John McCain was and is a war hero. He served his nation well in Vietnam and no one should try to diminish that or his experiences as captive. Yet being a war hero does not change major issues conservatives face with John McCain (and remember George McGovern was also a war hero) and the constant bashing of us from McCain’s supporters will do nothing but harden the ill feelings we harbor against a man that has constantly taken prides in giving us the finger. When conservatives needed McCain, he was on the other side of the issues. He believes people that support enforcing our immigration laws are racists, he is against our first amendment rights to political speech and freedom of association, he believes that the terrorists deserve constitutional protection regardless of where they are apprehended. These are just the major areas of disagreement. He has stated that he does not understand economics and that the economy is not a major area of his focus. He uses the rhetoric of class war-fare and the politics of envy in discussing taxes and drug companies. He was vocal in his support of John Kerry and Hillary Clinton, claiming both would be excellent Presidents. I just have yet seen a reason to support John McCain.
Arguments are made about the surge, well Rumsfeld had the most difficult job in America and the tasks given were Herculean, reforming an unwilling military while fighting a new type of war, all without Congressional support. Think about it, if McCain would have been a supporter instead of anti-Rumsfeld how much better it could have been for the troops, yet McCain did what many of the Democrats did, attack the administration while claiming support of the troops. It did not take a genius to see we needed a surge, but Congress did not want to support the limited number of troops, let alone the increase, everyone seems to forget that. And on judges, McCain was a large part of the problem with Executive appointments. He did not feel that the President gets to appoint his own people. As part of the gang of 14, he helped block many judges from appointments to post that are still not filled. Does he believe that when he is President he should not have the appointment power? I very well doubt it, this was just another way to hurt Bush (who I am not fond of myself) at the expense of the nominees and the country, not a good thing.
So lets return to the rally around McCain meme. I was willing to listen to the man believing he might say or do something to encourage Conservative support. He has done the opposite, letting advisors and staff pick fights with the right at the same time he continues to highlight his differences with the conservatives. I cannot support such a man, as he has done nothing to earn my support at this level. Again, I am speaking of his career as a Senator and not as a soldier. As a candidate he continues to harass the right as he demands our support, I just wish he would have supported us when we needed him. This does not mean a vote for the democrat necessarily, I do not vote for Marxists. Yet he uses their same class war-fare rhetoric!, I can see myself leaving the top of the ticket blank, while voting for GOP down ballot. Or if I do cast a ballot for McCain, it will be with bitter disgust at this election. Again, I would ask McCain and his supporters to think and tread carefully, stop antagonizing and attacking conservatives and earn our vote. A good VP pick could help.

I agree with you 1000%! I think this issue needs to be a headline everywhere, and you wrote an excellent post on this subject. I do worry about McCain’s stance on torture and I wonder if in fact it will lead to us being ineffective in the fight against Islamofascism.

These are all real concerns of mine…but the media seems to only be concerned with “CHANGE” and what is going on with Britney Spears.

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JMJ

Jersey McJones said,
December 31, 2007 at 8:25 am
“Personally, Micky, I am quite convinced that Al Qaeda attacked us on 9/11 BECAUSE Bush and the GOP became the one party ruling majority.”

That would be the ultimate silly, loony, paranoid, conspiracy-theory, comic-bookish nonsense.
So while you are asking everyone to bring things up a notch you should realize that no one asked you to do the same when you said the above staement.
We are debating a realistic issue. And no one has made any direct accusations of anything yet.
We are asking questions as did Countryb on the previous thread.
countryb4party said,
February 11, 2008 at 2:15 pm

“Haven’t heard from the Obama camp yet. No big surprise. I hope I didn’t sound racist. I was referring to the fact that both Obama’s brother and cousin are Muslim extremists who want sharia law imposed on people in Kenya. It’s more of a national security issue.”

Please, if we are to be classy then we shouild first take into consideration that Bin Laden is not a blood relative to Bush as is Obama to his brother and cousin .
Huge difference my friend, HUGE.
Myself and a few other intelligent men would likre to know what the deal is with Obama and if his ties are serious enough to grant more concern.
Since Obama has not had to answer to any of this directly to Country4 or the MSM it only raises more concern.
Trust but verify.