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br> -- Howard Lohmuller br> Seabrook, Texas /p>

R.S. McCain misapprehends the despair felt by voters like myself. It has nothing to do with some amorphous Republican ennui. It has nothing to do with Obama or McCain (the elder, not the writer). It has to do with the very nature of conservatism.

You see, Mr. Cain (the writer not the elder), there are no conservatives in evidence now. There are many Republicans scurrying around trying to hang on to the best part time job in the world -- an elected official in DC. But none of them is conservative.

At best, is John McCain ( I'm not doing that again) who at best would have been to the left of Scoop Jackson and not far right from the Elder Dodd from Connecticut. Today's Republicans are the watered down version of yesterday's conservative democrats, NOT conservatives.

These Republicans believe in the welfare state and robbing people of the dignity of work and the pride of success. They believe in huge schemes of regulation that hinder economic growth. They lack courage to end freedom-robbing legislative schemes. In short, they talk like conservatives and vote like democrats.

p>So, yes, conservatives are unhappy and a win by John McCain will change that not a whit! br> -- Jay Molyneaux br> North Carolina /p> p> Actually encountering an "Obamacon" (conservative actively promoting Senator Obama) is the statistical equivalent to encountering that same "Obamacon" riding a unicorn. The term should be "Defaultacons," conservatives such as myself who refuse to participate in the election of Senator McCain. The logic behind risking "default" (D) stems from my faith in a revived rational electorate, Democrats and Republicans combined, which (as example) revolted, denounced and derailed the "immigration reform" legislation. It's ironic that if McCain prevails "his" centrist agenda is "real" and therefore has a greater chance of implementation. Such policy changes I feel will be far more "functionally destructive" to the conservative values I represent. My personal campaign slogan, of course, is "none of the above" but having lived through Carter I really do not fear an Obama administration. His starkly liberal credentials and the looming tax burden implied should not achieve any political traction from a Congress looking over its shoulder at its constituents who are standing in line at the hardware store buying torches and pitchforks. br> --

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