im a conservatives Who voted against Mccain coz i believed Mccain is a liberal?

Question

Im a conservative who voted against mccain last election , and really didn't want to wait 8 years so we can get a real conservative in the WH.. .. mccain support for the bailouts and his promise to buy every troubled mortgage in america has lost my vote .......... do u think i made the right decision especially after the mad dash of liberalism we got with obama??

Answer 1

Yes, he is a Neo-Conservative, might as well consider him a liberal since he said he would be doing the same thing Obama is. Obama, Bush,McCain are all one and the same. We need Ron Paul.

Answer 2

The mad dash of liberalism as you call it is a reaction to the previous administration. People got tire of it. people got tire of the government not listening and doing what they wanted yet put us in a huge finantial problem that we will be paying for years to come. People got fed up. So, what do people do? they go completely opposite.



This is nothing new. The government administration shifts every so often. We have so many years of republicans and then we switch to democrats then back to republicans so on and so forth base on how well the administration behaves and various other historical events and the general view of who we are by the great citizens of this great country.



If the republicans want to win they have to change. They have to look at what the Bush adminstration did wrong and change the way they do businness. Then they'll win. The same thing will happen to the Dems. Maybe we are being too liberal and it will come back and byte the party. However, the people have voted. They voted against the Bush admin. We really only have two parties so if you are unhappy with one then your only choice is the other. independent rarely win except with a few governatorial seats here and there.



The problems is the extremes. The republican though that they were untouchable. We are republicans and we are right therfore we can do whatever we want. The democrats at some point will do the ame thing and the balance once against will be shifted. I know I'm repeating myself. What I'm saying is that the reason the Reps lost this election is because they where doing things the wrong way. look at it from a sport point of view. The team who pulls th best moves and comits the fewer mistakes win. So, saying oh we poor Reps have it bad etc etcwill not fly. If it did they would be in power right now. This can be said of the Dems too. The point is that a re-evaluation of our positions (Reps and Dems) must be made. only then can they win.

Answer 3

A friend of mine voted for Nader in 2000. I was furious with him. Unfortunately, in politics, you have to "play the game." Do you vote for the guy who you agree with 80% of the time, or do you become an idealist and never get your guy elected?



Like it or not, this is not a "conservative nation" and never will be again. The Gallup poll posted below shows the GOP has lost support amongst all demographic groups since 2001. Of course, the US sways conservative and then liberal and back to conservative every 30 years or so, but with the disaster of the past eight years, I doubt Americans will be calling themselves Republicans anytime soon. And if they're not calling themselves Republicans, who are they going to vote for?



Time to vote for more centrist candidates. That's the only way you're going to get change you want. The fringe candidates like Sarah Palin will never be elected because they are just too far right to be palatable to a majority of Americans.

Answer 4

Our party has lost its soul. McCain is a liberal. We need to shift back to the fundamentals, and by this I don't mean the bible-thumpers (yes, we need a moral compass, but we must act first for our own well being). We need broad appeal to our basic conservative values, limited government, reward hard work, America first, and a pragmatic approach to foreign affairs (not this neoconservative 'we are more righteous than thow' attitude.)

Answer 5

The type of conservative you want will never again occupy the White House.

Answer 6

Conservatism doesn't work. The vast majority of Americans know this. If you want "a real conservative" in the White House, you may be out of luck. You may live long enough to see another Republican allowed in, but it will be one who understands that not everyone is rich, not everyone is a Southern Baptist, not everyone is white, not everyone is heterosexual, and not everyone thinks diplomacy = weakness. You will never live long enough to see another "real conservative" become President, not if you live to be 1,000 years old. The American people won't allow it again.

Answer 7

You made the same decision I did. I voted for Ron Paul. Didn't see any significant difference between McCain and Obama.

Answer 8

Let me get this straight. You DIDN'T vote for McCain because he's a lib, so your remedy for that situation was to vote for the most liberal senator in America?



Smart move.

Answer 9

the conservatives could have had Lincoln and Reagan the same ticket and still would have lost.



After 8 years of Bush people got tired of the conservatives.



In about 4-8 people will get tired of the liberals.



Politics just runs through cycles, that's all.

Answer 10

Conservatism is a trumped up fallacy. It doesn't exist. What are you trying to "conserve", the feudal system or something? You are a classical liberal.

Answer 11

McCain is better then Obama. So, why the H*ell would you vote for Obama a Communist dictator?

Answer 12

I think you were wrong to vote for Obama, because you should vote for the best candidate. That is the only way we will ever get the best candidate elected.



I wrote in Ron Paul.



And I agree that Obama is worse, faster, than I expected.

Answer 13

Keep up the good work.

Answer 14

Yep, did the same!

Answer 15

You decide what you feel is right, not by what the media tells you.

Answer 16

sure