just a couple of months until the election.
and i know this might sound dull, but what if the discussion in the run-up to the election
was about issues and not about slander?
for example, let’s dispel a few myths:
barack obama is not a muslim(not that there’s anything wrong with islam, but obama is a christian).
barack obama is not a socialist(not that there’s anything wrong with being a socialist, but obama is a capitalist).
barack obama is not inexperienced(as a candidate he’s had more time in d.c than did: abraham lincoln, john f. kennedy, bill clinton,
ronald reagan, etc).
there are differences between the candidates, and people should vote based
on which candidate they believe has the best ideas for how the country should be run.
it would be a tragedy for the u.s and the world if the election were decided based on deceit(like
saying that obama is a muslim), name calling(yes, obama’s middle name is ‘hussein’, i’m not sure
how that’s a valid election year issue), or racism(yes, obama’s father was black, again, not exactly
germaine criteria for choosing a candidate).
if you’re an american who believes that the last 8 years of gw bush and republican rule have been good for
the country, then you should probably vote for john mccain, as john mccain is a life-long republican and
he’s voted with gw bush and the republicans 90% of the time in the last 8 years.
if you’re an american who believes that the last 8 years of gw bush and republican
rule have been bad for the country, then you should probably vote for barack obama, as barack obama
is a life-long democrat and he’s voted with the democrats 96% of the time while he’s been in the senate.
it’s not rocket science, really. not to state the obvious, but you pick the candidate with whom you agree and who you
think will do the best job leading the country.
moby