Oooo, time for a new blog category: Politics! Even though I know everyone won’t agree with me when it comes to my political leanings (although, as my friend Ron would say, they should), this is too important of an election in our nation’s history to avoid the subject completely.
So, where’s the conflict? Well, boiling things down to the simplest ideals and snippets, I agree with a lot of what Ron Paul has to say. Unfortunately, he never had much chance of being elected and isn’t even running anymore, but I felt I needed to find out more, so I ordered his book “The Revolution: A Manifesto.”
Within a few minutes, however, I also ordered some bumper/window stickers and a yard sign for McCain/Palin. I have never before ordered yard signs or stickers for a political campaign. I wasn’t terribly excited about McCain (honestly, I was planning on voting against Obama, but more on that later) until he made a brilliant decision in choosing Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running-mate. Not only did that show awesome tactical skill and a little risk-taking, she is actually someone I feel I can get behind in the upcoming election. Now, I know we’re voting on the President first and foremost, but I definitely feel better voting for a combined ticket where I agree with the VP more than not (which would not have been the case had McCain chosen Lieberman).
So, what does that make me? A Conservative Republican with Libertarian leanings? A sell-out? Just another guy who wants the Federal government to butt out of places it was never intended to be, but someone who is practical enough to know it’s probably never going to happen? I guess I’ll know more after reading a bit of the book…
you are not alone – not by a long shot. i could easily have written the post above, minus ordering the signs and stickers…. for now. i was planning on voting either for bob barr, obama (as a disgruntled Ron Paul supporter), or not at all until the Palin choice was made. she was on my wish list back in may, along with bobby jindal. the Palin pick really energized me, and i am now actually excited about the mccain campaign. what’s more, i’m hearing this same story/buzz from every other conservative i know! do not believe what Big Media tells you/us. they are spending more time on Palin in 5 days than they have spent on obama in 19 months. there’s reason for that – they are scared. the brilliant thing about mccain’s pick, though, is that by picking palin, he kicked open the door for the future of the GOP. my dream ticket for 2012 would be Palin/Jindal versus Hillary/?. we’ll see if that happens, but suffice to say the days of the old guard are numbered, and we have McCain to thank for it. November 4th can’t come quick enough.
Ron Paul FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Let me know what you think of the book. I was a registered Libertarian until this year.