I've been watching (maybe too much) of the political hankering on television these past two weeks. I have noticed how careful and PC the media has been about sheltering the personal issues on both sides, in both campaigns. I hear everyone say and agree, the personal lives of the candidate should stay out of the campaign and campaign coverage.BULLSHIT!
We do not live in the days of the media covering up Presidential misdeeds--a la JFK--we live in the days where there are special counsels set up using tax payers money to plug, push and shove into the personal lives of our public figures, from President to sports figures. While in the limelight, your personal lives will be under scrutiny (that's how magazines and such make their money). But one would especially be highlighted by the media when they run on issues that are just not refelcted in their personal lives...and they expect YOU to espouse the issues even when they can't.
Two examples:
1) Bill Clinton was impeached by the House because he lied about a BJ in the oval office PURE MEDIA SENSATION! (personal)
2) Our current president, lied and misled the public into a quagmire that it will take a miracle to get out of...lives are lost, young lives..proud and courageous Americans who could have made their mark on this world....not only has there not been a trial to question the President's misdeeds and the underhanded nature and judegement of this quagmire and our failures to live up to the values of what our great country stands for but he gets a pass and his party can dismiss him as a mistaken president and clamor for us to vote for them because they have "changed" (political)HUH???
I end with this, if Sasha Obama was 16 years old and preggers and a "f-ing" thugged out football player was the baby's daddy, not only would he not be invited to sit with a potential White House family, he would be on the stage with his soon to be father in law, because that father in law would NOT be a nominee for President. There's no way in hell that if the tables were turned we would say "family off limits."America....gotta love it!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Spin and the L word
As usual, and of course after sitting home today with a wisdom tooth extraction blues (I missed my students!), I watched and read all of the flitter and fodder over the presidential election and the tornado of a cultural war the nomination of the Republican Veep has wrought over this beautiful land of inclusion.
I am struck by two things: the amount of tip-toeing around the gender issue implicit within this nomination and the idea that liberal-thinking people are evil people. Therefore, I have two things to say:
1) Every political candidate in every election is under scrutiny. That is what comes with the proverbial "throwing your hat into a race." And when one is confronted with that scrutiny, there are two options: ignore it or confront it. Ignoring the scrutiny is a wise move, especially regarding the short term effect and affect of the issue at hand. In other words, more often than not news will blow over and the issue will become so "last week." In our fast pace yet informatively rich and diverse country, shifts, twists and terms are always encountered and reshape in sensational stories that are (quote/unquote) newsworthy. "Jamie Lynn's pregnacy was sooooo last year." Those who ignore the scrutiny of the public eye, via ANY media outlet, hope that the scrutiny will pass like a quick thunderstorm (and we are all inside so we didn't even know it rained).Now, confronting scrutiny is difficult. The reason is more complex than we may first think. It is human to feel embarrassed or awkward over a public faux pas that was caught in the media. But at the heart of confronting this scrutiny is a very important notion, a notion that by name has been talked about a lot but not by issue: ACCOUNTABILITY.
When in the limelight, especially as a political figure where you are asking us to have faith and vote for you, you must be held accountable for your actions. You must confront the issue dead on; quell the tensions and if you f-ed up just admit it. It's simple, but uncommon. If people are spreading lies about you, confront the lies. If the public is getting mis-information, inform us. Answer questions. Engage in dialogue. DON'T TRY TO STOP IT BY SAYING IT IS OFFENSIVE OR DEMEANING. Although it is a clever (short term) tactic to claim BIAS, the "bias" is only going to get worse if not confronted. The media is called the fourth estate for that reason. It was meant to scrutinize the public actions of public citizens--and scrutinize it will; the pendulum will swing one way to the next with each passing day and each poll, with each breath...CAUTION....this is not an never ending pendulum. Without confrontation or accountability, the issues themselves will become it's own tornado wielding mess. Silence is the politician's deadliest foe.
This verbose thought comes from watching about 4 hours of news programming on different networks. From the political campaigns, I saw one side engage in dialouge with the media, answering questions in Dayton and Missouri, discussing the facts, issues and some mis-information about their camp. On the other side, I heard the same speech, with the same talking points (that have been disproved by both the right and left media outlets) and the same political zings that are frankly as tired as Marge Simpson's Channel suit in that Simpsons episode from over a decade ago. And when it is not the Channel suit, it is the claim of BIAS, LIBERAL NEWS, POLITICAL INCORRECTNESS...ENOUGH!
