Never mind, for now
I've decided to take down, at least for now, a post about Sarah Palin that I briefly published earlier this evening. Reading it over, I don't find anything specific in it that I disagree with, but my gut tells me I'm going overboard with my rhetoric -- and when my gut says that, it's usually right, and I usually end up regretting the post. So I've decided to take the post down and think on it for a while.
I will, however, repeat, in the interest of full disclosure, the statement I made at the end of the post, about my electoral allegiances: I'm no longer merely "leaning" Obama. I now fully intend to vote for him. I recognize that many of you will say this is no surprise, that I've really been an Obama shill all along. You're wrong, just as lefty commenters were wrong when they claimed in 2006 that I was some sort of Republican shill. I'm an independent thinker, first, last and always; I may be wrong about a given question, but I'm nobody's shill, and I'm always as honest with y'all about my political leanings as I am with myself. In the Obama-McCain race, I have been genuinely undecided; I even leaned McCain at one point, and I have serious doubts about Obama. But recent events have convinced me that McCain-Palin is the wrong choice, and thus, by default, Obama-Biden is the right choice. I suppose McCain could change my mind before Election Day, but I doubt it.
Oh, and one more thing I want to repeat: my question for Glenn Reynolds. Glenn has said that "perhaps the best reason to vote against Obama is to spare the country an administration that reflexively characterizes any criticism as racist." Does that same reasoning not now apply to voting against McCain-Palin, as it seems clear that criticisms of Palin will be reflexively characterized as sexist?
I will, however, repeat, in the interest of full disclosure, the statement I made at the end of the post, about my electoral allegiances: I'm no longer merely "leaning" Obama. I now fully intend to vote for him. I recognize that many of you will say this is no surprise, that I've really been an Obama shill all along. You're wrong, just as lefty commenters were wrong when they claimed in 2006 that I was some sort of Republican shill. I'm an independent thinker, first, last and always; I may be wrong about a given question, but I'm nobody's shill, and I'm always as honest with y'all about my political leanings as I am with myself. In the Obama-McCain race, I have been genuinely undecided; I even leaned McCain at one point, and I have serious doubts about Obama. But recent events have convinced me that McCain-Palin is the wrong choice, and thus, by default, Obama-Biden is the right choice. I suppose McCain could change my mind before Election Day, but I doubt it.
Oh, and one more thing I want to repeat: my question for Glenn Reynolds. Glenn has said that "perhaps the best reason to vote against Obama is to spare the country an administration that reflexively characterizes any criticism as racist." Does that same reasoning not now apply to voting against McCain-Palin, as it seems clear that criticisms of Palin will be reflexively characterized as sexist?
posted by Brendan Loy at
9/07/2008 08:12:00 PM
