Like many people, for the first time in a long time, I'm watching the presidential election with great interest. I'm reading headlines, articles, blogs, commentary, threads, conspiracy theory websites. This time I really want to know what is really going on. I have some preconceived ideas (who doesn't?!) and I would like to get past that as well as my emotional responses and make a vote that is truly the right one for the country. Listen to every argument, weigh them, sort them, run them through a sieve and see what's left and then make an educated decision.
Here's my problem; Most of what I hear and read is information on what a candidate did and why. I'm hearing precious little about what the candidate said and what it means against the backdrop of the America we live in today. "WHAT DOES IT MEAN?" is the question I'm left with after nearly every article.
I'm no political science student. The last couple of elections were little more than background noise in my life at those times. I've got an uphill battle when it comes to understanding, "What does this or that mean for America? and what does that mean to ME? and MY KIDS?" I need more input... but I don't trust the sources. Everyone has an agenda.
I have come to believe that more Americans are lost politically then we realize. My husband gets to talk to a lot of "regular guys" out there on the road. Some business owners, some just blue collar auto techs and he hears all kinds of stuff. You would be ... surprised? shocked? horrified? My favorite... one guy on our route says he won't vote for Obama because he's a Muslim. Must be because his name rhymes with that other infamous Muslim, I guess. (insert eye roll here) Another guy I know is not voting for McCain because he "just doesn't trust him."
"Why?" I asked - genuinely curious.
"I just don't. He looks untrustworthy."
Sigh...
God, save us from ourselves! (me first, please...)
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