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And Rightly So

And Rightly So

August 11, 2008

John McCain is a war hero -- the genuine article. The gripping story of how McCain and his fellow P.O.W.s endured brutal torture to make their stand for our country will move any patriotic American. But as a Senator and a Presidential candidate, McCain hasn't been much of a hero to conservatives.

McCain wasn't my first pick in this election, and I doubt if he was yours. He's been dependably conservative in his voting record on important issues -- on abortion, for example, and on reining in government spending run amok -- but by no means on all; and the "maverick" candidate sometimes gives the impression that he's embarrassed to be associated with the right wing.

But I've come around to the position that conservatives need to get behind McCain. And not reluctantly, showing up on election day to vote for him while holding our noses. Enthusiastically -- talking to our friends and neighbors about how important this election is, helping the campaign with our money and our volunteer work.

Think about it. Out of the lackluster field that competed for the G.O.P. nomination, we ended up with the one candidate who's got the best chance to beat Barack Obama -- the most extreme left-wing politician who has ever had a real chance to be President of the United States. Our guy is a war hero with a healthy (and smart) respect for America's interests and prestige: McCain was an early and crucial supporter of the "surge" that's turned things around in Iraq. And he's our last, best chance to rescue the rule of law in America from the unprincipled judges who substitute their judgment for our Constitution.

The Supreme Court is why this is a make-or-break election. After decades of struggling, we're on the verge of victory on Roe vs. Wade, and so many other vital issues. Now six Supreme Court justices are over 65. There's no water-tight guarantee that a President McCain would appoint originalist justices and get them confirmed. But there's a decent chance. If Obama's elected, he'll put enough rotten justices on the Court to guarantee a decades-long reign of "the living Constitution," i.e., no Constitution at all.

A few conservatives see the stakes and are doing what they can. Thomas Sowell points out that we can simply no longer afford a Carter-style foreign policy in the era of a nuclear Iran (an issue that could eclipse even the Supreme Court). But too many other conservatives are A.W.O.L. in this election. They've washed their hands of the whole thing; they’re going to sit this one out; or -- at best -- they're willing to criticize Obama but won't say a word in favor of McCain.

That just isn't good enough. Fantasies of spending four years "in the wilderness" purifying our ideas and our party and then returning to take power, as we did between Goldwater and Reagan, are pipe dreams. Lightning is not going to strike twice in the same place. Remember what happened to the Whig Party? (If you do, good. If you don’t -- see my point?)

This is politics, folks. It's not religion. Politics is about how power (the overwhelming force of the government, which -- if abused -- can destroy us) is used and how it's kept under control. It's not about the meaning of life. Trying to find ultimate meaning in political things is, after all, where the Left goes wrong.

So, I urge you, read Faith of My Fathers and see if you can't work up some enthusiasm for the genuine American hero who's our candidate this November.

--Elizabeth Kantor

andrightlyso@ConservativeBookClub.com

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