McCain, Perhaps it is time to change parties. . .

By Douglas V. Gibbs

When John McCain suddenly vaulted to the top of the GOP presidential ticket in 2008 to face off against the Democrat Party offering, Barack Obama, people were shocked.  McCain's campaign had been all but pronounced dead.  The resurrection of this position in the dog pile of republicans that were anything but conservative, was nothing short of a miracle.  The Republican Party was accused of setting it up, of maneuvering McCain into a winning position.  Many of the right-of-center voters felt betrayed by the Grand Ol' Party, and refused to show up at the voting booth.  Many others reluctantly voted for McCain out of fear of the Marxist leanings of Obama, and because of John's choice of Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin for running mate.

The elder candidate was called a moderate, and often a liberal wolf in sheep's clothing.  His policies failed to meet with conservative approval, and his lack of energy fell drastically short of Obama's high-tempo campaign.

Barack Obama won the election, and the old war hero returned to his seat representing the State of Arizona in the United States Senate.  He returned to his duties, and his moderate ways.

After representing the republicans as their presidential candidate, John McCain became noticed just a little bit more.  The voters watched his actions, listened to what he had to say, and began to pay attention to his voting record.  The verdict was worse than even many of McCain's critics assumed.  He was worse than a Republican-In-Name-Only.  The Senator was beginning to look like a full-fledged liberal that just so happened to have an (R) after his name.

Criticism of Senator John McCain has increased over the years.  The conservatives in the Republican Party, and even those that are not registered as republicans, have begun to point out McCain's shortcomings.  While Rand Paul was filibustering on the floor of the Senate, McCain was having a meal with Barack Obama.  This was not a surprise, because even as far back as 2008, the difference between Barack Obama and John McCain was narrower than most realized.

The voters have been battling to move the Republican Party back in the right direction, and conservatives won seats in both Houses of Congress in 2010 by droves.  McCain's response was to attack those conservatives, battle them, and do what he could to silence them.

Now, John McCain has opened his mouth, and the truth has set us free.

“There are times these days when I feel that I have more in common on foreign policy with President Obama than I do with some in my own party.”

In the old days the old man would have been able to hide his wolf outfit, and continue to fool the herd.  The new media, however, refuses to be politically correct, and refuses to hide the truth.  McCain's voting record has been exposed, and the RINO is squirming.  He is nothing more than a member of the establishment, placing his own political status above what is best for the country.

A battle is being waged, and the future of the GOP, and our nation, is dependent upon how that bloody battle finishes.  McCain, and his fellow establishment good-ol'-boys, want to keep it all in line with the status quo, where the parties have more in common than they are willing to admit.  The conservatives are shaking it all up, working to change the Republican Party, to turn it around and send it back to the Constitutional foundation that it once represented.  Some may call it a civil war in the party, but I call it a battle for America.  Either, this GOP gets turned around, it collapses and a new Constitution-based party will rise up and stop the liberal madness we are facing, or it is all over and the nation will cease to be the shining beacon on the hill.

I am an optimist.  The glass isn't half full - it's not big enough for all of the wonderful things I wish to put in it.  But the Constitution is only ink and paper if we don't fight for it, and the Republican Party is no different than the Democrat Party if we don't fight for it as well.  We have a glimmer of hope in people like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz, as well as other minor players like Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, but they cannot do it without our involvement.

Politics is an active sport.  It is up to us to be active.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

McCain Admits He Often Has "More in Common" with Obama - Capitalism Institute