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The anti-McCain crowd consistently state that there is no difference between McCain and Obama/Clinton, which is simply ridiculous. There are points where the difference is less stark than others but to make a sweeping claim such as that, IMO, demonstrates the hsyterical lengths some will go to try to get others to stay home or vote third party on election day. Now McCain wasn’t my #1 candidate as he wasn’t for most FReepers, but he will be the GOP nominee and a realistic analysis of his positions free from rhetoric and hysteria is important to gaining a full understanding of what to expect from him if he were to win the election.

In the interests of having a rational discussion and attempting to soberly define where McCains stands on the issues and whether or not there is a “difference” between him and his opponents, I will post one new McCain issue standpoint a day.

To those “one issue” voters, please don’t muck up these threads by bringing up the other issues not being discussed this day, you’re chance will come.

The anti-McCain crowd consistently state that there is no difference between McCain and Obama/Clinton, which is simply ridiculous.

These are the same people pushing shopping carts along the side of the highway on a hot summer day wearing a three-piece suit that they purchased from JCPenny in 1976. God help you should they button-hole you and talk for 15 minutes straight, exhaling their halitosis-flavored words non-stop as if they hadn't had the chance to tell anyone what they really though for 30 years.

Best leave them alone.

“There is a strong anti-McCain movement on FR and while there is nothing wrong with that in general I feel that some of those involved have been in engaging in an effort of mischaracterization and misinformation on where McCain stands on some of the issues.”

You gotta play the hand you’re dealt. I’m not enamoured with McCain but there are glaring differences between him and the two Dem candidates. If someone isn’t seeing them, it’s because they’re willfully blind.

There is a strong anti-McCain movement on FR and while there is nothing wrong with that in general I feel that some of those involved have been in engaging in an effort of mischaracterization and misinformation on where McCain stands on some of the issues.

I think you are glossing over the dynamics of this Anti-McCain movement.

Sure, some of them are the same Constitution Party, Libertarian Party, or Ron Paul people who have been "ranting" here against the GOP in general for years.

It seems to me, however, that they are the minority of the critics. IMO, there are alot of the more conventional mainstream conservative types disgusted with McCain.

It's a little bit easier to see on Lucianne.com - fewer posters, so you have a pretty good idea what any given poster has supported in the past. When you've got multiple-thread debates going on over there, and the vast majority of the opiners are against the GOP nominee, you've got a problem.

I refer back to a question I posed on another thread: (paraphrase) Is it better for conservatives to half-heartedly have to go along with McCain for two years, or to coalesce around a fight against Obama? What happens at the midterms in 2010 under either scenario?

Deciding to vote third party or to sit out this election in order to “teach the GOP a lesson” is the equivalent of teaching someone about firearm safety by shooting them. It gets the point across but the consequences are too horrible to allow to happen.