Look, I was no McCain fan, and was not even sure that I was going to vote, but the prospect of an Obama presidency is to horrifying to contemplate, but contemplate we must.
Do you have a 401K? Well, the Obama and the congressional Democrats have plans for your money, which would amount to a tax increase on anyone making over $70,000. How do you feel about a second social security, which would be invested for you in gov’t bonds and pay 3%? Of course you could only leave 50% to your heirs, should you die prematurely. That would be another tax increase on every worker.
Then, there are Obama’s educational plans. Of course, they are not really so different from what exists in public schools in most of the country, but instead of increasing choice, he would limit choice and end home schooling all together.
Of course, there is also the subject of the mandatory draft, that Obama advocates. I hear that he doesn’t want it just for young people though, he wants everyone to donate a year of service every ten years or so. How would you like to interrupt your life and career every ten years?
I could go on, but if you can’t see the need to cast your vote for John McCain by now, you don’t have much intellectual curiosity, or you’re a socialist.
Whatever Obama would do, McCain would do a lesser version of the same thing. Obama: mass-amnesty. McCain: amnesty. Obama: give away housing. McCain: buy bad mortgages with taxpayer money...it’s still socialism, just not as bad.
I’m willing to put aside my own personal stake (401k, whatever) in order to vote for someone that represents my views...and McCain doesn’t so I can’t vote for him. Money isn’t as important as integrity.
The political system set up by the Founders was a representative republic. The idea of that is not to follow the daily polls and attempt pragmatic calculus (though that’s your right of course), but to vote for a candidate that best represents your views. I find nothing in the Constitution saying requiring or even describing ONLY two parties.
We are not being represented accurately if we vote for someone who doesn’t actually represent our views.
I tried the “lesser of two evils” philosophy. It works up to a point, the subjective point at which a candidate becomes so unacceptable in a voter’s mind. McCain was unacceptable as a primary candidate and he’s unacceptable as a presidential candidate.