It's simple really!
No, it isn't simple really.
In voting for John McCain, you voted for someone who proposed a housing bailout larger than the one Obama proposed.
In voting for John McCain, you voted for someone who supports opening our borders to illegals, some of whom have killed and maimed American Citizens.
In voting for John McCain, you have voted for someone who pushed through a measure that mades it easier for Democrats to get elected and which stifles the 1st Amendment (McCain/Feingold).
In short, you voted for someone who has spent a substantial portion of his career undermining Conservative principles. In voting for John McCain, you made it clear to Democrats that you are OK with open borders, fine with an assault on the 1st Amendment, that you are for massive government bailouts, and that you approve of endless government intervention. Just like John McCain, the guy you voted for.
Here is SoConPubbie's annotated list(^) of some of Mr. McCain's "accomplishments".
I guess it is simple, really. Voting for John McCain kneecapped Conservatives in Congress and is allowing the Democrats to cram through all of the garbage they've dreamed about for years.
Therefore, the General Election was between Hussein a member of the UnAmerican Democrat Party who spent the last 8 years betraying their country at a time of war, a man who spent 20 years in a anti-american racist church, a friend of Weatherundergound terrorists, a very young unknown, unvetted radical with no experience, a man who sympathizes with our Islamic enemies, and so, so, much more.
Anyone with the power of discernment could see which candidate would be an appropriate President of the US.
Obviously, I am in the minority.
Elections are not contests.
Elections represent the right of the lawful citizen, as a constituent of the electorate, to cast his (or her) vote for the individual whom he or she believes is best suited for the position, or in approval of or denial of any legislative proposition.
If you believe that it's just a contest between two people, then you have surrendered your right to choose your elected representatives, and to approve certain legislative propositions.
In short, you voted for someone who has spent a substantial portion of his career undermining Conservative principles.
Mountainbunny is right on this one.
You must remember that conservatism is not exclusively and wholly contained within the bounds of the Republican Party. Not all conservatives are Republicans, and not all Republicans are conservatives.
The 2008 elections constituted a political inflection point in the conservative movement's relationship with the Republican Party, long its standard bearer. The ordinary conservative could cower in fear by not voting at all or could elect to actually vote, but in doing so, faced a terrible choice: the pragmatic option, or the privileging of a certain faction, namely, the Republican Party, and thus, political power, over one's own beliefs; or the principled option, by voting for the most conservative candidate on the ballot or exercising the right to cast a write-in vote.
What you (and it seems, many Freepers, in addition) opted for was a sacrifice of principle for political power. To that end, you openly displayed that you are for governing, for the sake of governing, rather than governing towards an end. And, in that manner, you are no better than the opportunistic chameleon McCain, who is willing to drift before the winds of "change" and opinion polls, in order to maintain and consolidate his power.
So, either get your act together, and figure out what you stand for, and stand firm, staying strong until the bitter end; or, if you so choose, prepare for the end of the Republican Party.