It's OK if You're That Way

If you must vote Republican in November, then place your bets on John McCain.


He's trying to tow the GOP line of taking away personal liberty - with the exception of enforcing gun control - but deep down you know he's just a good, normal person who might make an OK President.

I encourage you to read the emerging front runner in the Republican race's views on the issues. Yes, he seems ultra-Right, but he pads his ridiculous opinions on Roe v Wade and gay marriage and stem cell research with so much copy (apologies, really) that you know he'll drop these issues once he gets into office.

For instance, John on gay marriage, an issue he puts in the Human Dignity and Sanctity of Life bucket:

"As president, John McCain would nominate judges who understand that the role of the Court is not to subvert the rights of the people by legislating from the bench. Critical to Constitutional balance is ensuring that, where state and local governments do act to preserve the traditional family, the Courts must not overstep their authority and thwart the Constitutional right of the people to decide this question.

The family represents the foundation of Western Civilization and civil society and John McCain believes the institution of marriage is a union between one man and one woman. It is only this definition that sufficiently recognizes the vital and unique role played by mothers and fathers in the raising of children, and the role of the family in shaping, stabilizing, and strengthening communities and our nation.

As with most issues vital to the preservation and health of civil society, the basic responsibility for preserving and strengthening the family should reside at the level of government closest to the people. In their wisdom, the Founding Fathers reserved for the States the authority and responsibility to protect and strengthen the vital institutions of our civil society. They did so to ensure that the voices of America's families could not be ignored by an indifferent national government or suffocated through filibusters and clever legislative maneuvering in Congress."

That explanation sounds like a filibuster, but anyway, my take is that McCain will move on to the more pressing issues facing our nation if elected and will leave those of us on the Champs de Sleazay alone.

I won't vote for him, even though I thought I would if I ever swung Right, but I must have been mad at a Democrat or James that day.