Posted by
Bert Chapman on Monday, February 04, 2008 4:07:02 PM
Conservatives voting in tomorrow's Republican primaries have a chance to make sure an adherent to conservative principles has the chance to become the GOP presidential nominee. John McCain may say he's a true-blue conservative, and he is on selected issues, but he has also veered from conservative orthodoxy on issues such as immigration, keeping terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay, campaign finance, climate change, and making the 2001 Bush tax cuts permanent. Conservatives voting tomorrow need to examine who has endorsed McCain including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times who can hardly be described as conservative movement friends. Voters also need to remember that McCain may have flirted with leaving the GOP in 2001, that he said he was open to being John Kerry's running mate in 2004, and Barack Obama's recent declaration that he and McCain were "eye-to-eye" on many issues. We need a President who holds disciplined and consistent conservative principles, who has core philosophical beliefs about the role of government, and a steady personal temperament. We don't need a president who takes pride in being a maverick or seeks to obsequiously curry favor with the liberal cognoscenti.
Take a look at who has endorsed Mitt Romney. Former Pennsylvania Senator and stalwart conservative Rick Santorum, South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita, conservative columnist Laura Ingraham, and National Review. If the New York Times and Los Angeles Times are more credible political advisors than mainstream conservatives such as these than vote for McCain. If you prefer actual conservative principles and demonstrated leadership in your presidential candidate, then select Mitt Romney.