Conservatives Try to Warn McCain Away from Bailout

The chorus of conservatives trying to keep John McCain from backing the $700 billion bailout plan keeps growing.

“If John McCain supports this bailout, he will lose all of the goodwill and support he has gained from conservatives by picking Governor [Sarah] Palin (R-Alaska) as his running mate,” wrote conservative direct-mail guru Richard Viguerie in a blast e-mail.

Viguerie said that the bailout for banks would be followed by more bailouts for carmakers, credit card companies and other troubled businesses.

“It’s a death spiral for the American economy, and conservatives refuse to go along for the ride,” he said.

A GOP House member added that McCain’s possible support of the bailout bill is “terrible.”

“McCain would do well to remember that Americans don’t like the Paulson plan and Republicans and conservatives hate it,” the member said.

Conservative bloggers on The Corner, RedState and elsewhere have already weighed in on the plan, and they don’t like it.