How John McCain Lost My Vote

Posted by John on Oct 4th, 2008 | 1 comment

Don’t worry, I’m not voting for Obama!

After the Sarah Palin pick for VP, I seriously considered voting for John McCain…until this past week.  This past week McCain proved that he is all talk and no substance when it comes to fighting pork-barrel spending.

On John McCain’s website it reads:

John McCain will veto every pork-laden spending bill and make their authors famous. As President, he will seek the line-item veto to reduce waste and eliminate earmarks that have led to corruption. Earmarks restrict America’s ability to address genuine national priorities and interfere with fair, competitive markets.

This past week when John McCain had a chance to stand up and fight $150 billion of pork-barrel spending on the bailout bill and he said and did nothing.  In fact, he voted to pass it.  I’m not even addressing the heinous nature of the bailout bill here.  I’m just talking about the pet projects added to it at the last minute.

You ask what is “pork-barrel spending”? Here are some examples from the bailout bill:

• $2 million tax benefit for makers of wooden arrows for children
• $100 million tax break to benefit auto racetrack owners
• $192 million in rebates on excise taxes for the Puerto Rican and Virgin Islands rum industry
• $148 million in tax relief for U.S. wool fabric producers
• $49 million tax benefit for fishermen and other plaintiffs who sued over the 1989 tanker Exxon Valdez spill.

Please explain what these have to do with the bailout?  THIS IS CORRUPTION, and McCain supported it.  Aside from a couple of things, McCain has lost my respect and my trust.  Here was an incredible opportunity to show the American people what fighting corruption looks like.  Here was a chance to name names as he claims he would do as President.  He has proven that he is all talk and no substance on one of the most crucial issues facing America today.  He has proven that he, too, has his price.

So who am I voting for?  This week I made up my mind.  I’m voting for the ONLY person who clearly understands the current financial crisis, who stands up to the President and his fellow Congressman when the situation warrants it, when nobody else will stand with him, and who actually does name names.  During the Presidential debates the media ostracized him for predicting this financial crisis, but now those same people turn to him for understanding.  I’m voting for the ONLY person in Congress who has proven time and time again with his votes that he understands the Constitution he is sworn to defend.

“Wasted” or not, I’m writing in Ron Paul.

One Response

1. Danny says:

   October 6, 2008 at 6:41 am

   JT, I had to give you a shout out on my blog today.

   http://dannyisright.blogspot.com/2008/10/monday-thoughts.html

   Hope you don’t mind sharing some space with Eli Manning.