My Final Closing Argument

Because I've posted too many final arguments to count.  Almost one for every primary.

My closing argument forgets everything else, all the crap we've thrown at the wall but wouldn't stick to teflon. 

• I've argued that the Presidency is a job that should be earned through hard work and proof of concept. 
• I've argued that the issues no longer matter to me because they get trumped by character.
• I've argued that Roe is safer under the GOP than dems. 
• I've argued that a man should be judged by the company he keeps. 
• I've argued that a candidate who has a different speech on the same issue depending on audience, is someone who will, in office, give a new speech neither audience heard before.
• I've argued that one who's only job is running for the next job, will as President only be running for re-election. 
• I've argued with people who literally had their hands over their ears. 
• I've argued with people I held in high regard and I've argued with web trolls I wouldn't give the time of day.

All those arguments have been, I hope, as an adult and a civil blogger.  Arguing, debating, is not fighting as some would have us believe.  Arguing is the only means to ever Change a fixed opinion.  Fighting only stops civil discourse.

My final argument is one word.  TRUST

This video I showed the other day expresses that conflict felt by many Democrats and former Democrats.

I am a Democrat. I have been my entire long life.  I'm a Democratic candidate on the ballot of my town tomorrow.   I want(ed) a Democrat in the White House so we could accomplish great things.  But I cannot in good conscience give my vote for the most powerful job on Earth to someone I do not know, someone I do not TRUST.

John McCain I know. I know we disagree on more than we agree but I know who John McCain is and most of all I trust John McCain to always do what he thinks is right, not just what may sell more votes.

That's it. 

I trust John McCain to be President of the United States and I do not trust Barack Obama for anything.

I trust John McCain but Barack Obama I consider to be the organizer of the greatest con job in history.

I trust John McCain with my life.  I trust that I could tell McCain of my lifetime of Democratic voting yet still trust him with my life.  I believe that if two people were hanging by their fingernails from a cliff and Obama could save one, he'd ask which one voted for him.  I believe John McCain would not accept he could save only one and give each a hand.

I do not Trust Barack Obama because the simple truth is that like my dad said, Trust must be earned. 

John McCain has earned my trust and my vote.