[tripitaka]

McCain is a Conservative Republican. You’re a Movement Conservative. That’s the distinction, and I think it’s time to go back to that distinction, the way it used to be, because we’re in this situation now where some folks are claiming that Conservatism is a far smaller group than it actually is.

I consider myself a small c conservative (I am not a Republican and never have been), and I accept that I am not a Movement Conservative, I reject the notion that I am not a conservative because I don’t agree with Movement COnservatives 100% of the time.

To me, McCain’s demand in 2001 that the Bush tax cuts be paired with spending cuts was the true conservative position, and Bush’s acceptance of massive spending plus tax cuts was a betrayal of conservatism.

I don’t get why McCain is so hated when the guys that really screwed Movement Conservatism are the Neocons who hijacked the movement and tarnished the brand.

[DManA]

That would have been the conservative position but not McCain's position. At the time he complained about tax cuts for the rich. On that issue at that time he was a Liberal Republican. The adjective in front of the word Republican changes from issue to issue and moment to moment.

To me, McCain’s demand in 2001 that the Bush tax cuts be paired with spending cuts was the true conservative position,

[Digital Sniper]

McCain is a Conservative Republican.

Not so sure about that. Last I saw, "Conservative Republicans" didn't champion the abrogation of First and Second Amendment rights, favor embryonic stem-cell research (essentially pro-abortion advocacy), nor did they roll out the red carpet for illegal invaders or put La Raza drones on their payroll.

McCain is not a "conservative" by anyone's definition except in the eyes of the far-Left Democrats and their media lackeys.

[Just mythoughts]

Oh please.... do NOT try and hide McCain and his tax cut permanency evasion as anything to do with cutting spending..... HOW many spending cuts did he mastermind.

Actually he and his open border buddy lobbyists have gotten, without ever passing a law one magnificent tax increase... I am not MOVEMENT anything, and I do not buy fables of deception.