That was McCain’s vice presidential candidate. It appears that if he is elected we will once again have God running our country. Seeing as I don’t believe in God, I find that frightening. If you do believe in God then maybe you feel different. Seriously though, you should vote if you haven’t already been convinced that doing so is important this year. Remember, there is a drastic difference between the world today and the world prior to 2001.
Oh yeah, the first presidential debate is September 26th. The first and only vice presidential debate is October 2nd. They’re usually a good place to start if you don’t know much about the candidates.
If you haven’t been following, the republican and democratic vice presidential nominees have both been chose. Obama picked Joe Biden while McCain chose Sarah Palin.
Biden is a long time senator. He actually ran for the presidential nomination but dropped out after performing badly in Iowa. I’m not particularly thrilled about him but he’s not terrible either. He just has a big mouth and knows how to use it. Anyway, here’s the pertinent info on him:
Palin is the governor of Alaska. She’s held the position since 2006 and had some other minor executive branch experience prior to that. She seems pretty hardcore social conservative to me. She’s a member of the NRA, pro-life, anti-gay marriage, etc.. I actually don’t think she’s such a bad choice for McCain except that, to me, it highlights his desire to say and do what he thinks will get him elected instead of sticking to his guns. Basically, I believe he’s purposely chose a woman so that he could increase his chances of wooing disenfranchised Clinton supporters. Hell, Palin’s first speech contained praise for Hillary. Pander much? Anyway, I’m bias, but she does seem like a decent choice for getting McCain some conservative votes. Here’s the pertinent info on her:
I’m just trying to keep everyone up to date. Maybe some people who know me and aren’t interested in voting and whatnot will have a change of heart? Eh? Eh? Oh, and the democrats had their convention. Here’s Obama’s speech. It’s rather good.
… vote in November. Seriously. You can either have this:
Or you can have this:
Now, granted, this is comparing Obama’s best to some of McCain’s worst but Obama’s worst is manufactured issues taken out of context and blown so far out of proportion that you could see it from space. For instance, the religious (no pun intended) devotion to the Reverend Wright issue. Also, Obama’s comments about why people are bitter about Washington’s ability to help them financially. Apparently this somehow means that he’s en elitist who doesn’t understand religion or guns or immigration. To be fair, it’s the equivalent of thinking that when McCain said that we might be in Iraq for 100 years that he actually meant the war will be going on like it has been for 100 years (although McCain is a bit naive to think that Iraq is anything like Japan or any of the other countries where we have a presense and there aren’t any insurgents).
Even if you want to look at this just on issues. Do you believe in trickle down economics? Vote for McCain. Do you think that holding a grudge is a good way to solve your problems with someone? Vote for McCain. Do you think health insurance is just fine how it is? Vote for McCain. Do you think veterans shouldn’t have more than a minute amount of their college education paid for when they finish fighting a war? Vote for McCain.
I won’t get into details about all these things but do yourself a favor, check their sites and voting records and see which one makes sense to you. This is going to make a huge difference in our lives.
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