McCain, The GOP & Me
I am not a fan of John McCain. I will not vote for him in November. He is wrong on too many issues.
Last summer I left the Republican Party. As I stated then,
the Republican president along with a Republican Congress spent my tax dollars silly and showed absolutely no fiscal restraint.
That said, John McCain will visit the Senate next week. While there, he will vote on a series of bills coming up for a vote that are designed to help him politically.
Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air (it’s good to see Captain Ed team up with Michelle Malkin) posted a snippet from a Roll Call column:
According to one senior GOP aide, despite the desire to unite around McCain, his positions on several big-ticket issues likely will mean the Conference will not find common ground with their nominee.
“We’re not going to back him on earmarks, or on climate change, or on immigration,” the aide said. Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), who touted McCain’s positions on fiscal responsibility, climate change and immigration as a key to his ability to reach independent voters, acknowledged that those votes will put him in conflict with the GOP.
That is absolutely unbelievable! I don’t care for McCain anymore than the Senate Republican Conference does, but I am not going to sacrifice my principles to spite him. Shutting down earmarks is critical. Turning your back on good legislation just to voice your displeasure with the nominee is not only political, it is bereft of scruples.
Shame on the Senate GOP. Suck it up and vote in favor fiscal responsibility. It’s the reason you were elected.
Also blogged on this date . . .
- Obama's Abortion Agenda - 2009
- A Lost Opportunity - 2008
- In Defense of Tenure - 2007
- The Oscars - 2006
- Outage Issue - 2006
- SCC Re-structured - 2006
- Carnival of the New Jersey Bloggers Data - 2006
- Did you ever have a site about baseball? - 2005
Tags: 2008-Election, McCain, pathetic, Republican
