If this election represents a hard choice, you might not be paying attention. McCain's VP pick might have cemented it for a few people still on the fence. Judgment is suspect here. Worst. Vetting. Ever. Least qualified VP candidate that I can recall, a fact made even more ridiculous by the lemming-like surrogates who try to defend her "experience" running a moose fart of a town in Alaska as worthy of even our contempt.
This election is about a new-er direction or the old direction, unmodified. That's easy. While neither of these candidates are perfect, one is less of the same old crap that has brought us through 8 years of hell to a point at which 81% of the country believes we are on the wrong track. One side, McCain's side, has brought us to a war-mired recession economy with the largest simultaneous foreclosure, bankruptcy, health care and credit crises in history. And the worst world-wide reputation this country has ever endured.
I'm sorry, but there is no chance that a third-party candidacy in the US will ever be viable again until we go to a parliamentary form of government, which is not likely. Our system is broken and will not allow such a candidacy to take hold. This is not good, but it is true. As such, even our best third party candidates, along with flaming egos like Nader are forever relegated to 4th class treatment and zero possibility of doing anything but taking votes from other candidates.
So the winner on November 4th will either be Senators Obama & Biden OR the anti-choice, pro-gun, pro-drilling in ANWR, Ted Stevens supporting, earmark-supporting, bridge to nowhere supporting, lying about all three, leave my Down Syndrome kid at home while I dabble in National Politics, 20-month governor of Alaska and (one heartbeat away) the 72-year old four-time cancer survivor with an anger problem who voted with George W. Bush more than 90% of the time and no doubt worships him as a superior intellect.
See? I said it would be easy. I'm with the 81% of the country who believes we're on the wrong track. I believe the train is in reverse, off the track and on fire. I'm voting for new engineers.
