A few months ago, I shared with you all how much I wanted to believe.
I wish I could now say that I did.
I’ve been spending a lot of time watching the DNC and RNC over the last week or so and I kind of feel myself swinging back towards my conservative foundations. While I still think McCain is old as dirt, I can’t say with a straight face that I think Obama knows what he’s getting himself into should he be elected. He just doesn’t say anything!
He also started to lose me during the whole oil crisis. Prices were soaring and the economy tanking and Obama claimed he was against exploratory and offshore drilling because we would not see any returns on those projects for many years. In other words, it wouldn’t help the then-current crisis.
OK, Hold up.
Let’s look at this logically. Oil is at an all-time high. Oil has only continued to rise over the last several years. The dollar is tanking. While I see his point, I feel he completely misses the fact that nothing is going to change in the next several years unless we act NOW. Let’s get this drilling showboat on the road NOW so we can avoid this as much as possible in the FUTURE. I’m really not as smart as most of my friends think I am, but that’s just common sense, Mr. Senator. Moron.
You reap what you sow.
But then there’s stodgy McCain. The Dems have a point in reminding us that even McCain himself has stated that he has stood by 90% of the decisions President Bush has made. And while I think Bush’s legacy will only be accurately reflected through the lense of a few years’ time, I can’t help but think that McCain is too much of the same. This country NEEDS change. Not because of one man’s controversial term of office, but because America has dug itself a hole. A diplomatic hole. An economic hole. Insert your favorite qualifier.
However.
Enter Sarah Palin. Talk about a game-changer. She’s not perfect, but she was a brilliant choice for the GOP campaign. She’s everything McCain isn’t. Young. Spunky (without coming across as mean). Female. You name it. She didn’t say much in her speech at the RNC either, but I get the impression she’s more the maverick that McCain claims to be.
Now if only the VP actually did anything worthwhile.
And yet despite my argument for change not 2 paragraphs above, my vote has swung back towards McCain for the time being. But that may only be because I don’t believe Obama has what it takes to protect America from terrorism. I’m not saying Bush does. I’m not saying McCain does. But when it comes down to it, Republicans represent the Daddy of government. You turn to them because they’ll protect you from outside harm. (Democrats represent the Mommy. You turn to them when you need a helping hand.)
Who knows where I’ll stand next week.
Do you think there’s enough room in that little voting booth to flip a coin?
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