—ignorance of the quite substantial differences, in my opinion.—
You mean like “differences” on amnesty for illegal “immigrants.” Oops, none there.
You mean like belief in “global warming/climate change” nonsense that will cost the US economy billions of $$. No difference there, either.
Difference in who they’d pick as SC or federal judges. Considering McVain signed on to the “gang of 14” probably not much of a difference (with 60 or so dems in the Senate after 11/08, forget conservative judges for a while)
“Utterly scary”
McCain’s temperament (or lack thereof) and propensity to be an ill-tempered loose-cannon scares me. I respect the fact he was a POW for 5 1/2 years, but I fear the treatment he received while a guest of “Charlie” did little for his emotional well-being. And he won’t release his medical records (and he’ll be 80 IF he survives his first term).
I guess we’re screwed no matter who becomes POTUS this year.*
*Best case scenario. McCain appoints a REAL conservative
like a Duncan Hunter (though I fear Hunter is a bit of a free trader) and, for whatever reason, doesn’t finish his first term. A bit ghoulish, but this is the best we can hope for.
Yes. I know people are disillusioned about Fred Thompson, but I’d be willing to vote for a sick old man like McCain if Fred was his VP. Or Hunter. Or any REAL conservative whom I can respect.
Otherwise, I won’t vote for any of the candidates. I’ll just vote on the other lines.
Yeah, you don’t have to make your point with me on the immigration, temper, and climate change issues. I disagree on the SC judges, though — I think McCain’s picks could be (probably will be) more conservative.
I still think that NOT voting for McCain is a bad mistake. He’s the best we’ve got now, and all I can do is have faith in my assessment that he will be substantially better than either Obama or Clinton would be. Obama scares the hell out of me — MUCH MUCH MUCH more so than McCain does. And the Clintons? I don’t think I even have to explain Clinton. Seen enough of them to know what evils they’d put us through.
McCain will be strong on Iraq, will be much more under pressure from conservatives than a Dem president would be, and may have Romney as his running mate, which while not Hunter, would still be a good choice in my estimation. Despite the immigrant and global warming issues, I don’t put McCain in even NEARLY the same ballpark as the opponents.