mrchamp (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mrchamp) wrote,@ 2007-01-26 03:55:00 |
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America votes 2008
Current standings for presidential candidates in Kirk's Kommanding and Klever Klipboard of Korrectness are as follows:
1. Barack Obama
2. John Edwards
3. Hillary Clinton
4. Everyone else
So far, the three named are the only ones I will consider voting for. Fortunately, I like all three very well, and as time passes, the standings are very prone to fluctuation. I like the diversity of the candidates best of all; I think it's high time America shot the traditional white male Christian tradition in the tail. Don't get me wrong, I am a white male Christian myself, and I would be a terrible candidate. Unfortunately for many Christian conservatives, having a brain and being able to think outside the box are two very important aspects of an ideal president. Therefore, I value things of this nature over having a Christian "tag" attached to your name.
For the people who say something to the effect of "I don't think America is ready for a woman or a black president," I say this to you. Was America ready for one of the most incompetent and ignorant presidents of all time in 2000? Regardless of whether or not we were ready for Bush, we got him just the same. If you base your voting decision solely on a mind-set similar to the afore-mentioned quote, you're probably one of those ignorant conservatives I was talking about in the previous paragraph. Please do not vote if you really are that shallow and ignorant, and have no idea what the %#!$ is going on.
This is in no form directed at anyone reading this if you're on my friends list; I merely posted this to rant a little bit because I felt like it and because I'm not tired.
My bottom line is this: if we survive Bush and his administration, we can survive having a black or woman president as surely as death and taxes come for us all.
I'll give you the last word.
Current standings for presidential candidates in Kirk's Kommanding and Klever Klipboard of Korrectness are as follows:
1. Barack Obama
2. John Edwards
3. Hillary Clinton
4. Everyone else
So far, the three named are the only ones I will consider voting for. Fortunately, I like all three very well, and as time passes, the standings are very prone to fluctuation. I like the diversity of the candidates best of all; I think it's high time America shot the traditional white male Christian tradition in the tail. Don't get me wrong, I am a white male Christian myself, and I would be a terrible candidate. Unfortunately for many Christian conservatives, having a brain and being able to think outside the box are two very important aspects of an ideal president. Therefore, I value things of this nature over having a Christian "tag" attached to your name.
For the people who say something to the effect of "I don't think America is ready for a woman or a black president," I say this to you. Was America ready for one of the most incompetent and ignorant presidents of all time in 2000? Regardless of whether or not we were ready for Bush, we got him just the same. If you base your voting decision solely on a mind-set similar to the afore-mentioned quote, you're probably one of those ignorant conservatives I was talking about in the previous paragraph. Please do not vote if you really are that shallow and ignorant, and have no idea what the %#!$ is going on.
This is in no form directed at anyone reading this if you're on my friends list; I merely posted this to rant a little bit because I felt like it and because I'm not tired.
My bottom line is this: if we survive Bush and his administration, we can survive having a black or woman president as surely as death and taxes come for us all.
I'll give you the last word.
