2)I thought Nick asked us not to make this kind of post anymore. So, out of respect for the site manager and his rules, I am not going to get shrill or crazed because even though it would make me feel really good to vent some more and just bash the guy (and give my crazy female pregnancy hormones a good/healthy workout)- I know that it's not going to further the conversation along.  If I'm wrong - please correct me.  

3) The long and the short of it is that you've got so many faux conservatives out there (state/national) who want the mantle when they want our votes, but then drop it as soon as election night's over.

I really don't trust many our so-called "conservative" leaders to be "conservatives" when they actually have to do their job and vote.    

Too many of them want it both ways - so they sound just like another liar-politician who can't be bothered with the truth - gee, that inspires confidence in our ideas and leaders.  

how can you say that McCain supports the 2nd amendment? His record is awful.

I'm sick of this hard-ass attitude that we have to save our honor over in Iraq.  how about we think about the actual lives that are lost every day we're over there.  there is nothing to win...we're fighting a war against a tactic (terrorism) and the way we're fighting it ironically only creates more.  terrorism will never disappear no matter how many american soldiers and innocent civilians die; no matter how long we stay there.  you can't kill a concept.  what we can do, is stop stirring the hornets nest and focus on the few hornets that have the gall to stray from their nest and threaten us.   we need to start thinking really hard about the value of every single innocent life that is lost in in the middle east because of this childish "we have to win" mentality.  this isn't a game.  i'm sickenes nearly to death to think of soldiers i don't know losing their lives, let alone my friends who are in iraq.

i digress, if McCain is a conservative, then i'm not.  i will absolutely not support that despicable curmudgeon.  given the choice between him and clinton or obama is like deciding whether to jump from the empire state building or the sears tower.  we had the rare opportunity to nominate a real limited government, fiscal conservative with unmatched economic savvy, principle and character that is all but non-existent among politicians...and the people passed it up for more war, bigger government, higher taxes, more inflation, loss of individual and civil liberty, less jobs, more regulation, less security, and more bullshit from another lying president.  

i am an individual...i think for myself, and i refuse to unite behind such an awful candidate for the sake of a failing party.  this is exactly why this country is going down the tubes.  

From nowaymcain.com:

    1. He has a consistent pattern of shocking verbal abuse, including screaming profanities, against Senate Republican colleagues who oppose his bills in any way; and

    2. He has exercised scandalously poor judgment by intervening with the federal regulators on behalf of Charles H. Keating, Jr. in the Savings and Loan Crisis of the 1980s; and

    3. He has worked against the principles of the Republican Party, promoting greatly expanding federal regulatory authority in order to combat global warming in ways that would greatly burden the American economy, contrary to free market forces; and

    4. He has fought the Republican Party to create the Patient's Bill of Rights, which allowed the government to impose a set of burdensome mandates on insurance coverage; and

    5. He has undermined the principles of a free market economy by voting for an amendment that would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement price controls on prescription drugs under Medicare; and

    6. He has worked against the Republican Party to make a mockery of the rule of law, promoting amnesty for 20 million illegal immigrants; and

    7. He has voted to subvert American Sovereignty by granting consulting rights to Mexico concerning the erection of a southern border fence; and

    8. He has undermined the Constitution and opposed the Constitutional duties of the Vice President to break a tie on judicial nominations; and

    9. He has worked against Conservative principles, undermining the First Amendment by abridging the free speech of citizens partaking in the political process; and

    10. He has consistently led efforts undermining Second Amendment rights by promoting bills which regulate all sales at gun shows; regulations which force gun-owners to purchase trigger locks, making their firearms useless for self-defense; regulations which restrict the legitimate transfer of firearms over the internet; and regulations which extend the restrictions of the Brady bill to pawn shops and gun repair shops; and

    11. He has voted to use taxpayer funds to harvest stem cells from human embryos; and

    12. He has refused to take immediate and direct action to protect the life of the unborn; he opposes the repeal of Roe v. Wade; and he opposes a constitutional amendment to protect all human life; and

    13. He sponsored and voted for a 282% tax increase on cigarettes that would have unconstitutionally violated the First Amendment and increased the size of the federal bureaucracy exponentially by giving the FDA unrestricted control over nicotine; and

    14. He supports raising Social Security taxes; and

Taken from his campaign website:

"Let us now embark upon this great journey into the stars to find whatever may await us."

-John McCain

John McCain is a strong supporter of NASA and the space program. He is proud to have sponsored legislation authorizing funding consistent with the President's vision for the space program, which includes  a return of astronauts to the Moon in preparation for a manned mission to Mars. He believes support for a continued US presence in space is of major importance to America's future innovation and security. He has also been a staunch advocate for ensuring that NASA funding is accompanied by proper management and oversight to ensure that the taxpayers receive the maximum return on their investment. John McCain believes curiosity and a drive to explore have always been quintessential American traits. This has been most evident in the space program, for which he will continue his strong support.

NASA is a government boondoggle that has wasted countless tax dollars with very little to show for it.  Space exploration is fine, but not when it's funded by the brute force of government theft.  You'd think that we'd be too busy (and spending too much...over 9 trillion dollars in debt) fighting wars and building nations, to fool around on mars, but apparently not to "no pork barrel spending" McCain.  

here is an article written back in 2003, contrasting the government space expedition touted by Bush, and the privately funded achievements of the Wright Brothers.  

Bush, like McCain, made the same nonsensical, rhetorical connection from the spirit of exploration that helps make America great, to the government theft and the failed projects upon which the funds are squandered.