President

[rythmicjea]

So last night, I drank quite a bit of vodka...I'm surprised there is any left. Alex told me to not take this personally, but this is the first election that I have voted in where my candidate did not win. It's a very odd feeling because it does feel like I failed. To me it was the Florida BCS Bowl again where McCain was in the lead at the beginning

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[ztrooper]

His race had nothing to do with him getting my vote.. it had a lot to do with things McCain said, right on his website like, "I'll appoint judges to overturn Roe. V. Wade"... bzzt... bad idea.

McCain had a great defense position... that's about it.. .he proposed taxing health care benefits as income... uhhh.. no...

I'm not super thrilled about Obama, but, he hit on more issues than he missed. That's the long and short of it. What they said they intended to do.

[rythmicjea]

But you never said why you could relate to him without using a qualifier. I understand WHY you voted for him but not why you can relate to him.

As for the Roe V. Wade that was Palin, NOT McCain. McCain doesn't actually believe that or would do that, Palin does.

[ztrooper]

and I quote from johnmccain.com

http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/95b18512-d5b6-456e-90a2-12028d71df58.htm

John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned, and as president he will nominate judges who understand that courts should not be in the business of legislating from the bench. As for how I can relate to Obama? I'm a parent of two girls. I started life in a one room basement apartment where my parents had to literally shake change out of the couch cusions to get enough money to buy a can of condensed milk to feed me. I grew up with enough to get by, and eventually, we did pretty good for ourselves

[rythmicjea]

That quote is because it's Sarah Palin's stand, but since Palin didn't run for office it had to go under McCain's name. Because if you look at McCain's history he has always supported Roe v. Wade.

But I say kudos to your reason for voting for him, that's a lot more than what most people voted for him on.

[ztrooper]

Doing a little further digging. McCain's got a pro life voting record as long as his time in congress. Further, during the primary debates, before he had the nomination, before he even picked a running mate, he stated that he was for a repeal of Roe V. Wade.

That's not Palin, that's McCain.

(sorry it took so long to get back to you.. Lj notifications don't seem to be getting to my mailbox)