[An edited version of this letter appeared in the 2/06/08 edition of the Enquirer]
To the editor:
David Brooks’ February 5 column was right on the money. If John McCain can no longer be considered a conservative, then the degradation of the Republican Party has become complete. John McCain: the man who receives a 75% approval rating from National Right to Life; a 100% rating from the Club for Growth (which endorses candidates who support limited government/lower taxes); and a zero from the National Organization for Women.
Pundits like Rush Limbaugh are the ones who aren’t “true conservatives.” Restructuring government to create an unaccountable executive branch is not a conservative principle. Nor is building a security apparatus designed to spy on Americans. Deficit spending, swollen budgets, torture and permanent aggressive war, fearmongering—none of these are conservative principles. These are the values of thugs.
McCain isn’t a conservative? Please. He simply hasn’t bought completely into Bush-Rove.
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