Well, its time for a descent into politics for a moment. After having an extended, forced break, I have decided to take a different tack for today’s post. We should return to our regularly scheduled topics tomorrow. While I personally would rather swallow glass than be a politician (thanks Paul for the line!), there are some interesting trends developing that I am a bit worried about, and so I must throw my two cents into this before this year’s elections.
What I am talking about is the current leanings toward McCain and Giuliani as nominees for 2008. The reason this worries me now is because if Republicans do well this November, as we probably will, this could go a long way to cementing the appeal of one of these men.
Now, having lived in Arizona, I can definitely say that McCain has done some good things. But, the guy is not really all that Republican. Arizona is more often than not a Democratic state. Our governors have all been Democrats or incompetent, I mean, Republican. No wait, they were incompetent. In recent history the most notable was Fife Simington, the famous felon governor of Arizona who resigned after being convicted. While each governor has had their share of troubles, it seems the only Republicans that do well long term in Arizona are the compromising, semi-liberal yahoos like McCain who in the end are Republican in name only.
Giuliani is another story. After 9/11 he has made his political straw into gold. He may have been voted out of office but he was the best lame-duck known to mankind and in the end, may have a better career for it. Not many people can say that the best thing for their career was losing a job running the largest city in the nation.
In the end, the problem is that neither of the guys are conservatives. At least, they are not conservative enough. I have to be honest, Bush is not even conservative enough for my taste, but beyond my personal feelings, these other two are not even close to being the reasonable compromise that Bush was. I was not afraid for my rights or my freedoms when Bush ran for office. I cannot say that I would feel the same if either McCain or Giuliani were selected as the nominee. But if the grassroots organizations don’t get out there and start developing viable, truly conservative candidates that don’t compromise like these other two, the anticipated November victories are going to cause a lot of problems for those of us who are concerned about things like freedom of speech (including the freedom to let my money speak in any way or amount I choose) and the freedom to own guns and even the freedom to call abortion murder could be in danger, if one of these guys makes it to the big show.
I’m not trying to be alarmist or inflammatory at all, but I think we have to consider what happens when everybody starts to get serious about 2008. I know it’s a little early, but things take time, so we have to start now. I don’t know about you, but I like have a conservative in office, and I don’t think we should waste our power now by electing a moderate when we could have another conservative. Rush Limbaugh won’t run for president, but maybe someone else will, so lets get out there and let them know, we won’t settle for moderation.
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