Looking ahead...
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Ever since I announced that I planned on voting for John McCain in today's primary, I have received a great deal of feedback, both positive, and negative. So it goes in the primaries-- we all duke it out with each other, and then, hopefully, come back together no matter which guy ends up winning. One ongoing email exchange has been with D., a fellow conservative who's opinion I greatly value. I'm for McCain, she's for Mitt. This is the email I got from her this morning. I think she puts it all into perspective, and sets the tone for the aftermath:
Doug - I figured out why you can accept McCain's version of the truth and I can accept Romney's..
I believe that you can identify with McCain's personality and maverick attitude... not that you have ever displayed that maverick attitude yourself :-).
So you understand what he means by what he says..
And I can identify with the more traditional "think outside the box" but "color within the lines" personality of Mitt Romney..
So I can understand what he means by what he says.
No matter what happens today, there is a possibility that the Republican candidate could be facing the rock star, Obama. Just read something this morning on Town Hall by Dennis Prager that is very good - You might enjoy it, too..
D.
She's right. No matter what happens in the Republican primaries, we need to start focusing on the larger task of beating the Democrats. In an exclusive interview yesterday with GraniteGrok, former CIA communications director Jennifer Millerwise Dyck was asked about whether we can trust a Democrat, especially Obama, to do the right thing and see the war through:
GG: Do you think if one of the Democrats gets elected, they'll finish what's in motion?JMD: They'll probably have to, although it will be very hard for Obama to come up with a responsible policy that has us out of Iraq in the next 4 years.GG: Er, do you think that if he becomes president, he might actually do the irresponsible thing, you know, to save face?
JMD: I have no idea... Which is exactly why we need to elect a Republican-- One who is willing to stand up for a tougher course that isn't necessarily politically expedient or as politically popular, but is the right thing to do.
Amen. The good news for me, D., and everybody else is that I'm sure we all agree that, watching the top Republican candidates in the last couple of debates, no matter who wins, we'll be in pretty good shape to make the case against the Democrat leading into next November's vote. Any one of our guys, save Ron Paul, will be a formidable candidate when compared against the whoever the Democrats ultimately pick to be their standardbearer. Let's roll!
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[Oops, the primaries are just starting, aren't they?-- Hard to remember that, living here in NH, where it's been heavy campaigning for the last 10 months or so... :-) ]
