Please, tell me why I should vote Republican?

Because if you don't vote for McCain, you're *forcing* his operatives to steal your vote and throw it away uncounted. You not voting Republican in this crucial year (in which Lady Liberty is more endangered than ever by godless, atheistic commu... er... liberalism) makes you guilty of tempting good middle-class Christians into crime and imperiling their souls.

Voting GOP on your own is plainly the Right Thing To Do...

What part of my question is party line?

I'm for Obama for my very own reasons. Mostly, I tend to believe, because I don't like cowboy diplomacy. Talking to our enemies sounds like a better plan than nuking them.

So far in this tribe the rightwingers seem to support nuking Iran. Isn't this basically John McCain's position?

Why can't you relax the caricatures yourself and try giving something to a discussion other than this endless reactionary and simpleminded bleating? Can't you fucking change records? Jesus, man - you used to have good arguments. You sure have sucked for the past few months. What gives?

Tell the man why he should vote McCain or don't - but give this tune a rest.

the same shill is coming from Obama and the democrats

>> I am asking you to line up a few reasons that I can relate to... all I'm seeing so far is that rightwingers not only want to fight on in Iraq but they also want to bomb Iran. <<

and is it inferred that if I participate in this thread I suddenly become a "rightwinger." you know play into this clumsy trap intended to validate your certainty of how my decision making process works.

I use to let this type of thinking slide. But since GW Bush got into office, I'm of the opinino that this theory has been proven silly.

Back under Clinton I would say, well it might have to get worse before people pay more attention. But with the wreck Bush is leaving in his wake, it is truly astonishing to think that it needs to get any worse at this point?

Why? Well, let's see:

1) You're a racist?
2) You don't give a fuck about anyone but you and yours?
3) The environment is nothing but a way to make money and animals should be either on your plate or in a zoo.
4) Oil is more important than anything else, and you think that there's no problem with using it instead of looking at other options?
5) 'Civil rights' are a quaint memory of the past and you believe they should stay there.
6) You think that spending a trillion dollars in Iraq and the loss of over 4K American men and women was worth it.
7) Taxes are for the lower and middle classes.
8) You think that corporations should get better access to our policy-makers than citizens.

Anyway - I could go on and on. You get the idea.

>> The Republican Brand needs to be totally discredited for the forseeable future. <<

stop repeating what you hear on the fake news. doesn't it embarrass you at all to parrot fake terms created by paid hucksters?

as for my vote. I've come to terms with the fact that candidates need to say certain things to get elected. so everything McCain and Obama say right now doesn't matter to me. but I do believe from the logistics and posturing of the parties you're not going to get that quick withdrawal you've been promised. so the selection process I make is based on experience and a leadership. by leadership I mean a willingness to break with the party for what the candidate feels is best for the country. McCain endeared himself to me a long time ago when he championed the Gramm Rudman Balanced Budget Act. so he's done more than play lip service to balancing the budget. as for Obama, there just isn't anything except hype and a bestseller to base things on. his stint in the state senate in illinois makes me nervous that he is beholden to certain power brokers. so I tip towards McCain. If the Dems had chosen Biden I'd be singing a different tune.