Who to vote for?
I mean, I told an RNC caller just two months ago that the Republican Party could just kiss me goodbye if either Guiliani or McCain were the nominee. Guiliani, thankfully, has now made that point moot (unless he's a VP nominee *shudder*), but McCain looks to be the favorite at the moment.
Huckabee is all wrong; on the unlikely chance that he did win the White House, I truly think he'd be an embarrassment to Christians (rather like Jimmuh CAHtuh). Ron Paul, while he has a lot of good conservative principles, is really unelectable and I cannot abide some of the dreck surrounding him about 9/11 and the War on Terror. Romney? A "successful" Republican in a state that's so liberal they pass blue urine? I dunno...
I certainly can understand with Ann Coulter's assertion that she'll campaign for Hillary if McCain wins the Republican nomination; Clinton would certainly provide someone for Republicans to rally against... But I think that that argument really isn't sufficient. Besides, I'd rather vote FOR something... Yet, the need to vote against another corrupt Clinton in the White House is a possibility...
*sigh*
Frankly, I'm sick of the whole line up - on BOTH sides.
So at the moment I believe I'm firmly in the "They're all self-serving liars, and a lot can happen between now and November, so I'm throwing up my hands in intense frustration and waiting until October."
But, I swear, if I end up voting for McCain, I'll be slinking into the voting booth wearing stealth-clothes and carrying an airsick bag...
I know how you feel. Of those, the only one I could not vote for would be Ron Paul. But otherwise, the prospect of Hillary or Obama selecting liberal justices, possibly allowing Roe v. Wade to persist, is enough to get me to vote in the general election. Knowing that they might (or would) pull us immediately out of Iraq and that they would work to institute a universal health care system puts me over the top.
Things might be bad if we get maverick McCain, but they cannot possibly be worse than if we get the extremely liberal Obama or power hungry Clinton.
Posted by: CR UVa | February 04, 2008 at 09:59 AM
It is for problems like these, that God let us invent Bourbon and Scotch.....
Posted by: cargosquid | February 04, 2008 at 11:11 AM
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh, Cargosquid, you have definitely given me the LAUGH OF THE DAY!!! LOLOLOL
Posted by: Kat | February 04, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Kat,
I'll vote for McCain if he's the nominee. But I get to fight first.
Cargosquid,
An excellent suggestion.
McCain could improve things for himself with conservatives a lot if he would
1. show that he is serious about illegal immigration; and
2. make a VP pick that conservatives would like.
Posted by: Conservativa | February 04, 2008 at 09:01 PM
I can't stand any of them. None of them apeak for me...but, I realize no one can speak for me except myself. In these situations, I look at what is MOST IMPORTANT for America first.
My politics come second. I don't vote based on being a Republican or a Conservative.
So in the end I admit if it comes down to it, McCain will get my vote before Hillary/Obama. They want to turn Amerika into a socialist state. Defenseless and vulnerable. McCain, for all his faults, would never allow the US to become a weak country and he would defend we the people against our modern enemies: Terrorists and extreme Islam.
We can argue all the other stuff anytime. Keeping America safe should be everyone's priority...we cannot forget September 11th.
When we do, it will repeat itself. Tenfold.
Posted by: Raven | February 05, 2008 at 08:49 AM
To quote Kim du Toit at theothersideofkim,
"I love my country more than I hate John McCain."
McCain was the battle. Obama/Clinton is the war.
McCain is the army. You go to war with the army you have....
And remember, we still have the booze.
Posted by: Cargosquid | February 15, 2008 at 01:40 PM