Conservative Bloggers Illustrate GOP Dilemma

Two of Oklahoma's most active conservative bloggers, Mark Shannon and Ron Black, demonstrate today on their blogs the dilemma faced by most Republican voters this election year: They split, Shannon endorsing Mitt Romney, Black endorsing John McCain. Both indicated they'd prefer an alternative.

Shannon, host of his afternoon drive show on Oklahoma City radio station KTOK with a long-running blog that is widely read, wrote: I made up my mind on Wednesday night who to cast my vote for in the Presidential Primary next Tuesday. Actually, John McCain made my mind up for me. McCain may still win, and if he does, I'll vote for him in November, however, the jerky, arrogant, angry crap he spewed at Mitt Romney lost my vote in the primary. Romney may not be a "war hero," but he certainly has a lot more grace, style, and honestly, "class." than John McCain, and he's right on more of the issues than McCain. As for McCain, if he should win the nomination and he tries that crap against Hillary Clinton, he will doom his own campaign the first time he uses the behavior he exhibited against Romney on Wednesday night.

After reading Shannon's post, Black wrote his own: SHANSTER DECIDES TO VOTE FOR ROMNEY, I'M HOLDING MY NOSE AND VOTING FOR MCCAIN: Romney is WRONG, I mean REALLY WRONG on the 2nd Amendment and supports a ban on so-called assault weapons, just like Hillary and her mascot Bill did a few years ago. Romney has the business savvy and experience to do the right thing from a fiscal standpoint, but while that happens, he'd be signing bills on fingerprinting ammunition, registering handguns and banning scary black rifles. McCain, as far as I am concerned, is an arrogant waste of Republican votes but I like my 2nd Amendment far too much to vote for Romney. McCain's fight against free speech (a la McCain-Feingold) was a mistake and I think he's learning that fact. So, yes. I'm holding my nose and supporting McCain.

Shannon's blog can be found at http://www.markshannon.com/. Black's blog can be found at http://www.ronblackradio.com/.

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