Conservatives vs...McCain?

John McCain is having a bad week, guys. It appears that even some conservatives dislike his antics.

Apparently a lot of conservatives are angry over McCain's new mortgage plan; I've heard some of them in my neighborhood refer to it as "thinly-veiled socialism" and "a reward for greedy people who tried to buy more than they could afford." And for once *drum roll please*...I kind of agree. Well, not about the socialism part, but more about it being a bad idea. OMG...I agree with conservatives?! Whoa! Obama really CAN bring us together!

Then there's the fact that Christopher Buckley, son of prominent (but unfortunately now deceased) conservative William F. Buckley and a major conservative in his own right, just came out as endorsing Obama. Earlier this year he was a McCain fan, but McCain's crazy-ass accusations and his ridiculous VP choice (among some other things) made him change his mind. This is the first Democrat he's ever supported.

Honestly, I think his father, the late Mr. Buckley, would have supported his decision. William F. Buckley was pretty durn conservative, but he stopped short of the sort of hysterical, racist atmosphere that seems to be pervading the McCain camp. Buckley was a conservative with real gravitas, and he often displayed a fine analytic mind— he believed in being a conservative because he wanted smaller government, not because he hated black or Arab people (which he didn't).

EDIT: And upon further reflection, I've decided that I truly do feel bad for McCain. Y'know, this sucks for him, because as much as I dislike McCain and his plan for my country, I genuinely think that he is not an ignorant racist. McCain is a smart man, an educated man, and, until this election cycle, I think he had some genuine principles he tried to live by. No one likes to be king of the racists, and no one likes to think that their base of die-hard supporters consists largely of people who believe that Communism is still a major threat to the US and people who think Obama is a Muslim terrorist who doesn't say the pledge of allegiance and eats babies for breakfast. I think McCain wants to win this thing because people support his policies and his ideas, not because they don't know any better, and it must really pain him to be in the position of trying to win an election on the backs of people who take forwarded emails seriously. That sucks, man.

Maybe I'll write him a sympathy letter or something. I do actually feel kind of bad for him.

ANOTHER EDIT: Also, to clarify, in case anyone took my statements the wrong way: I was not indicating that all Republicans or all McCain supporters are racists— far from it. Rather, I was observing that it must be very frustrating to a man like McCain to see supporters like the ones in the above article standing up and declaring such blatantly racist views. I am sure there are many tenderhearted, non-racist McCain supporters— after all, his supporters seem to constitute at least 40% of the nation, so obviously the majority of them are not bigots.

Just wanted to get that straight— I'd hate to paint everyone with the same brush.