Primary Debate?

I think I was watching a Republican debate last night, but I am not sure. It was basically McCain VS Romney, but it sounded like a general election debate. In a general election debate, you have a Democrat against a Republican. Each candidate try to sway you either slightly right, or slightly left. Also in a general election, the candidates spit out partial quotes of the other, taken out of context, spun and used against the other candidate. This is exactly what I saw last night.

Last night was not Romney strongest showing, but Romney did what he does best; He kept his cool, and continued to carry himself in a professional manner. McCain sat there and lied to our faces about Mitt, and threw childish quips, and generally acted like a four year old with no manners. Mitt just pointed out the truth, and continued to carry himself as the adult on the stage. McCain seemed to think he could just spew out lies and they should be believed because he said it. It felt like john was telling the voters, "It's True because I said it, and damn it, I'm John McCain. How dare you question me."

McCain has further proved my point; McCain would make a great Secretary of State, but should NEVER be trusted as a President. Honestly, I can not think of anything McCain said last night that showed his position. WHAT THE HELL DID MCCAIN SAY?!?!?! Simple, he said Romney wanted a time table for withdrawal (a lie) and basically admitted nothing about his positions. All McCain said was Mitt sucks, "Mitt doesn't support the troops," and I was backing this surge of troops (Not that he is alone in backing the troops, so was Mitt and I have an old bumper sticker on my car to prove it). McCain never backed up his claim that Romney wanted a timetable for withdrawal. I have said it before, I respect John, and he is a great guy to talk to. I generally like him, and he seems to like me, but what the hell is he doing?!?! All I can say is the man has become a liberal as he aged. This is not a Republican McCain.

Though this doesn't support the fact that John lied during the debate, but I found it funny that John is so misinformed that he doesn't even know the background of the people who support him. Jane Swift was the Governor, not the Lt. Governor, of Massachusetts. But John has spent a lot of time on the ground with her? Her backing of John does not surprise me, look at the way she ran Massachusetts. She was not exactly a good Governor, nor did she really make any good marks on the soil while she was there. I never liked Jane as an executive, but it is still hard to see her back up a John Kerry wannabe. (McCain was trying to get on Kerry's ticket)

Romney held his ground and tried to confront John, but it's hard to debate someone who backs up their facts by saying, "I said it, so it's true." Mitt still made a good showing, and I hope this reflects well on Super Tuesday. Mitt needs the support of true Republicans and conservative independents like myself. My final thought when the smoke cleared was that Mitt came out looking the best, and John buried himself last night.

On another note, I am one of those who is splitting the Republican party up. The Democrats love the fact that John McCain is ahead, and those of us who are politically savvy will not stand behind him. Why am I willing to split the Republicans? Because I can not allow my values to be jeopardized by putting forward a liberal as a Republican. I will not jump behind McCain, and I don't know if I could vote for him in a General election. I think I might sit out, or vote for Hillary. Yes, I MIGHT vote for Hillary to save the Republican party.

If the Republican put John McCain up as the nominee, we can not reward the Republicans with a win. I think I would rather see Hillary destroy our country for 4 years and strengthen the Republican base than reward the Republicans with a McCain win (assuming her can win the general, I don't think he can) and allow the liberals to blame us for everything they don't like in the next four years. If a conservative play is made and fails, Democrats can blame us. If a liberal plan fails, they can still blame us. This is win win for the Democrats.

I can not believe Republicans would let McCain destroy the Republican party forever. As a conservative Independent, I need a party to vote for, and if John McCain wins, there will be no party left for me to vote for...

... ever.