Posted by
W. Austerman on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:46:21 AM
Dear Senator McCain,
In March you got the last primary you needed. In September you got the nomination. So why, for the Love of God, in November did you not get the votes??? Is it because of your so cool “Maverick” style that you mentioned every where you went during the campaign??? The same “Maverick” style that has been in support of Abortion by choice, free speech violating campaign finance reform, Gay Marriage, and Amnesty. Is it because you attack your Republican colleagues who vote against your bills, like when you dropped the F-Bomb on Sen. Cornyn after he voted against your “Amnesty” bill??? Or is it because you put so much of your campaign’s time and money into lost causes Pennsylvania and New Hampshire that it cost you Ohio and Florida at least??? The answer is all the above. By rallying the party around you to put you into the White House, you put fear into some of the party’s most Conservative candidates, and fear is contagious. It spread from the party to the voters and led to people voting for the other guy. Further more, in states where voters could just mark on their ballot straight party, people voted straight Democrat just to avoid voting for you, and in doing so may have cost other Republicans their seats in Congress, state legislatures, or even local office. Lucky for you, however, you still have your seat in the Senate. But you don’t get all the blame, oh no sir. While your only saving grace was picking Sarah Palin as your running mate, a portion of the blame goes out to the Republican voters of the states that you won during the primaries. While there were other, more Republican, choices to choose from, our party nominated the one who was approached by John Kerry in ‘04 and asked to be his running mate. After the ‘92 election we had signs that said “Don’t blame me, I voted for Bush”. You don’t deserve that little bit of honor. I’ll be spending the next 4 years saying “Don’t blame me, I wanted Fred” thanks largely to you.
Respectfully,
Warrington Lee Austerman