What we want to know is more about stance and substance not about how the Democrats via Obama want to destroy this nation. AND HERE IT IS: Barack Obama fights against the divisions that some Americans just want to hold so dear. When he is under scrutiny he attacks what is being said about him. He is accountable by answering questions, going on news programs, sticking to the issues at hand, making himself as wide known as possible and as available and accessible any person running for this EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POSITION should be with some pretty big issues at stake! Issues much bigger than lipstick and where it is applied.
As for accountability I will leave this thought with a "what do you think about this?"Anna Quindlen's Newsweek "Last Word" from this week: "[McCain] when asked during the primaries, on the subject of Senator Clinton 'How do we beat the bitch?' he responded 'Excellent question."IS THAT BIAS? POLITICALLY INCORRECT? Should our leaders be held accountable for their actions and what they say? It's for you to decide.
2) much shorterI do not consider myself a "liberal" as connotated these past few years i.e the folks who want to raise taxes, reduce the military, allow for political machines to keep their influence inside and outside of Washington, and leave Americans and all global citizens vulnerable to attacks from fanatics, despots and terrorists. Matter of fact, in the terms of this campaign I consider myself rather conservative. That is, A CONSERVATIVE READER OF THE CONSTITUTION AND LAW OF THIS LAND. So now the tables have turned, the Dems are the sexists and liberals want to abort teenagers....So all that I studied and write about is untrue...liberals are not only evil, they are do-nothings that do (and know) too much.
FACT: If liberals were evil:
Barack Obama would not be a nominee for a major political party (race)
Joe Biden would not be the nominee for a major political party (religion)
Sarah Palin would never get the chance to be the "uber-woman" she is proported to be, let alone the next President of the US. (gender)
THE SPIN ON CHANGE WILL NOT END UNTIL WE ALL SAY **ENOUGH!** seriously....
I am struck by two things: the amount of tip-toeing around the gender issue implicit within this nomination and the idea that liberal-thinking people are evil people. Therefore, I have two things to say:
1) Every political candidate in every election is under scrutiny. That is what comes with the proverbial "throwing your hat into a race." And when one is confronted with that scrutiny, there are two options: ignore it or confront it. Ignoring the scrutiny is a wise move, especially regarding the short term effect and affect of the issue at hand. In other words, more often than not news will blow over and the issue will become so "last week." In our fast pace yet informatively rich and diverse country, shifts, twists and terms are always encountered and reshape in sensational stories that are (quote/unquote) newsworthy. "Jamie Lynn's pregnacy was sooooo last year." Those who ignore the scrutiny of the public eye, via ANY media outlet, hope that the scrutiny will pass like a quick thunderstorm (and we are all inside so we didn't even know it rained).Now, confronting scrutiny is difficult. The reason is more complex than we may first think. It is human to feel embarrassed or awkward over a public faux pas that was caught in the media. But at the heart of confronting this scrutiny is a very important notion, a notion that by name has been talked about a lot but not by issue: ACCOUNTABILITY.
When in the limelight, especially as a political figure where you are asking us to have faith and vote for you, you must be held accountable for your actions. You must confront the issue dead on; quell the tensions and if you f-ed up just admit it. It's simple, but uncommon. If people are spreading lies about you, confront the lies. If the public is getting mis-information, inform us. Answer questions. Engage in dialogue. DON'T TRY TO STOP IT BY SAYING IT IS OFFENSIVE OR DEMEANING. Although it is a clever (short term) tactic to claim BIAS, the "bias" is only going to get worse if not confronted. The media is called the fourth estate for that reason. It was meant to scrutinize the public actions of public citizens--and scrutinize it will; the pendulum will swing one way to the next with each passing day and each poll, with each breath...CAUTION....this is not an never ending pendulum. Without confrontation or accountability, the issues themselves will become it's own tornado wielding mess. Silence is the politician's deadliest foe.
This verbose thought comes from watching about 4 hours of news programming on different networks. From the political campaigns, I saw one side engage in dialouge with the media, answering questions in Dayton and Missouri, discussing the facts, issues and some mis-information about their camp. On the other side, I heard the same speech, with the same talking points (that have been disproved by both the right and left media outlets) and the same political zings that are frankly as tired as Marge Simpson's Channel suit in that Simpsons episode from over a decade ago. And when it is not the Channel suit, it is the claim of BIAS, LIBERAL NEWS, POLITICAL INCORRECTNESS...ENOUGH!
