Assertions like this is what troubles me about McCain and his supporters. Before you go ballistic, yes, I'm voting for him -- but without any enthusiasm.
But how can it be asserted that McCain is "80% conservative" when he was the author of the greatest attack on political free speech in the history of the nation.
There is no way that a conservative would've authored McCain-Feingold.
Perhaps he voted in favor of 80% of our issues. But he is NOT "a conservative" -- nor even 80% of one.
Why must we misrepresent McCain as a conservative.
I admit; on the issue of political speech he's not conservative. On the issues of trade, taxation, pro-life, limited government he is staunchly conservative.
That's one not conservative issue, 4 conservative issues. That's about 80%. I'll not hold a litmus test on a single issue - that is short-sighted and incredibly damaging.
He was originally wrong on immigration and offshore drilling, but has come around. Meaning that the areas he's not conservative in, he's open to the conservative position and comes over to it. So even with political speech he can be brought around.
I'll take the stance of Ronald Reagan - you get the best you can get now, and fight for those other areas. And by far and away McCain is a LOT closer to the "ideal conservative" (if such a person exists) than he to the "ideal Marxist".
And we know the exact opposite is true about Obama.