My Endorsement

As promised, here is my presidential pick for this election and some of the reasons why:

John McCain

Here is a brief overview of the top reasons why I am picking McCain.

Life Issues
John McCain has a record of defending a pro-life position. Obama has a record of defending a pro-choice position. As someone who believes in the sanctity of life and all that, I do not feel that I can, in good conscience, vote for someone who who continue to promote the idea of abortion as a convenience.

The President may be in the position to appoint up to four supreme court justices. I believe that John McCain will appoint justices who believe that we should not kill the unborn out of convenience. Obama will not.

National Defense
John McCain realizes that, in this age of increasing global terrorism and unrest, a strong military is vital to protect our country and to ensure our ability to provide aid and protection to other countries, promoting peace in the world. Obama will not.

Economic Issues
John McCain is in favor of seeing businesses grow creating more jobs and increasing our prosperity and will work to promote policies that do just that. Obama is in favor of promoting Socialism in our economy and county.

I recently had a discussion with someone about Karl Marx. I stated that I didn't believe that his intentions were evil. I think he genuinely thought that his ideas of government would promote equality and peace. However, these ideas has been shown throughout the 20th Century to destroy wealth, rather than redistribute it and they lead to violent discontent, increased government bureaucracy, and a gross lack of freedom.

I am simply not in favor of government deciding who has too much money and who doesn't have enough and then deciding who gets what. The whole philosophy of Socialism comes from a lack of understanding about where wealth comes from, how it increases and decreases and why our nation has been so prosperous for so long.

John McCain will promote economic prosperity, while Barack Obama will promote Marxist ideology.

These are the primary three issues for me, with Life Issues having primacy.

I am also concerned about these issues:
Enviromental Concerns- I do not think either candidate or party is not concerned about this.
Energy Issues - we are much too dependent on foreign oil for our energy. John McCain has sensible energy plans to increase our independence in safe and desperately needed ways.
Personal Concerns - I am concerned about Barack Obama's affilition with Weatherman Terrorist Willian Ayers, his 20 years of attendance at Jeremiah Wright's weekly anti-American rallys and his deep affiliation with Acorn, that seems to have some very troubling practices.
Religious Freedom - Another issue that always concerns me when discussing politics. Once again, I hope that both candidates have a concern for this issue.