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because of the unbelievable power of the christian ultra right and the incredible ignorance that they present. How is it that a man who is Harvard educated and experienced in community activism can be discounted because of his name and race while everyone gets excited about two people who promise to start wars with Iran and Russia without even finishing the wars in Iraq and Afganistan. How can people continue to support a party who taxes the poor and gives breaks to the rich, a party which erodes our constitutional rights and gives us a vp who has attempted to ban books, and fire the librarian at the local library. These people still refuse to see the loss of sea ice as a result of global warming. (I mean what else could cause the ice to melt?)
The choice here is so easy. But I am so depressed about where this is going, I'm ready to cry. Sure there are unknowns about how Obama will govern, but I can see exactly what we'll get if McCain wins the election and I can tell you now just like I told everyone in 2000, Don't vote republican, it's a big mistake. I fully expect that now, as in 2000 and 2004, few if any will listen to me. I expect that now as then, I'll lose respect from people for saying so. If the world doesn't end in the next four years of republican power, we will certainly be extreemly close. In four years I will definately be saying I told you so. Unless, of course, everyone take the chance of losing the respect of their friends and relatives and reminds them that it was the republican policies of preemtive war against terror, lack of regulation in the housing market, torture and the refusal to work with our allies to build a real coalition and work within the bounds of the UN that has brought us to this low standing in the world. This isn't just the fault of 911 and terrorism, this is plain bad governing and we need to reexamine how we do things. Giving the country to the republicans will not accomplish that. If we can't convince our fellow Americans that the POW/moosetracker combo is the same as having a cowboy in the oval office, it's over, period.
