Pat Dollard

What the article does not say is that the polling data has consistently shown that John McCain has held leads from 6% to 26%. I have always felt the anti-Mccain animus among some conservatives was and is unjustified. The reason for the McCain leads i ssimple: John McCain is vastly the superior candidate. Sarah Palin and all the Arizona officials elected to national office do very much know what they are doing in supporting John McCain.

Worried about the deficit spending we are doing and the national debt we are racking up? You should be. John McCain, throughout his career, has been a fiscal conservative who has gotten into heated argument over his opposition to earmarked and out of control federal spending. McCain voted against Obama’s deficit spending budgets, denouncing them as “generational theft,” a phrase picked up by Sean Hannity. John McCain also voted against all the Obama bailout bills. J.D. can’t compare on this critical subject; he had his pork barrel spending moments in the Congress.

Worried about ObamaCare and socialized medicine? You should be. John McCain had the most free market approach to health care in 2008 of all the candidates and had always been adamantly opposed to national health care. The GOP National Platform in 2008 was excellent on health care because it adopted the McCain platform on the subject. McCain has strenuously opposed ObamaCare and was accused by the New York Times of throwing bombs on the subject. J.D. can’t compare on this critical subject.

Worried about bailouts? You should be. McCain voted AGAINST every Obama bailout bill and even voted against the second release of TARP monies when Bush was still President in late 2008. J.D. was on the sidelines on these issues because he lost his last race for Congress to a Democrat in an overwhelmingly Republican congressional district that should have been a safe seat even in bad year for the GOP.

Worried about the kind of people in the Obama Administration and nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court? You should be. McCain voted AGAINST the confirmations of tax cheat Geithner, radical pro-abortion advocate Sibellius, leftist attorney Kagan and transnational advocate Koh to their respective positions in the Obama Administration. McCain voted AGAINST the confirmation of Sotomayer to the U.S. Supreme Court. Again, J.D. was on the sidelines on these issues because he lost his last race for Congress.

Worried about foreign policy, military matters and national security because of Obama’s appeasement mentality, lack of experience and naivete? You should be. Few people have the experience and knowledge concerning foreign policy, military matters and national security that John McCain has. He was right about the Iraq War when even many Republicans went wobbly and fought off Democrat led efforts to cut off funding our troops in the field in Iraq. McCain was right to attack Obama for dithering about committing to General McChrystal’s plan for Afghanistan and for not supporting the Iranian dissidents. McCain could be right because he knows his stuff when it comes to Commander in Chief decisions. J.D. can’t compare on this critical subject.

Worried about the lack of real patriotism and the kind of example being set by people in the Obama Administration? You should be. He was a combat naval aviator during the Vietnam War who braved one of the toughest air defenses in history over North Vietnam and served as a P.O.W. for over 5 years in a North Vietnamese prison where he was subjected to real torture. He is the grandson of the Admiral McCain who was Bull Halsey’s right hand man during World War II and the son of the Admiral McCain who was CincPac during the Vietnam War when John McCain, the combat aviator, was a P.O.W. in North Vietnam. John McCain’s 2008 campaign theme of “Country First” reflected a family tradition of military service that has continued with one son who is a Marine who has served several tours of duty in Iraq and another son who is a Naval Academy graduate and serves in the Navy. John McCain’s discussion of serving with a servant’s heart was and is genuine. J.D. can’t compare on this critical subject. Few can.

Recent history has proven McAmnesty can’t be trusted as far as you can throw him. He has shown himself to be a true RINO always reaching across the aisle to assist the lying liberals to continue to chip away at our constitutional rights. Time to throw out all the career politicians subverting this country from the District of Criminals!

Of course McCain is acting like a conservative. It’s an election year.