The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I swear, if McCain gets the nom against Hillary, I will vote for him as a nod to national reconcillation.

I find this puzzling. Although, I must say, you are certainly not the first liberal I have heard express that if Hillary and McCain get the nomination, they will vote Republican.

Basically McCain's platform has been that there are going to be lots more wars and he wouldn't have any problem with seeing the Iraq war last 100 years. Personally, I would vote for an ostrich before I would back someone with that mentality and see it played out over the next four or, potentially, eight years.

I understand that you don't like Hillary, I understand that it is important to take a stance. But the ultimate importance, IMO, is that we have someone who is willing to defend this country against any enemy, but not someone who keeps a box of tissues nearby to assist them in their fantasies of perpetual war.

Granted, McCain is playing to the base. Granted, he is a veteran of war and, unlike the chimp in command, actually has some clue as to the horror that is war. But, in the event that he isn't just pandering and actually feels this way, I will have a glaring eye, and more than a few words, towards any Democrat who gives him their vote, should more wars of aggression break out. There is a bigger picture here than just a visceral hatred for someone because they are a Clinton. There is too much at stake, IMO.