I would vote for Dick Cheney in 2008 if he were running.
Of course, he isn't running so I can't vote.
Don't I know about Haliburton? Yep, more
than you and definitely more than the nut jobs
in the blogosphere do.
Am I war monger? Nope, the exact opposite.
If you are going to fight, win. Stop pussy footin'
around. Fewer people die that way.
Why would I vote for him?
The alternatives of course...
I'm a conservative. So I have to find someone
that is as close to conservative as possible.
That leaves out everyone in the Democrat party.
I'll never vote for one of those Socialists.
Never, never, never...
Romney... not a conservative and the one
word that seems to sum him all up: fake
Duncan Hunter... reasonably close but zero
chance of winning the nomination and I don't
find his ability to persuade others impressive.
Huckabee...Being pro-life and anti-gay
marriage (I'm not anti-gay by any means) is
fine but he is far too liberal on economic
and tax policy. I just don't believe he can
articulate much less pass legislation regarding
less government spending and lower taxes.
Plus, I think he is unable to properly drawn a
line between communicating what god says
is improper and where it is appropriate for
government to act.
Freddy... He doesn't have the stomach to govern.
McCain... I need a true conservative not a RINO.
This guys craves media attention. He'd sell us out
faster than Dan Rather could bring another fake
new story to 60 minutes.
Rudy... I'm leaning towards Rudy in the absense
of Cheney. I truly believe he'll appoint
non-activist judges who will interpret the
constitution not attempt to rewrite it. That's
enough for me on the social side. I also believe
he'd manage our foreign policy and the war against
Islamic extremism well. He certainly bent the rules
in NYC with the police escorts for his little hunnies
but I can live with that. At least he isn't splitting
hairs about what the definition of "is" is.
Ron Paul... There are a lot of positions of his that
I agree with. Unfortunately, I'm not a big fan of
his foreign policy platform and definitely don't agree
with his analysis of past and future dealings with Islamic
extremists. He'd make an excellent House or Senate leader
though.
Good ol' Cheney is a conservative unlike Bush.
I could just see him kringe when Bush spent money
like a drunken national guard pilot. I'll bet he was
steaming when W refused to build the border fence
after Congress "finally" funded it. Cheney's nickname
would have been "veto" over all the excess welfare
spending that Bushy was too compassionate to stop.
So, I'm stuck. Newt and Cheney won't run. Rush
won't run because he'd have to take a pay cut.
It is incredibly sad that in a nation of 290 million
people, I can't be thrilled with the person I'm
voting for. Sure hope they have a clothes pin
for my nose at the polling booth in November.
