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I can guarantee you that had Ronald Reagan tried to force amnesty for millions of illegal aliens on the people who supported him, he never would have been president.

p>And that's exactly why John McCain is finished...he just hasn't figured it out yet. br> -- Dave Schallert br> Parker, Colorado /p> p> Mr. Antle, like his fellow traveler at TAS , Phillip Klein, still sees McCain through rose colored glasses, hence his refusal to squarely face up to McCain's serious flaws, which have been obvious to the base since 2000. Also, like the Washington establishment, that was recently sent reeling on its keaster, by Americans of all political stripes over the horrendously flawed Immigration bill, Mr. Antle is still pedaling the same old line about McCain's conservative bona fides. Let me put it another way; just as many Americans said "no mas" to the government, with its empty promises of enforcement with the Immigration bill, many of us, long ago, stopped believing McCain with his repeated pleas to the base that he's a conservative. Sorry, taking on Barbara Boxer on the floor of the Senate was not exactly a "tough ordeal" nor was it a profile in conservative courage. McCain's actions over the past seven years, that writers and readers at TAS have analyzed ad nauseam, have never been about what McCain thinks is right for America. Rather, it's always been what McCain thought was right for John McCain. Just as the Washington establishment was recently handed a rude awakening, so too, has John McCain. br> -- A. DiPentima /p> p> John McCain's last stand occurred when he promoted his plan (along with The Coward of Chapaquiddick) to turn over 12-20 million illegal votes to the Democrats. The GOP will barely survive Bush. A McCain nomination would forever doom the party (and the country)! br> -- Jack Hughes

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