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Thursday, April 03, 2008
McCain is a CONSERVATIVE!
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
As voters’ interest with the Obama-Clinton race begins to fatigue, people are starting to pay attention to John McCain’s voting record. McCain is a solid conservative. This is an indubitable FACT.
Check out this excerpt from a recent study of his record:
The American Conservative Union (ACU) ... rates the legislative voting records of members of Congress. In its own words, it is the “umbrella grassroots lobbying group of the Conservative Movement.” Its conservative credentials are unimpeachable and its ratings are an objective analysis of dozens of recorded votes on a variety of issues. So what do the ACU’s ratings say about John McCain’s record?
Is he a real conservative? Yes!
The latest release of the ACU’s ratings are for 2006. Those ratings indicate:
(1) that John McCain has had a lifetime conservative record of 82.3 percent,
(2) that his record was more conservative than any Democrat in the Senate, including Barack Obama who had a lifetime conservative record of only 8 percent and Hillary Clinton who had a lifetime conservative rating of only 9 percent, and
(3) that while 37 Republican Senators in 2006 had more conservative records, 16 Republican Senators in 2006 had less conservative records. This means that John McCain had a more conservative voting record than 62 of the 100 members of the U.S. Senate.
Based on these ratings, though not quite as conservative as the average Republican Senator, John McCain is clearly a conservative. Claims that he is a moderate or a liberal are not supported by this evidence.
The reputation that he has of being a liberal can’t change this man’s record. He is to the right of Obama and Clinton by a landslide.
Voters need to pay attention and not be fooled by McCain’s right-winged view of the conservative American jihad.
(Why isn’t the Hamilton County Democratic Party blogging about this?)
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03 Apr 2008 at 07:27 am | #
...because typically the ones saying he is too moderate/liberal are those to the right of him.
03 Apr 2008 at 09:36 am | #
Even when McCain voted against things that were supported by most conservatives (see Bush Tax Cuts) it was for conservative reasons (tax cuts were not accompanied by spending cuts) rather than any moderate or liberal position as people have tried to claim.
McCain is incredibly conservative and any claim that his isn’t makes me laugh.
03 Apr 2008 at 10:14 am | #
Great!!! Now what is a conservative?
Issues
Philosophy
Party
I tend to dislike labels.
I suggest the following self evaluation before voting.
1. Are you a voter that makes decisions based on issues, philosophy or party?
2. If party, then you make up your mind rather quickly.
3. If philosophy, I predict you are a third party voter.
4. If on issues, which ones are most important to you? You will vote D or R, but tend to be an independent.
03 Apr 2008 at 12:03 pm | #
I have had my disagreements with McCain in the past on some issues, but all in all there is no doubt he is a conservative..
03 Apr 2008 at 02:56 pm | #
After eight years of a McCain Administration we will know wether or not he is a true conservative. Just a few months into his first term he will most probably replace Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. If President McCain can provide us with a justice that is a combination of Thomas-Scalia-Alito and Roberts( with a dash of Renquist)he will then rate as a true conservative.
President McCain will probably get a second Supreme Court Justice nominated and confirmed during his eight years in office. I have no doubt that McCain will appoint reasonly conservative federal judges.
I do fear the types of judges appointed by Obama would reflect some of Obama’s believes such as:
Obama does not favor juveniles being tried as adults…
This next one should even shock liberals.....
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1207159750412&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Obama’s position essentially boils down to this: a woman who contracts for an abortion is entitled, one way or another, to a dead baby. A dead baby must result, even if that baby had already been a distinct living being. The killing of some live babies is just part of the price we must pay in order to keep the sacred right to an abortion supreme and absolute, beyond any shadow of a doubt.
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So we have a late term abortion in progress. The infant “accidentally” slips out of the birth canal. At
this point this is a living breathing human being - - but
Obama would allow the infant to be disposed as garbage with no regards for the fact that the infant survived an abortion procedure.
http://twoconservatives.blogspot.com/2008/02/obama-says-yes-to-post-birth-abortion.html
Obama says Yes to post-birth abortion.
Do abortion rights extend to babies who are already born alive? According to Presidential Candidate Barack Obama (D), they should.
From “More on Obama and Babies Born Alive”:
In 2001, three bills were proposed to help babies who survived induced labor abortions. One, like the federal Born Alive Infants bill, simply said a living “homo sapiens” wholly emerged from his mother should be treated as a “‘person,’ ‘human being,’ ‘child’ and ‘individual.’”
On all three bills, Obama voted “present,” effectively the same as a “no.” Defining “a pre-viable fetus” that survived an abortion as a “person” or “child,” he argued, “would essentially bar abortions, because the Equal Protection Clause does not allow somebody to kill a child, and if this is a child, then this would be an anti-abortion statute.”
These are not just babies who are damaged in an abortion procedure. In some cases, the “abortion” is nothing more than an induced labor. From a nurse who testified about the Illinois Law Obama voted against:
“These were not botched abortions,” Stanek said in an interview with HUMAN EVENTS. “They induce labor as a form of abortion. The induction-labor pregnancy termination procedure has been in effect at Christ Hospital for over a decade. When I arrived there eight years ago, it was already old hat. The doctor deliberately induces labor too early and the baby usually dies in the process, but sometimes the baby is born alive. They used to leave them in the soiled utility room, but a few months ago they created a `comfort room.
03 Apr 2008 at 07:46 pm | #
I think others aren’t picking up the “McCain is conservative” theme because the record doesn’t show it. He’s more liberal than those who are typically considered conservative. McCain is most accurately described as a moderately conservative Republican. He’s a little to the right of a straight moderate, a little to the left of the majority of Republicans.
As a conservative I don’t consider McCain to be as conservative as I like my candidates to be, and that’s why I didn’t vote for McCain in the primary. But in the general election I’ll support McCain all the way as he’s much more conservative, and significantly more qualified, than those who are still in the race. Readers of this site should also note that McCain is great at opposing earmarks and corporate welfare and not in the pocket of big business.
04 Apr 2008 at 05:30 am | #
Is this post a spoof?