Positives about voting for John McCain

If John McCain wins the 2008 presidential election, he would not only be the oldest person to take office – Ronald Reagan was 70 at the time – but also the first president to be born in a U.S. territory outside the fifty states.
“The Maverick,” as members of his own party call him, McCain is not a Bush supporter. Other than supporting the war in Iraq, McCain is a stark contrast to the Evangelical Republican.
He does not let his religion guide his politics and has gotten into verbal spats with Moral Majority co-founder Paul Weyrich, founder of Liberty University Jerry Falwell and other members of the church.
For the most part, politicians rarely cross party lines. McCain is not one of them. Last year, he and Senator Ted Kennedy (a democrat) sponsored the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act. The Act was in favor of allowing millions of illegal immigrants already in the United States to remain in the country and on the path to citizenship.
Much to the abhorrence of his party members.
He has also opposed Bush’s tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 and according to the Washington Post, it was reported earlier this month McCain helped the Senate pass a bill to ban water boarding and other interrogation tactics used by the CIA.
He plans to fix the United States’ image from being “ugly Americans,” as quoted by the Telegraph, a British newspaper, by immediately closing Guantanamo Bay and moving “all the prisoners to Fort Leavenworth and truly expedite the judicial proceedings in their cases.”
Did I mention he is an advocate for gun control?
Yes, he’s the Republican’s worst enemy.
Out of all the candidates, McCain is the only one with military experience. He was a POW in a war that, like “The War On Terror,” is becoming very unpopular in public opinion. McCain knows what the soldiers need to survive and how to fight an unseen enemy who is not playing fair. To borrow from “The Godfather,” America needs a wartime consigliore.
Secondly, look at McCain’s numbers. He has raised well over $42 million dollars to Mike Huckabee’s mere $8 million. Less money means less national ads, less time to travel across America and less cool stuff to give away.
A weak campaign fund signals a lack of support, despite the National Republican Party wanting Mitt Romney to win the nomination.
Then there are those delegates. No matter what you think about the delegates or the Electoral College, McCain is winning the popular vote that is needed to receive the delegates…and by a landslide. Even if you multiply Huckabee’s 214 by five, he still will not reach McCain’s 918.
What does it all mean? It means McCain is marketable to more than just conservative Republicans. He is getting independents and republicans who are upset with the preexisting regime. And if he is appealing to a large amount of people during closed primaries, think of what he can do in November.
At the end of the day, everyone must make their own choice about who is the best leader for the country and their own interest. Like I said in my last column, I am not voting for someone based on their morals or charisma, I am voting for them on their ability to lead and do a job.
So what if he is not as “spiritual” as other people? That is what pastors, priests and deacons are for, not politicians.