“Does anyone expect me to find a politically savy McCain supporter who can persuede me with facts?”
Here is a fact: If McCain is not the next President, then Obama will be. Which one do you think will be better for the country? Not for the Republican Party. Not for the conservative movement. For the United States of America.
You have a choice to make. Please choose the candidate who will be the best leader for the country during the next four years. That is what this election is about.
I am amazed and disgusted by those whose only concern at this point is “sending a message to the RNC” or “punishing McCain”. In other words, people who want to game the election in order to gain political advantage for their party or faction. Some of them have expressed a willingness to deliberately inflict bad leadership on the country for the next four years so that their party can seize power in 2012. If you feel that way, how are you any different from the Democrats who have spent the last seven years trying to sabotage the war effort in order to gain political advantage?
There is a word for deliberately inflicting harm on your country for personal or political gain, and that word is TREASON.
Now, understand me here. I am NOT saying that failing to vote for McCain is treason. What I am saying is that your vote should be motivated by a sincere concern for the welfare of the United States, because that is your duty as a citizen. And none of this “The country will be better off in the long run if my party is in power” crap; I mean the country’s welfare during the next four years, because that’s the period for which we are choosing the next leader. If your choice is motivated by a partisan lust for power at the expense of the nation, then yes, you are a traitor. Regardless of who you vote for or what party you support.
If you sincerely believe that Obama is the better choice for the country, then more power to you. I don’t happen to agree, but I respect your choice. On the other hand, if your vote is motivated by a desire to screw up the country over the next four years so your faction can gain power after that, then you deserve nothing but contempt and scorn.
