Eric the Red

I’ve largely kept out of this election, and I decided to weigh in with my thinking. As many of you will realize, I support John McCain. The reason for this is simple: history. McCain has a record of crossing party lines to do things that he views as right, not necessarily what the party line is. I will point the reader towards the following for a review of the McCain reform agenda: HMO reform, McCain-Feingold, increased regulation of gun sales at shows and opposition to the stupid bush tax cuts of 2001.

I would discuss Barack Obamas voting record if there was a record to discuss. First-term Senator Obama missed votes in the Senate 46% of the time, and voted with the Democratic party 90% of the time. The thing that bothered me about Obama is rather simple. His record in the State is much more telling. Obama opposed providing medical care to fetuses surviving botched abortions and opposed allowing homowners to defend their homes from criminals with guns. I cannot and will not support a candidate who condones infanticide, and neither should you.

During the second town-hall debate, Obama remarked that he called officials at the treasury department about the pending economic crisis and wrote letters to other officials. The problem with this is, that as a Senator, Obama can introduce legislation and push for action. So why didn’t he do this instead of writing letters and making phone calls? Well, quite simply Obama is a Nansy-pansy leader who wont take action of his own, after all this makes someone accountable.

I’ll stick with accountability and vote McCain. You should too.