Ok, McCain...

Well - following McCain's speech the other day - I was truly surprised.
He looked strong. He had a vision. He talked about the same change Obama is always throwing out - but also added the specifics on how we will get there.
When I saw him - it was plainly clear he knows where he stands, what he has planned, and how to get there.
He did not look flustered as he has in the past. Nor did he contradict himself - or not make sense.


When Bush spoke before the Knesset it clearly highlighted the differences between the Republicans and Democrats.
Bush said a few very good things - and the Democrats immediately took it as a personal attack against Barack Obama.
Bush merely was stating this to curb future talk of dealing with terrorists at all.
They are radical, fanatical, and want only the destruction of anyone not Muslim - but especially anyone who is Jewish.
They are beyond the understanding of westerners - because they are not acting for political reasons, defensive reasons, or any of the "modern" war-causing issues.
They fight because of their religion - they believe it is so supreme that they must fight to prove it - or they have already failed. You cannot appease or make peace with that.
The only ways to stop it are to utterly destroy it, or for those who profess it to lay it aside in the pursuit of peace.

I was most disappointed in Clinton. Seeing that she is less fanatically against Iraq as Obama, I made the foolish assumption that she would not blast this perfectly reasonable remark from president Bush.
Instead - she appears to maneuvering for the VP spot - thus she cannot very well continue blasting Obama.
McCain on the other hand feels exactly like Bush - and I know will not let Israel down due to political pressure.
I cannot say the same for Hillary or Barack.

While listening to McCain I began to realize that the purpose of the next presidency will focus mainly on the aspects of his platform that are pretty good - and less on the parts that aren't so good.


Hillary is once again looking nasty.
The only change I can see is that I realized, once again, that she was merely trying to come over to the moderate stand-point to get voters.
She has not ever been more conservative than John McCain.
And I am now pretty sure that indeed John McCain will not hinder the conservative movement as much as Hillary Clinton will.
That was the only thing really making me go for Hillary over John McCain to begin with.
I thought that perhaps Hillary would be able to galvanize Republicans into fighting against her - instead of getting some pretty liberal stuff along with the good of John McCain - and not being able to figh tour own candidate as well.



So, again, as it has so often already this campaign season, I have changed my opinion.
I now support John McCain - and will not vote for the Democrats anymore.
If John McCain made the serious blunder of selecting Huckabee (or any of the other moderate/liberal Republicans) I would be forced to look to a third party candidate - or perhaps not vote.

I do not think avoiding voting is the way to go though - as it is a responsibility, and will indeed impact our country.
I will instead eagerly await John McCain VP choice - which I would suggest he make soon - allowing him to make full use of the balancing they would hopefully provide.
I will also look to see who else will be running form the third parties.