I am the Father of this Blog, and a conservative (not far right), in describing my political beliefs. I will probably vote for John McCain as the lesser of two evils so to speak realizing the two men heading the two primary political parties in the US at this time represent a lacking in excellence in executive leadership that is of great importance in the Chief Executive Office and Commander in Chief role today. This Blog is designed by my Daughter Rachael and her Father, (that’s me), as a public forum of ideas relative to the Daughter Father counterbalance that must exist in many families today. In fact this counterbalance exists between Husbands and Wives as well, and between many other people…perhaps this blog can address those interests as well. We plan to address the struggles between generations and political thought. Rachael and I have dialog that has gone on for years, and we do not get mad, we share ideas, and there sometimes emerges an agreement on something. Hey that is better than what we see in the international front between nations right? Above all of this counterbalance I respect Rachael and her conviction to her beliefs and I believe she respects my beliefs, we are a good counterbalance and we surely cancel out each others vote at least in general Presidential elections. This Blog can be a way to invite others to comment and perhaps each of us will be able to convince others to our respective beliefs, and in so doing magnify our influence in this upcoming election, and beyond that in this way enhance how this wonderful country works. Yes I do learn from Rachael, she has a very clear mind, in spite of being an “academic”.
Thanks for taking the time to read this initial entry.
July 25, 2008 at 2:20 pm |
Since McCain is running against Obama, as a conservative I have to vote for Obama.
Things will get worse with McCain.
Things will get much worse with Obama. And that is why I am voting for Obama. For things will only get worse with McCain but they need to get much worse for us to survive as a nation.
Of course a statement like that needs an explanation. And I will do so in the form of an analogy. Do you know how to cook a frog? Well, if you put it in a pot of boiling water the frog will quickly jump out. But if you put a frog in a pot of water that is warm and turn up the heat gradually up to boiling the frog will just sit there not even realizing it is being boiled alive.
Obama is the one who puts the frog into the hot water and McCain is the one who turns up the heat gradually. With Obama his extremism will cause a backlash so great that America will start electing good leaders to oppose him. It happened in 1980 and it happened in 1994. And it will happen again.
But McCain he will really be the death of the Republican Party. As I said above things will get worse with McCain and therefore he and the Republican Party will get the blame. And then America will elect a Democrat in 2012 for President. And if recent history has shown us anything it has shown that the Democratic Candidate has been getting increasingly extreme. So I can’t tell you who the Democrats will put up that year but I can tell you that person will be as extreme if not more extreme than Obama. So, how long are we putting off having an Obama-like President? Four Years?
And meanwhile McCain has shown that he wants to drive conservatives and conservatism away from the Republican Party. For those of us who believes that the only solution to our country’s problems, it is unacceptable that neither of the two major parties represents conservative values.
So, I am left with the ultimate act of “tough love”. Not to say there aren’t hard times ahead for there is but that is true with McCain as well. But at least with Obama there is hope that things will get better after him. With McCain all hope is lost.