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Current mood:  focused
First things first: I am NOT well-versed in politics.
With that said, I just want to briefly share my election story. Two months ago at this time, if you'd asked who I was voting for, I'd have said I wasn't sure. But in my head I'd have thought, "I'm leaning towards Obama, though."
Why?
I couldn't say, to tell you the truth. I didn't know much about him. He just seemed hopeful & inspiring, and I liked that.
However, if you would ask me today who I was voting for, I would tell you my vote is undoubtedly going to McCain.
Why?
It started when my friend's mom wanted to watch some of the Republican National Convention while visiting a couple months ago. Though I felt very skeptical of the whole thing to begin with, I was very impressed by a couple of things Sarah Palin said in her speech, and that was what led me to seriously consider McCain.
As the weeks have gone by, I've recognized that while my views don't match either Obama's OR McCain's perfectly, I definitely have more in common with McCain -- most of all in our shared view of the sanctity of life -- and thus, that is where I will cast my vote.
(As a side note, I don't even like "playing the pro-life card," as I'm sure many would see it, but when you get right down to it, what matters more than that? As a friend of mine argued yesterday, "once you cross that line -- where you decide who's fit to live or die, there's no end to it. Next it's the elderly.... then it's the disabled... and THEN, it's you when someone decides you're not fit to live." For the record, I do also agree that a pro-life stance should extend to ALL life, not just that of the unborn, but also that of people across the world whose circumstances pose a threat to life. For an excellent piece on that, check out Cameron Strang's "First Word" column in the upcoming issue of Relevant Magazine. I'd post a link but it's not online yet.)
Anyway, I'm not here to argue that you should be voting for McCain/Palin. I'm here to urge you NOT to do what I almost did and vote for Obama simply because he seems inspiring. To be honest, I think part of why I initially leaned towards him was that I was feeling some sort of need to prove that I don't just blindly follow some kind of right-wing agenda. I was NOT coming into this election with my mind made up. Everyone had a chance in my book, even before the primaries. And "the Left" probably had even more of a chance to win my vote, because I so wanted to feel the "independence" of having cast my vote in a different direction than what I'd been surrounded by all my life. But to have based my vote on my desire to "prove" something would have been a great mistake, and I am thankful that's not what I settled on doing.
While watching Good Morning America today, I was shocked at how many people interviewed were STILL undecided about who they're voting for. That's why I decided to post this, because perhaps a person or two reading this still aren't sure who they're voting for, and I want to encourage any such person(s) to make an EDUCATED decision. Don't just go for the hype. Check the facts, think about what you really believe in, and cast your vote based on that.
12:56 AM
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