The Reasons Why.............

[Teresa]

I don't know who wrote this............ but he sure tells it like it is.

Senator John McCain could never persuade me to vote for him. Only Hillary Clinton or Barrack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain. So, you know my vote but I'd like to fill in some gaps here.

After long and serious thought, I have decided to vote for Senator John McCain for President. I have always voted for the person and have not voted for anyone because some political party was telling me who I should vote for.

We all know the choices by now and, that said, I do believe that the process of selecting a chief executive is deeply flawed. The words 'money' and 'special interests' come to mind, among many others.

Here's the way I see it:

Barack Obama, you are a fine public speaker. You are also an extremely liberal (most liberal, in fact) Senator from the State of Illinois, which has a long and rich history of political corruption of the first magnitude.  You are indeed a child of that system.

You have finally insulted my intelligence far beyond my capacity to tolerate your insults. It has nothing at all to do with your skin color. As a matter of fact, it would be so COOL to finally have an African-American for President. What a great statement that would be to the entire world that we are indeed the greatest country on earth!

But, unfortunately, General Colin Powell is not running, and YOU are NOT the man for this job!

Barack baby, you want me to believe that you have never heard the sermons of your own pastor, the Reverend 'G...D.... America' Jeremiah Wright. It is a matter of record that this has been your church for over 20 years. It is a matter of record that you were married there by this very pastor, and that your children were baptized there.

The good Reverend saw fit to visit Khadafy in Libya with you and Wright gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, of all people. That's one scary dude.

We have all now seen excerpts of Wright's sermons all over the airwaves by now. And you have publicly stated that this man IS your 'spiritual mentor.'

BUT, your pastor is NOT the reason I am NOT voting for you. His words were disturbing enough, but it is your own HUGE church congregation, seen jumping, hooting and howling to his words in the background that disturb me the most. And please don't tell me you attended church there and never once heard a 'discouraging word' in the 20 years you attended there. Don't tell me, that in addition to the good reverend, that you are now not having anything to do with all those other people seen hooting and howling out in the audience in the background of his fiery tirades. Even Oprah Winfrey got disgusted and walked out on that congregation and your campaign. I am no Oprah fan, but still she did the right thing....and she's a gal that has no political sense and believes there is no God, unless it's Oprah Winfrey.

Now YOU look me in the eye and ask me to believe that you never heard such language in all the years you attended there! This is like me telling you that I attended dozens of Klan rallies and never once heard the 'N' word. Yep. And Bill Clinton 'did not inhale'. Racism cuts both ways, Bro.

Yes, Mr. Obama, we all have friends who have said stupid things that embarrassed us, but NOW you have asked me to believe something that is so incredibly stupid that you are telling me that I am just stupid enough to believe you. THAT is the main reason that I will never vote for you. I am deeply sorry, that in a country teeming with enormously talented African Americans who would make a good President, that the political system has chosen YOU. You are a pathetic and plastic excuse for an American, who will not even salute the Flag during the Pledge of Allegiance. God forbid your sorry self ever getting near the Oval Office.

Which leaves us with Senator John McCain.

John, you are a flawed man. You are a bit old, a bit loony, and you have a notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qualifies you, in my humble opinion, to lead us for the next eight years. I WANT your trembling hand on the nuclear button.

Think about it.

We have Kim Jong IL, Chavez and Ahmadenijad all running around like lunatics, threatening America and threatening to plunge the world into nuclear Armageddon. We have Putin and the Chinese blustering and rattling their sabers at us. I want John McCain in the Oval Office and I want him to be really pissed off at all these other nut jobs around the planet.

John, once you are elected, I want you to go into the Oval Office and throw one of your perfect FITS. Jump up and down and throw something through a plate glass window. Rip the drapes down and foam at the mouth a bit. And I want the whole thing on camera so that Ahmadinejad can see it. I want ALL of these 'world leaders' to lay awake at night and to break out in a cold sweat every time they think of messing with the United States of America. I want the nuclear button sitting right next to the alarm clock on your night stand. I want pictures of this to be sent to Iran, Russia, China, Venezuela, Cuba, Libya, Syria, Pakistan and those other a**holes dressed in the white sheets, the Saudis.

On the domestic front, poor John did try and reach across the aisle to the opposition in a desperate effort to compromise and to get the Congress to do something. You may not agree with his efforts, but at least he TRIED. For all his efforts, all he got handed to him was his head in a basket. The liberals are pissed at him and the conservatives are pissed at him. Just my kind of guy. I predict that John will select Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate. Good choice. I want a Jew whose memory of the Holocaust is still fresh in his mind and who is royally pissed off at all of these towel-headed morons in the Middle East, to be the next in line if something should happen to John. Shalom, Vice President Joe. One heartbeat from the Oval Office.

Finally John McCain knows on a most personal level what it is to suffer horrible torture for years and to see others die, right in front of you, for their love of America. When you ask him about it, he will tell you that what he did was 'nothing special.' Even more incredibly, he states that ANY American who truly loves his country would do exactly the same as he did in that situation. You and I will have a hard time believing that, but the real point is that John McCain believes that about the 'average American,' and that, dear friends and neighbors, is why I will cast my one poor ballot on election day for John McCain---- warts and all.'

God Bless America? Land of the free and home of the Brave... with exceptions.

[Judy Harder]

God HELP US!!!!

[flo]

  read this somewhere before, me thinks. 

[sixdogsmom]

Yeah, same ol' same ol'! 

[Catwoman]

That's the problem with smoke...it never happens unless there's a fire somewhere.  If the comments and editorials regarding established fact (regarding recorded events and acts) are neverending, it leads the thinking individual to conclude that there must be some reason why so many people are up in arms...and it has absolutely nothing to do with his race ("because I don't resemble what's on the face of the 5 dollar bill"), much to the contrary of what Kennedy's flunkie has stated.   

[sixdogsmom]

CW, with all due respect there has not been one instance where Senator Obama would not salute the flag during the pledge of allegiance. Saying this is true is an out and out lie, and is like saying the sky is polka dotted and all white pastors cheat on their wives. The person who wrote this is suspect IMO and is grabbing for straws. I also shudder to think of the man described as Senator McCain being in the whitehouse. We sure don't need anyone there who cannot be depended upon to keep a cool head. I think this is a shock type article getting some miles for the writer.

[Catwoman]

Yep, I agree with a couple of points that you make...but it's interesting that Obama has had so many foibles to have to explain, justify, or just ignore with a wave of a hand...McCain has some very real drawbacks, too...but you don't see nearly as many variables that have to be explained with him, do you...Now, don't go saying that it's obvious whom I'm for, as I believe I've made my position on McCain fairly clear...I'm just saying, where there's smoke, there's fire...and I'm not sure I want someone who's had so many bonfires attached to him being Leader of the Free World.

[flo]

read this somewhere before, me thinks. 

just for clarification - I received this in a private e-mail.  That and only that is what I meant.