Posted by
Sheila on Sunday, February 10, 2008 7:52:35 PM
I have a friendly disagreement with some of my fellow TH bloggers.
I am hearing a lot of people saying that it is "unprincipled" for a conservative to vote for McCain or Huckabee, because they are not conservative, and they will ruin the party. They say it would be better to let the dems win, to teach the party a lesson. If the country goes down the tubes, we will find another Reagan, like the good ol' Carter days.
I respectfully disagree, and object to that premise. Who is really putting the party above the interests of the country?
To those who say I have no principles if I vote for a pro life, pro- marriage, pro-national defense candidate, I say, how principled is it to give up our pro- life, pro- marriage, pro- national defense principles, by not voting, and allowing the pro- abortion, anti- marriage, pro- terrorist, pro- ACLU justices party to win?
I say it is unprincipled NOT to vote for our nominee, not because of the party but because of the country. The party will go on, we will have another conservative leader like Newt or Reagan, some day. But right now there are too many issues of radical importance for me to put the party before the nation.