Honest Disagreements and the Lying Liars who inspire them

I just got done reading an essay on how one can’t be a Christian, and vote for Barack Obama, so I’m a bit pissed off.

The right, of course, has no monopoly on questioning people’s religion, or patriotism for that matter. They do, however, do a lot more of it than folks on the left.

There are times when I don’t understand how people can come from reading the sermon on the mount and cast a vote for a regressive tax structure. There are times when I shake my head at how someone can claim to be for America, and yet be for sacrificing our troops needlessly in Iraq. But the answer is, by and large, they do not believe the tax structure is regressive, or they believe that regressive taxes benefit the poor through some trickle-down mechanism. They do not believe that the struggle in Iraq is “needless” but think that it solves some problem that is important, or they believe the cost of withdrawing is too great. My disagreement, with most McCain-Palin voters, is an honest one, on both our parts.

Some of it is a matter of judgment. Sometime, it’s a matter of facts. McCain and Palin have told some whoppers, and folks believe them. The folks on talk radio aren’t exactly informing their listeners either. Fox News has served as the propaganda arm of the Republican party for way too long.

Testifying to the integrity of the average voter mean that I think a whole lot of the integrity of the candidates. McCain has thrown his honor under the bus this campaign, and it’s been a sad thing to watch. It’s hard to tell with Palin, given that she doesn’t read the newspapers, but she may actually believe the stuff that comes out of her mouth, which is its own kind of scary. Ah well. Six more days… get out and vote!