[rob777]

McCain has stayed tightfisted on the hustings. According to a January 29 National Taxpayers Union study of presidential candidates’ promises, McCain wants $6.9 billion in new spending. Former Massachusetts governor Willard Mitt Romney favors $19.5 billion in fresh outlays. “Free-market” Romney’s automated phone calls in Florida actually slammed McCain because he “voted against the AARP-backed Medicare prescription-drug program.” Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee advocates $54.2 billion in government-funded initiatives. Romney’s ideological gymnastics and Huckabee’s folksy profligacy should worry taxpayers.

“You would not have to look hard for reasons to dislike McCain,” says Cato’s Michael Tanner. “But if spending is what you care about, he is far more conservative than either Romney or Huckabee.”



The above sums up why I was left with no horse in the race when Fred dropped out.

[mkjessup]

Equating McCain with the greatest President of the 20th century is obscene.

[ARE SOLE]

anti-ANWR-oil-drilling votes

Where is the "fiscal discipline" in forcing us to buy oil from depots that hate us?

Regards

[Perdogg]

He may or may not be, but people hear aren’t going to listen.

McCain has assemble an awesome economic team, but you are going to get the “Juan Hernandez” photo posted in about 10 seconds.

[farmer18th]

If his Campaign management is any indicator, he’s a regular Imelda Marcos of fiscal responsibility.

[DManA]

Then he voted for this “stimulus” travesty and promises to destroy the economy in the name of saving the Earth.

[Politicalmom]

But we have to rally behind Mr. “50 cent gas-tax, open borders, taxpayer funded embryonic cell research, carbon taxer”, don’t you know?

[muir_redwoods]

Twice in my lifetime I have had the pleasure of casting my vote with joy knowing that the man I am voting for is the one person alive I would most want as president. That was in 1980 and 1984. The rest of my life, I have voted defensively, i.e. I have voted against the other candidate.

I will do so again this time with the least amount of joy I have ever had but I will do it.

I'm sorry so many people feel that it is somehow acceptable to give the white house to the dems when they already have congress. It will give them the scotus and we will wait 30 years to recover from that.

[ScratInTheHat]

He’ll be the best president Mexamericanada ever has.

[stockstrader]

McCain lost me when he started his ‘class envy/class warfare’ tax preferences several years ago.

[Bahbah]

Before my more conservative friends start leaping from buildings over Senator John McCain’s presidential primary victories....

Why do they so feel the need to say things like this? I guess it's just part of the effort to paint those who don't agree with them as hysterical children.

It's like accusing all those who did not favor making illegals legal and giving them a big, fat goody bag to boot of wanting to "deport them all." It's a false charge, but it suits their storyline.

[alloysteel]

McCain is NEVER going to turn into Reagan. Not even a little bit kinda like sort of. In fact, the only connections that John McCain had with Barry Goldwater is that at one time or another, both had served in the military, and both had served in the Senate as representatives of Arizona, Goldwater representing the state a LOT more than McCain ever has.

Still not convinced of McCain’s “bono fides”.

[Eva]

This is a joke! McCain is planning raise through his carbon cap and trade scheme and impose very intrusive regulations on industry and private citizens.

Get real!

[Grunthor]

“McCain Could Become the Reagan of Fiscal Discipline”

Fiscal Discipline and the war in Iraq are the only two areas that I trust this cretin, and I’m not real big on the war so when he talked about being there for 100 years I wasn’t exactly jumping for joy.

[LibLieSlayer]

If “if’s” and “but’s” were cherries and nuts... Christmas would come every day!

LLS

[COBOL2Java]

Before my more conservative friends start leaping from buildings over Senator John McCain’s presidential primary victories, let me try to coax them back in from the ledge.

I'm not the one leaping off the building, Deroy, YOU are. Let's try another analogy, shall we? The SS Republicana is going down, the water is lapping at the rails, and you and your ilk are rearranging the deck chairs.

[wolfcreek]

Even the Drive-bys noticed he didn’t mention MMGW and Embryonic stem cell research in his speech. He’s a damnable liar and thief.

[detective]

I agree that McCain has opposed wasteful government spending and that is good. But McCain’s position on government subsidies for illegal aliens and his support of programs to combat supposed global warming are far more likely to cause huge fiscal problems.

[Biblebelter]

Another chatterer that I never heard of giving conservatives a lecture on the Keating Five guy.

[xjcsa]

What a load.

True, McCain heretically opposed President Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. However, he now appears penitent and observant.

Bull. He defends his vote, although it's on different grounds from what he said at the time. He's no tax cutter.

[3AngelaD]

A budget hawk? How so? In your dreams. And how short our memories. The cost of his amnesty bill was estimated to be $89 billion a year. That is he wanted to spend, according to Heritage. From Heritage and Boortz: ...About $30,160 every year in immediate benefits and services for every low-skill immigrant household.

To compound the distributional deficit, low-skill immigrant households pay less in taxes than do the average U.S. Households. These low-skill immigrant households pay about $10,573 a year in taxes. Subtract this from the amount government spends on them and you have a deficit of $19,588.

..Let's carry these numbers for our wonderful illegal -- soon to be legal -- households out a few years. Rector says that the average adult lifespan for each head of household is about 60 years. The research shows that this distributional deficit will continue throughout this life span for low-skill immigrant households. The total? About $1.2 million for each low-skill immigrant household.

In 2004 there were 4.5 million low-skill immigrant households in the U.S. More math: Multiply the average net distributional deficit of $19,588 per household and you get a total deficit of $89.1 billion .... per year! Ask yourself .. can this country afford this? Can we afford an amnesty bill that will legitimize and legalize these illegal-alien households, and millions more to come? No. The costs are financially unsustainable.