Y'all are totally making my election year, and greatly elevating my opinion of registered members of the Grand Ol' Party (at least those in states that have held primaries/caucuses so far). Thank you, thank you, thank you for making the one GOP Presidential candidate whose election wouldn't completely horrify me the front-runner. Please, please, please keep it up. On the Democratic side, Obama is my horse, though I could certainly live with Clinton. But on the GOP side, if McCain's momentum continues, I'll be grateful to not be in the position of dreading November, since I'd feel like I could live with either outcome. I disagree with McCain on the vast majority of issues, and I think he's eroded his integrity a bit in recent years by toeing the party line for political reasons more than he used to, but overall I think he's a man of integrity and conviction and more of a leader than a politician. And I don't believe he's an idiot, a tool, a wacko, an evil-doer, or a kleptocrat. So, yay! Go GOP, and go McCain! (At least until the primaries are over.)
(On a personal note, this post marks my first month with 10 or more posts since September of 2006, which was a time when my life turned upside-down a bit. [OK, more than a bit.] I wonder if this means my life is turning rightside-up again? Naah - I'm pretty sure it just means I have too much time on my hands at the moment.) :-)
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I'm pro-immigrant amnesty and anit-abortion and am really without a candidate. I like McCain too because of the mutual respect he has with Jon Stewart. And I'll probably vote Democrat.
Hey.....Wait a minute......
I know that guy! He's the one who was all, like, "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran!" That guy is funny!
Right! And the only GOP candidate who's a middle-east dove is...hmm...let me think - what is that guy's name? That faux-libertarian who's actually a social conservative? Rob something, I think. Not sure I could pick him out of a lineup - just like most voters. ;-)
I know, what a system, huh? We get to choose from the corporo-fascist, the Christo-fascist, the corrupt, old warmonger, the corrupt young warmonger fascist, the unknown guy or the sort-of-loopy, unelectable faux-libertarian pacifist.
What sort of metric am I supposed to judge them with? Whoever will kill the fewest human beings? Whoever will help the poor the most? Whoever will be the least beholden to the Corporatocracy? Whoever is the least likely to nuke any sovereign nation? Whoever will carry out the smallest number of domestic spying campaigns? Whoever has the biggest personal fortune? Whoever has the smallest? Whoever doesn't have a history of being corrupt? Whoever is the most electable regardless of how many people they will kill or how many of my civil rights they will trample?
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