No. And we dare not confuse the "Right" with the Republican Party, nor either with "Conservatism." For some untold reason conservative philosophy has become so convoluted in today's Rightism that it is hard to find...though sometimes spotted cavorting in Libertarian circles.
John McCain is now the Republican nominee for President, pending the Convention, and he is in fact a Republican. He is basically conservative - as opposed to liberal, and while a man of faith is not a "member" of the "Religious Right." Thus, about all the Republican Party's nominee has to offer the Right is that he is not Left. This plays badly with the Right, and equally so with conservatives.
I differentiate these because somewhere in an unknown year AR (after Reagan), conservatism lost its hold on the Right, and the Republican Party. The Right claims to be pro-family, yet wanted to separate the stranded Cuban boy, Elian Gonzolas from his natural father, while "Conservatives" supported the family reuniting - harrumph....enacted by Democratic President W. J. Clinton, and his Attorney General, Janet Reno.
The "Right" was on the wrong side of the Terri Schiavo case, while conservatives supported her liberty to go to God.
A hawkish President George Bush while correctly spending the needed resources in the Global War on Terror, has allowed us to be spent into near oblivion with the growth of government and social programs. Here, a president McCain may set us right as he is a pretty good non-spender of money we do not have.
So should McCain win in November, it will be better than the alternative for Conservatives, Republicans, and the Right, but it will not make everything right with our nation. Perhaps a re-reading of conservative beliefs and how they apply to decisions would be good for those who next wish to stand up and say they are Right.
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