Why do conservatives hate McCain so much - a partial list

[denem]

Senator McCain’s Liberal Record

1. Amnesty = McCain / Kennedy (D)
2. Censorship = McCain / Feingold (D)
3. Gas Tax Increase = McCain / Lieberman (D)
4. McCain’s Proposed Democrat Ticket = Kerry / McCain (D)
5. Turncoats Who Asked to Switch Parties: McCain / Jeffords (D)
6. McCain’s American Conservative Union Rank= 47th / 100 = RINO
7. New York Times (D) Endorsed: McCain
8. Opposed Bush Tax Cuts = McCain + (All Ds)
9. McCain wants to keep the Death Tax
10. McCain wants to raise Social Security Taxes
11. McCain / ACLU (D) is Pro-Terrorist Rights
12. McCain/Kennedy(D)/Edwards(D) Tobacco = Trial Lawyers Dream Act

The number #1 reason, Amnesty seems to be the big one. Republicans blame the influx of Latinos for flipping a reliable Red State, California, Blue. They fear the whole south is a risk.

And number #2 - McCain / Feingold - limiting their access to big money.

They spin those two alone to signaling the end of the GOP, and McCain as a traitor.

[Guava Jelly]

1. These reasons are why McCain is going to be tough to beat

Independents love him.
And Honestly I don't hate him..I won't vote for him and I hate his Iraq stance.
I do respect his sacrifice for this nation
If he gets the nod hate radio will change it's tone and start selling him differently.

[zabet]

2. Bingo!

He is going to be the hardest
repuke to beat out of their whole
crowd of runners. The divisive
air in the Dem camp leaves undecided
voters ripe for the picking in a general
election. Out of all the repukes that
campaigned, McCain is the Only one I
have one iota of respect for.
You can already begin to see the shift,
be it small at this time, of the conservative
base coming around to McCain support. The
repubs have always been better at this than
the Dems, falling in line en masse to support
their nominee. The animosity between the
Hillary and Obama supporters in the primaries
will leave massive fall-out when our nominee is
picked. Again, there will be votes ripe for the
picking for McCain.

[cyclezealot]

3. so much of US politics is hype.

McCain when he wanted to take on George Bush's religious dogma, spoke out against the likes of Falwell. Once the GOP became dominated by the likes of Fallwell, McCain felt comfortable with a Fallwell hug. Positions change with the political winds, yet social conservatives have the memory of an elephant.