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2008.01.22 Politics and National Defense Roundup
Now hear this: John McCain is not a real Republican. That is all.
Seriously, folks, I truly admire the man John McCain was 35 years ago, but I really don't want to have to vote for him for President. Why? To name just a few: Keating Five, McCain-Feingold, the Kennedy-McCain Shamnesty Act, the Gang of Fourteen, the fact that he's willfully ignoring evidence there are still American POWs in Southeast Asia, the fact he sided with John Kerry against the Swift Boat Vets, the fact that he's opposed to drilling in ANWR, the fact he's convinced Global Warming exists and it's our fault, the fact he's opposed to waterboarding terrorists ... [Help me out here. What am I forgetting?] I'll vote for him over Clinton or Obama but I really, really hope it doesn't come to that. *** Update: Henry Mark Holzer has much more here.
Personal to Fred Dalton Thompson: Don't quit on us! Even if you have other priorities right now, and sick family members are definitely a good excuse for taking a few days off, leave your name on the ballot for the remaining primaries and caucuses. Even if you don't go into the convention with enough committed delegates to get the nomination on the first vote, there's still time for people to realize you're the best consensus candidate available. There are an awful lot of us out here who'd much rather see you on the ballot than Mr. Vote-for-me-because-I-wear-my-Christianity-On-My-Sleeve, or a cross-dressing Social Liberal like Giuliani, or an open-borders RINO like McCain, or ... (I'll try to pin down my reasons for not liking Mitt later; I think maybe he just strikes me as a little to slick and a little too rich to understand common folk like me.) Damn it! Romney/Thompson '08! I'm going to have to hold my nose to vote for any of the candidates still in the race -- my original dream team was Thompson/Hunter -- but Romney doesn't smell near as bad to me as anyone else still running. He'll definitely be a pro-business candidate and President, and I don't think that leaves him any choice but to be strong on defense. I'm not entirely confident he'll have the right attitude on illegal immigration but again I don't think he'll be any worse than I know everyone else in the race would be. I'll get my sidebar updated as soon as the shock wears off.
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