Label me... go ahead. Yep. I'm a SIV.
A Single Issue Voter.
Don't get me wrong. I don't want to be. I'd much rather walk into the voting booth to cast my ballot for a person that I like, or have a passion to see running this country.
I'd really like to see a candidate that I wanted to follow. A candidate that I wanted to rally behind, to make calls for, to stand on corners with. But not this time. Not this election.
I'm okay with John McCain. I really liked him in 2000. But not as much in 2008. His message has changed. He's changed. Rather than waiting for the nation to get behind him and his passion for change, he tried to jump in front of the nation and he changed. He's negative, he's shaky, he's boring. He cannot connect with the immediate and future leaders of our nation. He's nearly out of touch with America.
But...
John McCain is pro-life. John McCain voted against Roe v. Wade and has stated "To me it is an issue of human rights and human dignity." John McCain voted for the ban on partial-birth abortions.
His opponent co-sponsored a bill titled, "Freedom of Choice Act" (S.1173) which would make partial-birth abortion legal again, require taxpayer funding of abortion, and invalidate virtually all state and federal limitations on abortion, such as parental notification laws.
Robert George reports that McCain's opponent may be the most pro-abortion candidate to ever run for presidency. Read it here.
For the record, I voted the same way in 2004, 2000 and 1996. While George Bush has not been my favorite president. Okay, he's not been very good at all. But he did appoint John Roberts as Chief Justice and Samuel Alito, Jr. to the Supreme Court. These were monumental appointments and this feat cannot be overlooked when considering W's legacy.
So here I stand. A single issue voter. Not happy, but comfortable knowing that I used my constitutional right to vote for Life.
