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Jeffrey Lord makes the case that Sean Hannity and Rush, etc are correct and the future of conservative thought is in the good hands of the people who attended CPAC…well maybe. I have to ask: which president signed McCain-Feingold? Which president supported McCain-Kennedy? Which president signed the biggest spending bills of all time and grew the size of government to unprecedented level. It was the same president who was greeted at the CPAC with cheers of "4 more years." Seems a little confusing to me. I don't remember Rush, Sean et al spending hours and days of vitriol directed at President Bush on these deviances from conservative thinking; sure, they would mention they disagreed, but in polite terms and were soon on to something else.

p>I am a reluctant supporter of John McCain and for many years have enjoyed listening to talk radio, but it seems like they are taking their ball and going home or holding their breath till they turn blue if you support McCain. I know they say theirs is a principled argument, well maybe, just 5 or 6 years to late. br> -- Glenn Diehl /p>

It was disconcerting to read about the CPAC Convention, considering that the individuals held up as leading lights were all conservative pundits rather than conservative politicians. It is hard to accept that the Republican Party of today has failed utterly in identifying and sponsoring candidates that represent conservative views. But this has been the case for many, many years. Even a blind man must come to realize that this was the end game all along. The nomination of John McCain is just the last nail in the coffin, exposing this sham for all to see. We all will now witness the death throes of the Republican Party and, very possibly, the collapse of the American system of governance we came to rely upon in recent generations. The truth of the matter is that the Republican establishment has viewed those of us who value the uniqueness of the American political experiment in limited government as an albatross. We've only been an impediment in their relentless march toward socialism. They took our money and our votes but could not, would not, deliver what was promised, in election after election. At this point in our history, there is absolutely nothing to be gained for a conservative to continue voting for candidates who baldly advance the destruction of the Constitution, who advocate policies that result in government expansion at every level, who persist in using American blood and treasure to support foreign military adventures unendingly, who embrace cockamamie notions of global warming to enable government interventionism in every aspect of commerce, and who do everything in their power to undermine the principles of life and liberty upon which the American system was founded.

p>There is no way I will vote for McCain, regardless of how many Republican apologists are trotted out rationalizing his apostasies, regardless of who laments the likely disaster of a Democrat ascendancy. If the people of this country today are hell bent on ushering in a socialist state and casting off the last vestiges of the Republic, then they will have to embark on that terrible course without my imprimatur. br> -- Harry Hill /p>

The conservative movement. Conservative principles. Working passionately to lift…blah, blah, blah.

I think it was Mark Twain who said something like:

"There are reasons and there are results"

p>I'll take results every time. McCain is the best choice for anybody at the center or to the right of center. Complaining, explaining, caterwauling, whining will not change this fact.

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