After watching "the Maverick," John McCain, spend the last 8 years poking his thumb in the eye of conservative Republicans (voting “NO” on the Bush tax cuts, campaign finance reform, immigration, gang of 14, etc.) while foolishly wallowing in the media's adoration, it should come as no surprise that Senator McCain never won the hearts, minds and souls of true conservatives. Nevertheless, comparing the two candidates it should have been enough for most Americans to simply vote "against" Obama on character, affiliations, experience, liberalism and a thousand other reasons, but still McCain never gave conservatives (outside of Sara Palin) enough to vote FOR. He is a good, decent, even heroic man, but ran a disorganized, apologetic campaign that was complicated by the perfect political economic/war weary/GWB-haters storm. Further diminishing his effectiveness, he had an impossible task of delivering messages into the “fifth column” headwinds of an Obama loving media, who turned on him (and Palin) like a pack of angry dogs the moment he became the Republican nominee. No surprise to conservative who are all too familiar with the anti Nixon – Ford - Reagan – Bush – Bush bashing media over the past forty years, but the nadir of bias, corruption and journalistic malpractice was breathtakingly disturbing.

Even with all the winds of change, economic meltdown and media cheerleading, McCain still had a chance at victory. If he had wisely voted against the bail-out, rightfully tied Frank & Dodd to Freddie & Fannie, been more measured/less erratic in responding to the credit crisis, aggressively used the hateful and racially charged, anti-American Jeremiah Wright issues, beat the national security drums daily, accurately blamed the last two years on Democrats and repeatedly explained the nonsense of Obama’s supposed tax cut for 95% of the folks when only 60% pay taxes (who will ALL get a tax increase by doing away with the Bush tax cuts) he might have squeaked out a narrow victory. Lord knows we tried to help, knowing the character of BHO, but in the end we need Republicans to be conservatives. We need small government, less taxes, strong military, education reform, educational reform, environmentally friendly, personal responsibility, energy independent, family values, character driven, fiscally responsible, issues oriented, national security, flag waving, American loving, plain spoken, accountable, smart, visionary inspiring leaders who put American and our people first … conservatives. These are indeed “the times that try men’s souls.”

Michael Tetrick - Chicago, Il. 60657 – 773.858.6860 --  tetjet@comcast.net -- http://tetjet.townhall.com

Recently, a liberal friend (memeber of BHO's liberal think tank "The Ostrich Group") asked with complete sincerity and naivety, “Let me ask you this basic question – let’s assume Barack Obama is all that everyone says he is … a terrorist, racist, Marxist, liberal, redistributionist, etc. Can you please explain to me what damage he can actually do as the next President of the United States? It certainly can’t get any worse than the last eight years!”

(10) "It's just bloody tea mates; they're only blowing off a little steam."
- Brits after the Boston Tea Party

(9) "Indians, what Indians? … They are no match for us."
- Custer at Little Big Horn

(8) "This ship is too big to sink."
- Captain of the Titanic

(7) "Hitler will bring about great change."
- German citizens prior to WW II

(6) "Let's go for a ride, Teddy!"
- Mary Jo to Ted Kennedy

(5) "How much damage can a peanut farmer from Georgia do?"
- American people in 1976

(4) “I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky!" These “famous last words” were spoken just days before Monica’s last words to Bill, “Don't worry, Bill, I'll have the blue dress taken to the cleaners."
- Bill Clinton to the American people

(3) "American Zionist - prepare for the Mother of all battles."
-Saddam Hussein before the 1991 Gulf War and again in 2003 before he was found living in a spider hole.

(2) "What happens in Las Vegas - stays in Las Vegas."
- O. J. Simpson before the robbery (O.J. is now "staying" in Vegas for a long time)

And now for perhaps the most dangerous new "most famous, famous last words” of all ...

(1) "It certainly can't get any worse."
- Spoken by liberals, Bush haters and mainstream media members everywhere, just prior to the 2008 election

In 2006 unemployment was at 4.5%, stock market was above 14,000, 50 million Iraqi’s and Afghani’s now have freedom, over seven million new jobs created and over 24 quarters of strong GDP and then Nancy and Harry took over both houses of Congress. Liberals now wonder “if things can get worse” with Barack Obama in the White House. We're about to have taxation without representation, arrows through our wallets, sunk by our enemies, taken on a train ride to socialism, drowned in taxes, Jimmy Carter's second term, screwed by Pelosi and Reid, the mother of all government spending programs, robbed by BHO and his ACORN affiliates and liberals think "it can't get any worse!" If the American people ignore the dangerous world we face, the role Democrats played in the recent government meltdown and BHO’s lifetime of racist, terrorist and ACORN affiliations then remember these last words, “Things are going to get much worse!”

Michael Tetrick - Chicago, Il. 60657 – 773.858.6860 tetjet@comcast.net http://tetjet.townhall.com