To the Right of McCain

National Review Online ^ | September 1, 2008 6:00 AM | Stephen Spruiell

[wgflyer]

St. Paul — The Republican party has canceled most of Monday’s program due to Hurricane Gustav, but party delegates still plan to meet for a few hours to hold some pro forma votes. One of these will concern the adoption of a new party platform. The Republican Platform Committee hammered out the details during a series of meetings in Minneapolis last week. Conservatives should be pleased with the results.

snip... McCain now says that border security must come first...

snip... The first draft of the 2008 platform leaned more towards McCain’s view. It attributed warming to human activity and called on the government to take “measured and reasonable steps today” ...

snip... Conservatives should be grateful that the McCain campaign took a different approach to this year’s platform...

[wgflyer]

Does this platform make us proud? Should we really be grateful?

[goldstategop]

Platforms are rarely more than ideological statements. They have no binding significance.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[K-oneTexas]

Yes, exactly what is it? It was not posted on any site I could find.

[K-oneTexas]

They may well be ideological statements. They may well be non-binding on anyone.

However, they do give a good indication of where the party believes it should be headed. It's up to the elected officials to carry it out ... with the constant input of the voters.

[icwhatudo]

The more I hear, the more motivated I am to vote!

[Rudder]

Conservatives should be pleased with the results.

If we knew what they are.

[steelyourfaith]

From the link:

"Climate change is another issue on which McCain and the base don’t see eye to eye. The first draft of the 2008 platform leaned more towards McCain’s view. It attributed warming to human activity and called on the government to take “measured and reasonable steps today” to address the problem. By the final draft, however, the platform committee had removed any references to “global warming” — relying instead on the term “climate change” — and had added the stipulation that steps could be only if taken they didn’t hinder economic growth. While this approach doesn’t embarrass McCain by slamming the door on the cap-and-trade approach he favors, it forces him to defend such a program on the grounds that it would not create a drag on the economy."

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[wgflyer]

Yes, exactly what is it?

Well, so far as this article relates, (IMHO) it ain’t much good. But fear not: “The committee finalized the document on Wednesday night”.....so they say.

[K-oneTexas]

I agree. I see press releases and stories long on praise and woefully short on facts.

Publish the document for everyone to read and draw their own conclusions!