As most of you know by now, I have thrown my support behind the McCain-Palin ticket, mainly on the strength of Sarah Palin, whom I see as the future of conservatives within the GOP.
I have my reasons for making this decision, the primary one being Palin but also my desire to see the Obama-Biden socialist ticket lose as decisively as possible. I see no other way that has a snowball's chance of succeeding except by voting for McCain-Palin.
It goes without saying that I realize that not all will agree with my decision.
If I ask for your forbearance in voting my conscience, it is only fair that I respect your right to do the same. I would expect nothing less from the regular readers of this blog.
There are people who I have come to know and respect in the blogosphere who cannot in good conscience vote for either McCain or Obama. I respect your decision because I respect you.
My hope and prayer is that whoever wins in November will faithfully uphold the Constitution and hold fast to the principles of liberty.
Friday, September 05, 2008
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You've probably caught on to the fact that I cannot bring myself to pull the lever for McCain, Palin notwithstanding. My great respect for you, however, will not be decreased one iota over your willingness to do what you believe is necessary to thwart the Obama/Biden menace.
Thanks, Kurt, I appreciate your saying that. And those sentiments are sent right back at ya...
By the way, I can't in good conscience congratulate myself too much for my principled refusal to vote for the lesser of two evils--living in Illinois, I know that no matter what I do, my state's chunk of the electorate is going to the Obamessiah. If I lived in a more competitive state, I can't really be sure what I'd do.
As another resident of IL, I had planned to sit the Presidential portion of this election out, but now I'm going to waste my vote in a show of support for Palin.
I'm still not convinced that McCain can beat Obama, but if a good showing can be attributed to the choice of Palin, I think this will 'train' the GOP a little.
If Palin can show the GOP that serving up candidates like McCain, Giuliani, and Romney is a recipe for failure, then that alone is worth a vote for Palin-McCain.
"If Palin can show the GOP that serving up candidates like McCain, Giuliani, and Romney is a recipe for failure, then that alone is worth a vote for Palin-McCain."-d.
Damn, now it's back to the drewing board. That is one aspect I hadn't considered, and there seems to be reasonable validity to it.
Thanks a lot for causing me to have to re-examine my premise.
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