An Open Letter To John McCain

Dear Senator McCain,

I'm glad you stopped by Tuesday night and decided to kick off your campaign in New Orleans (actually Kenner, but really who cares). I appreciate that you and your campaign staff were gracious enough to come visit our fine area and spend some money here to help our economy. Your speech was an excellent cure for insomnia and I thank you for helping me sleep that night.

While I'm glad that you chose New Orleans as the site to kick off your presidential campaign, I must admit, if the election was today, I would not vote for you. Don't get me wrong, I would not vote for the latest fraud from Chicago, Barack Obama either. More likely, I would decline to vote for president. However, I want to give you a chance to earn my vote so I have decided to write you this letter to give you the opportunity to speak to my issues in order to earn my vote.

See Senator McCain, I'm actually one of those conservatives you hate so much. You may have called me an "agent of intolerance" or a "bigot" or some other name when conservatives like me dared to oppose your left-wing stances on the issues. However, without "agents of intolerance" like me, you have no chance against Barack Obama. Frankly sir, I see no reason to vote for you.

Senator McCain, the only way you can earn my vote is to speak to the issues I care about. It appears to me that your main issues are:

1) Stopping "global warming" (whatever that is).
2) Amnesty for illegal aliens.
3) "Reforming" government.
4) A plan in Iraq that rhetoric aside is no different from Obama's.
5) Opposition to any drilling for domestic oil.
6) Obama's scary, so don't vote for him.

Frankly sir, I don't care about your five main issues and your scare tactics against Obama are not working. If anything sir, your issues and your stances on those issues are making me less likely to vote for you.

Now Senator McCain, here are the issues I care about:

1) The economy and more importantly, the weakening dollar
2) A grand national strategy on foreign policy to deal with the post-Cold War and post 9/11 world
3) Shrinking the size of the Federal government
4) Making America more competitive in the world economy.

In short sir, where do you stand on those issues? The only candidate who talked about the dollar was Ron Paul (though I did not support him or his solutions). Your only mention about foreign policy other than Iraq was a joke about bombing Iran. I frankly don't trust you on taxes and the size of government because you've opposed the Bush tax cuts and supported programs like No Child Left Behind. Finally, you have not addressed how to make America more competitive in the world economy by proposing deregulation and reducing corporate tax rates dramatically.

Basically sir, address my issues or I along with many other conservatives and libertarians will stay home or vote 3rd party this year. You will only have yourself to blame if the dreaded phrase of "President Barack Obama" comes to pass.

Sincerely,

Kevin Boyd