Florida, What Were You Thinking?!

Unbelievably, more of the people in Florida that said the economy is their number one issue voted for McCain (38%) than Romney (32%). The question is WHY??? Dirty last minute politics can be the only logical answer. McCain not only admitted himself that he doesn’t know much about how the economy, but it becomes even more blatantly apparent in his past record (voting against the Bush tax cuts) and in his responses at debates and in interviews. On You Tube and countless blogs there is a myriad of evidence that irrefutably displays his weakness on economic issues. His position on this important issue to voters was so bad that he (the honest, positive, “straight talker”) had to lie about it during the last debate. Yet somehow in Florida his incompetence, hypocrisy and dirty tricks went unnoticed to many. It would be laughable if it weren’t so sad.

I can’t even begin to fathom how people say the economy is so important to them in one breath and vote for a guy with arguably the poorest economic resume of all the GOP candidates in the next. At least we can take some solace in the fact that McCain probably won’t win in the general election (if he gets the nomination). He is a person that will say and do anything to win votes. Were it not for the Mainstream Media running interference for him, he probably would have been outed for the shameless deceiver that he is. Ironically, the media who is propping him up at the moment (the NY Times for example) is the very same group that will turn on him come the general election. Make no mistake about it, they are preparing the sacrificial lamb for the slaughter.

If he happened to win the nomination and then squeak out a miraculous victory in the general election, heaven help us all. I hate to point out that McCain’s vision of a stronger military (a decent aspiration), stricter immigration practices (that’s what he calls it, but the undeceived call it amnesty), and other objectives rely primarily on a strong American economy. Without a vibrant economy, these things just become a fanciful dream; a dream big enough to win votes however unrealistic it might be without the foundation of a strong economy. And McCain’s half truths and dirty last minute politics won’t make a lick of difference when it comes time for real action. By putting another Washington politician in power, America is guaranteeing that the same old problems will come back to bite her in the butt.

Alright, enough venting about McCain … Now that I have gotten my disappointment out in the open, I can look forward with hope to the future. Mitt Romney is far from out of this race. He may not be leading in delegates right now, but he has been for almost the whole race so far. He is a man of strategy who has demonstrated persistence time and time again. Now that this has basically turned into a two man race things should start to get interesting. I still have a strong conviction that Romney is the best candidate running for either party and still feel that we have a long road ahead of us before any conclusions, for better or for worse, can be made. Let’s pick ourselves up and get to work.