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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (40309)	8/18/2008 8:39:54 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224748

Scott Ott says McCain won his vote at Saddleback: townhallblog.com, Posted by Scott Ott on August 17, 2008 I'm a conservative. So, despite my misgivings about Sen. John McCain, I planned to join millions of my fellow conservatives in voting for him in November with one hand on the stylus and the other pinching my nostrils shut. That was before Saturday night's Civil Forum at Saddleback Church, hosted by best-selling author and Pastor Rick Warren. Saturday at Saddleback John McCain won my vote. I no longer support him by default, or out of fear of what a 'President Obama' might do during his four-year reign of error. I'm now voting FOR John McCain, rather than simply against the alternative. And if I'm not mistaken, I believe we will look back on August 16 as the day the electoral tide turned. Not only did Sen. McCain say most of the things conservatives wanted to hear -- on taxes, energy, abortion, etc. -- but it was how he said it that fired enthusiasm. He spoke directly. He spoke definitively. He spoke from the heart with rational conviction. What shall we do about evil? "Defeat it," he said, and went on to name it: radical Islam. When do babies get human rights? "At the moment of conception," he said. Which Supreme Court justices do you wish were gone? The four most liberal, he said, listing their names. His answers were so clear and succinct, that Pastor Warren actually got to ask Sen. McCain more questions than Sen. Obama heard. Of course, John McCain is not a perfect candidate. No one is. But Saturday night, he demonstrated the kind of fortitude, conviction and willingness to speak truth regardless of political consequences that will make him a great President of the United States of America. The Conservative's moral quandary has been washed away in blast of bold conviction from the man whom we can now unabashedly support for president.