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Going into this response, I wouldn't vote for any of these people either. None the less, there's no need to smear these men unfairly, even if they are unacceptable to us as a Conservative Presidential nominee.

I consider Romney on par, and Huckabee a close second followed by Newt and Huntsman.

Look, your comments to the contrary, none of these men are qualified for or deserve your sladers about them being even remotely like John McCain.

Each of them have done things that evidently make both of us question their character. Each of them have done things that evidently cause both of us to question their Conservative credentials, at least in part. Not one of them is even close to being something like John McCain.

John McCain has at one time or another taken a stand against every tenet of Conservatism. He has taken action to support gun control on occasion. He has taken action to aide a stridently pro-abortion Democrat over a Republican. He has supported globalist objectives. He has echoed Obama on numerous occassions. He has formed a relationship with the absolute worst of the worst world players we are aware of. He joined George Soros, John Kerry, Terressa Heinz Kerry, the Tides Foundation, Russel Feingold, Ted Kennedy, Joe Lieberman, and many others to introduce and push leftist policy objectives. He began pushing global warming legislation long before it became a cause celebre even for the Hollywierd set. And he has re-introduced it a number of times.

John has also made very transparent efforts to subvert other politicians on our side. His association with Lindsey Graham is a good example. The new Senator with the first name of Scott, who won a special election was called into John McCain's office within 24 hours after being sworn in. And even Palin herself, a person I had a lot of respect for, was pressed to support the likes of him for re-election. She stated she supported his policies. I don't think she would have done that without John worming his way into her trust, and misleading her.

As much as I find Romney to be unsupportable, perhaps more unsupportable than any of the others, he is a distant second so much so, that it's hard to even compare him to a man like John McCain.

John McCain sided with Vietnam over our own veterans and troops MIA.

These men would NEVER get my vote. Never. I learned that lesson in 2008.

Okay great. I'm glad to hear it.

Of course, I'm sure this will queue your standard 'They aren't even close to McCain blah blah blah' post. Yeah, we get it, Sparky. You hate McCain. We do too.

You don't even know who the man is. How can you hate him? If you think the above people are like him, you haven't a clue who this guy is. Yeah, I know you think you get it. That's the problem. You don't, but you think you do. So what you do is dismiss the message, and try to belittle the messenger.

You need to understand who the man is, if you want me to buy off on your disrespect for him. McCain is in a category all by himself, when it comes to subterfuge of Conservatism and Conservatives.

Read up: http://www.hotr.us/mccain/mccainagain.html

From Redstate:

The bottom line for this race has been and is, Arizona voters aren’t fond of McCain’s policies but the respect him personally because of his service and his status as a POW. Those same voters are more approving of Hayworth’s policies but harbor a visceral hatred for him personally. There’s more, related to demographics and a little related to endorsements, but the real bottom line is that JD Hayworth is toxic and probably half of McCain’s vote total will be from people who can’t stand JD. The internals for the latest poll are here, and the headline reinforces what I’ve noted above: JOHN MCCAIN TROUNCING J.D. HAYWORTH BUT HIS JOB RATINGS STILL SOFT.
Among all voters, 60% have a favorable opinion of John McCain and 37% have an unfavorable image. This puts his image ratio at 1.6 to 1, which is decent for an incumbent. When looking at John McCain’s image rating by voter subgroup, it quickly becomes apparent that women have a more favorable opinion of him than men. Among all female voters, 66% have a favorable opinion of John McCain and 30% have an unfavorable opinion of him. Among all male voters, 54% have a favorable opinion of him and 44% have an unfavorable opinion. JD Hayworth’s image rating is “upside down” with 38% having a favorable opinion of him and 50% having an unfavorable opinion of him.

Now, if you had been paying attention back during the primaries, you would have noticed I said over and over again Hayworth's problem wasn't McCain or Palin- it was a public perception of HIM. He needed to address those issues first and then go after McCain. If people don't view you with a shred of credibility, there's no way you can beat even the worst RINO.