as conservative principles. As Bandow notes, at the bottom of McCain’s agenda is more Federal and Executive Power and Control. More liberties taken away and more mandates placed on the citizens of this country.
McCain would be a disaster.
Absolutely!
Look, I get upset with a lot of the issues my senator has put forth; but this “traitor” business is ridiculous. Yeah, he got “special” treatmen by the commies; you can see it when he moves his arms.
Please, let’s give the man the respect for what he gave for our country and debate him on the issues. Period; dot; BINGO!!
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