McCain - The Nail In the Republican's Coffin
There is no avoiding it. John McCain has become the nomination of the Republican party and that is very very sad. It’s sad because, who is John McCain? He’d like us all to believe that he is a conservative from the Reagan era. However, nothing could be further from the truth. McCain can only lay claim to being a conservative, if he does so in the context of being a conservative Democrat. He is one of the most liberal Republican’s our party knows. He has consistently voted against the major stances of the people who make up the Republican Party. He has fractured this party, nearly as much as President Bush has.
I never thought the day would come when I would vote for a liberal Democrat, but if McCain becomes our nominee – and I think it’s a near certainty that he will – I will cross the aisle and vote for the Democratic nominee.
Why? you may ask? Because at least with a Democratic president we will know what we are getting. There will be no room for interpretation. Not so with McCain. If McCain is elected we will always be guessing about what our president represents and how he will deal with our conservative positions.
I have stood by Huckabee for the majority of this race, and I think he would make a great president. However, it is clear that he will not become our party’s nominee and for that reason, he should have bowed out gracefully before Super Tuesday. His presence did indeed rob conservatives from their only remaining hope of electing a conservative…Mitt Romney, who is also not my first choice.
Rumors that Huckabee deliberately remained in the race to solidify his position as the Vice President in a McCain administration seems almost an absolute certainty. For that reason, I have lost a great deal of respect for Huckabee and have withdrawn all of my support from his campaign.
McCain has done more in this election process to divide the party than he ever will in uniting it. The division he has made worse guarantees that the Democrats will occupy the oval office in the coming general elections. I hope he is satisfied with his efforts.
I never thought the day would come when I would vote for a liberal Democrat, but if McCain becomes our nominee – and I think it’s a near certainty that he will – I will cross the aisle and vote for the Democratic nominee.
Why? you may ask? Because at least with a Democratic president we will know what we are getting. There will be no room for interpretation. Not so with McCain. If McCain is elected we will always be guessing about what our president represents and how he will deal with our conservative positions.
I have stood by Huckabee for the majority of this race, and I think he would make a great president. However, it is clear that he will not become our party’s nominee and for that reason, he should have bowed out gracefully before Super Tuesday. His presence did indeed rob conservatives from their only remaining hope of electing a conservative…Mitt Romney, who is also not my first choice.
Rumors that Huckabee deliberately remained in the race to solidify his position as the Vice President in a McCain administration seems almost an absolute certainty. For that reason, I have lost a great deal of respect for Huckabee and have withdrawn all of my support from his campaign.
McCain has done more in this election process to divide the party than he ever will in uniting it. The division he has made worse guarantees that the Democrats will occupy the oval office in the coming general elections. I hope he is satisfied with his efforts.
Labels: Politics
posted by Troy S. at 2:12 PM
1 Comments:
This is a very interesting comment regarding Huckabee. I was not aware that his intentions to stay in the race before Super Tuesday were to gain the ability to run as Vice President to McCain. If that were to happen - the two be in the White House, I think they'd be fighting more than Bill and Hillary ever did.
The two men stand for two very different things.
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