Posted by
Mr Write on Saturday, February 09, 2008 4:34:23 AM
Well, McCain done blew away my Florida prediction, and then won by a wide margin Super Tuesday (in delegates, not total votes).
The guy grates me. Over the last 3 days, I've been wavering back and forth over whether to support John in the general election. I've read several articles about the issue, and every one I read (regardless of which side they're on) makes sense. He's supported some pretty darn bad legislation (McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, and others), with a fair-to-middlin' rating from the ACU.
However, he is better than leftist Hillary, and DEFINITELY better than
extremist Barak. So, at this point, I've decided to support McCain, but only conditionally. If he turns into a leftist during the campaign, I won't vote for him. If he picks someone other than a conservative as his running mate, I won't vote for him. If he continues to insult some of our great conservative commentators and leaders, I won't vote for him.
I am not alone in this. I know there are thousands of others who feel like I do. The good senator from Arizona is in a very fragile position from here to the election, and it won't take much to destroy the tenuous support from conservatives that he has right now.
Unfortunately, McCain is arrogant enough to pick a moderate (or, even worse, someone like Lieberman) as his running mate, saying that he is the conservative and that a moderate voice is needed on the ticket to "balance things out." If he does that, there is no way he will win this campaign, because so many of us will simply not vote for him.