Niceness and respecting the views of others seems to have been lost in this election. It’s understandable, so much is at stake. No one wants to see this nation spiral any further downward, we’re ready to start climbing back up.

I try my best to understand the Obama supporter views and do my best not to scream “idiot!!” at the tv screen. The people I know who are voting for Senator Obama have what they consider valid reasons for doing so. I think they’ve been misled, but I’m not going to think less of the people who I love and admire because they’re viewing this election from a different vantage point than me.

There’s no guarantee that Senator McCain in the White House will be anymore effective than Senator Obama. I think he will be, but I could be wrong. I see no reason to burn any bridges because some people around me are voting for Senator Obama. I accept they’re firm in their choice, as I am in mine.

yeah…right.

WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT…those fat cats in Washington WORK FOR US! WE PAY THEIR BLOATED SALARIES!…they seem to forget that.

WE WILL REMIND THEM.

He asks her: “What did you protest.”
She replies, wistfully, “Oh, everything.”

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By the way, I had just gotten back from the S.F. Bay Area yesterday – even went into the belly of the beast – Berkeley – to return some tiles.

On my way out of Berkeley (I confess I didn’t go downtown Berkeley), I saw one car get on the freeway with a NOBAMA bumpersticker.

I decided to count bumperstickers on the way down to Berkeley and back (about a 110 mile round trip drive). On the way to Berkeley – on I-80 – I saw NO Obama bumper stickers and two bumper stickers for McCain (and then there was mine, which I couldn’t see from a driving position ; ) and on the way back to Winters I saw 2 Obama bumper stickers.
I saw 3 Yes on Prop 8 (against gay marriage) and 1 No on Prop 8 bumper stickers.

What’s really strange is that in 2004 there were bumper stickers galore! for both sides – of course, mostly Kerry, due to the fact that California is largely a Democrat state.

It’s eerie.
Voters are virtually tight-lipped and silent this year.
Even some of my neighbors in Winters, who I know are Democrats, have yard signs up for local politicians (i.e., Lois Wolk, State Senate) but no Obama signs.

Just for fun I drove around Winters to see what kind of yard signs were up.

I saw about 4-5 Obama yard signs, about 7-8 McCain yard signs; a few No on Prop 8 signs and LOTS of Yes on Prop 8 signs.

What a beautiful, thoughtful and meaningful comment !!

Thank you for sharing this with us. I throughly enjoyed reading it It’s been the nicest thing I have read in a while.

Cheers,
A.

My family are Republicans, they’re delighted their little independent, flora and fauna hugging, liberal Constitutionalrights advocate, non-trickle down believer is voting for Senator McCain in this election. Of course, they would be more pleased if I was voting for Senator McCain because Senator Obama’s liberal, socialist University of Chicago view of the world scares me into being a card carrying Republican, but they’re willing to settle for my McCain vote because I haven’t seen one project, program or policy that Senator Obama has been involved in that has a positive effect other than to line the pockets of his cronies.

Two of my closest friends who are educated voters are voting for Senator Obama. One is in his 20′s, he finds Senator Obama inspiring. I believe every person should have the experience of finding a candidate in their youth who inspires them, even if the candidate is Senator Obama.

My other friend is in her mid-40′s, is a previous Senator Clinton supporter and she’s been diagnosed with a rare cancer that fewer than 100 people are diagnosed with in the U.S. each year. She has health insurance, in the past year she’s paid $20k out of pocket for co-pays. The only drug that is showing promise for her cancer is one the FDA isn’t even considering trials for, but the Netherlands has been using for ten years with good results. She’s looking into relocating to the Netherlands temporarily. Health issues are her major political concern in this election, she believes Senator Obama would be more helpful for her situation. I’m not in the circumstances she is and while I don’t believe Senator Obama will have a more positive effect than Senator McCain on her situation – I’m not in her shoes where her vote is based on life and death.

My s/o and I have been friends for eleven years, dated for six. Until last fall, our liberal views have always meshed. We’ve disagreed on a few politicians and policies but have always voted similarly. The s/o supported Senator Obama in the primaries, he’s an educated voter. I spent this past June bringing all of the questionable material in Senator Obama’s background to his attention. By the 4th of July, my s/o was disgusted with Senator Obama, he wasn’t the inspiration the media led him to believe in and unhappy with me for ruining what he had saw in Senator Obama. We quit talking politics. For awhile, I thought my s/o might vote for Senator McCain, but the choice of voting for a Republican platform that goes against his beliefs will probably have him abstaining from the presidential vote or deciding to cross his fingers that Senator Obama won’t be a disaster and voting for him.

Everyone else I know who is an educated voter is voting for Senator McCain. In a state that the McCain campaign, the media and political analysts have written off as Obamabot territory. I think they’ve all missed the boat since the three people who are close to me that are Senator Obama supporters are in Oregon, Illinois and Ohio. But what do I know, they put so much stock in their polls – the polls must be a more reliable prediction than what is actually going on here in Michigan on the ground.

The people I know supporting the Obama campaign have valid reasons for doing so. I have valid reasons for abandoning my political ideology and voting for Senator McCain. I can’t see losing family and friendships over a political campaign. When it’s all said and done, who inhabits the White House is insignificant when compared to what my friends and family bring to my life. They will be there with me through the good times and the bad times, I can’t say that about Washington.

Spent the weekend with my beautiful little brother explaining to me why he didn’t mind a little socialism, and why he cared what the rest of the world’s opinion was of us. Blech

STOP THE SMEARS AND FIGHT THE FEARS!!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/splashsignup_welcome

AND MAC AND SARAH ARE TAKING IT BACK..
PUMA