John McCain has chosen Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate and the more I learn about her the more I like her. If you can get past the crazy feminists and the reterick of the George Bush haters she's a shining glimmer of hope in the bed of rocks called Washington.
When it comes down to it she embodies why I like John McCain. When faced with hard issues they chose what might be a harder decision but what is the correct thing to do. I"ll say in most cases as there is a very small number of issues with each that I'd handle differently. The two that come to mind are drilling and domestic partnership. I want drilling and exploration in ANWR. John McCain hasn't always been a big fan of that although Palin has. I think same sex marriage isn't something I'd fully support but I have no problem with a domestic partnership for those that can see the separation. I don't know if both have voted against it because of politics or if it is just because they don't believe in it.
In any case I think that day to day each of my candidates will do what is right. They'll make the choices that I would like them to make without them ever consulting me. That lets me sleep easy knowing that I won't check DrudgeReport.com every day looking for what my President did that is going to upset me.
Consequently that leaves the other half of Americans in the other boat. I think that those who believe that John McCain is another Bush say so only because it is politically expedient. The liberals will tell you that John McCain votes with Bush 95% of the time. They don't state that his voting record has been as low as 77% with Bush and 67% with the GOP. That stands in contrast to Obama voting 100% in line with Democrats in his 'short' Senate career.
Click Here for more info on the voting record percentage debate. "So to sum up, McCain has indeed voted to support the unpopular Bush 95 percent of the time most recently, but less so in earlier years. And Obama has voted pretty close to 100 percent in line with fellow Democrats during his brief Senate career."
