A True Conservative Had No Where to Vote in This Election

Now, it may sound crazy to say that there was no conservative vote this election, but let’s take a look at all of the serious candidates of this previous election: (Democrats first) Hillary Clinton: Wrong, wrong, wrong, on so many levels. She’s a feminist, she’s pro-abortion, and she’s a borderline Communist. Barack Obama: Once again, so wrong. He’s a socialist, he’s pro-abortion, he supports border-jumpers, he’s obviously in favor of civil rights, and besides all that, he has no executive governmental experience. John Edwards: Not really all that bad of a guy, but just not worthy of a conservative’s vote.

(Now the Republicans) Mitt Romney: He’s a Mormon. I’m sorry but a Mormon is just never going to get the conservative vote. As far as cults go it’s just a little too far out there. And he’s not even part of the fun, so-whacky-its-cool, polygamist FLDS. At least if he was we could have hoped for legalized “Big Love.” He’s just too crazy to get the vote, but not crazy enough to get the vote. Mike Huckabee: Now he at least is a Bible-thumping Christian, and proud of it. However, he isn’t really a conservative. He’s too middle-of-the-road on too many issues for a real conservative to trust him. John McCain: Definitely seems conservative on most issues, especially abortion. But he’s still a puppet of someone. He’s not willing to leave behind the old administration and be a true conservative.

But wait, he chose Sarah Palin for his running mate, and she’s a true conservative right? But is she? She chose a career over her proper place in the home; she may be hard on abortion, but she promotes contraception, an almost equal evil; she decided to run for vice president while her family was having a crisis with the illegitimate birth of her granddaughter. She’s a woman, and her place isn’t in politics, no matter how great of a person she is.

So what was a true conservative to do? Well, Ron Paul seemed like the best bet, but he, the only candidate who came close to representing extreme conservative values, had the least chance of any of the candidates. Besides, it really was important to try to stop Obama, and that meant voting for the one with the best chance of beating him. So a “wasted” vote (like one for Pat Buchanan), which would be the right vote based on principles, wouldn’t work this time. That left voting for McCain, not a terrible thing, but not a truly conservative vote, either. It was a very sad election, made even sadder by the fact that Obama won.