McCain’s Critics on Right Look Again

[underpants]

Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain has long aroused almost unanimous opposition from the leaders of the right. Accusing him of crimes against conservative orthodoxy like voting against a big tax cut and opposing a federal ban on same-sex marriage, conservative activists have agitated for months to thwart his Republican presidential primary campaign.

That, however, was before he emerged this week as the party’s front-runner.

“He has moved in the right direction strongly and forcefully on taxes,” said Grover Norquist, an antitax organizer who had been the informal leader of conservatives against a McCain nomination, adding that he had been talking to Mr. McCain’s “tax guys” for more than a year.

Richard Land, an official of the Southern Baptist Convention and a longtime critic of Mr. McCain, agreed, saying, “He is strongly pro-life.”

“When I hear Rush Limbaugh say that a McCain nomination would destroy the Republican Party,” Dr. Land added, “what I want to say to Rush is, ‘You need to get out of the studio more and talk to real people.’
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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/us/01conservatives.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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Good read

[Avalux]

1. He's all they got; they'll all fall in line eventually. Even Rush. n/t

[rodeodance]

3. it is a good laugh

[predfan]

2. Don't believe for a minute that, if McCain is the nominee, they'll present a united campaign.

Does anyone here honestly this Ann Coulter will vote Democratic? Just another indication of how little they respect our collective intelligence.

[ShockediSay]

9. McCain Huckabee would galvanize the

neo-con Fascist Right, esp if Hillary is on top of our ticket, but
not so much if she's our veep candidate, IMHO

[TwilightGardener]

4. He's their Sacrificial Dole. They'll let the Old Cruster have his day in the sun...

they know he'll lose. He mumbles, he's not sharp on the issues, and all he's got is the war, which is not popular. And if you care about some of his "maverick" issues like global warming or campaign finance reform or immigration reform, you're probably going to vote for the Democrat anyway.

[underpants]

5. So the Cons give one up to wrestle all power away from the Mods?

Mmmm could be they really don't like to lose. They don't seem to care about how or what happens afterwards as long as they remain the party with the image as the WINNERS they would feed their young to wild animals in public if they thought that would do it.

He is all they have. They can't even fake real admiration for Romney-everyone sees how empty he is.

[ReformedChris]

6. ROFL@ Sacrificial Dole, could'nt agree more with you about McCain nt

[Demeter]

10. I Think You Are Too Dismissive--I See Him as the New Reagan

and then they put Jeb in as VP, in the "Cheney-puppetmaster role"

and then it's kiss your Constitution goodbye, and everything that went with it.

[sharp_stick]

7. Grover Norquist - an anti-tax organizer?

That should be: renowned asshole, probable thief, good friend, and co-conspirator to convicted criminal Jack Abramoff

[underpants]

8. Notice the self-promotion

McCain's "tax guys" are coming around because the all knowing ever wise Grover Norquist has been just talking to them, that is all he needs to do what with his superior intellect and such


:eyes: :sarcasm: