No Conservative should ever consider voting for McCain. We worry the others will betray us. We know McCain will betray us. Look at his record for the last 8 years? Been nothing but betrayal and obstruction.
With any of the other canidates we have a seat at the table. We know John McCain will never listen to us on anything.
With McCain Conservatives would get maybe 10%. That would not be worth the enormous long term damage McCain would do to both the GOP and the Conservative Movement. With a McCain Administration we would have a mislabeled “Conservative” Administration pushing Democrat Party polices while the GOP took all the political fall out of the consequences of those disastrous decisions.
Just what could Conservatives expect to get from a McCain Administration? Based on McCain’s record for the last 8 years, we could expect to get tough talk on foreign policy and spending with no real action on any issue.
Do people forget the Democrats trying to get McCain to flip party’s in Jan 2006? Forget that Dems wanted McCain as their VP candidate in 2004?
How quickly the supposed Conservatives for McCain forget McCain’s political record. From Tax-cuts to the War to Judges McCain’s whole strategy has been to be as Liberal as possible and stay in the GOP.
Politically there is very little difference between Hillary and McCain. You get minor variations on this and that issue, like abortion, but over all McCain and Clinton share the same political philosophical outlook
McCain has done nothing for the Conservative movement in 8 years. While talking a good game on spending, he has done nothing. This is particularly galling considering all the issues CFR, Judges, Immigration Anti Torture Amendment-Gang of 14 etc etc etc issues which McCain was more then willing to throw his weight behind an issues to get legislation passed.
McCain has actively worked against the Conservatives on Social issues, on the WOT, on Iraq, on Gitmo, against Rummy, on Immigration and on Judges, on Global Warming etc etc etc etc etc. McCain has far more in common with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama then he does with any Conservative.
Funny how the Talking Heads miss this. Out of 49 Republican Senators McCain has been ranked 45th by the American Conservative Union for his voting record!
McCain would be the worse of both worlds. A mislabeled “Conservative” Administration actively advancing the Democrat Party’s agenda while knifing Conservatives in the back daily. You could even count on a McCain Administration appointing Leftist Judges in order to avoid fighting with the Democrats in the US Senate.
Tough on Foreign Policy? You think Mr “Close Gitmo and extend the same legal protections US Citizens have to the terrorists” McCain is going to have a “tough” foreign policy? The father of the Baker Commission and the plan to surrender Iraq to Iran and Syria is “strong on Foreign Policy”? Not based on his recored. The wrost thing that a McCain Administration would do is it would fracture the few remaining GOP Congress critters into pro and anti McCain factions. McCain would be the worst of all world politically for the Conservatives.
At least with a Democrat Leftist Administration, as opposed to a McCain Leftist with a GOP Label Administration, the Democrats would get all the political fall out of their disastrous political decisions and the GOP would unite in fighting them. The worst of all possible worlds for Conservatives in 2008 would be McCain getting elected President.
McCain was for the surge in Iraq way before the President was for it. Rummy never wanted a large increase in troops and McCain had been calling for it for years.
He is also pro-life.
There is plenty to criticize McCain on but he is way above any Democrat.
If McCain were the nominee in November, nothing would please me more on the 5th if John McCain were to get about 25% of the votes Bush did in 2004.
You are spot on! It could not have been said better.
I strongly believe that voting for a Dhimmicrat over McCain will be voting for the lesser of two evils. At least Republicans can oppose the stupid policies of a Dhimmicrat.
I absolutely will not vote for him under any circumstance and it is exactly for the reasons you post.
I'm willing to lay money down that says, IF Thompson drops out he throws his support behind McCain.
(but then again I am predicting a McCain/Thompson ticket)
Your analysis makes so much sense and should make every conservative pause as the media leads our country down the drain. McCain is a hero, but he sure is not mentally up to the office he seeks. He reads verbatim almost all of his remarks. Romney or Thompson are our best hope and Romney has a record to run on. He is not Reagan who was once a Democrat, but he has an attractive family and possesses the ability to communicate well. The media generally belittles and demeans Romney. Libs fear a conservative that can communicate well. Look what they tried to do to Reagan and Newt. Romney can think on his feet and does not fear any venues.
Well said. I concur.