Wow, the internet’s broken. It took a month for your post to get through!
I don’t like McCain’s stand on a lot of things, but I do like Palin. I despise Obama and everything he stands for. I *would* walk on broken glass to vote the McCain/Palin ticket this year. 6 months ago, I never would have thought I’d say that about voting for McCain.
A little late for this kind of talk.
At this point, it’s either time to help or get out of the way.
You you equally unimpressed that McCain supports a strong defense for America, energy independence from foreign regimes, and a pro-life position?
Well I guess I really will “ware” my McCain-Palin button... and with pride!
There’s very few elections where there’s the “perfect” candidate. Regean was great yes but Nixon, Ford, Bush, W. Bush are all Republican Presidents too. And none of them were perfect models of Conservatism.
We all had to man up. Vote for him, and help us hold his feet to the fire during his term. Then you can feel some pride again.
All you can do is put your trust in God and not in a political party or candidate. Do as you wish with your own vote, but I won’t waste mine on a third party that no one will take any notice of.
In countries with parliamentary democracies, they have to put ruling coalitions together after the fact, and you really aren't quite sure what you may wind up with until after the election. In our country, you pick a candidate based on positions, and since he has to cobble together a potential majority before the election he has to get enough people on board to be a lot less than perfect.
It's awful. If you want to be ideologically pure, go over to a Libertarian, or a Green, or a Constitutionalists web forum. They are so pure they argue all day long about who is or is not a REAL L/C/G. And they have EXACTLY zero political power.
Old Libertarian joke: Ted Kennedy announces from the well of the Senate "Our party has decided to completely scrap the Constitution," Bob Dole jumps up and says "The Republican Party will never stand for that -- it must be phased in over 10 years!"
OK, it's an old story, and sadly it's basically a true one.
Now decide whether you want to belong to a party that makes good jokes but does nothing, or a party that gives you at least a fighting chance that you can still change things while there's time.
I dare you to post a comment with the word “Palin” in it.
I agree with everyone here and most especially papa_smurf - time to man up and vote for McCain / Palin. Here are just a few reasons:
1. Voting for a 3rd party candidate is literally a vote for Obama. I did so when Bush & Clinton ran - many of us voted for Perot and we ended up with a serial adulterer for prez. Dumb move voting for Perot that I’ve regretted ever since.
2. Palin will be more than just a figurehead and already she’s helping to move some of his stances to the right. I think this trend will continue (not that I’m a known political commentator) and so do many others.
3. I believe the voice of the people will once again be heard on immigration and he will have to toughen his stance. Already his own state has made life most difficult for immigrants and it’s working. He’ll be forced by public outcry to toughen up here.
4. If you pay taxes, work and play in this country you should be scared to death of Obama’s proposed policies - higher ‘death tax’, higher capital gains, higher tax on investment income, higher taxes on everyone earning over $100,000, higher taxes on businesses and best yet ‘windfall profits’ levied on the oil companies. Who do you think will pay the oil companies windfall profits tax? We will, at the pumps! And the rest of the taxes above will cause the economy to spiral downward and again, who will pay businesses higher taxes? We will in a higher cost of consumer goods! Scared yet? You should be!
5. If Obama is elected do you really want Joe Biden the blithering idiot that seems as if he’s either drunk or recovering from a drunk all the time as V.P. - one heartbeat from the presidency?
6. Having people like William Ayers, Jeremiah Wright and Rezko (sp?) chumming around with Obama in the White House doesn’t frighten you? I don’t believe for one moment that Ayers wouldn’t try again if he thought he’d get away with it.
7. Judges - do you want the country stuck with Obama’s choice of judges for 20 years or more? The man thinks allowing infanticide is okay - what sort of judges would he appoint? Ruth Bader Ginsberg will look conservative compared to who he’d appoint.
Sorry everyone for this lengthy reply, but people that bemoan voting for McCain and say they’ll vote 3rd party aren’t seeing the harsh reality of life in an Obama-run U.S.A.
Man up already and quit whining.
Is he still McShamnesty?
I certainly will not vote for him, and I invite you to take your pick of the 3rd party alternatives.
Regardless of his VP pick (and while I have little against Palin herself), it doesn’t change the fact that McCain has been terribly damaging to the Conservative movement (especially SoCon, Pro-Life, and libertarian causes).
Things will not change if RINOs keep getting elected.
Thank you for your courage. It takes a lot to stand up and be counted here.
I am puzzled by your post, and its complete lack of mention of John McCain’s BRILLIANT choice of Palin as a VP pick that has completely galvanized this election. One would have to wonder if you own a television or if your vanity post has, uhmmm, another agenda.