The American Spectator

br> Las Vegas, Nevada /p> p> Bob Tyrrell’s lecture on the overarching virtues of candidate McCain was the single best written argument I’ve read with respect to voting for this guy. I am biased, I suppose. Tyrell is one of those Conservative “warriors” I keep trying to locate. And at least a minor treasure. He actually brings passion and logic to his convictions. I’ve met the senator… I disliked him almost immediately, sometimes after listening further to the fellow I wonder why I didn’t dislike him sooner. He strikes me as self-important, self-regarding, and self-inflating. I believe him to be bitter and wrong far too often on Conservative issues, e.g. immigration, First Amendment. Well, you know the drill. On the other hand, Tyrell’s apologia DOES make a case for double-clutching on an absolute refusal to vote for McCain. McCain is a serious man. Senator Obama is as well, but in the style of a preening, supercilious feline. He would, in concert with a Reid Senate and Pelosi House proceed to break this country. If nothing else, Bob Tyrrell has given me cause to pause. This election will count for something. br> — J.C. Eaton br> Chetek, Wisconsin /p>

You have managed to spin quite a few of McCain’s shortcomings (and believe me, they are shortcomings!), but you fail to address the Gang of 14; the holds he placed on conservative judicial nominees; the in-your-face votes against President Bush; his amnesty for illegals; his stupid adherence to Global Warming Baloney; his votes against tax cuts, his obstinate refusal to consider drilling in the ANWR and I could go on and on.

When he voted against the tax cuts he said it was because they were “tax cuts for the rich.” At that time there was no mention of off-setting cuts in spending. For seven years he did everything in his power to embarrass the President. How many times did we see him on TV reviling Republicans and — especially conservatives?

p>I grant you John McCain is better than the alternative, but I want someone to vote FOR. I don’t wish to vote for the lesser of two evils or because it someone’s turn to be the Republican nominee. Senator McCain is the choice of Eastern Liberal Republicans and the RNC. I used to be a Republican, but no longer. I now refer to myself as a Conservative Independent and the RNC has finally stopped asking me for money. I now contribute to the candidates of my choice. br> — Judy Beumler br> Kentucky /p>

Only one other election in the past century produced two major party candidates whom were so far apart in governing philosophy. They were Ronald Reagan the Conservative and Jimmy Carter the Liberal in 1980. The difference between McCain and Obama seems as wide mainly because Obama is to the left of even Jimmy Carter. Obama’s political life has followed in the path of a card carrying Communist. McCain has been a Conservative his entire political life with some compromises to Liberalism he thought necessary for good governance and that have irked other Conservatives.