The election is about choices

November 4, 2008 America again will choose a new President.

The choice is clear;

Barack Obama or John McCain

A black man or a white man (McCain)
A young man or an old man (McCain 72)
A Democrat or a Republican (McCain)
A hairy headed man or a bald man (McCain you aren't fooling us with the comb over)
A tall man or a short man (McCain - Five foot six)
A man born in America or a man born in a foreign country. (McCain - Panama Canal Zone)


These are stark and drastic differences but do they mean anything? I would say, maybe the party affiliation means something but the rest is irrelevant.

So what does matter?

Both these men are patriots. Why else would they forgo the millions they could be earning to serve in the U.S. Senate? So that's not an issue.

Neither of these men are socialists or communists or many of the other labels fear mongers have thrown around. So that's not an issue.

Both these men are Christians but in America, the God you choose, should not have to be the God I choose. Our land was founded by people fleeing religious persecution and apparently the persecutors have followed us here. Let's not allow them to chase us from another continent. Stand firm on your religious beliefs but allow me to do the same. If we do that, we can defeat the hatred of those believing to be holier than thou. So that's not an issue.

John McCain and Barack Obama both want what is best for America. They may differ in the means to the end but they seek the same goals.

This, I believe, is the issue.

John McCain wishes to use the methods of George Bush. Barack Obama chooses a path closer to Bill Clinton.

McCain will make the rich richer. Believing the rich will share their wealth with the lower classes through higher wages and better benefits.

Obama will financially empower the lower classes. Believing the less fortunate will share their money with the wealthy by being more active consumers.

It's a simple difference of opinion.

If you believe the Bush model worked over the last eight years then you should vote for John McCain.

If you believe the Clinton model worked better, in the previous eight years, than you should vote for Obama.

You are about to hire the next leader of the free world with your vote. You, just like any other employer, should stick to the questions which define a good steward for America. In other words -judge them by the criteria you would want judged. Not by their religion, not by their associates and especially not by the definitions of their opponents. Can you imagine ever getting a job if the employer based it on the views of the other applicants?

Judge them solely on their plan for America.

If we all do that, we can rest comfortably on Tuesday night, knowing we have picked the best man to lead The United States.



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