Posted by
Young Republican on Saturday, August 09, 2008 10:22:54 AM
From the start of the election, I've been a strong supporter of John McCain. I admire him, his life and his service both in uniform and in the Senate. He is a good man. You can guess what's next, I've chosen though to support Barack Obama for President. I was actually going to write a blog mocking the whole "Republicans for Obama" idea. After all, John McCain is the most moderate, liberal Republican ever elected to party nomination except perhaps for Gerald Ford. Why leave now? If you're voting for Obama just call yourself a Democrat.
During my time defending and supporting John McCain, both in this blog and mostly outside of it, I never really attacked Barack Obama. I told myself I couldn't do another eight years of hating the President after the Clinton saga. So I came to realize that Barack Obama is a good man too. To be clear, I don't agree with him on many issues and to add to that the same is said about John McCain. But I realized after the Obama-Clinton War of 2008 that we would have two good men running to become President, men who would run with honor.
One did. One did for a while, and then changed. When John McCain choose to politicize troop visits and then lie about them, he lost my vote and for what's it's worth because I'm a psycho control freak and will stalk you until you vote the way I want on election day about 2 dozen of my friends and family who are still crazy enough to let me call them my friends and family.
John McCain lowered the bar in this election and he didn't have to. By attacking Obama in such a dirty way, he ruined the only thing he had going for him that being the honor that makes John McCain, well, John McCain. He is still a good man without doubt but he made it so one voter who despite being a huge liberal (and yes still a Republican) had the excuse to vote for the other guy.
I'm still looking at this election as a win-win. If Barack Obama wins, I'll be happy. If John McCain wins, I'll be happy. Elections are just a choice between two people, I've chosen mine but that doesn't mean we don't have two great men running.