I wear my partisanship on my sleeve. And my head and my lapel and my purse. And my dog.
But I really don’t mind if you vote for the other guy.
But I do want to know WHY.
Really. I can go on and on (and my friends will attest that I do) on why my candidate is better, why he will be better for my family, for your family, for our country, for the world. I have specifics, I have policy, I have gut feelings.
But I ask McCain supporters: What do you have?
Far as I can tell this is what you have left:
- Fear. Okay, you want me to be terrified of Osama Bin Laden and his supporters, you want me to be buying duct tape and bottles of water and believe that you in control and illegal wiretaps are the only thing between me and Armageddon. Well, I can’t live like that, sorry. There could be an earthquake, too, but I don’t spend my days standing in doorways just in case. Plus “terrified” is what the terrorists want. Are you in league with them?
- Taxes. If you believe, after all this debate and talk and analysis, that your tax situation will get worse under Obama, then you are either unable to think critically or rich. If you’re unable to think, I do feel sorry for you. If you’re rich, I would feel sorry for you but I don’t have time, I have to go to one of my three jobs.
- Racism. You’re trying to cover this up with “exotic,” “anti-American,” “Muslim,” “communist,” “socialist,” “not like you.” But it doesn’t fly. Obama is a Christian American capitalist with a lot more in common with you and me than Navy-brat, rich wife, adulterer, bottom-of-his-class McCain. I didn’t go to Harvard and I’m not a expert on Constitutional law, but I’ve struggled. I have two children. I’ve paid off student loans. I’ve got one car.
So, McCain supporters, tell me WHY. Give me a reason you’re voting for McCain. You won’t change my mind, but at least I’ll feel better about you. If it’s not one of the above.