Main difference between Romney and McCain...
Romney: Moving towards to the base
McCain: Moving away from the base
It’s one thing for someone like Romney who had to deal with a state legislature that was 75% Democrat and still be able to govern as a pretty solid conservative in a very liberal state, and another to have someone like McCain, who’s odds were entirely in his favor when the Republicans controlled the House and the Senate, to purposefully sell out the Republican party.
If the Republican Party has to be rebuilt from the ground up as you say, it’s not done by rewarding someone like John McCain who’s spent the last 10 years of his life in the Senate virtually giving the Republican party the middle finger. As for being satisfied, I haven’t been satisfied for years—that’s the whole point. Why? Because the party’s been so concerned about appealing to the mushy middle voters that it’s lost sight of what it stands for. And what’s worse is that we keep voting for these crappy candidates so the GOP thinks everything is just fine and dandy. Well, I’m not going to do it anymore. McCain doesn’t get my vote.
Here here! Down with John Insane. If only a few percent of the conservative base doesn’t vote for McCain, he’s finished. As far as I can tell, the last conservative president we had was Ronald Reagan. What disgrace and destruction the Bush family has brought to the Reagan legacy! Conservatives like me voted for Bush Jr. in a weak moment when we were tired of the Clintons, but we have not been “satisfied” in a long time. We voted for W hoping he would be conservative; but he wasn’t and I’m not doing that again. In fact, Papa and Jr. have destroyed the conservative movement. If the Republicans are dumb enough to nominate McCain, they deserve to have President Rodham.