The McCain Challenge

I just challenged my mom, a staunch liberal, to come up with one good thing that she likes about both John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin.

It remains to be seen if she can undo decades of liberal programming and be objective, seeing McCain as just another man instead of “the enemy”.

John McCain is a great American: his stance against pork spending, his ability to cross the aisle to get things done in the Senate…I could go on.

I’m not going to vote for him (though I would’ve voted for him over Gore in 2000).

I think it’s key to have the objectivity to praise politicians for their fine qualities, even if you don’t plan on voting for them. I challenge each and every one of you to expose yourself to more objective media: just say no to FOX News, Air America, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, and liberal bastions CNN and MSNBC. Say yes to the wire services: AP, Reuters, and UPI, where you can get undigested reports and make up your own mind; or, if you prefer a slightly more subjective material, check out the BBC, Christian Science Monitor (I swear to god this is the most unbiased news organization on Earth and I have no idea how they ended up like that), and The Economist.

I also challenge you to find some positive characteristics in an opposition candidate. It’s through understanding like this that we can break the partisan system that strangles our reasoning abilities and paints everything in black and white, friend and foe.