My Heart Leapt With Joy

I was feeling pretty nervous last Friday while waiting for John McCain’s announcement of his running-mate. I feared the worst, Joe Lieberman or even Mike Huckabee. I thought that I wanted Mitt Romney, as he was my vote in the Arkansas primary for President. I was outright terrified when the media started announcing that it was a woman I had never heard of. I didn’t want him to choose a woman just to gain Hillary’s dejected supporters. Thankfully, oh so thankfully, I’m sure he made the best decision possible in picking Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin.

After reading her profile on Wikipedia, I can’t help but admire this woman tremendously.  First of all, she doesn’t seem to put up with any crap.  Instead of playing politics as usual, she has always stood her ground and worked to clean up politics in Alaska.  When she doesn’t agree with something, she doesn’t just talk about it, she does something about it.  That, in itself is admirable.

What makes me admire her the most though is that though doctors advised her to abort her fifth child, Trig, when it was discovered that he would be born with Downs Syndrome, she had him because he was perfect to her.  Yesterday it was announced that her oldest daughter is seventeen and pregnant.  Well, everyone makes mistakes in their lives, but I admire that the daughter is having the baby and that they doesn’t see it as punishment like Barak Obama would and has called it, but sees it as both the obstacle and blessing that it is.

So you see, my heart leapt with joy at this announcement.  I believe that John McCain made an incredible decision, and I don’t believe that she is too inexperienced for the job.  I have dreamed of seeing a conservative, pro-life woman rise to this level, and it is my heartfelt prayer that she be elected Vice President of the United States in November.  I wasn’t entirely sure of McCain in the recent past, as you’ll see in previous blogs, but I’m beginning to trust him more and more, as are more people.  Just Friday, I heard several people say that this decision cinched their vote for McCain, when they were either unsure, wavering toward Obama just because of the sheer lovefest the media has with him, or not going to vote at all.  Well, done Senator McCain!

Eating Politcal Crow

As adults, we’re often made to eat our words – sometimes when we don’t really want to but must for the greater good.  During the primary season, I swore up and down that I would never-ever vote for John McCain.  I stated all the reasons I didn’t trust him, and how I believed he was more liberal than conservative.  I have to admit that come November, my vote will undoubtedly be cast for John McCain because despite my desires for a more conservative candidate (i.e. Mitt Romney) he is the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party.

Am I voting for him because he is a Republican?  No.  I’m voting for him because when you compare him to Barack Obama in the role of Commander and Chief, there is no comparison.  I have to admit that earlier this year I was a little intrigued by the media circus surround Obama, but what I’ve learned of the man since the primaries gives me no choice but to vote McCain.  Obama will raise taxes – for everyone.  He believes in the redistribution of wealth (i.e. Communism).  He thinks that the government should control health care.  Uh,, haven’t the glowing reviews of the systems in Canada and the U.K. shown us that it won’t work?  When has the government ever taken control of anything and made it better, more functional, and streamlined?  Never.  just look at any of the other entitlement programs that exist.  They’re consumed with red tape and are broken.

I cannot vote for a man whose wife says that she’s never been proud of her country as an adult.  I don’t care how much whining they do, but the beliefs and actions of the President’s spouse matter.  The spouse is supposed to be the closest confidant of the President, and often times the closest adviser.  The Clinton marriage should never be an example of what a Presidential marriage should be.

I will cast my vote for McCain because he is for off-shore drilling.  He believes that an embryo is a human life at conception.  He doesn’t think of having children as punishment.  He’s ready to be the Commander and Chief of our armed forces on day one.  We can’t have Barack stumble through while we’re still fighting a war.

So you see, I’ve had no choice but to change my stance, to eat my words, politically speaking.  I can’t allow the media with their hormonal school-girl crush decide who our next President will be.  I don’t care how many times Chris Matthews’s leg tingles.

You’ll Get Run Over…

    Political stupidity.  I can’t stand it.  It absolutley abhors me that people will vote for Hilary Clinton just because she’s a woman or Barack Obama because he is black.  If you want to vote for them, then do it because they’re the best candidate to run our country.  I don’t think either is the best candidate for president, but that’s because they’re liberals and want to strip away all of our freedoms from us in order to control every aspect of our lives in the name of “protecting” us, not because of race or gender.

    The same goes for people who want to vote for Mike Huckabee because he is a minister and is pro-life and anti-gay marriage.  Guess what?  Those are the only two conservative tenants that man holds to.  He is soft on illegal immigration.  Trust me, I live in Arkansas.  He wanted to give scholarships to illegals to go to college.  He closed many small schools, taking away the identity of many communities, forcing children to ride buses for indecent amounts of time.  He allowed a rapist to be pardoned in order to kill people in Missouri.  He raised taxes, and he made a child’s weight be a part of his permanent school record. 

    He claims to be a moderate or middle of the road candidate, but you can’t be middle of the road.  Like my pastor said Sunday, “If you keep walking down the middle of the road, you’ll eventually be run over.”  It’s true too.

    Just because you’re an evangelical Christian doesn’t mean that you should vote for Huckabee.  Look at ALL the issues, and see if he’s the candidate for you.  You shouldn’t vote for a group, but the man and/or woman who is running.

    Right now, I’m supporting either Romney or Thompson.  I’ll make up my mind before Super Tuesday’s primary.