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In a perfect world, we would have a perfect conservative candidate to cast a vote for this fall. But we failed to nominate any such candidate. I know all of the reasons and all of the excuses offered for why we failed to nominate such a candidate, none of which change the fact that we failed. In the future we will have to do a better job of making certain we have the kind of nominee we really want.

Today, conservatives must act to conserve that which can be conserved

That's how it is in every election...as there are no perfect candidates because there are no perfect people. (Myself and Ron Paul excluded, of course.)

Electing McCain (or anyone else) is not a silver bullet that will automatically conserve all principles and values we would like to conserve. It will protect only about 65% of the principles and values conservatives claim to revere. That's a far cry from what will happen to those principles and values under Obama, Clinton or any other Democratic Socialist and that's a reality that must be drummed into the head of every angry suicidal conservative.

The other 35%, we will have to protect and preserve through other means, standing at odds with the Maverick McCain and his leftist buddies across the aisle.

To do this, conservatives need control of at least one of the two Houses of Congress. In my opinion, the easiest one to grab control of is the Senate, which is more powerful anyway; due to its oversight of many Executive Branch decisions, not the least of which is judicial appointments. Conservatives not directly engaged in sending conservatives to Washington in their home districts are pretending to be something they are not, conservative.

Socialists are counting on sonservatives in 2008

Democrats are equally divided over Clinton and Obama. Democrats are on the verge of causing the greatest racially charged culture war since the American Civil War. However, they also know that they can only win in November (with either candidate), the same way Bill won in 1992 and 1996, with less than 50% of the popular vote.

So, they are counting on conservatives to help them by staying out of the booth for McCain on Election Day. Nothing will guarantee a victory for Democratic socialism like a divided conservative electorate will, as Democrats learned in '92, '96 and '06. Some conservatives seem to have missed this history lesson...but all Democrats caught it.

Conservatives must remain intelligent and focused enough to conserve that which they can conserve, or they will lose it all in one broad sweep. Making emotional decisions while under fire is a liberal thing to do, not a conservative trait.

I trust that most conservatives know this, and that you will forward this column to those who might have momentarily forgotten in their moment of righteous indignation... please.

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Note -- The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, and/or philosophy of GOPUSA.

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