Common Sense Republican

I am watching the third and final American presidential candidate debate of 2008 right now as I write this post.  Once again, McCain refuses to speak to the typical middle class voter.  He just doesn’t get it.  Here he is talking bout how he wants to help Joe the plumber buy into this plumbing business.  What he doesn’t realize is that the average person doesn’t give a shit about some guy who wants to buy into a plumbing business.  Hell, I’m a business owner myself and I don’t even give a shit.

John McCain should be speaking directly to the average American who works for a typical company in the United States.  Those people represent the majority of Americans.  He is not going to gain any more votes by telling the want-to-be-business-owner that a McCain presidency would benefit him. 

Another absolutely stupid proposal that both candidates support is the Federal Government renegotiating mortgages for people who bought homes they could not afford.  Lets call it by its real name, welfare.  Where do we stop?  It is as ridiculous as reimbursing someone for a loss on a stock they purchased.  If I could get the government to reimburse me for some of my worst stock purchases, I might be a millionaire myself.  It is absolute idiocy.  I say, let the homes foreclose.  Let the market readjust those housing prices downward to where they find price support.  If someone has to move out from a half million dollar home into a cheap apartment to survive, so be it.  I wanted to upgrade my home over the last few years too.  I didn’t do it because my wife and I can’t afford it and didn’t want to live beyond our means.  Maybe these people should have made the same rational decision. 

Some of the points that McCain was able to successfully point out were:

* Spending in washington is out of control

* Senator Obama lied during his campaign

* Obama did not keep his promises to his own campaign supporters

* Obama has spent record numbers of money on negative attack ads running this camaign

McCain should never get himself into a position where he is trying to speak to the average American.  I just don’t think he is a capable of it.  He just plain sucks at it.  What he does excel at is pointing out how although Barack Obama’s proposals sound nice, they come with significant burdens.

It is evident that unless some major event occurs in the meantime MCCain is going to lose the election.  I fear an Obama presidency will usher in another Jimmy Carter style presidency.  Maybe four years of shit is what this country really needs to be set back on course again.

I find it amusing really that every four years, when there is a new presidential election, evreyone is talking about how its the most important election in American history.  As I am sure we Americans haven’t always elcted the right person for the job, it is then conceivable that we have made some of the most important mistakes in our history.   Funny but true, huh?

The candidates are so close in views this election that I think this is the one American presidential election that is the least important in our history.   Either way it goes you can be sure of two things.

1) We are going into a pretty severe recession regardless of who gets elected

2) Both tickets intend to further socialize our goverment

Give MCCain credit for his stance on Iraq though.  Anyone who has studied history especially World War II knows that McCain’s policy is the most prudent.  Obama doesn’t have an eye for the threats of rising regimes in oil rich countries and other unstable parts of the world.  This, my friends, should be our ultimate concern.  When the mushroom clouds rise above a couple major United States cities it will be too late to say we should have seen this coming.  Just like 911.  Just like this current financial crisis on Wall street.

Have no fear liberal democrats.  Mr. McCain intends to give away billions of taxpayer dollars to restructuring mortgages for stupid Americans who bought home that were too expensive. 

As for me, I am just sick of our government rewarding irresponsible behavior and using my tax dollars to pay for it.  Bullshit!  Not in my America.  Either way, this year the Liberals win.

Started out very disappointing

Die hard socialists rejoice! Big government massive waste is coming to the White House regardless of which one of these guys gets elected. I was very disappointed in John McCain’s initial proposal for the government to buy shaky mortgages with the intent to reduce the principle on the mortgage. Government needs to stop rewarding irresponsible behavior of people who bought homes they couldn’t possibly afford. This is total and complete bullshit! Talk about ultimate welfare paid for by the people who have acted responsibly by living within their means.

McCain’s Strong Foreign Policy Shines Through Again

Every time the two candidates are questioned on foreign policy, McCain comes away as the clear expert. It’s scary to think that Barack Obama could actually have his finger on the trigger of the greatest military arsenal the world has ever seen. It is also scary that Obama doesn’t know when to keep his mouth shut regarding foreign countries. Imagine what the people in Pakistan think of Americans after hearing these two guys discuss whether or not someone said they would invade Pakistan. It is totally irresponsible to publicly make such ridiculous statements.

Obama’s charisma is evident

Just like his predecessor Slick Willie (Bill Clinton), Obama has that natural charisma that gets people to like him. We had a candidate with even more charisma as well as better views on the economy. His name is Mitt Romney. If only my comrades in the Republican Party had agreed with me and voted for Mitt Romney as our candidate.

Republicans should be delighted at how well the first American presidential debate went at Ole Miss on Friday, September 26, 2008. John McCain threw repeated jabs at Barack Obama over Obama’s lack of experience and indecisiveness on key issues. It was by no means a knock out to Obama. None the less, it reassures republicans that their candidate can definitely hold his own against the much younger, more charismatic, democrat candidate.

McCain’s strongest issues

It appeared that John McCain intended to highlight Obama’s lack of experience and knowledge regarding American foreign policy. He definitely accomplished that. McCain also landed punches by painting Obama as a big government spender. Here are some of the key things he pointed out:

• Obama did not support the successful surge in Iraq
• Obama incorrectly used terms like strategy and tactics
• Obama previously talked about having one on one talks with hostile country tyrants – McCain explained how this bad policy would legitimize that tyrant in the eyes of other countries and the people who live under that tyrant
• Obama never visited our troops in the middle east conflict until he decided to run for president.
• Obama’s intention on setting a public timeline for troop withdrawal from Iraq would be a major blunder in the war on terror.
• Obama has proposed a $900 billion increase in government spending.
• Obama lobbied congress for $932 million dollars in wasteful earmark spending for his home state.
  • Obama tried to tag McCain as another George Bush – McCain said that he earned the label “Maverick” because he has differed on a number of issues with President Bush and other republicans.
  • Obama even stated three separate times that John McCain’s policies were the right ones.
  • It was obvious to anyone who watched the debate that McCain’s experience and credentials far outweigh Barack Obama’s inexperience when it comes to foreign policy. McCain got off to a slow start but finished extremely strong like a good football team does in the fourth quarter.

Obama’s attempts to win positions

Obama pointed out that McCain wants an expensive $300 billion in tax cuts - McCain countered by pointing out that Obama wants to increase spending by $900 billion and personally sponsored $932 million in earmark spending.

One word…………………………….Wow!

If you missed the keynote speech Rudy Giuliani delivered at the Republican National Convention on September 3, 2008, man you missed a good one.  That guy can really give a speech.   I have seen him give political speeches before, but rarely has he brought the juice he had tonight.  I was immediately inspired to post this even before Sarah Palin took the stage.  He hammered the democrats relentlessly making very convincing arguments about Obama’s lack of leadership and history of flip flop decisions.  He made it very clear that underneath the glamorous facade Obama shows, he is truly not Commander-in-chief material.

Good job Rudy.  You rock man!