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Thank you Tom, for your nice reply!

Believe me, I can totally understand your frustration with this entire election. What's worse is seeing all of us FReepers fighting each other and so many turning on each other over which candidate someone is going to vote for. I think the majority (I hope) here on FR really want what is best for this Country, and even though we may all have our priorities in a different order, the bottom line is we never really got a perfect candidate. That is my concern, how can anyone live up to all the expectations of the conservatives? I think the high standards are great, but it prevents many that would be good presidents from running, ie Newt Gingrich.

I have a few questions for you? You say you are upset with Hannity and Rush over attacking McCain. Did they actually attack him, or did they just report his record? There IS a big difference. I don't recall them attacking him personally. Yes, he is a war hero, but Kerry "claimed" he was too. That certainly isn't a reason to vote for him.

Did you watch the last Republican debate? McCain's behavior was embarrassing, and it gets old when he answers EVERY question with "I'm proud of my record" As for Romney, he was a Govonor in the most liberal state in this Country, you really think he was going to have a conservative record there? There are NO guarantees with Romney, I will grant you that. But at least he is running as a conservative, and we will hold him accountable. Most of McCain's support comes from independents and liberals...that is his base and that is how he votes. If nothing else, the fact that he has fallen for the global warming FRAUD that is being taught like it is gospel, should say something about what his beliefs are. Lastly, look at the endorsements. Now, I don't use endorsements to make my decision, but it's always interesting to look at the trends...the BIG picture.

Almost ALL of the LIBERAL members of the Republican Party have endorsed McCain. Almost all of the CONSERVATIVE talk show hosts, etc have endorsed Romney. To me, that IS very telling. Romney will not be well received in Washington because he isn't an insider...but that is exactly what we need.

Tom, this is a difficult election, and a difficult decision. All we can do is learn what we can and hope that what's best for this Country is what happens.

I respect your decision to vote for the nominee. I have decided differently. I will NOT vote for McCAin or Huckabee, I will look for a third party candidate.

McCain's adviser said that conservatives will come back to McCain to prevent the Democrats from winning. THAT is the problem. He is getting the liberals to vote for him, and then takes for GRANTED that the conservatives will hold their nose and vote for him. Isn't that what we have been criticizing the blacks for doing for years? They continue to vote Democrat even though Democrats do NOTHING for them! Well, that's what is happening with conservatives and McCain...something to think about.

Good luck with you decision, Tom!