Democrat voting for John McCain
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Rose Green
Published: October 31, 2008
I am a registered Democrat but am voting for McCain this year. In my opinion, McCain is the most experienced candidate in regards to protecting the U.S. from terrorists and to handle the “war-like”
situations in Iraq and Afghanistan — to include other conflict areas in the world such as the invasion of the Soviet Union in Georgia. I believe that McCain is a better qualified candidate than President
Bush in this area also. However, I believe that President Bush cannot be blamed for the situation in Iraq because his advisors recommended certain things. This includes Colin Powell, who just endorsed
Obama.
It took me years to become a “middle class” citizen, and I worked hard to achieve this status. I even worked two jobs for awhile and have managed this while raising twin boys on my own for many years
(and one has a disability). It took God, endurance and hard work to get me through tough times and not the president or government assistance (such as free health care for my children, welfare,
Medicaid, etc…). This is another reason why I am voting for McCain.
“No Child Left Behind” is finally beginning to work in my county in Virginia. This year will be the first time that one of my sons will receive a graded report card and he is in high school now! Stopping or
drastically changing this concept now will take us back again without achieving an equal opportunity in education for all children. This is another reason why I am voting for McCain.
In my opinion, from what I have seen in poll results, some men are not ready for a female in the White House as president or vice president. I do support Palin since she is McCain’s running mate.
I am voting for the best candidate on experience, skill and values and not because of race or gender. I hope all are voting based on the candidates’ qualifications and values during this election.
ROSE GREEN
Dale City
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Posted by ( gwenandgary ) on November 01, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Interesting—my GOP choices were Bloomberg, Romney, Huckabee and McCain. For Dems, it was Clinton, Warner, Biden, Obama.
I think a Bloomberg-Clinton contest would have been more about issues than blame. We may never know for sure now, though. :(
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on November 01, 2008 at 10:03 pm
“The result of this, I believe, is that people are not so much voting FOR their choice as they are voting AGAINST the “other guy”.“
Actually, it is a rare election where you do support and believe in “your” guy. Most times you are voting “against” the other guy.
On the Democratic side, Mark Warner was my first choice, with Barack Obama as my second choice.
On the Republican side, Michael Bloomberg was my first choice with a pre-Karl Rove, pre-Sarah Palin John McCain as my second choice.
So, in the end, I think the system sorta worked.
The problem is we have become a nation of Karl Rove tactics, rather than a nation that actually listens to what the candidate has to offer.
If McCain loses big, perhaps in four years the next guy/gal will think twice before embracing the Rovian Way.
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on November 01, 2008 at 8:53 pm
“...I understand these things already”
The funny, scary really, thing is I think they really believe what they say. I mean, what DO they put in that Kool-Aid that makes these freaks think after 232 years as a nation, one guy will lead this country to its doom in four years?
Even Bush, with eight years as president, could not kill America - although it appears he sure tried.
McCain started out in the primaries as President Bush, became Barack Obama after the primaries, selected a Hillary try-to-be as a running mate, spent two months not knowing who he was or what he stood for and ended as PR Manager for some goofball named Joe the Non-Plumber - who STOOD McCain UP FOR NOT GETTING PAID for his “services”! I mean, you can’t make this stuff up!!
While Barack talks about returning American to her former greatness, John is wandering around the stage, looking bewildered, asking “where’s Joe? I thought Joe was here? Is Joe coming?“
$84 million of public funding spent on, in the end, the hope that the endorsement of Joe the Plumber will carry McCain-Palin to victory.
You’ve got a sitting president of YOUR party, waiting to hit the campaign trail along with VP Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and Condoleezza Rice, and YOU go for Joe the Plumber?
McCain is a candidate without a message whose only truthful statement at this point is “I’m John McCain and I approved this message”.
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Posted by ( gwenandgary ) on November 01, 2008 at 8:37 pm
I think everyone’s missing the point here. I doubt you’ll agree with me as to why that’s so, but bear with me a moment.
Consider the two candidates up for election. Weren’t there better choices, more qualified and less divisive choices on both sides? How on earth did these two end up going head-to-head?
Simply put, I believe the primary system broke down this time around.
Instead of both parties sending their best and brightest out to run for the Presidency, these two oddities slipped through the cracks. These two malcontents. Misfits. Anomalies. Then, to add to this already divisive concoction, each candidate made unconventional and contentious choices for running mates.
The result of this, I believe, is that people are not so much voting FOR their choice as they are voting AGAINST the “other guy”. We don’t know what good each has supposedly done, but we can find plenty of “bad deeds” assignable to each. There’s no shortage of bad press here, no matter which side you’re on.
We have not so much chosen these candidates as we have settled for them, as though there were none better than these. I beg to differ. I feel short changed. We’re in trouble no matter which way we vote.
Choose carefully on the 4th.
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Posted by ( jVA ) on November 01, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Another day another truckload of bs from pwanon. Who cares? Your candidate is going to be over and done with in about 72 hours, you big sorry freaking loser. Don’t let the door hit you on your red Republican rump on the way out. Or do! buh bye!
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Posted by ( pwanon ) on November 01, 2008 at 6:01 pm
“Yes you are. But it will all be sorted out Tuesday and perhaps then you will understand.“
Ummm…understand that we’re now officially a nation of surrender?
Or understand that there’s no longer an incentive to be successful, since the government will now penalize Americans for achieving success?
Or perhaps understand that it’s now officially sanctioned to tolerate racism towards whites, and sympathy for people who bomb federal buildings and police stations?
No need to explain…I understand these things already. And you endorsed it.
Congratulations. Feeling proud yet?
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on November 01, 2008 at 5:47 pm
“ GOP presidential candidate John McCain will try to drum up some votes with a visit to “Saturday Night Live” tonight, his camp said yesterday.“
McCain and Palin think they’re running for Last Comic Standing, not the White House.
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on November 01, 2008 at 5:41 pm
“I’m confused.“
Yes you are. But it will all be sorted out Tuesday and perhaps then you will understand.
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Posted by ( pwanon ) on November 01, 2008 at 4:52 pm
“and no longer fooled by the politics of fear.“
I’m confused. When Joe Biden says that a BHO Presidency would generate “an international crisis” is he:
A. Preaching the politics of fear.
B. Reinforcing what anyone with a brain knows…namely, that BHO will call the dogs off of Al Qaeda and let them operate as they please…kind of like they did with Bill Clinton
Or
C. Reinforcing his own belief that his potential boss isn’t “fit to be the President”
Which one is it? Or is it all three?
Either way…telling everyone that electing BHO will INVITE an “international crisis” sounds like a pretty stupid endorsement of the disaster that would be a BHO Presidency.
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Posted by ( QuestionAuthority ) on November 01, 2008 at 11:46 am
Everyone is entitled to their own view and I respect their courage in sharing it. But to claim that President Bush cannot be held responsible for Iraq is absurd!
Who can forget Richard Clarke’s testimony that shortly after 9/11 Bush was pushing him hard to find some excuse, any excuse to blame Iraq?
Who can forget Bush handing CIA director Tennant the medal of freedom in the White House after he resigned?
The Republicans have spent the first half dozen years of the 21st century running up record debts, lying about global warming, looting the treasury, committing torture, using signing statements to break the law AND going to war against a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 and posed no significant security threat whatsoever to the US. The Republicans have kicked Ronald Reagan’s “shining city on a hill” into a ditch.
Fortunately most Americans have had enough of the ignorance, arrogance, incompetence and greed of this Republican. We’re disgusted with the “hate talk express” and no longer fooled by the politics of fear.
This is the year we take America back! Vote Obama, Warner and Connolly!
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