In my last column I said, "If you want more George Bush, vote for Sen. John McCain," and that voting for McCain would be voting a third term for a George Bush.
Well, this brought a flurry of responses.
Let’s share some of those e-mails. Most writers agreed.
Valerie Freeman of Maryland called it, “the best articulate case against McCain” that she has read and is sending it to her family.
Joseph Klein of Santa Barbara, Calif., says, “George Putnam is correct, a vote for McCain is a vote for Bush. But Clinton or Obama would be worse.”
Klein added that the Constitution Party picks its nominee in April. “There is no choice for conservatives.”
Charlene Burton of Missouri says, “I totally agree with Putnam’s opinion about voting for McCain if you want George W. Bush for another term . . . The problem is, most conservative Americans are short-sighted when it comes to voting.”
Heidi Critchfield of Mims, Fla., writes, “Why weren’t these folks out there supporting Romney before Super Tuesday?”
Critchfield added that Cain and Bush “have exposed us to invasion while fighting ‘war’ elsewhere.”
And there are others. Ed Woody of Kansas says, “Get off the cross Mr. Putnam; have dinner with Cindy Sheehan and you can both cry on each other’s shoulders. But I agree with you about McAmnesty.”
What a face straightener it would be if someone just enforced the law and threw out the illegals.
Kenneth Horne of Ocala, Fla., says he intends to vote for the candidates nominated by the Constitution Party, that it is time to send a the Republican Party a message.
Willa Johnson of Oregon says, “Putnam, now that you have pointed out all the awful stuff about McCain, let us know how Hillary will be better.”
Of the two, I will hold my nose and vote for McCain, just as I have held my nose and voted for the better of two evils in every election since 1948, with the exception of Ronald Reagan.
Unfortunately, there is no true conservative out there.
Sue Winn of Oklahoma City, Okla., writes, “I cannot stand McCain but at least he would keep the military strong and could win if he selects Romney as vice president.”
Mary Reeve of Englewood, Colo., says, “Putnam has to be a flaming liberal to equate Bush with the likes of McCain. Bush freed the people of Iraq from a tyrant and gave them a president of their own choosing.”
And a response from a gentleman by the name of Alan says, "People can barely stand the thought of Bush and the Congress anymore."
Only 30 percent of Americans say they like the job Bush is doing and approval for Congress has fallen to 22 percent.
A fellow named Joe wrote in and said coming after eight years of the disastrous George Bush administration and its legacy of war, lunatic immigration enthusiasm, indifference to the middle class, and the crushing mortgage crisis, McCain will have a tough climb even if he is the GOP candidate.
If you like what Bush stands for on immigration, you have to be absolutely ecstatic about what McCain would do on that critical issue. True McCain has adjusted his immigration stance, but McCain is simply taking a different approach to selling his amnesty program.
As one reads McCain’s statement about securing the border first, several questions come to mind. At what point does he claim the border is secure and after securing the border, what comes next?
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