McCain the conservative candidate?

What says "conservatism" more than promoting the homosexual agenda and amnesty for illegal aliens? Darned if I know! Because John McCain is definitely a real conservative -- he says so himself, and Bob Dole, Mr. Conservatism himself, agrees. And look! He's friends with the Log Cabin Republicans:

GayPatriot has exclusively learned that presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Senator John McCain held a personal meeting with the head of the national gay Republicans organization, the Log Cabin Republicans. Log Cabin President Patrick Sammon confirmed his meeting with Senator McCain earlier today. [25 June]

And the amnesty lobby likes John McCain, too:

Sen. John McCain took some grief from the Left for keeping a tight handle on who he invited to his secret meeting with Hispanics in Chicago last week. And he took some grief from the Right for apparently promising at that meeting to pursue a pathway to citizenship for some illegal immigrants.

The grief from the Right continued today. Anti-amnesty crusader Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., wrote McCain a letter calling him out on the meeting, questioning McCain's commitment to pledges made earlier in the campaign, and snarkily invoking McCain's "Straight Talk" mantra.

The LCR crowd wants to expand the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples who can adopt children, and President Bush himself assured us Latinos bring their strong family values with them when they violate our borders. So when McCain becomes president, this country will just be knee-deep in family values.

If he doesn't blow us all up first.