I suppose I could be accused of over-dramatizing, but I truly worry about the direction this nation is headed when contemplating a presidential race where the choices are liberal and liberal-light. If John McCain is the GOP nominee, that's what we'll be faced with, despite the Herculean efforts of some to spin it otherwise. In that case, the presidential candidates of both parties would be willing to use the bully pulpit and governing power of the presidency to suppress political speech, punish producers, oil companies and drug companies, open wider our borders, cater to the whacko environmental movement and its junk-science-driven pseudo-consensus on global warming, nominate judges who don't "wear their conservatism on their sleeve," close Gitmo, confer constitutional civil liberties on enemy combatants, end life-saving interrogation techniques, demonize evangelical conservatives, and obstruct efforts of conservative Republican legislators. It is also distressing that many conservative commentators are so deeply mired in rationalization in order to spin their support for John McCain. Sure, if I'm a paid staffer for McCain or a high-school debater forced to take the affirmative side of the proposition that McCain is a conservative, I can make a colorable case — intellectual honesty be damned — that he's a conservative. But I am under no such constraints. Getting 50 endorsements from well-placed Republican officials or even respected conservatives doesn't make McCain conservative. Being a conservative makes one a conservative. I bet, truth be told, McCain can't even stand the word. How quickly we forget that McCain said that conservative evangelicals are "agents of intolerance" and that social issues just aren't his thing. How readily we overlook that his environmental and immigration policies alone contradict his self-identification as a budget hawk. How quickly we forget that he really was just one of two Republican senators who actively opposed the Bush tax cuts, which, despite liberal disinformation, led to sustained economic growth. How blindly we're willing to overlook McCain's fib that he opposed the cuts because they weren't coupled with guaranteed spending cuts. That was most certainly not the thrust of his opposition to the cuts — and he knows it. The facts are available for all to see. He opposed the cuts because he said, quite dishonestly, that they were skewed in favor of the wealthy. That, "my friend," is apparently what he means by "straight talk." McCain has no abiding loyalty to conservative principles. His loyalty is to John McCain. If he captures the nomination and then goes on to win the election after leading the charge for open borders and against the Bush tax cuts, can you imagine how liberally he'll govern? How long do you think it will take for him to abandon his opportunistically acquired, more restrictive immigration policy when he has already stated that he hasn't changed his position at all? It's time for Rod Serling to bring us back from the Twilight Zone. With McCain's many liberal predispositions and his craving for approval from elitist liberal circles, how likely is it that he will be able to resist the temptation to govern so as to please The New York Times? Would the Old Gray Lady have endorsed McCain had she believed he had actually converted to the supply . . . er, dark side? Would this most liberal of liberal print-publication giants eulogized McCain if he hadn't established himself as a persistent annoyance to the Republican Party and conservatism? Would the liberal commentariat in general be salivating over McCain if he'd seen the error of his quasi-liberal ways? It would be one thing for a Democratic president to rail against capitalism, slander those as racists and bigots who want to protect the unique American culture and safeguard our national security through prudent protection of our borders and rule of law, routinely pay homage to the gods of global warming, and use the tax code as a weapon against achievement and realization of the "American dream." But for a Republican, also falsely labeled as a conservative, to do it would be tragic. We've already gone far enough in that dangerous direction under Republican administrations. We can't afford to go any further. No matter how freely both parties have neglected the essential principles of limited republican government established in our Constitution, and no matter how foolishly we assume our unique experiment in constitutional self-rule will thrive even if we continue to reject the constitutional principles underlying it, we can destroy ourselves just as quickly from within as our enemies can destroy us by force. We can't ever expect the ultra-liberal modern Democratic Party to vigilantly safeguard the pillars of self-government that guaranty our liberties. We have no choice, then, but to work to bring home the GOP and its principal leaders, to conservatism. David Limbaugh is a writer, author, and attorney. His book "Bankrupt: The Intellectual and Moral Bankruptcy of Today's Democratic Party" (Regnery) was recently released in paperback. To find out more about David Limbaugh, please visit his Web site at www.davidlimbaugh.com | 
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This article sums up most of what I'm feeling right now. Today, I've been called a right wing wacko, closed minded, a bigot, yada yada yada, not by the usual members of the "progressive" party but by fellow Republicans. I won't give up hope until and unless tonight they announce that Republicans actually DID nominate "Juan" McCain for the Republican party's presidential run, but if said announcment IS made, its over, we've lost the country. Juan McCain is no conservative. There is not a dime's worth of differece as far as the consequences are concerned between McCain and Clinton. Socialism is Socialism! I'm not now, nor will I EVER be a Socialist nor will I ever vote for a Socialist. I'm a registered Republican BECAUSE they reflected (for the most part) what I believed in, when that ceases to be the case, I cease to be a Republican. Congratulations to the Clintons, they have engineered this fiasco flawlessly. Good grief, what a mess. Looks like George Soros is running the country now. If you don't know who he is it might be worth your time to look him up. I'll shut up now before I write a blog on your nickle Love your stuff Joe, keep up the great work!
