It's difficult to put into words the disgust I feel toward the GOP leadership, Senator McCain most notably. Conservatives are thirsting for authentic leadership in the Republican Party, a leadership that, for some time now has been conspicuously MIA. Slothful, Republicans have abandoned true conservatism as a guiding light. Cowardly, they are petrified of going after Obama for fear of being labeled racists, bigots, or whatever. They accept a host of liberal premises and try to gloss them over with a faux "conservative" veneer, i.e., man-made global warming, universal health care, amnesty for illegals, etc. They castigate those remaining conservatives who dare suggest a return to first principles or who attack liberals in an "unsavory" way. The litany could go on and on and on. The sole reason I will reluctantly support the maddeningly complex, sporadically inarticulate and always arrogant John McCain is to avoid the total disaster of an Obama presidency. God help us. I think the GOP may be catching on, but is it too late? Mark Steyn put it nicely:
John McCain has decided in effect to run for president as an Independent. And, given the assumptions about the diminished appeal of the Republican brand, that might not be a bad idea - at least in terms of his own personal ambition. Maybe I don't get out and about enough but I meet only three kinds of Republicans:
1) A small number who are disgusted with the GOP and say this Bob Barr/Ron Paul/Whoever chap is going to get their vote.
2) A small number who are disgusted with the GOP and plan on sitting on their hands this November.
3) A much bigger number who are disgusted with the GOP but say it's a waste of time flirting with Barr or flouncing off in a huff because it's going to be Obama or McCain in the Oval Office so we have to vote for McCain faute de mieux.
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