As we approach the Obama Presidency I’m going to do somthing that the republican establisment never gave Clinton, and Certainly the Liberal establishment never gave Bush, and that is a fair chance. Many of the pundits are already critisizing silly things like the fact that he started a .gov website to put forth his agenda and assist with the transition. How awefull that a President elect be up front about his plans. I am not saying I will abandon my conservative values, and I will discuss issues with Obama’s Plan in relation to those values. What I will not do is nit pick every little action, and automatically dismiss every decision because he made it.
With the issue of the web site for example. I think it was a great move. If you have not been to change.gov yet I suggest you take a look. It clearly outlines his stance and plans on a variety of issues. If yo are a conservative and not just a talking head it is very valuable to see what the real issues you need to be concerned about are. For example I see and hear a lot of fear over gun rights issues, and that doesn’t even make Obama’s list of issues. It also clearly outlines his plans to increase taxes on the very people that create jobs in our country, and that is an issue that we need to be concerned about.
A we approach the new presidency we need to set asside the bias against Democrats, and discuss the issues at hand in a clear way.
I’m beginning to realize that regulation, governement takeovers, and government programs are the message of both parties. We are moving closer and closer to socialism, a proven failure. It may take a little pain but a free market left to itself will always correct itself. The more we move towards goverment regulations, the more likely the industry will try to fnd shaky money making methods. The biggest issue we have now is that our government is to large and we spend to much money. Even when you take the war out of the budget Bush has had huge increases in goverment spending. Obama is promising more government programs, and more spending, and more regulation of private industry.McCain is promising more government programs, and more spending, and more regulation of private industry. Wow! What a Choice!
With the removal of Mitt Romney from the race, it looks like John McCain will be the Republican nominee. I too am not thrilled with a few of John’s decisions, Particularly in regards to limiting free speech with the McCain Fingold bill. But, in all reality he does look at issues with a similar logic to my own. His decision to support the comprehensive immigration bill despite the rhetoric and hype produced by the party base showed me that he understands the issue better than most, and has the courage to make a decision despite the unpopularity of the decision. Voting against the Bush tax cuts, and many other of his votes shows his understanding that the biggest threat to our economy is our ballooning national dept. Now, I think he has learned that tax cuts do not decrease revenue, he will make better decisions regarding taxes in the future. All in all he will be strong on national security issues, and good with foreign affairs, good on government waste, moderate on personal rights and moderate on the economy. That is certainly better than either of the Democratic candidates which would be poor on National security, Fair with foreign affairs, poor on personal rights and abysmal on the economy.
I do not believe that I have to agree on every issue with a candidate to support them. I have to admit that it is hard to find a candidate that believes we should cut the National Endowment for the Arts, Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Food Stamps, CHIP, and basically everything except the department of defense, and what is necessary to take care of national transportation issues, Cut Income Tax and go back to a voluntary tax system that we used to have. But there are not many politicians out there promising to cut government programs and particularly welfare. So I choose my candidates based on who I think is best of the likely contenders. John McCain is definitely the best option now out of those that have a chance of winning.
