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John McCain, some say, is not a true conservative. Was Reagan? Reagan campaigned as a tax cutter. He cut taxes, but he also raised them. He promised conservative judges and spoke of his opposition to abortion, yet named two justices to the Supreme Court (Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy) who voted to uphold Roe v. Wade. Against the advice of some, Reagan deployed Marines to Lebanon and saw them murdered by a homicide bomber. Reagan engaged in an arms-for-hostages deal with Iran. As president, Reagan seldom went to church, unlike his evangelical base. If conservatives knew in advance these things about Reagan, would they have voted for him in such numbers?
Contemporary conservatism has mostly been about saying "no" to the liberal agenda. Suppose conservatives instead begin to circumvent liberals by applying better ideas to achieve ends liberals and conservatives claim to seek?
He make some good points. I know most of the SOB alliance hates McCain but in reality, since Reagan have we really had a conservative presidential candidate.
We've had George H.W. "voodoo economics" Bush
Bob "Mr. Farm subsidy" Dole
and George W. Bush who is everything a liberal should love outside of the war.
The fact is the Republican party is loaded with a bunch of country club types and they are the ones who dominate the party. McCain is the rule more than the exception.
Sighhhhhhhhhh.
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