What we want to know is more about stance and substance not about how the Democrats via Obama want to destroy this nation. AND HERE IT IS: Barack Obama fights against the divisions that some Americans just want to hold so dear. When he is under scrutiny he attacks what is being said about him. He is accountable by answering questions, going on news programs, sticking to the issues at hand, making himself as wide known as possible and as available and accessible any person running for this EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POSITION should be with some pretty big issues at stake! Issues much bigger than lipstick and where it is applied.
As for accountability I will leave this thought with a "what do you think about this?"Anna Quindlen's Newsweek "Last Word" from this week: "[McCain] when asked during the primaries, on the subject of Senator Clinton 'How do we beat the bitch?' he responded 'Excellent question."IS THAT BIAS? POLITICALLY INCORRECT? Should our leaders be held accountable for their actions and what they say? It's for you to decide.
2) much shorterI do not consider myself a "liberal" as connotated these past few years i.e the folks who want to raise taxes, reduce the military, allow for political machines to keep their influence inside and outside of Washington, and leave Americans and all global citizens vulnerable to attacks from fanatics, despots and terrorists. Matter of fact, in the terms of this campaign I consider myself rather conservative. That is, A CONSERVATIVE READER OF THE CONSTITUTION AND LAW OF THIS LAND. So now the tables have turned, the Dems are the sexists and liberals want to abort teenagers....So all that I studied and write about is untrue...liberals are not only evil, they are do-nothings that do (and know) too much.
FACT: If liberals were evil:
Barack Obama would not be a nominee for a major political party (race)
Joe Biden would not be the nominee for a major political party (religion)
Sarah Palin would never get the chance to be the "uber-woman" she is proported to be, let alone the next President of the US. (gender)
THE SPIN ON CHANGE WILL NOT END UNTIL WE ALL SAY **ENOUGH!** seriously....
A historical perspective of Palin's interview
Wow...I just read a post comment that suggested Palin's interview was better than any of Obama's.Her 1 interview with EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONNOTATIONS that shows absolutely no comprehensive knowledge of the history of the 20th century (and comprehensive understanding of 20th century history should be expected by any of these candidates) against the thousands given by Obama. His accessability has been so impressive for almost two years.
WOW!!!I'm really scared, not that we will lose, because of these next few days I am clear we won't. It's just scary that the direction of regression and war is what the R (for Rove) campaign and the Republican party wants us to support. As a Dem, I always respected the Reps, although I fiercely disagree with them on many issues.
But the past eight years, I KNOW there must be some Reps who are embarassed by this, this NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY has undermined their party and distorted their ideals. GWB really messed you guys up.But most of all I am disappointed in J McCain. I thought he could do better and be better than this, THE MAVERICK, a shame he decided to run with the Bush card. It's embarrassing. Look at what the foreign press is saying about us.
Making passing comments about pressuring nuclear powers is NOT A GOOD MOVE. Let's fight terrorism and the Cold War, but make it HOT this time. Fairly unfair to the military AND the American people.Country first? Then PLEASE vote Obama.
WOW!!!I'm really scared, not that we will lose, because of these next few days I am clear we won't. It's just scary that the direction of regression and war is what the R (for Rove) campaign and the Republican party wants us to support. As a Dem, I always respected the Reps, although I fiercely disagree with them on many issues.
But the past eight years, I KNOW there must be some Reps who are embarassed by this, this NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY has undermined their party and distorted their ideals. GWB really messed you guys up.But most of all I am disappointed in J McCain. I thought he could do better and be better than this, THE MAVERICK, a shame he decided to run with the Bush card. It's embarrassing. Look at what the foreign press is saying about us.
Making passing comments about pressuring nuclear powers is NOT A GOOD MOVE. Let's fight terrorism and the Cold War, but make it HOT this time. Fairly unfair to the military AND the American people.Country first? Then PLEASE vote Obama.
Fact check!!!
I get really concerned when people who cannot construct a decent sentence or spell correctly are more than willing to chime in on why they support a given candidate. I get even more concerned when these same people point to forwarded emails as "proof" of a person's belief systems.
