:: just a political thought

i just caught a snippet of former republican presidential hopeful mike huckabee's speech at the republican national convention. he said something that i found interesting. he said that he was glad to speak on behalf of his "second choice for president of the united states." he's obviously just stating that he would have preferred to be the republican's presidential nominee. but what he said caught me a bit off guard, because i think it conveys what most republicans think about john mccain. he's not their first choice for president.

seriously, think about it. who was talking about john mccain before he was the only one left? some were loving rudy "i was governor of new york during 9/11" guillani. others were deliriously hoping for fred "i play a good politician on tv" thompson would be the man to sit in the oval office. still others were hoping that mike "vote for me! i'm a pastor and i'm friends with chuck norris" huckabee. and more people were voting for mit "The used car salesman" romney. personally, i was hoping and praying for a revolution with ron "let's go back to the consistution" paul. but who was talking about john mccain? no one. he was almost out of money before the political campaign season even started. before he was seriously considered as president by republicans, he was critized for working with democrats like joe leiberman (former democratic VP nominee, also: former democrat). limbaugh even went so far as to say that john mccain wasn't really even a true conservative.

so why are people so passionate about him? why is everyone acting like john mccain is really the guy they want for president. he is just the only guy they can tolerate as president so they can keep control of the balance of power. they just don't like the alternavtive.

i guess i'm not comfortable with that. or him.