Comments on: All You Need to Know to Vote for John McCain http://www.byron-harvey.com/2008/02/all-you-need-to-know-to-vote-for-john-mccain/ refusing to drink the kool-aid for anyone Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Byron http://www.byron-harvey.com/2008/02/all-you-need-to-know-to-vote-for-john-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-65043 Byron Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:39:45 +0000 http://www.byron-harvey.com/2008/02/07/all-you-need-to-know-to-vote-for-john-mccain/#comment-65043 No doubt about that! No doubt about that!

]]> By: deralaand http://www.byron-harvey.com/2008/02/all-you-need-to-know-to-vote-for-john-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-65035 deralaand Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:40:26 +0000 http://www.byron-harvey.com/2008/02/07/all-you-need-to-know-to-vote-for-john-mccain/#comment-65035 I will agree. You do make sense. I just wish it wasn't that way. It seems there are more people in this country that want a handout than those that would work for it. I will agree.

You do make sense.

I just wish it wasn’t that way.

It seems there are more people in this country that want a handout than those that would work for it.

]]> By: Byron http://www.byron-harvey.com/2008/02/all-you-need-to-know-to-vote-for-john-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-64961 Byron Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:56:42 +0000 http://www.byron-harvey.com/2008/02/07/all-you-need-to-know-to-vote-for-john-mccain/#comment-64961 Sorry, no sale, deralaand. Has nothing to do with being "rich", but with political philosophy. Socialists (i.e., Democrats) see the government as being a provider of all sorts of things that transcend the Constitution. Conservatives (i.e., SOME Republicans, but not nearly enough) believe in limited government, which is what the Constitution calls for. I don't think that the problem has anything to do with whether a person is personally rich or not; there are rich Dems and rich Repubs, and for that matter, rich Libertarians (who represent limited government to the max---with which I generally agree). What matters is their philosophy of government; I couldn't care less what their financial bottom line is. Sorry, no sale, deralaand. Has nothing to do with being “rich”, but with political philosophy. Socialists (i.e., Democrats) see the government as being a provider of all sorts of things that transcend the Constitution. Conservatives (i.e., SOME Republicans, but not nearly enough) believe in limited government, which is what the Constitution calls for.

I don’t think that the problem has anything to do with whether a person is personally rich or not; there are rich Dems and rich Repubs, and for that matter, rich Libertarians (who represent limited government to the max—with which I generally agree). What matters is their philosophy of government; I couldn’t care less what their financial bottom line is.

]]> By: deralaand http://www.byron-harvey.com/2008/02/all-you-need-to-know-to-vote-for-john-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-64932 deralaand Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:40:37 +0000 http://www.byron-harvey.com/2008/02/07/all-you-need-to-know-to-vote-for-john-mccain/#comment-64932 I can't understand why we Americans continue to elect people who represent 1% of all of us fiscally. Most rich people have no understanding of frugality when it comes to spending other people's money. I can’t understand why we Americans continue to elect people who represent 1% of all of us fiscally.

Most rich people have no understanding of frugality when it comes to spending other people’s money.

]]> By: Byron http://www.byron-harvey.com/2008/02/all-you-need-to-know-to-vote-for-john-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-64929 Byron Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:30:23 +0000 http://www.byron-harvey.com/2008/02/07/all-you-need-to-know-to-vote-for-john-mccain/#comment-64929 Well, yes and no. My philosophy of voting is simple: I determine from the list all the "acceptable" candidates and all the "unacceptable" candidates (for whom I'd not vote under any circumstances). Then, among the acceptable, I give high credence to electability. Ron Paul, for instance, is not electable, and that was obvious from Day One. He's probably closer to me on many issues than anyone else, but with some other acceptable candidates (Mike Huckabee being mine) available, who are far more electable, I couldn't go for Ron Paul. Now, if there'd only been two Republican candidates, Paul and Rudy Giuliani, I'd have cast my lot with Ron Paul, electable or no. Politics involves the fine art of compromise, of picking one's battles. Sometimes it's distasteful; sometimes it's discouraging and no fun. But the fact of the matter is that either John McCain, a very flawed but at least acceptable candidate, or one of two Socialists (Obama or Mrs. Bill) will be our next president. The choice is clear. Well, yes and no. My philosophy of voting is simple: I determine from the list all the “acceptable” candidates and all the “unacceptable” candidates (for whom I’d not vote under any circumstances). Then, among the acceptable, I give high credence to electability. Ron Paul, for instance, is not electable, and that was obvious from Day One. He’s probably closer to me on many issues than anyone else, but with some other acceptable candidates (Mike Huckabee being mine) available, who are far more electable, I couldn’t go for Ron Paul. Now, if there’d only been two Republican candidates, Paul and Rudy Giuliani, I’d have cast my lot with Ron Paul, electable or no.

Politics involves the fine art of compromise, of picking one’s battles. Sometimes it’s distasteful; sometimes it’s discouraging and no fun. But the fact of the matter is that either John McCain, a very flawed but at least acceptable candidate, or one of two Socialists (Obama or Mrs. Bill) will be our next president. The choice is clear.

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