None. Conservatism is a political philosophy, not a religion. On every single issue where McCain disagrees with me, the Democrats also disagree with me. On every issue where he agrees with me, the Democrats disagree with me. I am choosing the most conservative candidate available to me, which is exactly what I'd be doing if the nominee had been Hunter or Thompson.
You know, if you want to tell people they're wrong, that's great, but this whole "compromise your principles" thing just makes you guys look silly, like someone telling a sailor in a damage control party that he's a traitor to his shipmates because the ship won't be inspection-ready when he's finished patching up the torpedo hole. Right now the country has taken a hit, and people who don't want to do damage control because they might get their uniform dirty are looking pretty silly.
I like how you think.
Thanks for the post.
Unfortunately, that thinking and manner of voting is exactly what is responsible for the leftward drift of the republican party. The only thing that I see is going to stop the drift is a flat out refusal to vote for a liberal with an (R) following his name.
There is a great deal of mental gymnastics going on in the GOP when standing on principal becomes 'looking silly', as you put it. Another couple of election cycles and the republican party will look exactly like the democrat party and the only responsible parties will be the voters that followed along blindly.
So will I, but I'll examine the entire Presidential ballot first.