John McCain...The Wrong Choice!

Last night the Republican Party took the first steps toward turning control over to the liberal/moderate-wing of the party. John McCain is not a conservative; he is what we call a RINO (Republican In Name Only). He is a crass opportunist who will say and do anything to get elected. His nomination will ensure that either Clinton or Obama will be moving into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue next January.

McCain has often repeated throughout the campaign that he is the only candidate who will stand up to the special interest groups. Does anyone remember the Keating Five scandal? Mr. McCain was one of five senators who, after investigations by the state of California, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Senate Ethics Committee, was found to have acted improperly at the behest of Charles Keating. Charles Keating was the chairman of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine, California. Mr. Keating had given a total of 1.3 million dollars in campaign contributions to John McCain and four other United States Senators, in exchange for influence in easing of the federal investigation into the Lincoln S & L collapse. John McCain’s wife and father-in-law just happened to be the largest investors in a shopping mall owned by Charles Keating at the time. Does it sound like John McCain will stand up to the same special interest groups that he took money from in the past?

John McCain also has repeated that he will do everything to ensure that President Bush’s middle class tax cuts will become permanent. However, John McCain voted against those same tax cuts twice while serving in the Senate. Which John McCain are we to believe?

In former Senator Tom Daschle’s book “Like No Other Time”, he stated that he had meetings with John McCain between April and May of 2001. What was the subject of those meetings? The possibility of John McCain switching parties and becoming a Democrat. Don’t believe me? Just ask McCain’s chief political strategist John Weaver, who first approached Daschle about the switch. So it really isn’t too surprising that John Kerry was considering naming John McCain as his VP in 2004.

So here we are in 2008 and John McCain is calling himself a true conservative, the likes of which the Republican Party has not seen since Ronald Reagan. I ask everyone not to fall for his lies anymore. John McCain never has been, nor will ever be a conservative. If he is named the nominee of the Republican Party, I would encourage all conservatives to vote third party. John McCain does not deserve our vote.