RedState Co-Founder Can't Bring Himself To Vote McCain

[Ichingcarpenter]

RedState co-founder Joshua Trevino writes on his blog that he can't bring himself to vote for the Republican ticket:


In the end, I couldn't do it. My California ballot arrived in the mail today, and I opened it fully intending to vote for John McCain. I filled out the state propositions first -- yes on 8, no on everything proposing a new bond or new spending -- then the local offices, straight Republican excepting Kevin Johnson for (nonpartisan) Sacramento mayor. Finally, the vote for President of the United States: an academic exercise in California, where Barack Obama will surely win by a crushing margin. But good citizenship demands voting as if it matters. Do I believe in John McCain? Not as much as I used to. Do I believe in Sarah Palin? Despite my early enthusiasm for her, now not at all. Do I believe in the national Republican Party? Not in the slightest -- even though I see no meaningful alternative to it. So, my choice for President in 2008, scrawled in my ballot as an act of futile protest, is Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. If nothing else, I am confident this is the first of several votes I will cast for him in years to come.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/12/redstate-co-founder-cant_n_133970.html

[Bicoastal]

1. WOW...

[grantcart]

2. reverse Bradley

[cliffordu]

4. yep.

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. I'm in the same state as that blogger. There are no McCain signs where

there were tons of Bush signs at the same houses in 2004 in my neighborhood. Red State Blog has
a following on the web with conservatives. This might be a bigger blow out than we
realize.

[YDogg]

3. somehow, I'm guessing racist republicans won't be wild about Bobby Jindal

[LeftyMom]

13. The guy's probably not racist if he voted for Kevin Johnson over Heather Fargo.

[yardwork]

5. Asshole voted yes on Proposition 8 to make gay marriage unconstitutional.

Beneath contempt. And even he can't bring himself to vote for Palin.

[BlueManDude]

6. I'm constantly astounded at the people they consider to be GOP "stars" - Jindal

is a fucking joke.

Watching them move farther and farther to the right and contimuing to marginalize themslves will be the lots of fun.

[Marsala]

8. Be careful with dismissing figures like Jindal

The Republicans were dismissive of Obama in 2004, and look where we are now. Granted, Jindal is no Obama (who is a once-a-quarter-century political talent), but we should never underestimate our future opponents. Except Palin. She's a joke.

[gateley]

9. I hope his sentiment is indicative of many Republicans across the country.

[Lucky 13]

10. My parents will not vote for Obama, but they won't vote for McCain either.

They are Christian Fundies in northern virginia. Apparently, my entire extended family has the same view - grandmother, aunt, uncle, cousins etc.

Scariest part: If Palin was at the top of the ticket, they'd vote for her in a heartbeat.

They are absolutely infuriating people. But hey, at the end of the day, in their own hideously screwed up way, they are actually helping Barack Obama. Thank god they are too stupid to realize it.

[iamthebandfanman]

11. ive met alot of republicans claiming

they wont vote at all.

*shrugs*
whatever floats their boat.
but they arent allowed to bitch about anything that happens the next 4years.
heh

[ErinBerin84]

12. Bobby Jindal....hilarious.

Jindal frightens the hell out of me too, but even he is better than Sarah Palin...I always assumed that he would be out, just because it would undermine the inexperience arguement from McCain, but this was before McCain dazzled us with his stupidity in picking Sarah Palin.

[vaberella]

14. Republicans are mad. An Exorcist over your candidate. Klass. n/t