I have come to a conclusion that the McCain campaign no longer represents regular Republicans.
I talk politics all the time. I have lots of co-workers and friends that are loyal and life-long Republicans. They are hard working, patriotic and decent Americans. They have civil conversations about issues and at no time, in this great state of Kansas or elsewhere, have I heard any of these GOPers say anything resembling the awful, hate-filled rhetoric coming out of the McCain-Palin campaign.
Here are some recent examples:
- There is true disbelief from these conservatives that Palin spent what could buy a nice home on cloths at Richie Rich shops. $150,000 is 4-6 times what the average Kansan makes in a year. With everyone having trouble paying for groceries this seems VERY excessive.
- These GOPers showed compassion that Obama's grandmother has a broken hip and could die. My own great-grandmother died after she broke her hip. Yet, I just watched a McCain surrogate say that Obama should be ashamed to take his jet "to go visit grandma". This was Brad Blakeman. That is so heartless.
- I have never heard of these reasonable Republicans say that Obama is a terrorist.
- Even though all these folks are Pro-life, many were amazed when McCain said that "the health of the mother" was a ploy regarding the abortion issue in the last debate.
- Most of these GOPers were baptized in a church and are surprised that McCain never has been.
They may not agree with Obama but the more I think about the values that the McCain-Palin campaign has shown compared to Obama, Obama sounds more like the Republican.
Things we can agree on...
- Obama's stance on protection of rights of hunters and even expanding hunting areas.
- Obama's aggressive stance on reducing teen pregnancy.
- Obama's tax cut for the middle class.
- Obama's plan to make sure all children have health care.
- Obama's commitment to protect social security and Medicare.
- Obama's strong support of Israel.
- Obama's commitment to fathers stepping up and taking more responsibility in child rearing.
- Obama's insistence that parent turn off the TV and video games so kids can concentrate on education and other more productive activities
- Obama's support of faith-based initiatives.
There are more, but these are the highlights.
When you add the positive message of hope and lifting people up, verses the almost completely negative campaign of McCain-Palin; it really is no wonder why McCain's support is flirting with falling below 40% nationwide.
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