February 02, 2008
Pull the lever anyway...
Rand expresses it so well...
Someone once said that there are two political parties--the Evil Party (Dems), and the Stupid Party (GOP). Occasionally they will band together and do something both evil and stupid. This is called bi-partisanship.
And in many such instances, it goes by the name of "McCain-SomeDemocrat." As Levin notes, there would have been no "Reagan-Feingold," or "Reagan-Kennedy" bills on restricting free speech or abandoning the borders. And that is why, for many Republicans (or at least for many conservatives), they will need extra strength nose plugs to pull the lever for him this fall, if they can muster the will to do it at all.
Well, I feel like that also, but it will be important to get him elected anyway. Remember, the president appoints thousands of other people, who can do a ton of mischief if they happen to be lefty nihilists. And there will probably be three Supreme Court justices needed soon, plus lots of lower-court judges. So pull the lever for him anyway, and maybe donate some money too.
Posted by John Weidner at February 2, 2008 06:57 PMIn spite of some of his stated views, Obama scares me much, much less than Clinton. This is mainly because Obama is still young and mentally flexible, and can be convinced of the rightness of a different course of action. IOW, I'd prefer the Republican, but I'm not going to go in a panic and die if it's the Democrat. (I suspect I'll have a better time if it's Obama, though.)
Posted by: B. Durbin at February 3, 2008 03:17 PMMcCain has proven himself to be a RINO...and in some issues I'm not sure he's not to the left of Hillary.
I'm a Vietnam Era vet, but even his unquestioned heroism as a POW does not convince me he's the man for the job. I'm also not convinced he wouldn't appoint a Teddy Kennedy to the Supreme Court...He seems to love the lefties so much he cannot be counted on.
This is really a strange election. We have candidates on both sides whose true philosophy and goals we have no idea of! This is one of the reasons we don't usually elect Senators to be president.
Even if you don't like President Bush, there has never been any question where he stands. The issues and programs he ran on were exactly what we got. And were extremely similar to what he did as governor of Texas...
Posted by: John Weidner at February 4, 2008 09:02 AM