That's sad that you're being attacked by Republicans (shame on them!) - frankly I'm surprised I haven't been considering my opinions of John McCain - and the fact I'm voicing them on my blog. Know you're not alone - I'm a Republican but by God I'm an American first, and John McCain will not be good for America. Period. I'm also going to stand for my principles and beliefs and not go for McCain because he can beat Hillary (and I have my doubts about that).
Looks like some Republicans have become like the Dems and believe the drive-by media. They declared McCain had won, so by golly, everyone should vote for him so he will win. I just pray that the majority of Republicans see through this - though what happened in West Virginia today makes me doubt that will happen.
I stopped watching the returns last night after the trend looked like large group of "socialist" have registered as republicans so George Soros and "move on dot org" could pick McCain as our nominee for president, it's time to take our party back from the country club republicans ,who go along to get alongYou can use as much space as you want on my sight thanks for the comment !!!
You took the words right out of my mouth AND I have MANY more words about Sir Juan McCain. He's an out and out LIBERAL and always has been. McCain/Feingold, McCain/Kennedy, McCain/Leiberman, and on it goes . . . he's a liberal. We know what he did in W Va. when he used Huckabee to pull votes away from Romney. Don't believe it . . Then just how did this Huckabee, who didn't have a nickle left to fund his campaign, suddenly rush forward, split the votes so that McCain would win? Hello? And, he attacked ONLY Romney and not one word of attack against McCain? And he thinks McCain will keep his promise and make him VP? Yah, Right! No? Wait and see. Juan McCain is an out and out liar, will use, has used anyone he can to win the nomination. So many smokey back room dealings were going on . . . He's a LIBERAL and will ruin this country . . what's left of it. What choices: Hillary Rotten, the socialist commie; Obama, who has been the most liberal Senator in the Senate, ever and has never stated what or how he's going to do anything; and then Sir Juan McCain! God help us. Oops, I'm not supposed to use that "word" am I. Well, if you don't like it, TOUGH, I'm a Christian Conservative who is very, very afraid of what's ahead!
I am just wondering how far into the dark abyss we are going to go before someone wakes up and smells the coffee. If you want a good idea of what America will look like in 2009, just read George Orwell's "1984."
I heard someone say the other day it may be a little more like "Brave New World" - I think we're probably seeing things from both of those novels - both deal with the future and neither are pleasant.
Indeed it's a sad day when a group of country club so called republicans can pick someone like McCain as our nominee , it's time to kick them out of our party !!!!
One word describes what lies ahead: Armageddon!
I turned the T.V. off after I seen where it was going last night ,, sure starting to look like we need that "BLUE COLLAR REPUBLICAN PARTY" I was talking about more and more , it's time to let those go along to get along country club types, move over to the commie democrat team !!!!!!
Three Socialists we have to pick from. Disgusting!
I don't like him and never have. I don't want him to get the nomination for the Republican Party for sure. Ugh!!! What a mess!!
Jenn
Jenn, I don't think what we want makes a bit of difference to McCain. If it did then he wouldn't have always voted with the Liberal Democrats in the Senate. I will not vote for McCain! I will not vote for a Democrat. Now what to do? I feel so lost . . .
and so mad 
at the same time.
Joyce