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p> Fascinating beginning to your article, Mr. Neumayr and right on the money. It is abundantly clear that McCain is just Bush-Lite. It's a shame your article devolved into an apologia for the soft-on-crime, soft-on-borders, soft-on-small government Hickabee. Sure, he is pro-life and that has certainly kept him in the race far longer than his hayseed, aw-shucks, Gomer Pyle stylings deserve. We need more than one leg in the conservative 3-legged race. br> -- Ralph Alter br> Carmel, Indiana /p> p> Why McCain? H. L. Mencken explained it decades ago: "The average man doesn't want to be free, he wants to be safe." In an era when head-chopping, clitoris-cutting, honor-killing, skyscraper-burning oligarchs are crushing in on Western Civilization, do Americans want someone in the White House who will nuke the SOBs, or do they want someone who will wring his (her) hands and say "we just need to talk to them and try to understand them"? American minds -- and the chatterers and pundits who help them keep their heads in the sand -- will endlessly go over and go over 'politically correct v. politically incorrect,' 'good v. evil,' 'tolerant v. intolerant,' 'higher taxes v. lower taxes,' 'wealth redistribution v. status quo,' etc., all spring, all summer and half the fall. Then on Nov. 4, for those few seconds in the voting booths, American minds will cast all the blather aside and become concentrated on the one real issue: life or death. Immediately afterward, the blather (and what it will mean in the McCain Administration) will resume. br> -- Ty Knoy br> Ann Arbor, Michigan /p> p> In regards to Mr. Neumayr's column, while I am in general agreement with him re: the flexibility of the Republican Party; I must add one other point. Much of the problem the conservatives face has been created by us. There has been no viable national conservative candidate because of our own expectations. We want another Ronald Reagan and there will never be another Reagan, yet we consciously or sub-consciously compare all our folks to that test. Thus there has been in this election cycle no viable charismatic conservative to rally around that has a chance to win yes win the presidency. We need to identify, nurture and promote those whose philosophy come closet to ours and not just sit around and complain when we are left with a McCain, Bush et al br> -- Stephen J. McCann /p> p> Huckabee is not a conservative except on religious and right to life issues. He does not oppose amnesty. He favors free benefits for illegals. His "fair tax" is an abomination. He is naive in stating he will eliminate the IRS. Who would collect the fair tax? He is for closing Gitmo and against waterboarding. Give me a break.

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