McCain's Your Guy? Tell us why. . .

I think it's telling that the McCain people can go on and on forever with smears against Obama, but when it comes to laying out the virtues of their candidate, they suddenly go quiet, or at least have a LOT less to say. It's Rovian politics at work, and it's a sign of desperation as far as I'm concerned. If you look throughout history, the majority of the American public has always been on the same side as the Democrats when it comes to the issues. Republicans don't win elections because the most people agree with them--they've been winning elections because they relentlessly smear their opponent with everything they can, truth be damned. And that's all they seem to have--it's pretty clear they KNOW that if they just campaign on the issues without the 'swiftboating', they will lose every time. Hopefully, the American people wake up and stop letting fear-mongering ("terrorists will attack us again if Obama is elected") and other 'he's-not-one-of-us' nonsense ("Obama's an elitist/Marxist/radical liberal/Muslim/etc.) get in the way of voting for the candidate who's actually got the most on the shelf.

Hmmm, convince you that McCain is the better choice, well, you've already made up your mind who you think is better suited for the job of pres in the casa blanca. But, I'll give it a shot. First, McCain is not a conservative, he's more of a liberal in Republican clothes. He did bring forth the McCain/Feingold bill that had all his GOP buddies scratching their heads while he scratched the libs backs. I don't condem him for that but if we are playing hangman I've already drawn the head. He's a war veteran and that accounts for his respect of our military, that's where B.O. has none and that's a strike against Mr. Perfect. McCain's stance on the war is touchy, primarilly because he's been in one, he just wants our troops to be safe and finish the job, he gets points for staying with the "mission" but since everybody says the war, mostly the media, is failing, he's seen as an apeaser of Bush. The man was a POW for seargents sake. I think he knows a thing or two about sacrifice and committment. Even if you think its ill guided. He's playing the "global warming" sad song too much, probably to get votes from dems because they would rather hike oil higher just to prove that the spotted owl is more important that cheaper fuel. I don't like his position on that but, he can change the course of history by drilling on our soil and lowering the cost of importing fuel, he's instead trying to spark inguienuity by creating competition to create something that will help us in the long run. Call it a reality show ploy but at least he is offering compensation for free enterprise. I don't see B.O. doing that, the dems hate competition, because they can't compete with it. McCain is no choir boy, I can't change what he's done and if elected he has an uphill battle with the house and senate regarding laws past. The war in Iraq will seem like a walk in the park if he starts to mess with the mess that the dems have created since taking over the senate. If you are looking for a hero in government then don't look to McCain or B.O., they are only elected officials. You need to look in yourself for the greatness this nation is/was/and will be built on. I just think McCain will do a dilligent job of keeping our country safer, I think Obama would rather sit down and try to talk to someone who wants to kill us. Of course they will behead him first and then show it on our TV stations. The people who consider us infidels would have no problem doing that and more. Regardless of who's elected, I'm an American and a conservative, I will never give up my freedoms because that's what makes the U.S.A. what it is. McCain understands what that costs, B.O. just wants to know how much its worth. Its power, pure and simple. If you give it the wrong guy, he'll never give it back.

Fiona, On a scale of 1 to 10 and 10 being the most liberal and 1 being the most conservative I would rate Obama a 10 and 1/2 and I would rate McCain a 5. I'm going to vote most conservative EVERY time so that is where my vote will go! On that same scale Hillary would rate as about a 10 and 1/4 so if it came to a vote between her and Obama guess where my vote would go(and I can't stand Hillary) Obama is selling you people the sizzle and he is refusing to show you what the steak looks like! I can tell you right now, it is a rancid piece of meat!