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We are now facing the most serious and complicated issues that our country has faced since the great depression.
What do we get? Endless stories about how the "first Dude" may or may not have been places he should not have been. This is important because we are faced with the prospect of a vice president who seems to be walking under a black cloud; a person who seems to have no real sense of what it means to govern.
Judgment, temperament and decency are traits needed to govern well, and are in fact prerequisites to being an effective chief executive. McCain/Palin can't deliver the goods. Every day brings more revelations of incompetence, cronyism and political distortions and lies.
Certainly Sen. Obama is not perfect, but his campaign and running mate trump the "straight talk express". It's amazing to me that the majority of voters don't see through the downright lack of substance that the Republicans are offering this year.
Pay attention - there is a real difference.
