Grab Our Party!

Senator McCain will lose this election and he’ll have only himself to blame. After seeing him in two debates, I’ve come to this conclusion based the Democratic policies and tendencies he’s espousing. He’s a big-government Republican. There are a few key points in his plans that I believe are the reason for his poor ratings and for his imminent loss next month.

1) McCain wants the government to buy up bad mortgages, spending $300 billion of taxpayer dollars to do so. Billions of dollars are being spent to bail out people who made bad decisions. This is counter to Republican ideals of self-sufficiency and responsibility.

2) His vote for the pork-ladened bailout. McCain talks a good game regarding earmarks, saying he’s against them. Nevertheless, he voted for the bailout bill that grew from a three page proposal to over 450 pages in the final bill.

3) McCain’s failed immigration bill from 2006. Many Republicans still remember this and his silence on it since becoming the Republican candidate is unsettling.

4) He’s too polite when it comes to Obama and Congress. McCain’s blown so many chances to take on Congress over energy, earmarks, and a documented history of obstructing reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. When it comes to Senator Obama, he hasn’t been able to put together a coherent argument regarding Obama’s lack of experience and questionable associations.

Republicans are unhappy with the lack of principles in the current crop of political leaders. Congress has the lowest approval ratings ever, and having both presidential candidates being members of this cesspool is unsettling. I think this is part of the reason Governor Palin’s joining the ticket sparked so much excitement among Republicans. She’s the outsider, untainted by the Beltway. She’s not enough to bring about a victory, though, since she’s on the lower half of the ticket.

This election is a lose-lose for Republicans. It’s the skinny Chicago Marxist on the one hand, and the big-government Republican on the other.