Vote For Barack Obama November 4th

I just watched the very impartial "Choice 2008" on PBS. It's a timeline of Barack Obama and John McCain leading up to the November 4th election. I have to say they gave equal time to both candidates and the people who were speaking for them. Both parties have had issues to overcome and these issues were portrayed evenly by PBS. I actually found myself being bipartisan for most of the feature. But I found myself drifting towards Barack Obama after seeing how McCain handled himself with George W. Bush. I guess he had to suck up to the Religious Right (especially Falwell),

and the so called Bush conservative right. His total and absolute support of the war in Iraq and his obsession with the so called "surge" and his vote and support for allowing torture turned me off. For a macho tough guy who was in a POW camp to be so pro war is quite scary indeed. He loves the Bush tax cuts, which are a complete kick in the ass for Joe The Plumber (Joe is not even his real name) and Chuck The Printer( Chuck is me real name). The real clincher for me has to be the addition of Sarah Palin as the V.P. Candidate. I did a little checking up on her and she hasn't really been an exemplary political presence for Alaska, but I'm sure everyone has done their research so this isn't much of a surprise. Not to mention the insanity of her religious beliefs. I would love to hear what Mark Twain or Thomas Jefferson would have to say about this little tart. Although my first choice is still Ralph Nader, I'm voting for Barack Obama. The way I figure it, rich white men have been running this country into the ground for a long time, let's give a smart, educated, african american man a shot at it, at least once.

Maybe we can go from the worst of the worst to the best of the best.

In 2000 the rest of the world said I'm glad I'm not from America if George Bush is the best they can offer. I say I'm glad I'm not from Alaska if Sarah Palin is the best they can offer.