Conservative group campaigns again McCain: 'He's no Ronald Reagan'

[Poiuyt]

A political action committee "dedicated to electing conservatives in the mold" of former President Ronald Reagan have launched a campaign against Senator John McCain (R-AZ) who announced last night on David Letterman's show that he was running for president, with an official announcement to be declared sometime in April.

The 23-page report, "He’s No Ronald Reagan: Why Conservatives Should Not Vote for John McCain," was issued by the Citizens United Political Victory Fund (CUPVF), and according to a press release sent to RAW STORY "is thoroughly footnoted, covers abortion, campaign finance, global warming, gun control, illegal immigration, judicial appointments, same sex marriage, stem cell research, tax relief, and terrorist interrogation methods."

"Recent polls—including our own online straw poll—indicate that John McCain has fallen from frontrunner status," said David N. Bossie, president of CUPVF in the press release. "Our findings do not stem solely from McCain-Feingold. Rather, issue after issue, throughout his congressional career, John McCain has loudly and proudly opposed a myriad of bedrock conservative principles."

Bossie added, "Conservatives deserve a standard-bearer who is committed to a conservative agenda, not one who just mouths its rhetoric. In other words, we want a conservative optimist and visionary in the mold of Ronald Reagan. John McCain is decidedly not that person."

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The report continues, "Conservatives understand that John McCain is pandering to us, in the hope that we will minimize his past apostasy. But the apostasy isn’t just in the past—it’s in the very fiber of his character. Conservatives deserve a standard-bearer who is completely committed to a conservative agenda, not one who just mouths its slogans. In other words, we want an heir to Ronald Reagan."

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http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Conservative_group_campaigns_again_McCain_Hes_0301.html

[TheLeftyMom]

1. I would take that as a compliment

I would never want to be like that lying, traitorous bastard (who is responsible for so many deaths/suicides of good union folks). I'll never understand why some folks worship him. Never.

[wryter2000]

2. It does boggle the mind, doesn't it?

I guess they worship him because he put a kindly, old face on their hateful ideas.

[Hippo_Tron]

13. You summed up Reagan in a nutshell

Barry Goldwater tried to sell a brand of conservatism that wasn't nearly as extreme as Regan's and failed miserably.

Jimmy Carter actually came close to winning re-election by convincing the public that Reagan was too much of an extreme warmonger to be President. Unfortunately in the debate a week before the election Raygun came off as kind and gentle and that pretty much put those fears to rest.

[wryter2000]

3. I'm loving it

I hope he loses big and is forced to contemplate the fact that he went against any principle of decency FOR NOTHING.

[Quantess]

4. Remember the photos of McCain groping and/or smooching Bush?

Can someone please dig out those near-make-out photos that show how much McCain LOVES Bush?

[Poiuyt]

14. No shortage of those

[Quantess]

16. Thanks! I had to puke a little just now.

:puke:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Does that mean that he's NOT a drooling imbecile?

Well, it would take quite a lot to match Ronnie's stupidity, though the current imBushcile infesting the White House has scored impressive results in sheer doltishness, not to mention mendacity.

[devilgrrl]

6. That may well be but he's just as bad as Reagan.

:nuke:

[mdmc]

7. Raygun was mentally ill - I think that McCain still has his wits about him

He is no Raygun - well at least he has that going for him...

[Kolesar]

10. McCain's older

Reagan was only 69. Does America want someone who will be older than 75 years old before his term is out? How much energy or wits will he have? He already has health problems. This is the stupidest candidacy I can think of.

[mdmc]

15. I would take someone with their facilities in tact over a younger

mentally ill person.

[marmar]

8. Emoticons say it better than I can.....

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[Norquist Nemesis]

9. NewsFlash: Ronald Reagan was a panderer just as much as McCain

The only difference was that Reagan was a better actor than McCain.

[meldroc]

11. This is entertaining to watch.

It's nice to see that while there are several great candidates in the Democratic camp, the GOP can't find a single frontrunner that the fundies find tolerable. I'm looking forward to months of the GOP eating itself alive.

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[zbdent]

12. Maybe they'll take Rudy Judyani over

flip-side McCain?

[11 Bravo]

17. Hell, that\'s the only GOOD thing you can say about the flip-flopping ...

pandering, bastard. (And this comes from someone who used to admire McCain.)