TOP 10 REASONS NOT TO VOTE FOR MCCAIN
By Don Feder
I just got back from the annual Conservative
Political Action Conference (CPAC) in
Not for nothing did Benjamin Disraeli call conservatives the stupid party.
What part of John McCain do we not get? McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Feingold, McCain-Lieberman, McCain-Edwards -- among other socialist, anti-speech, open-borders, enviro-Marxist measures he’s co-sponsored with the hardcore left of the Democratic Party over the years.
If Il Duce had served with him in the United States Senate, there would be McCain-Mussolini.
The moment Mitt Romney “suspended” his campaign and McCain became inevitable, the squawking began: “You mean you’d actually prefer Hillary or Obama (judges)? At least McCain is pro-life (judges). He’s a war hero who’ll ably lead us in the War on Terrorism (judges). Did we mention that he’ll appoint conservative judges?”
Before the chorus of amnesiac Chicken Littles drowns out the voices of reason, here are 10 reasons why conservatives should sever their right hands at the wrist before they pull the McCain lever in November:
1.
Immigration –
He’s not just pro-open borders, he’s Senor Amnesty – co-sponsor of
McCain-Kennedy, which would have legalized 15 million illegal aliens, allowed
them to bring in tens of millions of their mooching relatives (including the
elderly and infirm), given them credit for past Social Security contributions,
etc. The Heritage Foundation’s Robert Rector said McCain-Kennedy would have
constituted the largest expansion of the welfare state in
2.
Multiculturalism
– If his advocacy of open borders wasn’t enough, McCain has also opposed
official English and supported bi-lingual education (two more issues where he’s
out-of-step with the overwhelming majority of his countrymen). McCain even
voted for an amendment that would have codified
3.
Enviro-Marxism – McCain’s
supporters think he’s just the man to lead
4. Class Warfare – In the recent debate at the Reagan Library, McCain called Romney a “manager for profits” (would he prefer a businessman who managed for losses?) who has “laid people off” – thus demonstrating how little the Senator understands the market economy. Jobs aren’t permanent -- except for those who’ve served in the Senate for 21 years -- and sometimes they have to disappear so others can be created. In 2001, McCain was one of only two Republican Senators to vote against the Bush tax cuts. In 2003, he was one of only three. Now, he says it’s because there weren’t matching spending cuts. Then he called them “tax cuts for the rich.” This comes from a man who never held a private-sector job and made his money the old-fashioned way – by marrying an heiress whose father subsidized his early campaigns.
5.
Abortion –
McCain’s vaunted pro-life voting record reflects the views of his
6. Judicial Nominations – Though McCain denies it, columnist Robert Novak swears the frontrunner told him prior to confirmation of Justice Samuel Alito that the nominee was too conservative, and that he preferred those who “didn’t wear their conservatism on their sleeve” (like Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy?). McCain was also part of the Gang of 14 which prevented a rules change that would have stopped unconstitutional filibusters on judicial nominations. Former New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman was responsible for the Supreme Court nomination of David Souter -- the most disastrous Republican appointment since Earl Warren. (The play was Rudman to then-Chief of Staff John Sununu to Bush Sr.) Rudman has a prominent role in McCain’s campaign. Rudman could be President McCain’s Attorney General, giving him more say on judicial nominations than anyone other than the president. In his 1996 book, Rudman wrote that Christian conservatives include in their ranks “enough anti-abortion zealots, would-be censors, homophobes, bigots and latter-day Elmer Gantrys to discredit any party that is unwise enough” to align itself with them. With Warren Rudman at his side, it’s anyone’s guess whether McCain’s Supreme Court picks would be appreciably better than Clinton’s or Obama’s.
7.
War on
Terrorism – We’ve already noted McCain’s support for energy dependence and
his crusade for open borders. (Besides all of the rapists, drug-dealers and
gang members coming across our Southern border, terrorists are also
infiltrating the
8.
McPsycho – McCain
is famous for going postal on his Republican colleagues -- dropping the F-word,
calling them f---ing idiots and worse.
His dangerous inability to control his temper comes from a God-complex and an
ingrained contempt for other human beings. One of his colleagues commented, “I
don’t want this guy anywhere near a trigger.” Given his mental state, McCain
could end up nuking
9.
Reaching
across the aisle – This is media-speak for a Republican sell-out who
conspires with the left. McCain doesn’t reach across the aisle – he leaps.
Former Senator Rick Santorum discloses: “The bottom line is that I served 12
years with him (McCain), 6 years in
the United States Senate as a leader, one of the leaders of the Senate – the
number-3 leader – who had the responsibility of trying to put together the
conservative agenda, and at almost every turn on domestic policy, John McCain
was not only against us, but leading the charge on the other side.” Republican
presidents who are unsure of themselves too often try to placate the other
party. For McCain, working with the left is his natural inclination. He’ll turn
to the Kennedys, Feingolds
and Liebermans not as a last resort, but as a first.
10.
Rally or
Roll-Over -- If a Democrat takes the oath of office
next January, Congressional Republicans will find their principles again. From
1993 to 1995, without a majority in either House, Republicans fought Bill Clinton
to a legislative standstill. They went on to win the House and Senate in the
1994 election -- for the first time in 40 years – and to hold both for a
decade. If McCain is elected, it will be roll-over time for Congressional
Republicans – on taxes, regulation, environmentalism, speech-suppression,
internationalism, multiculturalism, civil liberties for terrorists and
open-borders. (When it comes to arm-twisting, Captain Queeg
would make Bush look like Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.) This time, instead of
losing power for a few years, the party could be permanently discredited.
Ultimately, all of this is academic. McCain’s chances of becoming the next president are none – and none. Since 1964, Republicans have won 7 of 10 presidential elections. They lost in 1976, 1992 and 1996. Each time, the party was saddled with a standard-bearer – Ford, Bush ’41, Dole – that a large part of the base couldn’t stand.
The American people are basically conservative. At some point, the Democrats always give away the game – expose themselves as the party of socialism, pacifism, racial-pandering and treason. They only win when Republicans sound an uncertain trumpet. McCain is a kazoo played by an asthmatic.
McCain is also old, abrasive and unlovable. (It was said of Bob Dole, another war hero, that he couldn’t sell beer on a troop ship. McCain couldn’t give it away.) Once the Democrats pick their nominee, McCain’s media cheerleaders will pack up their pompoms and move to the other side of the field.
President Bush – he of “compassionate conservatism,” mega-spending hikes and Hamas statehood– has just announced that John McCain is a “true conservative.”
I rest my case.