Just to be clear.

[ysobelle]

I'm ecstatic about the upcoming election. I'm literally almost giddy. Why? Because I respect McCain, and I like both Hillary and Obama. I haven't been able to feel positive about almost anything political in so long, I almost don't remember what it feels like. The administration of this country has affected me with such all-encompassing negativity, I almost can't fathom what it'll be like to not loathe my President.

And I look forward to being able to travel abroad without the insidious, uncomfortable feeling I should be wearing a sign that says, "I didn't vote for him, and I think he's a moron, too."

Comments

[kylecassidy.livejournal.com]

ya know, when democrats are blasting mccaine saying "he wasn't even born in the US! he can't be president!" i find myself thinking "dude, you must poop red white and blue to tell a guy who got SET ON FIRE and had bamboo slivers shoved under his fingernails for his country that he's not american enough."

whatever i think of his politics, i have respect for the man.

[well-artesia.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed with his biography - by all rights, he should be dead ten times over - but not with him. He shoots his mouth off and says whatever he feels like saying, often without a filter... and while I like this in my friends, it scares the hell out of me in a potential international diplomat who is going to represent me (us) to the world. They already know we're loud, bossy and get our back up easily - do we really need to reinforce that opinion?

I think we have an ability to truly cooperate with the world for once, and, to borrow a quip from Salman Rushdie, who put it quite succinctly when he said "I don't wish to endorse John McCain for President at this time."

And, along similar lines, I worry that Hillary looks EITHER weak or devisive for not leaving her SOB of a husband when he rather publicly cheated on her and then lied about it to the entire country. Embarrassingly public episode of something that I think 99% of us wish had stayed private, but given that it IS out there, and her reaction DOES define her in certain ways, her rather sheepish answer that she "never doubted (his) love for (her) for a second" strikes me as pathetic - either in denial or in deviousness.

So I suppose I'm an Obama supporter. Fortunately, like you, this is not ONLY a "least of the evils" decision - I actually respect the guy and think he might be capable of doing some good. As you know, I've managed to avoid any associated (internal) guilt by abstaining from voting and letting you who want those stains on your hands to manage the country until now... but this time, I plan to stick my 2 cents in. I hope I don't regret it.