politics

As I walked the dogs this morning I got to thinking about politics and how they sometimes break families up. My mother and I haven't spoken since our most recent political argument (and I try so hard to stay out of them with her), my friend J's family isn't really talking to her either. I'm worried for out country. I'm worried because the Republican candidates keep talking as if Americans are stupid, they're condescending. I'm worried because Republicans want people to be OFFENDED by Obama's level of intelligence and diction. They want to cut funding for education yet again. Then, they complain because Americans aren't as smart as other countries. Even worse is that they've turned to FEAR tactics in order to try and win votes from Obama. He's a terrorist because he served on a board of education with William Ayers? Really? If you serve on the board of an organization and someone else is radical you're suddenly one too? If McCain and Palin win I'm afraid the rich will get richer, the middle class will get poorer, the economy will continue to flounder and the war in Iraq will go on until there are no more soldiers or someone finally forces us out. Why? Because McCain won't leave Iraq until things have calmed down (although our very presence there keeps things "stirred up"). We have some major problems, to which McCain says he has solutions, though he hasn't shared one yet (other than cutting corporate taxes . . . because corporations don't make enough money as it is). Don't get me wrong, I'm an independent. I've been to both candidates websites, visited league of conservation voters, visit factcheck when I doubt something that has been said and have watched the debates with an open-mind. I like McCain too. I believe that he's a "country first" kind of guy. Sadly I think his idea of "country first" and mine are pretty different! I believe that McCain is (or at least was) a strong man, he was a POW for five years and survived, that seems impressive. But, he's up there in years, has battled health problems and has Palin as his running mate. I'm not even going into how much Palin scares me . . . we'll just leave it at that. So, Obama gets my support. He and his wife are intelligent, I believe he undertands the middle class (maybe foolishly so), he has thought about so many things AHEAD of time and I think he's what our country needs right now. Wanna know more?

Visit John McCain here.
Visit Obama here