The American Spectator

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Jim Karr br> Blue Springs, Missouri /p>

"But on the issue of judicial appointments alone, he is so much better than either Obama or Hillary Clinton that it is reason enough for conservatives to rally to his side."

Let us assume John McCain is inaugurated as President on January 2009. Come January 2010, when someone with a room temperature IQ or better walks up to me and says "he's legalized twenty million unskilled impoverished Latin Americans, he's crucified the energy consumer with carbon fuel taxes [whether "paid" by corporations or directly by consumers], he's never gotten someone on the order of Scalia or Thomas or Alito or Roberts through the Senate, he's turned Gitmo terrorists over to the ACLU [something FDR never had to consider when handling German or Japanese POWs] and the federal tax bite is bigger than ever; why did you vote for him?" What am I supposed to say in response? That Clinton or Obama would have legalized thirty million? That Clinton or Obama would have required manufacturers to produce 50 MPG cars?

p>Sorry. Having been born and raised in New York City, I know what a "yellow dog Democrat" is. And I am no "yellow dog Republican." Anything short of McCain being struck from his horse on the way to Damascus will have no affect on my judgment of him. br> -- Frank Natoli br> Newton, New Jersey /p>

As far as McCain being better than Hillary or Obama it would be true if you could believe him. I don't despite his Justice Advisory Committee! How many Democrats will be added to that committee?

p>McCain comes from a culture with a herd mentality, i.e. the Senate, his first and only impulse will be to get along by going along. br> -- Charles E. Umhey Jr., MD /p>

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