Obama is a racist? REALLY? A man who grew up with a white family, is white himself, is racist. Michelle Obama is un-American because she stated that she was proud of her country for the first time in a long time...more pride does not mean she has NEVER BEEN PROUD. For someone who was born in 1964 she missed out on some really good moments and frankly the way politics have been the past two decades there has not been much to be proud of. Moments, but nothing consistent, fresh or new. Read people, research people!!!
John McCain, a hero and possible military icon was born in 1936. He represents the way things have been and many people are not happy with that. His experience lies in the support of failed foreign policies and the success in the politics of fear. He put his life on the line, honorably, in support for a war that was flawed. He now supports another. Preemptive war and offensive tactics are part of his lexicon. If you feel safer and believe that the state and welfare of our great nation is good--economically sound, militarily in the right place and socially connected, then McCain is definitely your man.
Barrack Obama was born in 1961. He had the privilege of a good education which placed him in some very diverse areas of this country--HI, CA, NYC, Boston, and his job led him to Illinois. The racist card is pretty hard to play with his diverse background and work with working class people across the country. But I think the anti-Obama spin-masters out there are freaking out because they really can't find anything to pockmark his character. (His wife being a racist is just incredibly absurd; is she racist against her husband and children too?) Twisted logic will not work because most of us are more educated than that, we can see the facts and we know where to research such facts.
Fact: Obama talks about the things most politicians try to hide in his 1995 book "Dreams of my Father." Yes, published in 1995 when he had little to no experience. If you support McCain, I suggest you read this book. He comes clean on all his issues in an honest and profound way. By nature, all human beings are flawed; most politicians would not dare admit it. Obama does.
Fact. In his first year in Congress he authored and/or sponsored over 600 bills.
Fact. Since day one in Congress he has worked toward changing the way of politics--smear tactics, the power of lobbyist and the support of those who make more money than they can spend--that is politics people, and that is what he wants to change. For more, you can begin with the 2006 Coburn Obama Government Transparency Act.
Fact. Since he entered the U.S. Senate, Senator Obama has written 890 bills and co-sponsored another 1096. This supports the FACT that he has a large legislative record.
Fact. Obama does not only "talk the talk" he came into Congress on a mission, fed up with power being in the hands of the few. He believes not matter what you are, Dem/Rep, black/white, male/female, we all have a stake in our future. Coalition politics is his goal, not just the good ole' boys but a plethora of people who represent what our country IS and HAS BEEN for quite some time.
It is time for change, don't you think?
Military experience is McCain's strength and our recent military policies he has supported and he will probably support more in the name of preemptiveness or fear and terror. Haven't we learned from Iraq? Furthermore, his nomination is fracturing his party. This new allegation in the Times is only the beginning, there will be more.
Social, economic and political fairness is Barrack Obama's strength, as is his coalition politics and his foresight in not only seeing Iraq as a quagmire early on, but also in writing his memoirs so he could get all his demons and challenges out in the open to share with those of us who are willing to admit their flaws and limits. He represents a breath of fresh air. His constituency transcends the normal boundaries of gender, race, class and status. His message touches Americans of all types, shapes and hues. There is a reason for that. Only those who still have issue with race will bring in race, and that will be rather foolish; he is just as much white as he is black right?
So the choice is stay where we are and support a candidate who will "recapture the American Dream" for many of us do feel it is beginning to become a nightmare
Obama is a racist? REALLY? A man who grew up with a white family, is white himself, is racist. Michelle Obama is un-American because she stated that she was proud of her country for the first time in a long time...more pride does not mean she has NEVER BEEN PROUD. For someone who was born in 1964 she missed out on some really good moments and frankly the way politics have been the past two decades there has not been much to be proud of. Moments, but nothing consistent, fresh or new. Read people, research people!!!
John McCain, a hero and possible military icon was born in 1936. He represents the way things have been and many people are not happy with that. His experience lies in the support of failed foreign policies and the success in the politics of fear. He put his life on the line, honorably, in support for a war that was flawed. He now supports another. Preemptive war and offensive tactics are part of his lexicon. If you feel safer and believe that the state and welfare of our great nation is good--economically sound, militarily in the right place and socially connected, then McCain is definitely your man.
Barrack Obama was born in 1961. He had the privilege of a good education which placed him in some very diverse areas of this country--HI, CA, NYC, Boston, and his job led him to Illinois. The racist card is pretty hard to play with his diverse background and work with working class people across the country. But I think the anti-Obama spin-masters out there are freaking out because they really can't find anything to pockmark his character. (His wife being a racist is just incredibly absurd; is she racist against her husband and children too?) Twisted logic will not work because most of us are more educated than that, we can see the facts and we know where to research such facts.
