Meghan McCain no longer calls herself a Republican, says the GOP’s character ‘seems to be gone’

[moneill]

Originally Posted by Delahanty

LOL This is news?

I, and many others, never called her a Republican. Or a conservative. (That's even more laughable.)

Why don't you think McCain is a Republican or a Conservative?

[Cheesemont]

Originally Posted by Chowhound

I don't like either party. I do think that the Dems are going to far left. Some say the GOP is going too far right. I don't see them moving as far as I see the Dems. The dems are openly talking about socialism these days.

I wish the GOP were moving far right, in that I wish they were voicing conservative principles. So many of them have move putrid left as well.

[Bureaucat]

Originally Posted by chopchop0

You're in for a rude awakening in 2020. Trump won the election on 3 Midwest states with a margin of 100k votes

Actually 77,000

https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/

[thefragile]

Originally Posted by moneill

Why don't you think McCain is a Republican or a Conservative?

Because he disagreed with their idol trump. Before that, mccain was a good guy in their eyes.

[Chowhound]

I'm not super familiar with John McCain's views but from what I recall he seemed a bit more toward the middle as far as conservatives go.

Most people in real life tend to be more centered. The far edges are generally less people operating from that perspective. Most people realize that you have to pay some level of taxes, have some basic social safety net like Welfare to varying degrees and things of that nature. K-12 education being publicly available etc etc.

The far left wants free stuff and the far right wants to hack every program possible.

Like most things in life the middle is probably more reality based.