Do you intend to vote for John McCain in November?
A) Yes: 40 -- 75%
B) No: 13 -- 25%
Do you consider John McCain to be a conservative?
A) Yes: 19 -- 34%
B) No: 37 -- 66%
Do you trust John McCain to appoint Supreme Court Justices like Roberts and Alito?
A) Yes: 32 -- 55%
B) No: 26 -- 45%
How enthusiastic would you be about actually having John McCain as President on a 10 scale? Think of a score of 10 as being extremely enthusiastic and excited and 1 as being about very upset and unenthusiastic.
Average score: 4.7
The answers to this poll were troubling to me, and not because I distrust John McCain. I do distrust McCain on several issues, but I am ready to put that aside for now, and other conservatives need to do the same.
All throughout the primaries, most of us in the blogosphere have been steadfastly against John McCain -- myself included. But it's time to get over the feelings that most of us have of distrust, fear, and anger about McCain being our nominee. Like it or not, he is the nominee, and we can't keep focusing on the negatives. What truly saddens me concerning John McCain is that so many of us seem only able to focus on where he stands politically. We've all overlooked the fact that the man is a genuine war hero, who has done some incredible things, and despite the mistakes he may have made with various policies and legislations, loves his country -- no one can doubt that. He's a fiscal conservative, will be great for the military, and is also someone we can trust with foreiqn policy, national security, and the War on Terror.
John McCain is not the conservative dream candidate -- he's broken the collective heart of conservativism multiple times. But we need to start remembering who the alternatives are -- Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. Who, of these three, would do more harm to the country? Is it even a question?
So many are saying that they refuse to vote for McCain out or "principle", that they won't choose the lesser of two evils. But we all need to get over that attitude. We need to understand that things will not always go our way; we may never get another Ronald Reagan. No candidate, not even Reagan himself, will ever be able to measure up the the impossibly high standards conservatives are holding candidates to. Yes, we should support the most conservative candidate we can, but Americans have voted in John McCain as our candidate for 2008, and therefore, we have got to get past the animosity towards McCain.
Let's leave the whiny emotionalism for the liberals, hmm?
If we can't unite ourselves this election season, then how can we possibly win? It won't help the conservative movement one bit to give the country President Barack Obama, or even worse, President Hillary Clinton. Is that what any of us conservatives want? You may be furious because McCain has failed us on some issues, but if we don't get him into office, then we'll have a President who fails us on all the issues.
He may not be the candidate that any of us wanted, but we need to get behind him. We need to support John McCain, for the good of the United States.
6 comments:
Cassy,
I can't remember all the times I've had to hold my nose and vote for "the lesser of the two evils". I'm getting tired of even having to make that choice. I don't want to for FOR evil.
We have a Primary vote here in Texas Mar 4th. I probably won't even bother to vote because the 26 states that frontloaded their primaries took away any choice I had. So now I have McCain or not McCain to (not) vote for.
Thanks RNC for disenfranchising half of America!
OHhh,
Welcome back!
"and other conservatives need to do the same."
Frankly, no it isn't. I shouldn't be expected to vote for a canidate who won't nominate conservitive judges, won't enforce immigration, supports higher taxes, and is willing to ruin the economy because he thinks global warming is real and wants to "fight it".
I didn't like him from the start, and just becaus ethe NYT runs a hit piece on him doesn't change that.
The RNC has given us our very own John Kerry, and I refuse to accept that.
I will not vote for the lesser of two evils. I will not vote for a canidate symply because he's less shitty than the rest. He remains a shitty canidate, and I am unable to find exactly WHAT the difference would be between any of the three.
Each will give us Socialized Healthcare, more government regulations of everything, higher taxes, and a more liberal court.
Cassie, would you rather be shot in the stomache, knee, or foot?
If your anser is "I'd rather not be shot, thank you", you understand what I'm talking about here.
They can tell me to suck it up, and vote for McCain, but it isn't going to happen. It took 4 years of Carter to give us Reagan.
I can't vote for this useless lemon.
PA
"and other conservatives need to do the same."
Why should conservatives vote for someone who isn't a conservative?
I know where people who don't want to vote for Mccain are coming from, let's face it he's an old school Democrat (that is one who will fight for the country and isn't' a socialist) like Lieberman. But a Democrat is still better than a Socialist.
The alternative is Obama, who thinks the born and unborn babies don't deserve to be protected by the law (i.e voted against Born Alive Infant Protection Act), that the country ought to be socialized, and that the country is not worth fighting for until it's successfully attacked.
Yes voting for Mccain hurts Republicans, but it helps the country.
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