Fact: Obama talks about the things most politicians try to hide in his 1995 book "Dreams of my Father." Yes, published in 1995 when he had little to no experience. If you support McCain, I suggest you read this book. He comes clean on all his issues in an honest and profound way. By nature, all human beings are flawed; most politicians would not dare admit it. Obama does.
Fact. In his first year in Congress he authored and/or sponsored over 600 bills.
Fact. Since day one in Congress he has worked toward changing the way of politics--smear tactics, the power of lobbyist and the support of those who make more money than they can spend--that is politics people, and that is what he wants to change. For more, you can begin with the 2006 Coburn Obama Government Transparency Act.
Fact. Since he entered the U.S. Senate, Senator Obama has written 890 bills and co-sponsored another 1096. This supports the FACT that he has a large legislative record.
Fact. Obama does not only "talk the talk" he came into Congress on a mission, fed up with power being in the hands of the few. He believes not matter what you are, Dem/Rep, black/white, male/female, we all have a stake in our future. Coalition politics is his goal, not just the good ole' boys but a plethora of people who represent what our country IS and HAS BEEN for quite some time.
It is time for change, don't you think?
Military experience is McCain's strength and our recent military policies he has supported and he will probably support more in the name of preemptiveness or fear and terror. Haven't we learned from Iraq? Furthermore, his nomination is fracturing his party. This new allegation in the Times is only the beginning, there will be more.
Social, economic and political fairness is Barrack Obama's strength, as is his coalition politics and his foresight in not only seeing Iraq as a quagmire early on, but also in writing his memoirs so he could get all his demons and challenges out in the open to share with those of us who are willing to admit their flaws and limits. He represents a breath of fresh air. His constituency transcends the normal boundaries of gender, race, class and status. His message touches Americans of all types, shapes and hues. There is a reason for that. Only those who still have issue with race will bring in race, and that will be rather foolish; he is just as much white as he is black right?
So the choice is stay where we are and support a candidate who will "recapture the American Dream" for many of us do feel it is beginning to become a nightmare
An Absolute Horrid Double Standard. Democracy at RISK!
I am witnessing a horrible double standard that has been apparent in this political season and I am really struggling with it.
McCain supporters tell Obama supporters to be careful about attacking Sarah Palin. "It may come back to hurt you!" Then, McCain can base his campaign on attacking and absolute LYING about Barack Obama and that is "politics."
If Barack Obama or any of his supporters go out and tell the TRUTH about the McCain/Palin ticket, they are ridiculed for their lack of sensitivity, sexism, smears yada yada.
ENOUGH OF THIS!
Obama is running a campaign based on issues and is trying to keep the tenor of this VERY IMPORTANT ELECTION at a respectful, and as fair as possible, level. I agree with him on keeping this as toned down as possible, but come on!
Some O supporters feel that if he were to go off and get down and dirty (I don't think anyone can stoop to the level of the awful smears the McCain campaign has recently put out) he would be labeled as the "angry black man," a label and connotation that dates back to before Obama was even born. Angry black man, for some, is much more dangerous than war with Russia for some. Simplistic reasoning it may seem for 2008--but they way the McPalin's have initiated the culture wars of past eras point to the fact that they want Americans to regress in that ways we think about cultural and ethnic diversity.
It's clear--Obama is on thin ice and has to be perfect to be selected as the right person for the most powerful position in the world. The number 2 on the other ticket, doesn't need a passport(she got her's last year and went out of North America for the first time in 2007, so endearing), doesn't know foriegn policy, has questionable political ethics, doesn't believe in reproductive rights (which were achieved before she was 10 years old), has no clue about urban problems (but that makes her likeable), feels that options of nuclear war are open, believes that church and state cannot be separate because a person's belief is what should guide their decision making....I could go on but Americans know... but we cannot criticize her or else it's sexism, and you know the Republicans and how they feel about sexism...
Barack Obama has been vetted by the media and the American public for almost two years. We have known the potential next President of the US for two weeks, and she gets to pick who she talks to or pull out that same ol speech and that's ok? She brings crowds. The polls (which I think are a sham) have the two parties in a dead heat. THERE IS SERIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG HERE--A DOUBLE STANDARD THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DEMOCRACY!!!
