Priorities

You know it isn't easy admitting to being wrong. But I was wrong. Very wrong.

I had hit my limit with Romney's gun banning, dishonesty, and nasty tactics and got to the point where I would not vote for him in the general election if he won the nomination.

Then I read this response to people saying the same thing about John McCain on RedState:

"There are 160,000 American GIs in Iraq and another 30,000 in Afghanistan, it is unimaginable to believe that Rush, Delay and the others would leave those children in the hands of Obama or HillBill."

Talk about a reality check. I started to violate my own principles on this election: Iraq comes first. Shame on me for letting such petty squabbles come before our nation's security and the needs of our military forces in a time of war.

I couldn't have been more wrong on this. Even with the rationale that my vote probably won't matter being in an overwhelmingly blue state, it would be against every last principled bone in my body if I didn't do everything possible to support the best candidate on these issues, even with my severe doubts on his sincerity. Doubts trump a sure bet for bad policy currently coming from the other side of the aisle right now.

McCain is still my first pick. Rudy is now my second pick with Thompson being out of the game, officially or unofficially. But I will support any of the current GOP candidates except Paul in the general election versus Hillary, Obama, or Edwards who I believe will put our nation and troops in greater danger with naive policies.

To not oppose them isn't a principled stance. It's abandoning our national security and troops to their horrible foreign policy stances. I just can't do that.