Sunday, October 5, 2008

It's Sunday morning...30 days until the presidential election. I am ready for this to be over, I have been following this election for over a year and even a political junkie like me is exausted of it by now. I would like to say that I truly believe that the country has had a tremedous amount of opportunity to see the very clear differences between these two canidates and that not only are there policies polar opposites but the personal temperments, judgements and styles couldn't be more polar opposite. A friend of mine in the "undecided" catagory told me why she is still undecided and I found it interesting. She said that although she would agree that McCain represents the same policies as the Bush era, she felt that at least it was the enemy she knew, vs. the unknown of Obama. My advice to anyone that may also be in that mindset, is to be clear that when you do walk into that booth and make that decision, that you check your heart and your head and make sure that your vote is not based on your fears but rather on your hopes for the future of our country. I think politics ultimetely shouldn't be different than any of the other decisions we make in our lives. I believe the best decision are those that we make with our hearts and that making decisions based on one's fears often creates that which you are focusing on...more fear. I hope that everyone votes in keeping with their honest, true beliefs weather they be conservative, liberal or any number of space in between. I can accept that people have different morals, beliefs and ideas than mine, but I find it disheartening that people make decisions not based on those, but rather allowing thier fears to run away with them. I of course am hoping and quite honestly praying that my country elects Obama...not because I am afraid of McCain, but that I believe whole heartedely that Obama will offer not only my country but the entire world a 180 in direction that is what I believe it trully needed to start digging out of the very deep whole we are in...nationally and globally.

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