Vote for McCain/Palin, because they have proven that they know how to dig up major issues from the past. They have proven they could restart the Culture Wars and would be willing to restart the Cold War as well. AND PEOPLE ARE BUYING THIS.
With much respect to the party of Lincoln, COUNTRY FIRST? No, since the doomsday of the 2000 election it has been WIN ELECTION FIRST...what you do after...ah what-ever.
WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS. I love my country way too much to fall for the crap that has been thrown to us by the Republican ticket. I love my country way too much to accept regression and the roll backs of all the gains this country has made since 1865. I love my country so much and now I am freightened to death. I am freightened to find out the only reason a VERY WEAK AND VERY SCARY Bush III-Republican ticket could take office is because the right man for the job is half-black. His story is the absolute rags to riches American Dream tale. His vision is to put that ideal back into the American lexicon. He wants US to be proud of US again. But, go ahead culture war--vote McCain---cold war HOT--vote McCain.
We are better than this, and if you REALLY think you should vote for McCain/Palin because they are the people you would have a drink with, then you are skewed in politics and we are screwed for the future. We are not electing friends---our future is at stake!
McCain supporters tell Obama supporters to be careful about attacking Sarah Palin. "It may come back to hurt you!" Then, McCain can base his campaign on attacking and absolute LYING about Barack Obama and that is "politics."
If Barack Obama or any of his supporters go out and tell the TRUTH about the McCain/Palin ticket, they are ridiculed for their lack of sensitivity, sexism, smears yada yada.
ENOUGH OF THIS!
Obama is running a campaign based on issues and is trying to keep the tenor of this VERY IMPORTANT ELECTION at a respectful, and as fair as possible, level. I agree with him on keeping this as toned down as possible, but come on!
Some O supporters feel that if he were to go off and get down and dirty (I don't think anyone can stoop to the level of the awful smears the McCain campaign has recently put out) he would be labeled as the "angry black man," a label and connotation that dates back to before Obama was even born. Angry black man, for some, is much more dangerous than war with Russia for some. Simplistic reasoning it may seem for 2008--but they way the McPalin's have initiated the culture wars of past eras point to the fact that they want Americans to regress in that ways we think about cultural and ethnic diversity.
It's clear--Obama is on thin ice and has to be perfect to be selected as the right person for the most powerful position in the world. The number 2 on the other ticket, doesn't need a passport(she got her's last year and went out of North America for the first time in 2007, so endearing), doesn't know foriegn policy, has questionable political ethics, doesn't believe in reproductive rights (which were achieved before she was 10 years old), has no clue about urban problems (but that makes her likeable), feels that options of nuclear war are open, believes that church and state cannot be separate because a person's belief is what should guide their decision making....I could go on but Americans know... but we cannot criticize her or else it's sexism, and you know the Republicans and how they feel about sexism...
Barack Obama has been vetted by the media and the American public for almost two years. We have known the potential next President of the US for two weeks, and she gets to pick who she talks to or pull out that same ol speech and that's ok? She brings crowds. The polls (which I think are a sham) have the two parties in a dead heat. THERE IS SERIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG HERE--A DOUBLE STANDARD THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DEMOCRACY!!!
Vote for McCain/Palin, because they have proven that they know how to dig up major issues from the past. They have proven they could restart the Culture Wars and would be willing to restart the Cold War as well. AND PEOPLE ARE BUYING THIS.
With much respect to the party of Lincoln, COUNTRY FIRST? No, since the doomsday of the 2000 election it has been WIN ELECTION FIRST...what you do after...ah what-ever.
WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS. I love my country way too much to fall for the crap that has been thrown to us by the Republican ticket. I love my country way too much to accept regression and the roll backs of all the gains this country has made since 1865. I love my country so much and now I am freightened to death. I am freightened to find out the only reason a VERY WEAK AND VERY SCARY Bush III-Republican ticket could take office is because the right man for the job is half-black. His story is the absolute rags to riches American Dream tale. His vision is to put that ideal back into the American lexicon. He wants US to be proud of US again. But, go ahead culture war--vote McCain---cold war HOT--vote McCain.
We are better than this, and if you REALLY think you should vote for McCain/Palin because they are the people you would have a drink with, then you are skewed in politics and we are screwed for the future. We are not electing friends---our future is at stake!
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