Comments on: Still Undecided, and Growing Apathetic

By: big bro

big bro — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:23:19 +0000

Thanks Adam for the link. That is a very thought provoking article.

By: big bro

big bro — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:03 +0000

As someone who tries to stay away from hype and emotional arguments and who tries to get as much good solid truth (if there is such a thing) from the political arena without going insane, I try to give each candidate a chance from the start to the end. There is one thing that really stands out to me negatively about Obama, Sean Hannity brought it to my attention.
If Obama were applying for a job with the FBI or CIA would his background check be clear enough for the job? He did rub shoulders with a lot of very interesting people… for a long time… It makes me think back to when a military investigator interviewed me about a old mission companion I served with in Russia, (my friend was going for a special forces position.) there are some Interesting questions that may have disqualified him for the position…
so all of you can take that how you like but it really firmed up some things for me.

By: booger

booger — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:44:49 +0000

Wow! I love your comments and I wish you’d convey my heartfelt thanks and agreement to your friend Michelle. I loved your summary as this campaign did distinguish itself with some element of “hope” and aversion to dirty tactics. The past vile campaigns has made elections a bitter sand box that does nothing to advance what America was founded on: Hope and Optimism of better things to come!

By: The Grape

The Grape — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:28:23 +0000

It sounds like if McCain is elected, there will be some who might just go out and hang themselves???? If Obama is elected, life will go on for everyone. But my thought is that if he is elected, it will be the younger generation who will pay the price….my grand children and great grand children….select carefully and vote wisely for their future. Do not think just about today but look down the road for what you would like for tomorrow. Education, Supreme Court, Taxes, and Morality just to name a few. Do not be deceived by the saying ” Today, eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die”.
Thanks Brows for the blog.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:36:09 +0000

On another note….thanks for the help with my spelling. I was thinking that it didn’t look right. Second, send me your address and I’ll see what I can do.

By: Erica

Erica — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:22:42 +0000

Amen. Voting this year made me feel nauseous. For me personally and more for my poor country that will have to be represented in international politics by one of these two awful choices. I am embarrassed for us. And scared.

By: Adam Findley

Adam Findley — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:48:42 +0000

I think you may have been hit by too much news, who have reported on themselves even for having trashed McCain and Palin while being Obama’s main suppporters. I don’t think McCain’s campaign has been as clear as it should have been, but at the same right, the more I read about the man, the more convinced I am that he’s the one I want running this country. Orson Scott Card really nails my opinion in this article: http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2008-10-26-1.html

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:18:30 +0000

I have to say: I don’t think Michelle could have expressed my personal viewpoint about this election if she had tried. I’m sick of the Republican party being the world’s morality police all the while expanding the size of the government, spending taxpayer money for programs I don’t support, and as Michelle said, “using fear as a primary motivator.” I’m not a registered anything, but until the Republican party can get it’s base under control and get back to the ideals upon which the party was founded, they’re going to continue losing more and more people.

By: Alison

Alison — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:52:55 +0000

After Mitt Romney was off the ticket, I basically gave up following anything. McCain makes me sick (he’s a vicious snake in the grass in my opinion) and I don’t know what to think about Obama. I didn’t watch the speeches or the conventions. I know little about Sarah Palin and her “you betcha’s” or the geezer that’s with Obama who’s suppose to give him street cred. Each of my parents voted for a different candidate–almost unheard of in my family. And what it comes down to, I think (for me), is that this is one of the biggest disappointments in presidential election history. I know everyone hates Bush, but I don’t. Yeah, he’s made some mistakes (big ones–NCLB alone makes me want to strangle him), but at least when he ran both times, I felt like I’d made a choice I would be comfortable living with. I have no idea who I’ll be voting for either. I think I may just write in Mitt Romney, not because he’s Mormon, but because his ideas, etc. seem to match up with what I would’ve wanted to see in the White House. Maybe we can convince him to run again in four years? Maybe by then America might be ok with electing him . . . but I doubt it.