[truthkeeper]

Excellent commentary by Ms. Charen. As usual, she hits the nail on the head.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Mentioning that Smith was in a wheel chair at the time is as manipulative as mentioning that Romney gave McCain a high hand shake at the debate, despite the pain it may have caused McCain to his crippled arms.

[Iron Munro]

Terrific!

She has put into words the exact things about McCain that are so irritating to us on the personal level and so dangerous in a man claiming to represent millions of conservatives.

How can it be that the republican party has been reduced to having a second rate man like McCain become the standard bearer?

How far we have fallen! And we have yet to hit the bottom.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

There is a strutting self-righteousness about McCain

... to say nothing of his supporters.

[MassExodus]

She's got McLame pegged.
Great article.

[Major Matt Mason]

The two did accidentally meet outside a hearing room in 2004 when they were both scheduled to testify before the Senate rules committee. At first, McCain grasped Smith’s outstretched hand (Smith was in a wheelchair recovering from surgery), but when he recognized his campaign finance opponent he snatched his hand back, snarling “I’m not going to shake your hand. You’re a bully. You have no regard for the Constitution. You’re corrupt.”

Apparantly, the irony of this statement is lost on the good senator. If this is true, there is absolutely no way that I can vote for this man.

[1Old Pro]

I’m too calm to get excited about pulling the lever for McLame.

[GBA]

McCain reaches out to conservatives, not to shake our hands, but to show us his middle finger. I've regretted having to vote for the Bushes and for Dole, but at least they are all good and decent men. Sadly, with each new candidate conservative principles are shoveled into the compost bin while liberalism is embraced. I can't support nor vote for that any more. No more voting for republicans who turn into demonrats once they arrive in DC.

I've read and heard that conservatism is dead and that conservatives are not important to the Republican party. And I've seen elected Republicans back those thoughts up with legislative action. After a few decades of this steady decline leading to McCain's inevitable nomination I now must tell the Republican party to bite me. You people were voted into the majority and the presidency and you people gave all that up for what? To try to get the demonrats to like you? To trash the Constitution?