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I have been advised by others that I should alter this. I don't think I will though.

If you are not an American citizen or if you are one of the millions of American citizens who are driving this country into the ground with your ignorance and/or apathy over who is president, who represents you in Congress or who your governor may be, I'd recommend you go away now because this blog entry either A) Doesn't concern you or B) It will be boring and will be a waste of your time and Eric's bandwidth.

Thank you.

On to the topic at hand.

First off let me say that I am NOT a big fan of John McCain. The man has problems, politically speaking. He is too far to the center to be widely liked by the Republicans but holds just enough Republican beliefs that he isn't loved by the center either and certainly not by the left. He is a man with out a figurative country.

No matter what rumors you may have heard, I am also not a Republican. I admit to being a Centrist who tends to lean more right than left. I voted for George W. Bush and plan to vote for John McCain. Not because I particularly like John McCain's policies but because I do like John McCain as a person and I DISLIKE Barak Obama's policies that much and I neither like, nor trust, Barak Obama as a politician and maybe more importantly, I don't like or trust him as a person.

Now, onto the reasons I don't like Barak Obama.

I'm sure if I wanted to spend the time and trouble to do so, I could go out and find all kinds of links and articles to support my positions but I won't do it because simply put, if you have "drank the Kool-Aid of Obama," whatever articles or proof I can present will be wasted on you.

You are a follower, not a fan, not a supporter but a follower. Like the disciples who followed Jesus. I support John McCain! I do not worship him! I do not follow him! I do not need, nor do I want, a fucking Messiah in the White House. This has been going on since Obama first became a national figure and it has gotten steadily worse over the last 3-4 years. People treat him, people behave, as if Barak Obama is some kind of Heaven-sent messenger who has been sent to fix all of our troubles.

Ladies and gentleman, it's a load of malarkey.

The man is not sent by God. He is a man. A smart, charismatic man, I'll grant you but still a man.

A few quick Reasons I won't be voting for Obama:

1) Reverend Wright: The pastor of Obama's church for the last 20 years, now retired, is a black supremacist. I do not believe that Obama can go to this man's church for 20 years and NOT find out the man's beliefs. I can't believe, that if he DID know Reverend Wright's beliefs that he would continue to go to that church, if he did not feel the same, at least somewhat.

2) William Ayres: The founder and leader of the 1960's terrorist group known as "The Weather Underground." The man has confessed to these crimes and has, only recently, come out with the statement that he is not remorseful for what he/they did and that he feels they didn't do enough!

3) Experience: Barak Obama has NO executive experience at all. He's never run ANYTHING bigger than an office in his lifetime. People say Sarah Palin doesn't have enough experience to be President. Fine, but she isn't RUNNING for President and, technically, she has more executive experience than Barak Obama, who, by the way, IS running for President.

4) Socialism: Barak Obama has all but ADMITTED he is a Socialist. He beliefs in redistribution of wealth through taxation. The Europeans are suffering the effects of this idea right now. I am NOT a socialist. America is NOT a socialist nation.

I'm quite sure I am going to get an e-mail or three telling me I'm a racist. That I don't like Barak Obama simply because he's black. These e-mails will be ignored and promptly deleted. So don't bother! I am not a racist. I have no problem with a black person as President. I can think of two black people, off the top of my head, who I would be happy to support as President: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. I dislike Obama as a person and as a politician because of HIM and his politics, not because of the color of his skin.

Last edited by Jefferson (2008-10-23 06:38:23)