Super Tuesday fallout: The 'true conversative' vs. the 'flip-flopper'

Okay, I would like to quote for you several portions from a news article (it's in the New York Post, outside of the OpEd section, so it must be 'news', right?) and I would like someone to tell me how, exactly, it is that the majority of Americans can't seem to smell McCain's bullsh(tuff) ...

The first paragraph:

RUNNING as a conservative, John McCain rolled up huge victories last night in New York, New Jersey and beyond.

... so, since when is New York and New Jersey full of 'conservatives' ?! WHEN has New York or New Jersey EVER given 'conservatives' ANY support? And, how is this claim supported by the exit-friggin'-polls that stated that actual conservatives voted AGAINST McCain more than 2-to-1 ?!

The next several paragraphs:

But if history is any guide, the McCain we've seen of late on the campaign trail is the most conservative McCain we'll ever see.

He has taken a commanding lead in the GOP primary by packaging himself as the "true conservative" committed to limited government, to slashed federal spending and to an avowedly conservative Supreme Court.

He claims the mantle of Ronald Reagan. He even claims the mantle of Barry Goldwater, conservatism's crack version of Reagan. But as McCain clinches the GOP nomination, he will begin his usual leftward lurch.

...

Okay, I think I've recovered enough to type. Hearing that McCain is claiming the mantle of Reagan and Goldwater caused my vision to go all blurry there for a minute.

This McCain, the McCain who suppoosedly is committed to limited government -- you know, except for spending trillions of dollars a year to fight global warming and raising the cost of gasoline by adding an extra $.50 tax on each gallon and ... nah, I give up -- is the most conservative one we're likely to see.

This McCain, the McCain who is now supposedly claiming the mantle of the two stauchest right-wing Conservatives out there (heck, the two fathers of modern Conservatism) is about to begin his usual leftward lurch ...

The next paragraph:

He will return to his lifelong positions as soft on illegal immigration, skeptical of tax cuts and favoring strong federal control over things like campaign financing.

Oh, hey! He's just going to go back to his LIFELONG POSITIONS!

He has ALWAYS -- his WHOLE LIFE -- been soft on illegal immigration. He's written a bill that would give amnesty, worker visas, and social security benefits -- you know, with a 'fine' -- to the 12 million illegal immigrants that have broken the law to enter the country, failed to pay taxes on the money they've made here, stolen social security numbers to get driver's licenses, nearly bankrupted our public school systems, and clogged up our emergency rooms. He's said, during the debates, that he would still sign that bill if it ever came across his desk as President ...

But, he's against illegal immigration ... you know, right now.

He has ALWAYS -- his WHOLE LIFE -- been skeptical of tax cuts. He was against Bush's tax cuts. He didn't like cutting the marriage penalty tax. He's FOR further increasing taxes by $.50 on gasoline (while realizing that most of the cost of a gallon of gas is already taxes).

But, he's for slashing taxes, cutting spending, and limiting government ... you know, right now.

He has ALWAYS -- his WHOLE LIFE -- been FOR limiting your ability to express your political opinions by giving money to the candidates of your choice, or running campaign ads against candidates you don't like. 'Freedom of Speech'? What's that?

But, he's for limiting government intervention and giving you all of the rights guaranteed in the Constitution ... you know, right now.

Oh, yeah. Clearly, McCain was the 'true conservative' in the race. I can see how people would come to that conclusion, especially based on his RECORD.

I'm going to skip the next few paragraphs because they're just rehashing Rush's opposition to McCain's candidacy. So, now, here's another paragraph:

To understand just how McCain has managed to limp to the front of the GOP field, look no further than the outcome of yesterday's West Virginia Republican Convention.

At the outset, victory was in the air for Mitt Romney, the flip-flopping former Massachusetts governor.

Hold on a second, I'm still wiping away the blood that just started shooting out of my eyes.

After all of that other stuff he just wrote about McCain, this guy -- the N.Y. Post's D.C. Bureau Chief -- just called Romney a flip-flopper.

I give up. If Republicans really are this stupid -- if they're really going to nominate McCain after all of the eye-gouging, bird-flipping, and name-calling he's done over the years, knowing all about his LIFELONG POSITIONS but still buying into his 'I'm the true conservative' bullsh(tuff) -- then, I give up. I'm done ...