It’s About Character, Stupid.
January 19, 2008
I have decided to vote for John McCain.
Now, before you start screaming “traitor”, hear me out. John McCain is not exactly America’s most conservative Senator. I know that. I have issues with his stance on immigration. I have issues with campaign finance reform. But, the truth is, at this point McCain may be the only Republican I actually respect.
I like Mitt Romney. I think he is smart and God knows he is attractive (but, if all I care about is smart and attractive then I might as well vote for John Edwards, God forbid). The thing that I don’t like about Romney is that he wants to test the water before he gives his opinions. He wants to see what America thinks before he tells us what he thinks. I don’t like that and I don’t trust that. I really want a President that can think for himself.
I like Mike Huckabee. Who doesn’t? (Well, besides Romney.) Huckabee is a NICE guy. I am a sucker for the “awe shucks” candidate. But, Huck has a bad habit. He says a lot of stupid stuff. It’s like he just says whatever comes to his mind. He says insulting things that he may or may not mean as an insult and he throws religion around a lot. http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Huckabee_Amend_Constitution_to_meet_Gods_0115.html He reminds me of a certain President that has the lowest approval rating in history. Another guy I really like. I won’t tell you his name but his initials are George W. Bush. I can just look at “Dubya” and see what Huck would be like in office… daily media beatings and the but of world wide jokes. Yeah, I don’t think we need another guy like Bush.
Thompson doesn’t even want to be the President and who can blame him? He would be the perfect conservative candidate if he actually changed out of his house slippers and did a little stumping.
Rudy? Well, if I were to vote for him, I would have to admit to myself that character doesn’t matter. And it DOES matter. Rudy strikes me as shady and untrustworthy. I think he is a bad ass, which I like. But, being tough might be his only good quality. That is not good enough for me.
If nothing else, this election comes down to experience and character. The only candidate that has the experience to win and end this war is John McCain. McCain has been right about the war since day 1. The only candidate with character that I trust to do what he believes is right (even if I don’t agree with him) is John McCain. John McCain is the only choice as far as I can see. I guess if it came down to it, I would vote for Romney. And, let’s be honest, ANY of the Republicans (including that loon, Ron Paul) are better than either one of the democrats… especially Monica Lewinsky’s ex-boyfriend’s wife.
Just because McCain spent 5 1/2 years at the Hanoi Hilton, it does not give him the right to drag down the USA by putting lipstick on a pig by supporting the Iraq fiasco.
The Iraq invasion was a stupid, counterproductive , evil, costly and illegal idiocy.
Given a choice between experience and character versus judgement, I will take judgement every time.
In my opinion, Obama also has the requisite experience and character to be President.
I tend to agree that Obama is a man of character… as far as we know. But, we DON’T know. That is what concerns me. A man with a 1 page resume should not be the president.
I don’t think it is a question of character vs. judgement. But, if it was, McCain would win that too.
After McCain combined forces with Ted Kennedy to try to ram an amnesty bill down our throats, he was Public Enemy No. 1!
McCain hasn’t changed his position, nor have we. Illegal immigration is at or near the top of almost every national or state list of GOP voter concerns.
What are voters thinking? Obviously, they are not thinking at all.
McCain is a war hero. He is strong on national defense issues. We all admire him for that. He has railed against runaway spending and those earmarks that legislators slip into bills in the dead of night. That, too, is commendable. However, his dogged determination to reward people who have broken into this country and make a mockery of the rule of law should cause any thoughtful voter to eliminate him as a candidate for the job as the nation’s chief executive.
As for Obama
The American people need to be asking Barack Obama a whole different list of questions when they attend his political rallies on his quest to become the leader of the free world. They need to ask the man who he really is because, up to this point on the campaign trail, he has lied to them. The American people need to find an honest candidate. Barack Obama is not that man.
Did it demonstate good judgement to preemptively invade an oil rich arab country that did not attack us and was no danger to us as a response to the 9/11 attack by 19 Arabs none of whom was Iraqi?
I DON’T THINK SO!
DID IT DEMONSTRATE GOOD CHARACTER FOR HILLARY AND EDWARDS TO LIE ABOUT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THEIR BIGGEST SHORTCOMING AND THEN TO ATTACK OBAMA WHEN HE WAS MORE TRUTHFUL.
Hey handful! Good to see you writing again, even if you’re half-crazy!
I cannot get around McCain’s disregard for the Constitution and our nation’s laws. He wants to let the ILLEGAL invaders become citizens and he is all too happy to crap all over free speech. How could you let that kind of thing be okay for you? I think he’s a liberal in disguise, and I hope and pray that he stays where he is (he’s already done enough damage).
As for who I will vote for, I don’t know. It’s a toss-up between Romney and Huckabee. I don’t know which one is the best to run our country. I like Huck’s support of the FairTax, but I don’t like his preaching. Romney seems like an honest, sincere guy, but I don’t know much about how he stands on the real issues.
Keep up the writing. You will be famous one day.
John Edwards attractive? Hot in a very gay way. When they do the remake Will and Grace in a few years he is sure to be tapped as Jacks long lost father who breast fed Jack till age 10.
Edwards has experience doing 2 things:sueing doctors abd running for President.Hjuck and Romney are out of the runn ing.
Vote for Obama.