Touched By The Sun

There is a common joke in Florida that Floridians are monumentally stupid. I've always said that just being from, or in, Florida doesn't automatically make one stupid, after all, there are stupid people anywhere you go, it's just that here in Florida, we have more than our fair share. Yesterday this was proven by the victory of Senator John McCain in the GOP primary.

If you haven't read the comments on my last post (Weasel Endorsement) you should really do so. John McCain is no kind of Republican, and certainly no kind of Conservative. When he makes a speech, he tries to pull off a certain boyish charm, but the fact is that he's an ill tempered old man with a hair trigger that we can not risk in the Oval Office.

Now there is talk that Giuliani will drop out of the race and endorse McCain, which could give McCain the nomination, which would give us much reason for distress.

I actually heard someone on Fox News last night make the statement that Rush Limbaugh was the saddest person in the Republican party right now because he is against McCain, and McCain won. Let me just say that this is ridiculous. Any Conservative Republican should be saddened by this turn of events. If this turn toward McCain continues, it signals an abandonment of the true Conservative principles that are the best hope for the future of this country.

McCain likes to talk about being a foot soldier in the Conservative Revolution started off by Ronald Reagan. That's all well and good, it's just too bad that he ended up being a turncoat and doing his level best to destroy everything that the Reagan revolution stood for. I hope that voters in the rest of the country will take a good hard look at McCain, see him for who and what he truly is, and not cast any more votes for him.

On the Democratic side, a few thoughts. If you don't know, Hillary stomped the snot out of Obama in Florida, 50% to 33%. Then the Obama camp said that it was really a tie because they both got zero delegates out of it. To me this statement says that Obama doesn't take the voters in Florida seriously. So eager was his camp to downplay the Clinton victory in the Sunshine state that they thumbed their noses at the entire state. Hopefully they will remember this when it comes to the General election in November, but with the stupidity that was rampant here yesterday, it doesn't seem likely.

Another thing that I find amusing is the number of Conservative radio personalities that hate Hillary so much that they end up speaking favorably of Obama, which is funny because, as bad as Hillary is, Obama is actually worse. The difference is that they haven't known Obama long enough to hate him, but they sure do hate Hillary Clinton, and so passionate are they against her that they almost sound like they are in favor of Obama becoming President. I'm sure they don't mean to come across that way, but they still do.

Also hearing now that John Edwards is dropping out of the race on the Democratic side. Not a big surprise, since he hasn't been a serious contender for months now.

It still remains to be seen what is going to happen as far as who gets the nominations from the major parties, but on the dem side it doesn't matter much to me, I won't be voting for either one of them. On the GOP side, if it's McCain I won't be voting for him either, as he might prove to be worse than the dems in some area's. If it's Romney, it'll take some convincing, but I just might vote for him, especially if he has a good running mate.

Looking at the possibility that the Republican party will declare itself to be finished with Conservatives by nominating McCain, it may well be time for Conservatives, the real Republicans as it were, to find a new party, or form a new party if needed, that is still based on doing what is right. There is nothing that says that once a Republican, always a Republican, and there is nothing that says that you must become an independent or a Democrat, these do not have to be the only options open to us. I'm not saying that the time has come just yet, but we very well may see the time come very, very soon. Just some food for thought.