Posted on 04/16/2008 8:55:21 AM PDT by lilylangtree
John McCain is a hero for his service in Vietnam. Most conservatives would be thrilled to support him, if only he would give them reason to.
Why is it that conservatives have such a hard time lining up behind John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president? Is it, as some liberals suggest, just "pique" -- that we didn't get our way, and now we're throwing a tantrum? Or are the differences between McCain and conservatives very real, very serious matters that go to the heart of the principles of conservatism?
The truth is that the differences with McCain are real. They involve matters of policy, of personnel ("Who will make decisions in a McCain administration?"), and of insights into the Senator's thinking about conservatives and the issues important to conservatives.
The biggest complaints expressed by conservatives are these:
SUPREME COURT: Perhaps conservatives' biggest issue is whether future appointments to the Supreme Court and lower courts will be in the mold of Justices David Souter, John Paul Stevens, and William Brennan -- left-wingers appointed by Republican presidents -- or in the mold of distinguished conservatives such as Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Antonin Scalia.
It may be that even a moderate conservative such as Samuel Alito would be "too" conservative for John McCain. According to John Fund of The Wall Street Journal, McCain, in private conversations with lawyers, "indicated he might draw the line on a Samuel Alito because 'he [Alito] wore his conservatism on his sleeve.'"
And, although McCain has promised to appoint conservative judges to the Supreme Court, that's highly unlikely, because conservative judges would overturn the Senator's proudest achievement, McCain-Feingold.
For the remainder of the article, see: http://conservativehq.com/news-from-the-front/ravonmccain080416
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There is no such thing as a conservative.
Viguerie’s salary depends on fund raising for his pay source du jour. When he submits material on deadline, it’s a deadline defined more by his mortgage payment than his editor’s edict.
Barrack Obama is the only reason I have (or need) to support McCain.
Voting against another, even worse, candidate might be feasible, but McCain is an unvarnished disaster waiting to assume power and work very, very hard against us, and with the support of much of the GOP as well.
Such is his history and I see no reason at all to assume that he will not openly cut the conservative values out of his administration and his future proposals in legislation.
LOL ! Thank you for enriching my vocabulary . In you honor I will never listen to the “groin leeches”.
There’s no point in voting for him. All that will do is serve to encourage the GOP further leftward. They’re telling us that there’s no such thing as conservatives and trying to convince us of the lie that Clinton democrats (Marxists and Socialists) are the same as the Reagan democrats. (conservatives)
Cowards buy those lies.
There is no such thing as a liberal.
That sums up a great deal of my opposition to him in one line.
There is no such thing as conservative values. There is no such thing as liberal values.
I disagree. If Democrats remain on the road they are going , he has a chance to win without my vote which he ain't getting. If Obama gets the nomination, McCain's smartest move would be to nominate Leiberman as his vice-president because he could get some Democrat Hillary votes who are just plain scared of Obama. There is no conservative VP candidate who will sway my conservative vote his way. McCain can win if he does not try to be what he ain't. And what he ain't is no LOYAL conservative Republican.
McLame is not a conservative Republican. He is a liberal Republican.
I will support and vote for McLame only to stop Obamma Lamma Ding Dong or Mrs. Bill Clinton from ascending to the presidency.
I would gladly support many many other REAL conservatives besides this was hero but it seems the Republican party has shoved another Bob Dole type up our collective rear ends.
If McCain wants to be on top......start talking about income tax reform. Have you noticed that not one the candidates is talking about that? They have totally dropped it. It needs to be brought up front again.
Well, that’s what it is gonna come down to...Do you want McCain..or do you want Hillary/Obama?
Those are our ONLY choices...
No candidate for any office who supports amnesty by any name will get my vote.
It is a simple as that.
I wish him luck.
Groin leeches? LOL
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