It is his pro war politics along with his Vietnam experience and the fact that he is a registered Republican for which he gets all this attention. What else is there? His Senatorial record is abysmal on every count. What has he done that bespeaks conservatism? He is a liberal and he is not just a moderate liberal; he is a far left liberal. If Thompson, Romney or Giuliani had ever taken McCain’s position and successfully engineered a bill that endangered free political speech, espoused amnesty, defeated the nuclear option, crippled interrogation techniques, opposed tax cuts or been involved with Keating they would be toast. Finished. Yet this guy is the proverbial Sphinx. Never have I seen such a disconnect between perception and reality. How can you juxtaposition his record next to his rhetoric and not request that the guy be tested for hallucinatory schizophrenia.

ML and Limbaugh have taken him on. It is overdue. Thompson did an excellent job when challenging and debunking Huckabee’s conservative credentials. He or someone needs to do the same to McCain. Huckabee could not defend himself on the basis that criticism was anti-Christian and neither can McCain defend himself using his war record. Losing to a liberal Democrat candidate is one thing but losing to a liberal Republican candidate is even worse. Such an event moves the party to the left and gives credibility to moderation. Furthermore he is not a moderate. Agreeing with Kennedy, Feingold and Lieberman is not bipartisan; it is surrender. When Lieberman agrees with us on the war he has taken on a conservative position. He did not compromise. When McCain makes deals with the hard liberal left it is not compromise; it is defeat for conservatism. He agrees with their position. If we are to lose let it be to the enemy that we all know and recognize and not because of an enemy from within. As Shakespeare said: “Et tu Brute.”

At this point, I for one am optimistic/hopeful that both of them will flame out along with RuPaul. If it got down to Fred, Mitt, and Rudy, then things would be in better focus-and they couldn’t really ignore Fred anymore. JMHO…

Can you imagine if Thompson, Romney and Giuliani were Democrat candidates that espoused conservatism and were supported by the MSM as decent and proper liberals? Yet that is exactly the way we are being treated!

There is no one that offends and disgusts me more than McCain especially since he betrayed the principle of Conservatism from the inside. That is exactly why he is so loved and cherished by the MSM.