The American Conservative has just posted its election symposium, in which they asked various traditionalist and trad-minded conservatives for whom they're planning to vote. Your Working Boy was a contributor. Interesting to see how many of the group aren't planning to vote (I'm one of that number). There are a few Obama voters, a few McCain voters who aren't happy about it, and a few folks who are voting third party. The whole thing is worth reading.
Write-in candidates for president are effectively not permitted in Texas, alas.
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Well, Rod, at least you didn't end up voting for Obama. I was just a bit worried.
I agree with McCain on judges and national security, and Obama plans to tax the hell out of me. So this was an easy choice, notwithstanding my reservations about the Republican ticket.
fbc,
I was the one who said they "wouldn't count it," but let me clarify. If you cast a write-in vote in Texas for a candidate who is not on the list of approved write-in candidates, it won't be counted. If they are on that list, then it will be counted. To get on the list, they have to either pay the same filing fee that a party-affiliated candidate had to pay, or they can file a petition with a certain number of signatures (it depends on the office, IE, a statewide office requires more signatures than a county office). The votes are counted if and only if there is a correspondence between what was written and the people who are certified candidates. Since Ron Paul is not a certified candidate for President in this election, writing in his name (in Texas) will cause that vote not to be counted. However, if I were to write in Baldwin and Castle, then since they are certified write-in candidates, those votes are counted.
I voted early - and was delighted to see Rep. Ron Paul on the ballot in Louisiana:
http://www.lataxpayers.com
Rod & Company:
Here's a reason to vote for McCain/Palin, rather than abstain or vote for a third-party candidate like Nader or Bob Barr or Ron Paul:
A Democratic Congress with a Democratic President could mean that there will be virtually no debate or give and take on legislation, and thus half of America will have no say-so in what happens during the next 2 and maybe 4 years.
If Barack Obama is President, and the Senate and the House have large or veto-proof Democratic majorities, it's possible that you may have to kiss your conservative wishes or thoughts or concerns good-bye.
Voting for McCain/Palin may be one way of trying to keep Congress accountable to all Americans, not just liberal Democrats.
(I haven't read all the comments; maybe someone already suggested this.)
"Obama plans to tax the hell out of me"
Where does this inanity come from? Or do you make >$250,000.00 per year? If so, I'm crying tears as big as horse turds.
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