[rob777]

"Because Bush spent like a drunken sailor, and McCain is fiscally prudent, McCain is more conservative than Bush. Tell me where I am wrong."


While I may not be crazy about McCain, you are right here. After two terms of Bush and his wild spending "Compassionate Conservatism", the single best point in McCain's favor is his record of fiscal restraint. The whole premise of this thread could be turned around to ask McCain detractors why he would be any worse than Bush. Bush clearly ran as a "Big Government" Conservative and it was obvious that he intended to redefine conservatism, yet there was hardly a peep out of most conservatives. I see no consistency here.

[Checkers]

“I see no consistency here.”

It’s about character.