Lots of disappointment expressed herein. It’s certainly understandable on the day we seem to have lost both of the most conservative candidates. It’s a sad day for Reaganites like us.
But I’ve found a place where I’m a little more content than I was a few days ago when it became apparent to me Fred wasn’t going to make it. I was so disheartened, swearing I’d never vote for McCain and not excited about the others. (I don’t consider Huckabee a serious factor.)
And then it hit me. I care more about my country than I do about my political ideology. National security may have moved down in the polls, but it’s still my firewall...a candidate has to get past that before I’ll consider his/her other positions.
Bottom line: No Democrat can pass that test. Neither Hillary or Obama understands “peace through strength”. They and their party go out of their way to convince us the threat is overstated. They are not serious about the dangers we face.
So. I will put my disappointment behind me. I will vote for ANY Republican before allowing the peaceniks back in the Oval Office. Once I realized that I felt better.
You will feel better until you realize that you have a Republican Peacenik in the oval office instead of a Democrat one.
Six of one and a half dozen of the other.
Depending on who the Republican Peacenik is, I may actually prefer the Democrat one.
So. I will put my disappointment behind me. I will vote for ANY Republican before allowing the peaceniks back in the Oval Office. Once I realized that I felt better.Thank you for injecting a bit of rationality into this discussion. I am as disappointed as anyone here, and I still think Fred should stay in the race to be a voice at the convention.
As for national defense -- which MUST be considered the NUMBER ONE job of the president -- only two candidates on the R side are doubtful: Paul and Huckabee. Paul because he is a self-proclaimed defeatist and Huckabee because he's so abysmally stupid that there's really no telling what he's going to do. But thankfully, neither of them are going to get the nomination.
As for all the others, as bad as they are on so many other issues, they are all a million times better than any of the RATS on the issue of National Defense.
Be careful, all you who say you'll stay home next November if McCain or Romney or Giuliani is the nominee. You won't just be casting your vote for Obama or Hillary. You'll also be casting it (indirectly) for Osama, Putin and the Communist Chinese.