Conservatives are struggling to come to terms with a presidential candidate who doesn't share the nativism of Tom Tancredo, voted against tax cuts, sponsored campaign-finance reform law, and once demonstrated an indifference to abortion and an animus to the leaders of the Christian right.
The attacks on John McCain began before he won the Florida primary. Former House majority leader Tom DeLay said McCain "has done more to hurt the Republican Party than any elected official I know of"--and he will not vote for McCain even if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee.
DeLay is indicted in Texas, working to remain relevant, and hardly a threat to McCain. Rush Limbaugh, however, talks to the largest radio audience in the nation. Electing McCain is "going to destroy the Republican Party," Limbaugh said on the air. "It's going to change it forever, be the end of it."
Limbaugh isn't alone. In one week, right-wing talk show host and author Hugh Hewitt attacked McCain on the radio, in his column, and in a CNN interview. Focus on the Family's James Dobson, whose TV, radio and book combine is focused on the reproductive rights of women and the civil rights of gays, is sitting out the election because McCain doesn't "respect traditional marriage."
Check out the speech Ron Paul gave at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
http://www.ronpaulforpresident2008.com/news/#RonPaulspeechatCPAC278
Now that Romney is gone, that leaves McCain who is LOATHED by conservatives, Huckabee who thinks he has a higher path to God than the Pope!!!, and the only TRUE conservative, Ron Paul.
Ron Paul was VERY enthusiastically welcomed at the CPA Conference and now Romney's delegates are FREE!! FREE!!!
Don't rule Ron Paul out yet!
That giant sucking sound you will soon be hearing is Mccain sucking up to the religious right.
The conservate party, opposed to change & rooted in ancient mythology, is well past its prime and offers little succor in a modern egalatarian society!
Under no circumstances though should you consider my disgust for the religious right as an endorsement for the equally delusional socialist left.
No matter who becomes president in 2008 the country as a whole will be worse off after 4 or 8 years of left/right delusional thinking, tinkering, coercion & extortion in the name of god and/or government.
God & gov't is not the solution to our troubles, they are in fact 'the' problem, severely antagonistic to a free, responsible, egalatarian society.
If you truely wish to SAVE the CHILDREN...
Just say NO to God & Gov't!
The pundits and GOP voters who hate McCain have two odious choices- Romney or Huckabee-neither of whom are electable.
I hope they continue this catfight well into next year. Once they lose the election they can make peace. :)
To these so called "conservatives" out there bashing McCain: You have GOT to be kidding me!! McCain has been top dog in leading the charge for fiscal responsibility and cracking down on corruption. AND he's also a HAWK so that should be a plus for you guys.
In my opinion, the only stance McCain has that is completely incompatible with the "conservative platform" is immigration. The rest of the differences are a wash.
Do I want to see the republican party return to
its founding principles? YES.
Bugsy DeLay hates McCain because he put Abramoff in jail and shut down the condo(Armstrong Strategy Group?) and incriminated Ralph Reed and Grover Norquist, you know, just rained on his parade.