http://rsmccain.blogspot.com/2008/06/party-elite-sucks.html

Choosing him as running mate at this point would be a bit of a gamble, but I would like to see him get real national exposure and “inside Washington” experience for the next 4 years. McCain is apparently healthy enough for now, but I cannot imagine him as a two term President. I question if he would want to be. There is an old Navy term for how the ambitious Officer advances his career; “getting the Xs in the boxes”. All Captain McCain needs is one term to leap past his Father and Grandfather who were only 4 star Admirals.

If he ran with McCain and they lost, he would have a national campaign under his belt for the race in four years after the country finally caught on to Obama.

Heh. Give yourself 10-15 years and they’ll _all_ be younger than you!

>>I think Jindal has a whole lot of “there there” (so to speak), but I’d love to see him prove himself a little bit more before accelerating him into the White House.
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In four or eight years, however, if Jindal’s trajectory continues as it is going now, I will be banging at the precinct doors to vote for him.>>

I’m with you on both points.

Frankly, the older I get, the more I see the virtues of being old, at least in matters where the had should lead, not the body or the heart. Obama is my age and I think he’s too young — especially in terms of experience to lead the most powerful nation in the world. Jindal is younger than I am and that just about says it all for me. In four or eight years, however, if Jindal’s trajectory continues as it is going now, I will be banging at the precinct doors to vote for him.

I stick by my statement that my vote is mine to spend as I wish. McCain should not expect my vote on the premise that the alternative is worse. I get my hackles up (not in a fly tying sense) when people imply that I have to go along for that reason. He will probably get my vote, but he is not entitled to it just because he is the lesser of evils.

To extend the subject. There is one factor that would ignite a little enthusiasm from me. His name is Bobby Jindal.

John McCain as president, despite all his many flaws, would be vastly better than the far left alternative that Barack Obama represents.
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Well, McCain may not be Conservative enough for purists, but they might want to think of the Supreme Court, the war against radical Islamists, the survival of Israel, myriad cultural and economic concerns, the American identity, and American well-being and combine all that to overcome their petty resentments.
I agree the article should receive wider distribution.

http://pundita.blogspot.com/2008/05/stop-presses-barack-obama-ran-on.html

Individuals are one dimensional

Not one dimensional.

Since many Republicans still hold to the anacrhonistic codes of honor and duty, they might feel uncomfortable voting for a person that they plan to sell out latter or because they really don’t feel comfortable putting someone into power that they disagree with on the key core policies that have been advocated.

A political opportunist, of course, would never feel a twinge of guilt about voting someone into power and then discarding them when it becomes politically inconvenient, such as the Democrat vote for the war in Iraq.

Hey, it was good when it worked, but when this ship is taking enemy fire, it’s time to bail and let the ants prevent the ship from sinking. That’s not exactly an attitude conservatives hold as a model of respect, while the Democrats loved draft dodgers that went to Canada when the boat was sinking.