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br> Princeton, West Virginia /p> p> What is your position on the Iraq War? You continue to publish articles which reflect negatively on the U.S. efforts there. Today it was Doug Bandow's article which, in the first sentence of the first paragraph, referred to the "wretched state of the Iraq war." And, the previous articles by the reporter in Iraq (I don't remember who it is...) which also reflect negatively on our efforts. They in essence present a picture of futility, and the writer has simply got to be an absolute coward and in abject fear for his life -- why not bring him home if you haven't? br> -- Wade White br> Franklin, New York /p> p> What part of John McCain's ... duplicitous unprincipled nature do you not understand? First and foremost he is all about himself. He panders to the left-wing media, aligns with liberals like Kennedy and Feingold and is the antithesis of just about every conservative goal. Furthermore, he is a petty, arrogant carpetbagger who is unresponsive to his constituents. A worse presidential candidate and senator than Hillary. br> -- Seth Kanter br> Goodyear, Arizona /p>

John McCain learned the wrong lessons from observing President Reagan raising income and payroll taxes 7 times and granting blanket amnesty and citizenship to millions of illegal aliens. Like self-described "Reagan conservatives" who've bastardized the Gipper's record to buttress their political views McCain, who sees himself as TR and Reagan rolled into one, has created a Reagan myth of bipartisanship. Staunchly Republican Reagan like TR was anything, but bipartisan in his politics.

Reagan compromised, because he had to govern or in the case of amnesty and citizenship for illegal aliens believed it was the right thing to do. John McCain seems motivated by political opportunism and grandstanding. That's why he finds it easy to urge an aggressive war on terror, but "civil liberties" for terrorists all the while joining Democrats to stifle American's 1st and 2d Amendment rights.

p>All that said, like Reagan, I'll be voting a straight ticket in 2008. Hopefully, if McCain is the nominee he'll grow in office to become more like Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush and less like Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.

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Taxes, Foreign Policy, John McCain, Bill Clinton, Business, Law, Iraq, Russia, NATO, Immigration