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My Final Closing Argument

By NewHampster on November 4, 2008 at 3:40 PM in Current Affairs

Because I’ve posted too many final arguments to count.  Almost one for every primary.

My closing argument forgets everything else, all the crap we’ve thrown at the wall but wouldn’t stick to teflon.

  • I’ve argued that the Presidency is a job that should be earned through hard work and proof of concept.
  • I’ve argued that the issues no longer matter to me because they get trumped by character.
  • I’ve argued that Roe is safer under the GOP than dems.

  • I’ve argued that a man should be judged by the company he keeps.
  • I’ve argued that a candidate who has a different speech on the same issue depending on audience, is someone who will, in office, give a new speech neither audience heard before.
  • I’ve argued that one who’s only job is running for the next job, will as President only be running for re-election.
  • I’ve argued with people who literally had their hands over their ears.
  • I’ve argued with people I held in high regard and I’ve argued with web trolls I wouldn’t give the time of day.

All those arguments have been, I hope, as an adult and a civil blogger.  Arguing, debating, is not fighting as some would have us believe.  Arguing is the only means to ever Change a fixed opinion.  Fighting only stops civil discourse.

My final argument is one word.  TRUST

I am a Democrat. I have been my entire long life.  I’m a Democratic candidate on the ballot of my town tomorrow.   I want(ed) a Democrat in the White House so we could accomplish great things.  But I cannot in good conscience give my vote for the most powerful job on Earth to someone I do not know, someone I do not TRUST.

John McCain I know.

I know we disagree on more than we agree but I know who John McCain is and most of all I trust John McCain to always do what he thinks is right, not just what may sell more votes.

That’s it.  I trust John McCain to be President of the United States and I do not trust Barack Obama for anything.

trust John McCain but Barack Obama I consider to be the organizer of the greatest con job in history.

I trust John McCain with my life.  I trust that I could tell McCain of my lifetime of Democratic voting yet still trust him with my life.  I believe that if two people were hanging by their fingernails from a cliff and Obama could save one, he’d ask which one voted for him.  I believe John McCain would not accept he could save only one and give each a hand.I do not Trust Barack Obama because the simple truth is that like my dad said, Trust must be earned.

John McCain has earned my trust and my vote.

First posted on Partizane, I’m cross posting this argument wherever I feel there may be one last voter, one last American who perhaps has not heard me.

  • Ai1een

    What can I say here, New Hampster…simply, EXCELLENT.

    With your permission, I will post this at other sites as well.

    New Hampster, did you happen to read this story about McCain and Mo Udall that someone posted either here yesterday or on the chat at NQ radio?

    http://www.slate.com/id/2188545/

  • athena

    Great post and one stressful nite.

  • Anne Marie

    Well said. In the end, the people with whom we choose to associate speaks volumes about who we are, what we believe, and what path we choose to follow.

    “Character,” in the end, is the final and most important measure of a man or woman and the ultimate threshold any Presidential candidate must cross. Time has proven that I cannot “trust” Obama’s “words” or his character. His associations speak volumes about who he really is, but I choose not to read that book.

    Although I am not a Republican and have never before voted Republican, I do believe that John McCain has character. I trust his judgment. I know his associations are honorable. So, today, I voted for character, for trust, and for hope. I voted for John McCain, because I would rather elect a man who sacrificed himself on behalf of his fellow soldiers, instead of a man who sacrificed his party and his country for his ambitions.

  • Anne Marie

    p.s. I saw a video of Hillary voting in New York today. For whom do you think she voted? Let’s get some comments going on that question. I think it would be fun!