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Whom to Vote For?
Jan. 11th, 2008 | 11:47 am
I had a startling revelation the other day. It was that now that I'm an actual conservative, it's really, really hard for me to actually vote. When I was a pro-life liberal (the pro-choicers insist, by the way, that I never was liberal, and yet can never pinpoint a conservative belief of mine other than being anti-child-killing and being against enslaving blacks) I was able to easily vote for the candidate that I thought was the most pro-life. Or, in reality, since I voted democrat I couldn't vote for anyone at all in the primaries.
For president, it was either Kerry or Bush. Even then, while I obviously wanted Bush to win, I voted via absentee from Beautiful Switzerland for Donald Eugene Sheets of Clackamas County Oregon, a.k.a. my dad. This was on the principle that, at the time, pro-lifeness was the only thing that I agreed with Bush on (and allowing illegals to have amnesty, but I wasn't aware of this position of his until the switch had been made and I was thusly irritated by it) and I simply could not bring myself to vote for him.
But now here sit I, a total conservative, and I can't pick a candidate.
If I were to ignore the pro-life issue, for example, I would vote for either (in no particular order):
1) Giuliani: because he would beat Hillary
2) Thompson, because we share the most common beliefs though I am more conservative than he is
If I were to vote based only upon the pro-life issue (as I did back in Liberal Days) I would vote for either:
1) Mike Huckabee, who is pro-life
2) Fred Thompson, because I believe that he is at least vaguely pro-life even though he opposes a Human Life Amendment (and not for strategic reasons, either)
Now that I am factoring the two together, I get the following list:
1) EKLFj: Fkjweaerjhkl gag hrkajg
That, in case you can't decipher, is the result of me hitting my head against the keyboard.
It used to be really easy to vote (or not vote and yet still have someone who you secretly hoped would win, as was my case) because I knew that it was futile to hope for a candidate who was liberal and pro-life. The democrats wouldn't allow it. Now that I see things in reality, however, it's harder to vote because, while I obviously care about the abortion issue firstly, I am also extremely annoyed with Huckabee's position that I should be forced to feed homeless people with my income rather than be convicted by God to do it. Thompson also makes me a little nervous because he's divorced and remarried. Giuliani isn't even a conservative and barely a Republican.
If I were to take a shot in the dark, I would say that I will probably end up going for Thompson.
If you are informed about the candidates, please vote. If you aren't, please don't vote. You are not performing any service to our country to go in and aimlessly vote, regardless of what MTV tells you.
For president, it was either Kerry or Bush. Even then, while I obviously wanted Bush to win, I voted via absentee from Beautiful Switzerland for Donald Eugene Sheets of Clackamas County Oregon, a.k.a. my dad. This was on the principle that, at the time, pro-lifeness was the only thing that I agreed with Bush on (and allowing illegals to have amnesty, but I wasn't aware of this position of his until the switch had been made and I was thusly irritated by it) and I simply could not bring myself to vote for him.
But now here sit I, a total conservative, and I can't pick a candidate.
If I were to ignore the pro-life issue, for example, I would vote for either (in no particular order):
1) Giuliani: because he would beat Hillary
2) Thompson, because we share the most common beliefs though I am more conservative than he is
If I were to vote based only upon the pro-life issue (as I did back in Liberal Days) I would vote for either:
1) Mike Huckabee, who is pro-life
2) Fred Thompson, because I believe that he is at least vaguely pro-life even though he opposes a Human Life Amendment (and not for strategic reasons, either)
Now that I am factoring the two together, I get the following list:
1) EKLFj: Fkjweaerjhkl gag hrkajg
That, in case you can't decipher, is the result of me hitting my head against the keyboard.
It used to be really easy to vote (or not vote and yet still have someone who you secretly hoped would win, as was my case) because I knew that it was futile to hope for a candidate who was liberal and pro-life. The democrats wouldn't allow it. Now that I see things in reality, however, it's harder to vote because, while I obviously care about the abortion issue firstly, I am also extremely annoyed with Huckabee's position that I should be forced to feed homeless people with my income rather than be convicted by God to do it. Thompson also makes me a little nervous because he's divorced and remarried. Giuliani isn't even a conservative and barely a Republican.
If I were to take a shot in the dark, I would say that I will probably end up going for Thompson.
If you are informed about the candidates, please vote. If you aren't, please don't vote. You are not performing any service to our country to go in and aimlessly vote, regardless of what MTV tells you.