“With respect, all you’re doing is providing reasons to vote against Obama, not good reasons to vote for McCain.”
Yep. That’s exactly right. Robert Heinlein said it best: “There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for . . but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.”
And if you believe that McCain is worse than Obama, you should vote against McCain. I say that in all seriousness.
“Ronald Reagan used to say that ‘I didn’t leave the Democrats. They left me. I’m beginning to feel the same way about the Republican party.’”
Well, that’s why I’m urging people to forget about parties and just pick the best (or least bad) leader. But then, I’m an independent, so that’s how anyone would expect me to think.
“Don’t lecture me on what the appropriate time frame is for any analysis.”
My apologies if I came across as lecturing. And I’m certainly open to persuasion on the subject of time frame. It seems self-evident to me that when we’re asked to pick a leader for the next four years, it’s the country’s welfare during that time that we should be thinking about. But maybe I’m wrong about that — what would you say is the right time frame, and why?
