Someone explain something to me. After the debates last night they had the Luntz group on. They overwhelmingly chose Fred as the winner of the debate and made all the proper statements about his credentials etc. Then when they were asked who they were going to vote for they just as overwhelmingly sided with McCain. They were also asked who should be the nominee for the party and again overwhelmingly went for McCain. I just don’t get it. These people proudly identified themselves as hard core conservatives.
Fred is my second choice and someone I could easily support, but I just don’t get the McCain thing. The man is Bob Dole without the personality. He has tried to repeal the 1st Amendment, open the country up to mass illegal immigration and voted against the Bush tax cuts. He is the definition of the long term Washington insider, is a little too respectful of his Democratic buddies and is a petty and hateful little man and I mean that from a personality standpoint not physical stature. I know he is the darling of the DBM who obviously want him to be the Republican nominee which at this point seems pretty possible. I would think that coziness with the Press would be a red flag for Republicans in general and conservatives in particular, but it doesn’t seem to be.
I have been very open with the fact that he is the one candidate that I can not vote for, but I guess I am part of a small minority in the party and the nation.
LLS
IMHO, it's a mix of McCain being a former POW and perceived electability. They don't think a conservative can win.
I volunteered for McCain in NY in 2000. I was a registered Conservative in NY when I lived here until the end of 2007 when I registered with the GOP in order to vote for Thompson in the upcoming GOP primary. As a fellow veteran, I like McCain, but he's disappointed me too many times.