McCain Could Become the Reagan of Fiscal Discipline

Human Events ^ | 2/08/2008 | Deroy Murdock

[rob777]

McCain has stayed tightfisted on the hustings. According to a January 29 National Taxpayers Union study of presidential candidates’ promises, McCain wants $6.9 billion in new spending. Former Massachusetts governor Willard Mitt Romney favors $19.5 billion in fresh outlays. “Free-market” Romney’s automated phone calls in Florida actually slammed McCain because he “voted against the AARP-backed Medicare prescription-drug program.” Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee advocates $54.2 billion in government-funded initiatives. Romney’s ideological gymnastics and Huckabee’s folksy profligacy should worry taxpayers.

“You would not have to look hard for reasons to dislike McCain,” says Cato’s Michael Tanner. “But if spending is what you care about, he is far more conservative than either Romney or Huckabee.”



The above sums up why I was left with no horse in the race when Fred dropped out.

[mkjessup]

Equating McCain with the greatest President of the 20th century is obscene.

[ARE SOLE]

anti-ANWR-oil-drilling votes

Where is the "fiscal discipline" in forcing us to buy oil from depots that hate us?

Regards

[Perdogg]

He may or may not be, but people hear aren’t going to listen.

McCain has assemble an awesome economic team, but you are going to get the “Juan Hernandez” photo posted in about 10 seconds.

[farmer18th]

If his Campaign management is any indicator, he’s a regular Imelda Marcos of fiscal responsibility.

[DManA]

Then he voted for this “stimulus” travesty and promises to destroy the economy in the name of saving the Earth.

[ARE SOLE]

exqeeze me, make that despots.

[DManA]

Good to have a team since he himself admitted he has only a rudimentary understanding of economics.

[TADSLOS]

McCain has assemble an awesome economic team, but you are going to get the “Juan Hernandez” photo posted in about 10 seconds.

..and rightfully so, since McCain is a champion for the Mexican economy.

[ARE SOLE]

WRONG

[Politicalmom]

But we have to rally behind Mr. “50 cent gas-tax, open borders, taxpayer funded embryonic cell research, carbon taxer”, don’t you know?

[rob777]

I have my problems with McCain, but his record on spending is not one of them.

[N3WBI3]

Hes done allot better per dollar than Romney...

[muir_redwoods]

Twice in my lifetime I have had the pleasure of casting my vote with joy knowing that the man I am voting for is the one person alive I would most want as president. That was in 1980 and 1984. The rest of my life, I have voted defensively, i.e. I have voted against the other candidate.

I will do so again this time with the least amount of joy I have ever had but I will do it.

I'm sorry so many people feel that it is somehow acceptable to give the white house to the dems when they already have congress. It will give them the scotus and we will wait 30 years to recover from that.

[N3WBI3]

Id rather have a war time president limited by a rudimentary understanding of economics (McCain) than one limited by a less that rudimentary understanding of the Military (Romney)

[ScratInTheHat]

He’ll be the best president Mexamericanada ever has.

[MizSterious]

And rightly so. What good is an economic package if we’ve handed over the country to Mexico?

[DManA]

To make you feel even worse, you are going to vote to give a man who gutted the 1st amendment the power to appoint SCOTUS judges.

[ZULU]

I agree and I have no intention of leaping from buildings. I’m going to be around to watch his defeat in November and work for real conservatives in Congress and a real Republican in 2012 or a conservative Third Party.

[N3WBI3]

Well stated, were the GOP in control of congress with no chance of losing it I *might* be tempted to sit this one out but there is no way I will have Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid being the only thing between us and the Clinton agenda..