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I moved from San Francisco to a small town in Tennessee. Both places are equally beautiful. I am at a crossroads on voting at all at this point. Why? I want a President that represents and has respect for all Americans, regardless.....The rift between Democrats and Republicans is horrible; and I will not blame any one person who voted for what an entire Administration has done. I watched the war unfold, like everyone else did. I saw, the media rarely go against the administration until recently. Does anyone recall how Cindy Sheehan was treated? Being called everything from a "media whore"..To who knows what? It was "unpatriotic" to be against this war until the beginning of the run for the presidency. Now, there is a louder outcry and interest, but you have to wonder, if folks had been as interested then as they are now, where would we be? We, are all responsible as voters, as to whom we select. I am tired of a divided nation, a war that is in all of our pocketbooks, (it isn't hard to reason that 80% of what has caused the problem with the American economy-billions of dollars a day to support the war in Iraq) but destroying families of about 160,000 service families. We all need to think about some future questions beyond the obvious, when is the war going to end, because it is just a matter of time before a draft will be started, to sustain just about every plan out there. Also we need to address those who have taken advantage of the economy during this war, many, many have benefited; it is the American people who are now paying for it. Republican or Democrat, all of us. Unless you are filthy, filthy rich, this problematic economy/war related/lack of ability to repair our country is going to last a lot longer than the next four years. I would be surprised if that puts a dent in it.
Remember we all suffer, in different ways; we all cope in different ways. Each and every time we lose a soldier, we do not ask their political party; because when their blood was spilt its only color was American. We are all responsible for that. We must, with all we can be, keep in mind, realistically what will be chosen as a priority, and (if you don't end the war, the economy will still be in trouble); how you end the war, and how you hold the country together in the mean time. The only way we can solve the huge mess our country in, is to reach across party lines, deny petty differences, and work for the common good of our country as a whole. This can only be done if we look at each other as Americans, with respect and deserving of dignity; not small town this, or big city that, or black or white, or rich or poor, male or female. American’s.
I do not want the world to see our President as one who thinks of its citizens as disposable; not by means of their vote or lack there-of, thanks to “party” rules, nor because of where they live, worship, etc.
