John McCain.
Honestly, I was torn between the top two candidates - Romney is an excellent executive who could "manage" the country quite well, and do it in a conservative style. And while I love McCain's resume, I don't know how well lawmakers like McCain can actually run the country. Both in my mind are moderate Republicans - McCain has bridged the partisan divide on many key (and sometimes unfortunate) pieces of legislation, and Romney - well, if you are a Republican governor in a blue state, you have to govern from the center-right to survive.
So why McCain? Two reasons:
- he is much more likely - due to his fame and cross-party appeal - to win the general election against either Hillary or Obama this November.
- because I was sick of the bashing he was taking from the cacophony of conservative commentators in the media. Guys I usually enjoy listening to - Rush, Mark Levin, etc - have been frothing with anti-McCain bile for weeks, because he is not "ideologically pure" (my words). It was disheartening, and disappointing, to say the least. Hey, no one tells the JerseyNut who is "right" - whether it be the klowns on the NY Times editorial board, or respected right-wing commentators. You tell me to vote Romney? I'm voting for Big John...
Although, truth be told, I was sorely tempted, when I saw Rudy's name on the ballot, to give him one final show of respect...
You think you were torn? I am a Democrat In Name Only, because I never bothered to switch party affiliations after I registered to vote under the same party as my 'Rents, but I'd also never, ever, not in a million, billion, gazillion years forfeit my right to vote...so, it was a toss up between Thunderboy [Barack, if you didn't know, means "thunder" in Hebrew] and Thunderthighs.
ReplyDeleteWhen I walked out the voting place, my parents - who I had met up with there a little while earlier - looked at me, and my Mom said, "You voted for Hillary, didn't you? I could tell by the look of disgust on your face."
I was like, "Yo, Ma...if I voted for Hillary, I'd have slit my wrists in the booth, and an ambulance would be carting my sorry socialist ass out of this f**king stifling hellhole."
Trust me, come the presidential election, I'll also be going with McCain...even my parents, lifelong Democrats, will probably be going with McCain, though, I will admit, I'd have preferred Romney, only because I don't agree with McCain's stance on amnesty for illegals, the Second Amendment, and, for God's sake, Freedom of F**king Speech.
War hero? Dat's cool...I respect it, but a great president does not necessarily a war hero make, although, hell...I would have LOVED, more than anything, a Bob Dole president. Now that would have been the freakin' shizzle, right there. A moot point, sad to say.
Omg, I just realized, I'm rambling. Sorries. It's just that you make me feel so at home here.
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Erica, your rambling is still more coherant than most of my postings. So feel free to relax, put your feet up, and grab a beer...
ReplyDeleteAnd I feel the same way about McCain that you do, but I expect him to move a bit right in order to solidify his base, and besides - an 80% ally in John McCain beats 100% of Hillary or Obama any day.