This is one of my earliest posts on topic. Tuesday, October 7, 2008.
O.K. once more unto the breach, dear friends, go I.
That’s right, it is the season of politics and so back to politics this blog must go.
My first point is this, back when this race for the president got started, I stated that I was concerned about the reason/s people would use for voting the way they chose. More than that I was worried that people would point fingers and accuse others for voting a particular way because of a bias towards race or gender.
I remember a time when, in Arizona, there was a vote about what holiday/s we ought to “celebrate” the choice was (a) Martin Luther King Jr. day, (b) Christopher Columbus day or (c) both.
The way the vote came out was essentially, “we do not want TWO holidays added, and if we have to pick between Christopher Columbus or Martin Luther King. Then we guess it will be Columbus.
The rest of the country (it seemed) came down on the state of Arizona declaring that all the citizens of that state must be “RACIST” because we were “against Martin Luther King. But that wasn’t the case we were not “against” King. We were just for Columbus. But EVERYONE did everything they could to intimidate all of Arizona until finally Arizona gave in and switched from the idea of Columbus Day and instead made Martin Luther King Day the holiday of choice.
Now I want to make one thing very clear here… For most Arizonans it was not about race. We couldn’t have cared less one way or the other. There might have been a few who were motivated by racism but I am quite certain that race was NOT the main point for the majority of the voters.
The really disturbing thing there for me was the fact that even though the people of the state made a choice in the polls they were forced to change their minds FOR NO GOOD REASON. Just because someone else CHOSE to be offended.
Like wise I wonder how many people will be offended at all the people who vote “against” Senator Obama. See when I think about going to the polls and voting in this election season I see myself voting for the candidate of my choice based on little things like… Issues! Moral Fiber! Leadership Ability! Those are the concerns as I see them.
Recently I watched an episode of Frasier. In that episode Martin (the dad) sides with one candidate and his sons side with the other. During the taping of a commercial for the candidate the sons want in office they discover, what is to them, A serious flaw. Their candidate believes in extraterrestrial beings. Now to these brothers, who are both psychiatrists, this is madness and they believe that their choice of candidate is totally unhinged and incompetent. But because they don’t like the other guy they still do everything they can to get their guy elected.
See they sold out completely. When they threw their support behind their guy, they decided that it did not matter that he was a total loony tune, it didn’t matter that he might lead the country into total danger because of his views or beliefs. All that mattered was getting their candidate elected. They threw away EVERYTHING they believed they compromised all their morals they corrupted all their values. All for the wrong reasons.
I wonder so much if that is what is going to happen this year. I think it might. We need to be Aware of the facts people. We need to follow the candidates and see what is really going on; and most of all we need to open our eyes and start realizing that the person we elect should be elected because he/she stands up for what is right, (not just sounds good) has the strength and fortitude to take office (doesn’t get wishy washy) and will serve the needs of the people rather than his own needs.
No bones here I am for John McCain. He has been a straight shooter while Barak Obama has continuously covered up and lied. John McCain has served the country, sometimes making hard choices to do so, Barak Obama has shown at every step that he is only interested in serving himself.
So why is it that people are willing to shoot themselves In the foot, voting for someone unprepared to take the highest office in the land? People we are all on the verge of selling out! Please when you vote; LOOK AT THE ISSUES. Look at the voting record, look at who has shown himself most willing to be up front. Don’t look at the smooth patter, or the idea of political correctness. Those are not issues and if those are the criteria you choose to base your vote on it could cost us more than we can Imagine.
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