They both liked McCain a lot at one time, and I had thought that if they were going to vote for anyone (doubtful), it would be for him.
But they also used to grumble that he wasn't a very good Republican, so I was thinking that their odds of voting for a Democrat would be even lower.
The stock market meltdown and the tax stuff must have changed their minds. (That's what it usually comes down to.)
I don't think McCain ever got it through his head that $250,000 (the minimum taxable income to be affected by Obama's tax increase) is way more money than most people make. The more he tried to scare people with that tax increase, the clearer it was that he didn't have a grasp of what's going on in the country financially right now.
Most people would be thrilled to make $250K (after exemptions and deductions), even if it meant paying more in taxes (only the portion over $250K would be taxed at the higher rate). Right now, a lot of us are more concerned that we soon won't be making anything per year.
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Julie,
ReplyDeleteLump me in with your parents for my ultimate action, but for different reasons. McCain was a bad republican by today's neo-con/bible/hate-fear-driven/ignorance-is-our-base standards. He bacame a shitty candidate when he decided he needed to sell his campaigning soul to that base to become President. The base gave him Sarah Palin as VP, and the same attack dogs who ripped him apart in 2000 as his campaign staff.
His best time to become President was 8 years ago. His chance is past. Now, I believe he can (and hope he will) do the most good by throwing off the shackles of the far right and being a moderate conservative voice in congress.
Well, my parents' complaint about him being a "bad Republican" was based on some maverickish failure on his part to vote with the party on some issue or other - years ago. I took that to mean that the further to the left he went, the more they'd dislike him.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised as well. I guess that's cool. Obama is looking like a new generation's Reagan... after a fashion.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Obama Republicans. Or maybe it'd be more accurate to call them post-Bush Republicans.
ReplyDeleteVolvo owning Obama socialist here (although, I understand real socialist get pissed when Obama is called a socialist).
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad we got most of the Skulls out of office. McCain was a good guy who won the nomination at the wrong time.
I'm listening to Obama's book, "The Audacity of Hope." I highly suggest it.
I'm amazed as well.
ReplyDeleteI can't decide if McCain is a "good guy" or not. He's an impulsive spoiled rich womanizer with a violent streak. He's not very bright. He's funny. Sometimes he seems to mean well, and other times not. I'm really, really glad he's not president.
P.S. I'd like to make $250K, or anywhere near. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't think the higher tax would tarnish my enjoyment of that income level.
ReplyDelete(Nearly three years later)
ReplyDeleteThis past weekend, both my parents insisted that they voted for McCain in 2008. But that was only after a brief debate over whether they had voted at all.
There's no way I would have written a blog post called "My parents voted for Obama" if they hadn't told me they had done so. And I don't think they would have lied to me about it. So this weekend's discussion confirms something I've always suspected: they don't have very reliable memories.