I’m not much for posting about politics most of the time, but there’s one thing this election I really want to share my opinion on: the presidential race.    I strongly support Obama.  I think his policies are more solid, and the thought of his VP as president doesn’t terrify me.  That being said, I support people making their own choice. So let’s talk politics.

Maybe you’re voting McCain because you believe his policies to be better, and that he is simply the right man for the job.  If your decision is based on your opinions of policies and positions, this post is not for you.  You are voting McCain for the right reasons, no matter how much I disagree, and I’m not going to try to change your mind because that comes down to opinion.  Go ahead and stop reading now, or not.

If you’re voting for McCain because Obama is black, you plain and simple don’t deserve to vote.  Get out of my country.

If you’re voting for McCain because Obama is Muslim or an Arab, or somehow not really American, not only do you not deserve to vote, I’m more than a little surprised you’re able to read this post based on the intelligence you display with that opinion.  I’d point you to snopes.com (not even a political site) or factcheck.org (nonpartisan, run by a university) but you’ve obviously already made up your mind to ignore the facts.  Besides that, I’m too lazy.

If you’re voting for McCain because of Obama’s association with Ayers or ACORN, you need to take a closer look.  Obama was eight years old when Ayers was associated with Weather Underground, his closest associations were serving on an education reform board beside Ayers (along with a number of prominent educators and Republicans – you don’t see McCain attacking them, though) and living in the same neighborhood, and Ayers is now a respectable politician in Chicago (as much as politicians in Chicago can be respectable, anyway).

ACORN is a nonpartisan organization that happens to have a project that involves hiring people in need of work to stand on street corners and the like and get people to register to vote.  It’s a perfectly legitimate organization, and legitimate activity.  Some of the people they hired unfortunately submitted illegitimate registrations as opposed to actually going out and getting people registered.  The organization that hired them had nothing to do with that, and it’s unfortunate that it’s getting caught up in the unscrupulous actions of a few of its employees.

If you’re voting for McCain because of his choice for VP, what the hell are you thinking?  Palin was just a couple weeks ago found in violation of several ethics rules in Alaska (her saying that the report “vindicated” her? a rather bold lie, given the report is public), and while mayor she had a reputation for getting rid of people who stood up to her and filling the ranks of her underlings with friends and acquaintances.  She’s the one that stands idle at rallies while her supporters cry “terrorist” and “kill him”, referring to Obama.  This is not a person you want anywhere near the white house, much less as vice president.

Meanwhile McCain pays lip service to a clean campaign, calling on his supporters to respect Obama (he was booed for that, by the way) while his campaign continues to run baseless attack ads on Obama’s very thin association with Ayers and his association with ACORN, an organization guilty only of trying to increase turnout of potential voters.  This means one of two things: either McCain is really just paying lip service, or he can’t even control his own campaign.  Do you really want him as president, either way?

I know this post isn’t likely to change anyone’s mind, but if you’re one of those swing votes, I hope it will swing you towards Obama.