THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume X, Issue # 40, February 13, 2008
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
MCCAIN SUPPORTERS UNDERMINE HIS CANDIDACY
By Christopher G. Adamo
JOHN MCCAIN'S STAUNCHEST & LOUDEST SUPPORTERS: THE GREATEST THREAT TO A MCCAIN VICTORY IN THE
2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION -- THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE STRIDENCE, AGGRESSIVENESS, & BRAZEN ARROGANCE OF
MCCAIN'S HARDCORE SUPPORTERS WILL REMIND REAL CONSERVATIVES WHY THEY HAVE GOOD REASON TO SHAKE THE
MISERABLE DUST OF THE MCCAIN CANDIDACY FROM THEIR FEET
FULL STORY:
With the brazen assistance of establishment Republicans, the John McCain juggernaut advances, with his lock on the
party’s nomination now all but certain. However, navigating the general election will be an entirely different matter.
Ironically, aside from the candidate himself and his past record (whenever the media gets around to talking about it), the
greatest threat to a McCain victory is none other than McCain’s staunchest and loudest supporters.
It is worth noting that the upcoming Olympic games in China are in the news on account of Chinese demands that visiting
athletes pledge not to say anything critical of the “host” nation. Fundamentally flawed regimes, no matter how small or
large, are acutely sensitive to the fact that the greatest danger they face is the freely spoken word. Their fragile facades of
strength and cohesion can only be maintained in an environment where real scrutiny is prohibited.
Likewise, neither John McCain’s current “Conservatism” nor his consistent track record of betraying it, can withstand
close examination. Thus, the “code of silence” currently being pressed on all Conservative media by those who anticipate
the prospect of a McCain win in November, 2008.
To be sure, only a single credible reason exists among the intellectually honest to justify supporting McCain. It essentially
amounts to “Anybody but Hillary.” Yet, even this notion is currently threatened, as the likelihood of an Obama victory over
her looms ever greater with each ensuing primary contest. And, while Barak Obama is every bit the fringe Liberal Leftist that
Hillary Clinton has proven to be, his radicalism is not nearly as overt and thus he does not appear as threatening.
So, in comparison, a campaign based on the fear of Obama simply would not resonate to the same degree as motivation to
support the “Republican” candidate.
Some have attempted to bolster support for McCain by pointing to upcoming vacancies on the U.S. Supreme Court. But this
argument holds no water. McCain was, after all, the leader of the infamous “Gang of Fourteen.” This cabal was comprised of
seven Republican and seven Democratic Senators who endorsed the unconstitutional filibustering of President Bush’s
judicial nominees whom the Democrats claimed were too “extreme” to be allowed an up or down vote.
It is altogether inconceivable that, after bolstering the Democrats’ case against the President’s judicial nominees, McCain
would then risk coming out on the opposite side of the Democrats by nominating any individual to whom they might object.
The consummate pragmatist in McCain dictates that his nominees will pass muster with the Democrats, no doubt “uniting”
this divided country.
In an effort to not feel completely dirty on leaving the voting booth after reluctantly pulling the lever for McCain, some
Conservatives seek symbolic concessions from him which might be sufficiently representative of latent Conservatism to
temporarily assuage their consciences for having so cheapened themselves. But, unless they are pathologically gullible,
they have to know such professions are ultimately worthless.
At best, statements of this nature would only legitimize the political “merit” of a convincing lie. On occasion, completely
contrary assurances have been offered from McCain to the Liberal opposition, which, in the end, is the only group that can
expect to get what it was promised.
Against such a backdrop, establishment Republicans are pulling out all of the stops in an effort to recast McCain, while
bludgeoning his critics into silence. Several prominent Republicans have attempted to make the case that McCain is indeed
a “Conservative,” lately including President Bush. Yet those who attempt to tout McCain’s “Conservatism” end up saying
much more about themselves and their own lack of principle than they do about the Arizona Senator or his critics.
Moreover, another element of McCain minions is lately exerting its influence inside the now thoroughly corrupted
Republican “big tent.” This group is comprised of the only true supporters of John McCain, and its transparent actions are
the most telling of what a McCain candidacy truly entails, and what the nation can expect if he prevails in November.
In the minds of such people, McCain’s success represents the downfall of Conservatism, which they have loathed for the
entire time that they were compelled to tolerate its presence within the GOP. As they perceive the McCain momentum to be
gaining, they simply cannot resist what they believe is a golden opportunity to drive a stake through the heart of
Conservatism.
Their words and ideas need to be heard and understood for what they truly represent. It is they, more than any other
constituency, that portend the future of Conservatism and America under a McCain administration.
Among such people, no latitude for debate exists. Either drink the McCain Kool-aid or be labeled a heretic and face political
exile from the new Republican order. One must not merely recognize McCain as the presumptive nominee, one must accede
to the inherently flawed nature of Conservatism and henceforth renounce it, while swearing total allegiance to the Vichy
Republicans.
At this point, even conditional support for McCain becomes virtually impossible for all but his lackeys and those skulking
“Moderates” in sheep’s clothing who now feel emboldened to reveal their true sympathies.
So, the best advice to Moderates is that, unless they want to be the reason for McCain’s downfall, they should stump for
him using the “lesser of two evils” scenario (however subtle the contrast between McCain and his Democratic Party
opponent might be), hope for the best, and leave it at that.
Anything more strident only serves to remind real Conservatives why they have good reason to shake the miserable dust
of the McCain candidacy from their feet.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics & Political Competition:
Elections, PACs, & Political Parties
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
Presidential Politics & National Leadership
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:
COMPETING SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Conservatism
Traditional Conservatism: Questions & Answers
Conservatism: Attitudes, Types, & Present Status
Constitutional Conservatism: American & British
Liberalism
Classical Liberalism: Intellectual Foundations
Classical Liberalism: Conservative Liberalism
Manchester Liberalism & Social Darwinism
Modern Social "Liberalism": Statist "Liberalism"
Radical & Totalitarian Ideologies
Radicalism, Utopianism, & Totalitarianism
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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