Why I Will Vote for McCain

I realize there are many conservatives who will refuse to vote for McCain and end up not voting at all. This is a huge mistake. Not voting is essentially voting for Hillary or Obama, which would be a disaster. Additionally voting for a third party candidate would lead to a Democrat in the White House. A third party candidate has never and will never win. A third party candidate simply takes votes from one of the two major party candidates. In 1992, Ross Perot ran as an independent and cost George H.W. Bush the election. In 2000, Ralph Nadar syphoned votes from Gore and Bush won by the barest of margins.

McCain's speech today encouraged me. He is conservative on the 2 most important issues for me: The war on Islamic fundamentalism and the Supreme Court. There are 3 Justices who will retire in the next couple of years. Would you rather President McCain appoint new Justices or President Clinton/Obama? He has promised to appoint strict-constructionist Justices like Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. A Democratic President would appoint left-leaning activist judges like Ginsburg, Stephens and Souter. (Perish the thought!)

I encourage everyone to read the speech he made today at CPAC '08 as well as an excellent editorial at Opinion Journal about voting for McCain or suffering the consequences. I hope this will encourage you to at least be open about voting for McCain.

The Queen

If you haven't seen The Queen I highly recommend that you see it. Helen Mirren gives an Oscar-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II. The movie takes place during the week between Diana's death and her funeral. Rather than focusing on Diana's life, the emphasis is on the Queen's reaction to Diana's death; her defiance to Tony Blair's pleas to come back to London from Scotland and her own pain and lack of understanding about the public's outrage towards her, the Royal Family and the Monarchy. Be sure to see it!

Any Republican in '08

Mitt Romney has pulled out of the race for the White House. I watched his speech to the Conservative PAC this morning and it confirmed why I voted for this man. He was eloquent and gracious. If you want to read a great review of the speech and the man go to Hugh Hewitt's blog here. Romney made clear that now is the time to unite and support John McCain. I agree. Our country simply afford a Democratic administration. (If you want to know why, listen to what Hillary and Obama are saying; higher taxes, more federal intrusions into our personal lives, more entitlements.)

Whatever feelings you have about McCain, whatever the disagreements, we must support him. We must have a united party so we can defeat the Democrats in November. McCain needs our support now.

Ignore the negative posts below. I take it all back!