We know John McCain. A conservative he ain't. And conservatives know that. McCain is what Democrats typically used to be in the 1960s, what some Southern Democrats still are. Today, to shield the true identity of such politicians, we call them moderate, or in McCain's case, "maverick".
What's the evidence that Senator McCain is a moderate Democrat rather than a conservative Republican? I could give you a long list, but let's cite the major points.
1. Joe Liberman would not passionately support a true conservative. The only difference between John McCain and his pal, Joe Liberman, is party tag. To be fair, McCain has a pro-life voting record, but since he does not campaign on that record, we could assume that he votes pro-life as membership due in the hierarchy of the Republican Party.
2. Until John McCain flip flopped on illegal immigration, he was for putting undocumented immigrants on the path to citizenship. That's a Democrat position.
3. Until John McCain converted, he had been against offshore drilling for years. That's a liberal stance. Now, he's all "drill, baby, drill" or "drill here, drill now, pay less."
4. John McCain supports embryonic stem cell research. That's a liberal posture. Truly pro-life conservatives are set against the destruction of human embryos for stem cell research.
5. John McCain agrees with Al Gore that global warming is man-made. That is a liberal ideology. Conservatives who accept the notion that the global climate is warming do not attribute the rise in temperature to human activity. So McCain sides with liberals in this debate.
6. Since the Wall Street melt down, Senator McCain has railed against greed on Wall Street. If you didn't know he was a Republican, you would think the man is a populist like liberal John Democrat John Edwards.
7. John McCain says practically nothing for the pro-life agenda, which is the holy grill of Christian conservatives. Again, it seems like he doesn't want America to know that he's pro-life. Oh yeh, he mentions that he's against abortion, when he's behind closed doors with conservatives.
8. Senator McCain's latest liberal stunt came during his debate with fellow Democrat Barack Obama on October 7, 2008, at Belmont University. McCain proposed to spend $300 billion of taxpayer money to buy all the bad home mortgages in America. This new proposal seals McCain's Democrat credentials. This, in addition to the $700 billion bailout that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson got from Congress. Wow! McCain wants to get the federal government $1 trillion deep into the home mortgage business? What is fiscally conservative about that? Based on this stunt, who's the greater liberal, who's the socialist, Barack Obama or John McCain? I say, John McCain wins the label hands down!
This idea did not originate with McCain by any means. It's been talked about and written about by some economists and regular people alike, in fact by Search Warp's own Terry Mitchell. And let me add that I really like the proposal to help out homeowners by buying up their distressed mortgages in order to restructure their loans. I just want to point out that this plan does not fit the profile of the fiscal conservative that McCain claims to be. He may be putting forth this plan as a way to resurrect his falling poll numbers, but the fact remains that McCain doesn't mind winning this election as a pseudo conservative, an actual liberal.
Yes, he's still talking tax cut, but what national politician is not offering to cut our taxes these days?
So if John McCain has so little in common with conservative Republicans, why will they vote for him? Well, that's the subject of the next article, "Conservatives Will Vote for McCain Anyway; Here is Why."
What's the evidence that Senator McCain is a moderate Democrat rather than a conservative Republican? I could give you a long list, but let's cite the major points.
1. Joe Liberman would not passionately support a true conservative. The only difference between John McCain and his pal, Joe Liberman, is party tag. To be fair, McCain has a pro-life voting record, but since he does not campaign on that record, we could assume that he votes pro-life as membership due in the hierarchy of the Republican Party.
2. Until John McCain flip flopped on illegal immigration, he was for putting undocumented immigrants on the path to citizenship. That's a Democrat position.
3. Until John McCain converted, he had been against offshore drilling for years. That's a liberal stance. Now, he's all "drill, baby, drill" or "drill here, drill now, pay less."
4. John McCain supports embryonic stem cell research. That's a liberal posture. Truly pro-life conservatives are set against the destruction of human embryos for stem cell research.
5. John McCain agrees with Al Gore that global warming is man-made. That is a liberal ideology. Conservatives who accept the notion that the global climate is warming do not attribute the rise in temperature to human activity. So McCain sides with liberals in this debate.
6. Since the Wall Street melt down, Senator McCain has railed against greed on Wall Street. If you didn't know he was a Republican, you would think the man is a populist like liberal John Democrat John Edwards.
7. John McCain says practically nothing for the pro-life agenda, which is the holy grill of Christian conservatives. Again, it seems like he doesn't want America to know that he's pro-life. Oh yeh, he mentions that he's against abortion, when he's behind closed doors with conservatives.
8. Senator McCain's latest liberal stunt came during his debate with fellow Democrat Barack Obama on October 7, 2008, at Belmont University. McCain proposed to spend $300 billion of taxpayer money to buy all the bad home mortgages in America. This new proposal seals McCain's Democrat credentials. This, in addition to the $700 billion bailout that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson got from Congress. Wow! McCain wants to get the federal government $1 trillion deep into the home mortgage business? What is fiscally conservative about that? Based on this stunt, who's the greater liberal, who's the socialist, Barack Obama or John McCain? I say, John McCain wins the label hands down!
This idea did not originate with McCain by any means. It's been talked about and written about by some economists and regular people alike, in fact by Search Warp's own Terry Mitchell. And let me add that I really like the proposal to help out homeowners by buying up their distressed mortgages in order to restructure their loans. I just want to point out that this plan does not fit the profile of the fiscal conservative that McCain claims to be. He may be putting forth this plan as a way to resurrect his falling poll numbers, but the fact remains that McCain doesn't mind winning this election as a pseudo conservative, an actual liberal.
Yes, he's still talking tax cut, but what national politician is not offering to cut our taxes these days?
So if John McCain has so little in common with conservative Republicans, why will they vote for him? Well, that's the subject of the next article, "Conservatives Will Vote for McCain Anyway; Here is Why."
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