David Thomson:
“I’m not anti-abortion or pro-abortion”
This is a just a cowardly attempt to pretend that you are neutral on the subject. You have already conceded that you are “pro-choice.” In back of your mind, Sarah Palin’s whole lifestyle is an existential contradiction of your own.
As I just said I am NOT Anti-Abortion or Pro-Abortion. I personally think, as with most things, that the government should not be involved is a question like that. I would LOVE to see Roe v Wade struck down. However, I don’t vote based on the subject… at all. Palin’s life is not an “existential contradiction”, in fact, I grew up in a tiny American town and Palin acts a lot like my Mom.
However, I don’t think my Mom would be a good president either. Now, as I said, the reasons I am not voting for Gov Palin, is A) Her claims about God are insanely disrespectful, idiotic and betray a cynical abuse of God to support her favorite politics.B) Her performance in the debate. She did at least as good as my Mom would… but that doesn’t really count for much as I said.
There is something else that needs to be asked: are you actually saying that Joe Biden has more to offer than Sarah Palin? The guy is perhaps crazier than a loon. He has continuously put his foot into his mouth. Do you actually prefer Biden over the Alaskan governor? is this some sort of joke?
Yes, I think Joe Biden is marginally more qualified than Gov. Palin. I see McCain as Most Qualified, Obama as second, Biden as Third and Palin as completely unqualified. Now, you can assume that this is due to some existential issue, or that I’m secretly a democrat or whatever you like. But, keep in mind that as I stated weeks ago, most of my other Indi friends (and its a wide and varied group) have gone from leaning McCain, to voting Obama (albeit while holding our noses).
Maybe you don’t care about the opinion of a bunch of middle of the road guys and girls in Ohio. I mean, its not like McCain needed our vote here, right? The best way to win next time, is to ignore the possibility that there was a mistake or two made… and just keep doing the same thing.
See, unlike many here, I actually spent a lot of time studying both candidates. I’ve found that McCain leans a bit right and Obama leans a bit left, neither are Hitler, Stalin, Moussulini, GWB or Mao. Obama is a tax and spend liberal. After 8 years of a spend and spend and spend ‘conservative’, some attempt at paying for what we do is appreciated. So, yes, even though I really, really like McCain… I’ll be voting for the other guy and so are most of my friends… mostly due to Palin.
Now, you can take this and consider it, or dismiss it out of hand. But, given the number of conservatives jumping off the McCain boat, you might want to consider the possibility that your view is askew.
