“When driving a car with a tendency to veer left, is it better to fix the car, or to redefine “road” in such a way that the road is always under the car? The GOP is asking us to redefine the road.”
GOP is not asking anything, except they would like your voting support for their candidates. GOP primary voters picked Mccain.
“The GOP establishment wants conservatives to back McCain. The problem is that the GOP has forgotten that conservatism is rooted in principle. “
McCain has not forgotten conservative principles, since he evoked them in his CPAC speech.
“And that’s what I see happening — Those who keep calling McCain a conservative are trying to redefine “conservative” to include someone who truly doesn’t fit the definition.”
Why dont you look at McCains CPAC speech and tell us where he redefining conservative inapprropriately. To his credit, McCain is not describing his deviations from conservative orthodoxy as conservative, but he is claiming to be steeped in conservative values due to his positions on spending etc. which are in line with that ...
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/02/019744.php
“Attention GOP: Instead of conservatives joining McCain, McCain needs to join conservatism. Yes, conservatives will ultimately choose McCain over the Democrat nominee — but I’d rather elect McCain because he promotes conservative values, not because he’s “better than the alternative.””
I certainly agree with that sentiment. Candidates reach out to voters not the other way around. The CPAC speech was a start, and his comments on ‘no new entitlement spending, no new taxes, end AMT,’ etc are encouraging. If he could get more real on immigration that would go a loong way too, although his ‘secure the border first’ was a step forward.
“There is only so much conservatives can do to “reach out” without abandoning their principles.”
How much abandonment of conservative principles are implied by letting the most liberal Senator in the US Senate become our President. What conservative principle are you citing when you imply that outcome of an Obama victory should be dismissed as not a concern?
What congressional district are you in? Conservatives need to support conservative Republicans in the many many races that we see a conservative v liberal running.
Hold our nose and vote mccain but put our real effort in helping downballot conservatives win. That’s the right ticket.
.. and whatever we do. do not let america elect obama. it would be a disaster.